We are now officially less than one month away from the final season of Game of Thrones. Apparently, that was just too long to wait for my subconscious, as last night I dreamed I watched the entirety of the premiere episode…and I remember a lot of it. I actually have a lot of vivid dreams like this, but usually it’s not about something I want to see this badly.
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Now, I’m not saying that my dream revealed anything about what will actually happen in season 8, but don’t we want to cover all the bases? So let’s get in to what happens in theGame of Thrones season 8 premiere, according to my restless brain.
The episode opens with Jon and Daenerys arriving at Winterfell, as we saw in the trailer. Remember this bit?
It’s that bit.
In my dream, the pair are met outside the gates by a large procession of soldiers led by the Hound, who for some reason has a measure of authority. He heaves a healthy portion of “It’s about fucking time” in their general direction. I’m not sure how the Hound beat Jon and Dany to Winterfell, but it’s my dream so we’re going to have to live with it.
The Hound (decked out in some spiffy armor, by the way), is now sworn to Sansa, and the Lady of Winterfell has not been idle. Before Jon and Dany head inside the castle, there’s an extended sequence of Jon inspecting the walls of Winterfell, which are now massive. Stone masons and soldiers are everywhere, and Winterfell has grown into a proper stronghold. Jon is clearly impressed.
Once pleasantries are exchanged inside Winterfell’s courtyard, Sansa takes Jon and Dany on a tour of the castle grounds and walls. Over and over we are told by Sansa how well prepared they are, with food, arms and men for the coming onslaught. There’s little talk of Cersei or anyone else; our heroes are only interested in stopping the Night King’s coming assault.
Speaking of, at this point, we get our first look at the Night King, as well as the first unrealistic portion of my dream. The Night King has somehow made his way to Meereen, and the city falls fairly quickly. I’m guessing this is my brain expressing general frustration at the whole Meereen storyline, but either way, the Night King utterly decimates the city thanks to a power we’ve not seen before: the ability to freeze buildings and people.
In my dream we see this power used to devastating effect, as Daario Naharis and a few of his compatriots are cornered in a small room that slowly freezes around them. Daario desperately attempts to take down the Night King with a spear, but it freezes in his hand, and Daario turns into a human ice sculpture before our eyes. In my dream, I vividly remember wondering how the showrunners would somehow temper this power, since it seemed pretty unbeatable on screen.
We jump back to the North, where castles like the Last Hearth and Karhold quickly fall to the White Walkers and their undead army (sans the Night King himself). Between this and the slaughter in Meereen, the show is hammering home just how screwed our heroes are. We see another wide shot of just how large that army is. There’s a clear sense of the whole world falling to the Night King, and his army slowly encircling Winterfell.
Also, have I mentioned that I was watching the episode with Mark Paul Gosselaar? Shout out to the Saved by the Bell star, who’d just had a new baby in the dream.
Anyway, before heading back to Winterfell, we make a quick stop in King’s Landing, where Euron and the Golden Company have just arrived from Essos. Cersei is clearly elated by what she sees — the Golden Company are disciplined and there’s a lot of them — although what exactly Cersei plans to do with her new army remains unclear in the episode. Typical.
Back up North, Jon and Dany have settled in and head to a council in Winterfell’s great hall. News of what happened at Karhold and the Last Hearth has reached the castle. Memory fails me here, although I do recall some initial resistance to Dany’s presence. Jon is adamant that allying with Dany is the only way, and surprisingly, Sansa agrees, because dragons. The episode ends with Jon issuing a “prepare for battle” command, and then we fade to the credits as the hall erupts in a mad rush of soldiers heading for their posts. Mark Paul Gosselaar’s new baby wakes up in another room.
Best that I can remember, we don’t catch glimpses of Arya or Bran, nor of Jaime Lannister on his trek northwards, so the episode as I dreamed it does have some holes. But I do remember enjoying the dream premiere. It effectively set up the conflicts to come. And ultimately, it was still better than a dream about being stuck at work. Either way, come April 14, we’ll see just how much of it turns out to be true!
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