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This looks like the closest thingGOThas had to an out-and-out horror sequence in some time.
The shades of Helms Deep inLord of the Ringsseem very much intentional.
I know death, says Arya, while brandishing dragonglass.
He has many faces.
I look forward to meeting this one.
Euron Greyjoys magical teleporting fleet makes another surprising appearance.
Who are these troops?
They look like the Golden Company, a band of Essosi mercenaries famous for never breaking a contract.
(Cersei instructed Euron to hire them late in season seven.)
Weve only got six episodes left, time is precious!
They escaped, I guess, and here they are lighting it up in the Winterfell crypts.
Sams in Winterfell, remember?
(I didnt.)
Here he looks appropriately terrified by something Bran just told him.
Kings Landing looks … still pretty nice, actually?
The glories of a Mediterranean climate.
Shes joined by Qyburn, who has astonishingly survived this long.
Arya watches the Unsullied march in lockstep out of the Winter Town.
Im sure their thousand-mile march to the North will be treated with all the screentime it deserves.
And look whos at the head: Jon and Dany, seemingly equal in precedence.
The dragon must have …twoheads?
Sansa looks up at Danys children with equal parts wonder and dismay.
What use are finely crafted political instincts when there are flying nuclear warheads roaming around?
This is what I love to see.
An aunt supporting her young nephew in a time of crisis.
Someone give her the relative of the year award.
Heres Gendry, looking like the founding member of a Glaswegian industrial band.
Now comes a big montage set before the big night battle thatgave everybody lung problems.
Here Grey Worm and Missandei share a last kiss while Jon Snows voice-over proclaims that the enemy doesnt feel.
I wonder if that will prove to be their undoing.
A swordsman fights against a backdrop of flame.
(Hence the lung problems.)
Hey, its Jaime Lannister!
How did he get up there?
(Possibly because, as the wine may imply, she lost the pregnancy.)
In case you are not feeling thewonderandmajestyof these dragons, have an Arya close-up to sell it for you.
Jon Snow prays in Winterfells godswood, in a shot that feels like it was directed by Tarsem.
Most of this footage seems to come from the big battle episode, which is fine.
Heres confirmation that the Hound is still alive and kicking for whats presumably the series penultimate installment.
But is he in the torches-in-the-crypts part of the battle, or the fire-on-the-battlements part?
I promised to fight for the living, says a shaggy-looking Jaime Lannister in Winterfell.
I intend to keep that promise.
Dont forget, Tyrions in this show, too.
Here are Brienne and Pod!
And heres the Night Kings zombie-horse.
