Game of Thrones 7.01 "Dragonstone" 7/16/17 [Show Discussion]

This discussion is for the show as its own entity. There’s another thread in which the books can be discussed openly and compared to the show. In this thread, the books do not exist.

Yes, I know the show has mostly passed the books, but it’s still cleaner to keep the discussions separate. It has been working just fine.

Season 7 trailer 1 and trailer 2.

Last season’s threads. You’ll find the previous season’s threads in the first episode thread of each season if you want to go all the way back.

6.01 The Red Woman
6.02 Home
6.03 Oathbreaker
6.04 Book of the Stranger
6.05 The Door
6.06 Blood of My Blood
6.07 The Broken Man
6.08 No One
6.09 The Battle of the Bastards
6.10 The Winds of Winter

My most anticipated scene for the first episode: Cersei and Jaime finding out about Daenerys’ hand. In the name of the old gods and the new, please include it.

Seems like it’s been so long that Sam’s kid must be about 20-years-old by now.

Speaking of Sam, I’m really excited to see how his subplot at the Citadel goes. Also what does he do with Gilly and Sam Jr, just put them up in a boarding house somewhere in Oldtown?

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Once Samwise is sitting on the Iron Throne, that won’t be a problem. Oops, I forgot no spoilers!!

The SJ Merc had an interesting article in Friday’s entertainment section with a conjecture of the likelihood of the various main characters being killed off this season. I think they gave Sam a 50/50 chance.

Just rewatched the last 6 episodes with Mrs. Mahaloth so we’d be ready.

Wow, last season was excellent. Re-watching it was great. I’m actually glad to be mainly past the books at this point. No one knows anything that is coming.

I both look forward to the next 7 episodes, but dread the fact that the final season is still making us wait. I heard a rumor it may not air until 2019.

Agreed. And I neither expect nor desire the show to mirror the book series in its final stages.

As a reminder, “In this thread, the books do not exist.”

What books?

Don’t exist anymore on the show either.

Yes, I think we understood and didn’t need the reminder, but thanks.

Watching last season in preparation an just heard Euron proclaim “Cut down every tree!” But isn’t the Iron Islands mostly stone with very little green, hence We Don’t Sow-- or somesuch?

Yep. When I heard that line last season I started to laugh. What’s Euron going to do with three rowboats and a raft?

That’s now how you spell “Gendry”

So that takes care of the Freys. That was quick. I guess when the Faceless Men take a face, somehow it magically takes the voice, mannerisms, and height of the victim as well.

Bah. Except the Frey scene, basically nothing happened. Meh.

The Ed Sheeran cameo took me out of the show too.

Table setting, but I still enjoyed it. Grumpy Hound is awesome and always watchable.

Weren’t we promised a main event featuring the Mountain vs the Hound? Is that still in the cards?

Also, I liked that both Jon and Sam recognized and communicated the importance of the dragonglass.

Nope. AFAIK that is all just fan speculation. The writers/producers haven’t promised squat.

I suspect that you were disappointed in how that played out.