Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1 (spoilers)
Okay a positioning episode with little conflict. Key points are:
- Dany and Jon and unsullied arrive in Winterfell
- Arya sees Jon (love), Gendry (flirty) and the Hound (frosty)
- Northern lords not happy with Jon
- Sansa and Tyrion bond over hatred of Joffrey
- Bronn is hired to kill Tyrion and Jaime
- Theon rescues Yara and then heads to Winterfell
- Jon gets to ride Rhaegal, named after his father (which he does not yet know)
- Dany meets Sam and has to tell him she burnt his father and brother alive. Hugely emotional.
- The big moment – Sam tells Jon he is the true King of Westeros, Aegon Targaryen. The secret is out.
- Tormund and Beric survive the ice dragon attack
- Ned Umber turned into undead. Yuck.
- Episode ends with Bran and Jaime meeting, which is a sort of flashback to the first ever episode
The 20 questions are updated below. Not a lot of answers so far but that is to be expected for the season opener. I expect the next episode to see more action. Five episodes to go.
- Who sits on the Iron Throne at the end? Unknown
- Is Tyrion a third Targaryen? Or are Jaime and Cersei? Unknown
- Who will kill Cersei? Tyrion or Jaime or Arya? Will her baby survive? Unknown
- Who is Azor Ahai, the prince that was promised, and who will they have to kill to forge Lightbringer? Unknown
- What impact has Bran had on the past? Did he cause the Mad King to go mad? Did he create the Night King? Unknown
- What secrets lie in the crypts under Winterfell? Unknown
- Who will win Cleganebowl? Unknown
- Who else will Arya kill? Will she complete her list? Unknown
- What does Varys do before he dies? In Winterfell currently
- How does Melisandre die and what does she do before then? Unknown
- What happens to Gendry? Reunites with Arya
- Jaime and Brienne? Unknown
- Will we see Nymeria in action? Ghost? Unknown
- Which dragons, if any, survive? Two left at this stage
- What happens to House Greyjoy? Theon rescues Yara and Euron bedding Cersei
- Does Sam survive? For now. Now knows he is head of his house.
- Which cities fall before the Night King is defeated? Unknown
- Does Bronn get his castle? If he kills Jaime and Tyrion for Cersei
- How does the Night King get killed? How is the undead dragon killed? Maybe they aren’t
- Does Tyrion betray Dany? Unknown