Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 7 The Dragon and the Wolf

Game of Thrones (2011-)
Season 7 - 7 episodes (2017)

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Created by: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Aidan Gillan, Gwendoline Christie 

Plot: 
HBO's fantasy drama series adapted from George R.R. Martin's book series A Song of Ice and Fire follows the civil war of kings and usurpers in Westeros who wish to sit on the throne. The scale and scope of the story is staggering, fully realized with a large ensemble cast.

The show is speculated to conclude after thirteen episodes, though it may be broken into two seasons. Season six put all the characters on a course to get back to Westeros for the big fight that's inevitable. You can devise a rough outline of where season seven is headed, though I expect many surprises.

Review: Episode 7 -The Dragon and the Wolf

It's the season finale. Jon swore fealty to Daenerys in the last episode. Tyrion is taking a white walker to King's Landing to prove the army of the dead is real. That mission led to a wight dragon and Daenerys vowing to destroy the white walkers. Sansa sent Brienne to King's Landing, leaving her all alone with Littlefinger and Arya whose trust in Sansa is wavering. Euron Greyjoy is still out there... doing something to prove himself to Cersei.

The unsullied armies are positioned outside of Lannister stronghold of King's Landing. Bronn and Jamie are readying their defenses, but it looks grim and that's before the Dothraki show up. Cersei is confidant ahead of her meeting with Daenerys, Jon, and Tyrion, aptly meeting in the dragon pit. Before they enter the pit we have a mini reunion.

Brienne and the Hound have a chat. She surprised he's alive and lets him know Arya lives. They both confess to only doing what was required to protect Arya.
Podrick is happy to see Tyrion, reunions all around. Tyrion tells Ser Bronn of Blackwater he'll double his pay. They go back and forth with Tyrion claiming Bronn's help in setting up this meaning proves his selflessness and Bronn claiming how all of this was for selfish reasons. Tyrion curtly acknowledges it's good to see Bronn. Tyrion first hired Bronn back in season one to take his place in a trial by combat at the Vale for Bran's fall.

Daenerys and Jon's crew arrive in the dragon pit first, noticeably concerned about what awaits them. This is the first time so many characters have been in one location. While it's not all of them, it's a whole pile of characters that have paired off but never all joined one party.

Daenerys makes an entrance. It was easy to predict she'd ride a dragon. She's the queen of dragons after all. Everyone looks to Cersei to see her reaction, but she doesn't even flinch.

As Tyrion is about to begin discussions, Euron butts in mocking Theon and then Tyrion. Euron is quickly called down by Jamie, and then Cersei.

 

Jon cuts to the point. The undead army is coming, but Cersei sees it as tactic. The Hound then brings in the spectacle. With a bit of a delay the wight wakes up. Cersei finally is frightened and it shows.
It's a great demonstration, but Cersi isn't one to submit even when logic dictates.
Euron asks if the wights can swim and immediately states he's going back to the Iron Islands. He's been around the world and this is the first thing he's seen that's frightened him.
Cersei accepts the truce, agreeing the dead are the true enemy. Cersei extends the truce to include Jon Snow. He must not choose sides in the war. Jon refuses and Cersei refuses to help.
No one's happy about Jon's admission that he will only serve Daenerys. Cersei walked Jon right into it. She makes Jon the scapegoat while she refuses to help which is what she wanted from the start. This way she shifts the blame, but there's no question this is Cersei being manipulative. She doesn't want to help.

Brienne urges Jamie to talk to Cersei. That's a losing battle. Tyrion has an idea. He plans to talk to Cersei, describing her as the most murderous woman on the planet who's tried to kill him twice of which he knows. Tyrion goes all in and baits her to kill him. She doesn't do it. That's a victory for Tyrion, and it gives him just a little bit more leeway in negotiating.
Cersei asks Tyrion why his allegiance is to Daenerys, and he tells her she'll make the world a better place. Daenerys chose an advisor who keeps her in check. Cersei takes advice from no one.

