What we know •66 minute episode
•Stannis’s troops save the day (from the promo)
•Dany chains her dragons (promo)
•Cersei kisses Jaime (promo)
•Tyrion is freed (foreshadowing video includes shot of Tyrion in a the tunnel with Jaime, promo shot of Varys)
•Tyrion finds Shae in his father’s bed (one of the pre-season trailers)
•Tyrion creeps towards Tywin’s door with a crossbow (promo) and likely kills him (soundtrack title “You are no son of mine”)
• We get a scene with Qyburn, The Mountain, and Cersei (interview with the actor who plays Qyburn)
•Brienne and The Hound fight, Brienne bites his ear off and his leg gets broken (promo shot of the Hound talking to someone in her armor, Emmy prosthetics submission description of The Hound missing an ear and having a broken leg, Christie’s interview in a foreshadowing where she tells us she bites off a man’s ear)
•Wights attack Bran (Emmy description, discussion of “battle” in the final episode that is very heavy on special effects)
•Bran meets childred of the forest and Bloodraven (Emmy prosthetics description, casting news, shot of Bran in cave from season trailers)
•Ayra boards a ship (ship captain was cast)
•Actress who plays Mel talked about riding a horse, and there’s a shot of her with a wall of ice.
Speculation•Dany chains the dragons because one eats a child, foreshadowed by the goat eating earlier this season, and that is what happened in the book. Would tie to the Children title too.
•Cersei will either strongly hint or outright tell Tywin she and Jaime made her kids (her line from the trailer)
•LS will may be in, Brienne may be involved , (Headey’s spoilery Instagram shot, Fairley’s evasive answer in a recent
interview)
•There’s a slight chance Rickon will appear (Osha credited on IMDB, but very dubious source)
•There’s an even slighter chance Tywin will imply that Tyrion is the Mad King’s son based on someone who claimed he has seen the episode early. Even if the guy did see the episode, it is most likely Tywin says much like in the book that "You are no son of mine.", meaning he is disowning him, not that he literally isn't his son.
•It is unlikely that we’ll see Sansa, Littlefinger or the Boltons (most people’s prediction based on time constraints and the momentous feel of their final scenes).
•Unlikely to have any more Greyjoy, or Martel scenes. Brief or no Tyrell scenes either.
• Unlikely to have time to do the lord commander vote for the Night's Watch
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