

The conflict is no longer Starks versus Lannisters or humans versus undead, but rather our surviving heroes versus Daenerys Targaryen, the Mad Queen. The first trailer for Game of Thrones’ season 8 is here, and it gives us a glimpse at some of the most important characters who remain.
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There’s also a shot of Dothraki cheering, as if they too are happy with what’s just happened.Įverything we see suggests that Game of Thrones’ series finale will focus on the divide created by Daenerys’s actions in the penultimate episode, with most of the main characters seemingly turning against her in horror, and the warriors who crossed the Narrow Sea with her standing by her side. And Daenerys seems unwaveringly regal, walking between lines of her soldiers as if she’s proud of the massacre she just committed. Arya looks ready to turn on Dany - the trailer shows her standing by some Unsullied with murder in her eyes. Tyrion appears horrified at what he sees in the city. The trailer is washed over with a dark blue tone and ash falling like snow it has an almost wintry feel to it, as if a terrible kind of winter has come to King’s Landing. The episode six teaser confirms that at least three major characters - Arya, Daenerys, and Tyrion - survived the destruction of King’s Landing, as it focuses on them walking around in the ashes (Jon, Davos, and Grey Worm aren’t shown, but they likely survived as well).

The trailer for it doesn’t reveal a lot - but it does suggest that there will be a reckoning for the events of episode five, “The Bells.”įirst things first: Spoilers follow below. His only hope will have to be that the Night King arrives in time to disturb the proceedings against him.Game of Thrones season eight, episode six will be the show’s series finale. Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey.


And it's unlikely he can get out of it, because he has to also answer for killing the Mad King to Dany, who will be less easily swayed than the Starks. HBO In Season 8, Jon and Dany’s forces face off against the Army of the Dead as the series reaches its denouement. Game of Thrones: Season 8 Episode 2 Trailer. The trailer focuses heavily on Jaime basically being held accountable by the Starks and Dany, with what appears to be a court at Winterfell. Game of Thrones: Season 8 Episode 2 Featurette - Inside the Episode. He is not a straight-forward "good guy" at all and he hasn't really paid for his crimes, despite losing a hand. Jaime might have come the furthest along a development scale since his first appearance in the first episode, but there's no getting around the fact that he is a killer who threw a child to his death (or tried to) and who raped his sister. Few people have ever been able to get away with something heinous (apart from Cersei, perhaps) and in most cases, they're killed for it. We've seen the idea of past sins being revisited coming up in Game Of Thrones time and time again. It's very much split between more story setting, with the aftermath of Jaime's appearance at Winterfell, and the escalation towards battle as it reaches its tense climax.Īll very exciting, but what does it all mean? 8. And that's definitely the tale of the trailer, which was released in the wake of the first episode airing. Or at least where it all escalates to the point of the Battle Of Winterfell's early moments (and probably some unspeakable tragedy or other). Episode two, then, will be where everything properly kicks off.