Daenerys and Jon chat during the wait for Tyrion. She admits she respects his admission despite the predicament it places them in. They share a little moment and Jon asks her who told her she can't have children. The two of them sure talk a lot about children. It's an obvious hint, if only the two knew who Jon really is.

Tyrion returns with Cersei. Cersei will fight in the great war. All of the armies will fight together and when the great war is over, she hopes they remember she fought. I can't help but think Cersei will use this to her advantage. Of course if one of her armies goes on the offensive domestically, someone is bound to miss them in the North.
Season 8 is a shortened season. Are we going to fit the great war and the end of the Lannisters into one season. The great war could be a season unto its own. Does the great war just weaken everyone and leave just a couple of people standing and that's the end, crafting a world out of the rubble. The wight army looks unbeatable. Will someone develop a trick or will they obliterate everything?

As Jamie is planning to send the troops North, Cersei asks him if he's stupid or a traitor. She has no plans to aid the North. Jamie counters that either the dead kill them or the Starks and Targaryens will.
Cersei claims she has the most valuable asset, gold. Euron didn't flee, he's conspiring to bring the golden army to Westeros. Jamie plans to honor his oath and ride North. Cersei state that would be treason.
Is Cersei really going to kill Jamie? She didn't kill Tyrion. Jamie calls her bluff and walks away unscathed.

Theon beseeches Jon for a conversation, confessing his wrongs and praising Jon. Jon can't forgive Theon of everything, but forgives for the parts that are his to forgive. Ned Stark was Theon's father. Theon is a Greyjoy and a Stark. Theon states his sister needs him, and Jon tells him to get on with it. Is this going to be his redemption arc? Theon is a sad sack character that's taken one of the worst turns a character can take. He can't generate any support, but that shouldn't be a surprise. This may be the event that gives him some amount of courage. He's fighting a losing battle against one of Yara's men, but he won't quit. Successive knees to the crotch are the catalyst that propels Theon to victory. Theon was castrated in season three.

Back in Winterfell Sansa learns Jon has submitted to Daeenrys. Littlefinger is there to sow seeds of doubt in Sansa. Feigning surprise that Jon didn't consult with Sansa. Sansa worries about Arya and Littlefinger tells her to assume the worst and apply it to the situation. He puts Sansa right where he wants her. He convinces Sansa Arya wants to kill her.

Sansa has Arya brought to the great hall. Bran is also present. Sansa is about to make a mistake and Bran could offer valuable insight, if he chooses. Arya knows exactly what's going on. Is Sansa going to pull a fast one?
Indeed Sansa does. She accuses Baelish of murder and treason. Blood is thicker than water it seems. Baelish thought he had Sansa's ear, but his vision was clouded. Baelish killed Jon Arryn, he was responsible for Ned Stark's death, and Bran is here to reveal all.
Baelish played the game of thrones well, but it seems he's reached his end. Sansa knew he was turning her against Arya.
Baelish pleads that he loved Catelyn Stark and Sansa. Sansa responds he betrayed them both. Arya carries out the sentence. It seemed odd that Sansa was falling into a Baelish trap last episode, but this episode telegraphed that she hadn't.
Sansa and Arya have a moment, complimenting each other and their respective strengths.

Samwell arrives at Winterfell and sees Bran. They remember each other from the wall, though Bran states he knows everything. He admits to Samwell that Jon Snow is Jon Sand, son of a Targaryen. Samwell transcribed a private diary, Rhaegar Targaryen was wed to Lyanna Stark. Jon is a true Targaryen. Bran states Jon needs to know who he is. He is Aegon Targaryen. This is intercut with a scene of Jon and Daenarys consummating their relationship. To be clear, they are aunt and nephew. Rhaegar was Danerys's older brother. Jon is the true heir to the iron throne.

The undead have reached the wall. The night king is riding the wight dragon and blowing the wall to smithereens.

Winter is here. Season 7 has ended and we must wait for 2018 or 2019 to see the final season of Game of Thrones. If it follows the typical schedule, we should see it in April of 2018, but the final season is understandably different. Don't think the final six episodes mark the end of Game of Thrones, once the final season is done HBO plans to investigate multiple prequels with one of them developed enough to turn into a series.