What's going on guys, Carmine here and with season 7 less than 10 days away we've already
received the first three episode titles and synopsis from Entertainment Weekly.
Now normally we do get at least 4 or 5 of these before the season does come out with
the final episode title and synopsis days before the finale but With only 7 episodes
this time around we'll only be getting 3 and the titles should be interesting, right?
Lets go into it.
Also before we begin, semi-spoiler warning here.
Technically this does not contain spoilers but I do understand that some people enjoy
going into the whole thing completely in the dark so if you're one of those people then
back out now.
You've been warned but lets get to it
The first episode is called "Dragonstone" and the synopsis reads: Jon (Kit Harington)
organizes the defense of the North.
Cersei (Lena Headey) tries to even the odds.
Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) comes home.
Now obviously the episode is named after the island that Stannis was originally located
on and without him there then I doubt there will be much of a fight.
In the books there are people stationed on Dragonstone after Stannis leaves but only
a skeleton crew and I doubt we'll see Dany having any difficulty taking it.
We also have Cersei trying to "even the odds" and that could mean a number of things but
because we only have 7 episodes, it's likely that she is sending the Lannister army to
take out the Tyrell forces.
Strategy wise?
It'd be best for the Lannister army to take out the Tyrells first, considering they're
right next to King's Landing and can pose a big problem later on with their large army
and fleet.
The Martells won't be too much of an issue, even though they stayed out of the war for
the most part they should have a fresh number of troops but they also have the smallest
amount of forces and normally excel on their home turf.
The Stark and Vale forces won't be able to come down to attack Cersei for a while due
to the Freys holding the Neck.
So taking the Tyrells out right off the bat would be the best course of action.
As for Jon organizing the defense of the North?
This one is interesting because it shows that he is more worried about the North's current
weakness which is their lack of men and resources.
The time spent getting rid of both Ironborn and Bolton forces put a huge toll on the North's
ability to get things done effectively.
Jon is being smart here, he knows that the crown still considers the North a threat and
he can't afford to march down south just yet with Winter and the White Walkers coming down.
I would like this episode to be a strategic one for them, drawing out battle plans for
the Walker invasion and even setting up traps for when the fight eventually comes to Winterfell.
Because if the Battle of Hardhome is any indication?
I expect the wights to pull something right out of World War Z
The second episode reads Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) receives an unexpected visitor.
Jon (Kit Harington) faces a revolt.
Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) plans the conquest of Westeros.
The title is called Stormborn which refers to Dany being born during a storm on dragonstone
Now this one can be very fun episode if they do it correctly.
This visitor could be anybody but it's likely Melisandre or Jon Snow.
We know these two will be meeting up with each other this season but the question is
when?
we also know that Melisandre, based on the trailers, will be at Dragonstone so it'd be
interesting to see her and Dany team up or have a conversation.
I will be honest though, I can't see Melisandre having much to do with Dany?
other than nerd out over her Dragons.
Dany has had bad experiences with people who use magic so we'll see what happens.
As for Jon facing his own little revolt?
I'm thinking this is either from the Bolton, Karstark, Umber alliance or the Wildlings
and Northmen not getting along.
Some people have pointed to Littlefinger's meddling because in the trailer we do see
Jon choking his ass out so it's possible.
The one thing I am curious about is what the Vale forces are doing at Winterfell.
Just camping out?
Jon should be trying to please them in any way he can considering the Vale forces out
number them 10 to 1.
It'd be interesting if the revolt is coming from them but it's likely the last remnants
of the traitor houses who sided with the Boltons.
Now the fun part of this episode is here with Tyrion planning the conquest of Westeros.
Because he is book savvy and someone who was rich enough to travel almost everywhere then
he should know every single nook and crany of Westeros.
The reason I think this is fun is because there are more houses against Dany then for
her and I want to see Tyrion going through a catalog of families and their castles and
discussing their strengths and weaknesses.
I find stuff like that very interesting, having him and other members of Dany's war council
discuss strategy, castle defenses and plans of attack on different locations because many
of these places are very much different from one another and even the armies fight differently.
I think back to season 2 when Catelyn calls the Tyrell soldiers the Knights of Summer
and back in season 5 when Littlefinger tells Cersei that the Vale knights are use to fighting
in cold temperatures.
It'd be interesting to get something like that and I hope we do.
And last for episode 3, it reads: Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) holds court.
Cersei (Lena Headey) returns a gift.
Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) learns from his mistakes.
The title is The Queen�s Justice.
So right off the bat the title implies that someone, likely Jaime or the Mountain, is
serving the Queen's justice and this could imply Cersei getting back at someone, preferably
one of her major nemesis.
This could include either Sansa, Tyrion, Olenna Tyrell or the Sand Snakes.
Even though Dany and Jon are against her, I don't consider them one of her major nemesis
because those two have never met Cersei.
While they may be huge obstacles for her to deal with, I feel like Cersei really hates
the ones I mentioned the most and would rather have "justice" served to them and it's also
in line with the "returning a gift", which strongly implies that she is going after Ellaria
for that viper contraption from season 5.
Now as for Dany holding court, this could be with the visitor we got last episode but
I would like it if she held some kind of meeting between Houses from Westeros who want to ally
themselves with her.
That would be more interesting for me but we've seen characters hold court before, when
the town's folk come to them and ask for protector or supplies.
As for Jaime learning from his mistakes?
this one is a bit tricky for me to decipher so I'm going to leave it to guys to answer
because a lot of you always have some interesting things to say.
So let me know what mistake could Jaime be learning from, also do you like the episode
titles?
with only 13 episodes remaining for Thrones in general, are these good enough or do we
need better and more interesting ones.
Personally I think they're okay but the ones I really pay attention to the most are the
last two episode titles and synopsis and I can't wait for those to come out.
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