SPOILER ALERT! -ed.
The Game of Thrones season finale airs tonight, and I've been thinking a lot about how they will wrap up S7 in preparation for the show's final season. Season 8 will be only 6 episodes long, which is not many, considering how much they have to resolve. Here are some fanciful thoughts about what might happen to lead into the final season...
1. Clegane Bowl - the Hound appears to be headed for King's Landing, so this seems like a strong possibility. I hope it happens. It's pretty logical from the trailer for E7: Cersei springs a trap on Dany, Jon, & company, and the Mountain and the Hound end up fighting one another. Maybe the Mountain is vulnerable to dragon-glass.
2. Jaime - I think he will either die or switch sides, or both. Like Clegane Bowl, switching sides could take place in the context of a big melee, and perhaps Brienne will be involved in his shift.
3. Sansa and Arya - the events in Winterfell from the last episode didn't make any sense, unless... Arya and Sansa are actually conspiring together against Littlefinger! Arya, disguised as Sansa, kills Littlefinger. BOOM! We know that Littlefinger almost single-handedly started the War of Five Kings, but really, he can't be a central villain if no one knows who they are fighting against. The show has two main villains for S8: Cersei and The Night King. Does it really need a third? Time for him to go.
4. The Valyrian knife - it was featured prominently this season, and I think it's time we learned who was behind the assassination attempt against Bran. Cersei? Jaime? Littlefinger? If it turns out to be Littlefinger, and he is killed, that would neatly wrap up his storyline.
5. Jon & Dany - unfortunately, it looks like they are going to get together, unless there is some timely exposition from Bran, who has all but disappeared in the last couple episodes.
6. The Night King - the final shot of the episode will be of the Night King riding his newly undead dragon over the army of the dead on their interminable march toward the Wall. (I think they've been walking towards it since before S1 started.)
What do you think? Do you have any predictions?
