Grab your tissues and be prepared for Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode Three 'The Battle for Winterfell'. This episode took the actors to be awake during 50 long nights in (a very cold) Iceland - and has been shaped after and is rumoured to compete with Lord of the Rings battle Battle of Helm’s Deep that lasted for 40 minutes.
This is going to be an epic episode - and maybe even heavier to digest than The Red Wedding. Speaking of which: on the night that episode was aired I was going for a drink with a group of friends. Someone passed by the pub we were gathering in front of and a colleague of mine called his name. "Hey! How are you! Join us!" His face was white, he actually looked like a zombie. "No... No... I can't...", he said. "I just watched Game of Thrones..."
He kept on walking, shoulders hanging, leaving us wondering... WTF did he see in this episode that was so bad he can't even take a drink with us? - The next evening I watched and I can still remember how some scenes made me feel. Shock. Nausea. Flashes of scenes passing through my brain that night.
And now this hyped up episode in the last season of one of the most brutal tv series ever aired is getting closer... As I said: Be prepared. I've watched several fan theories and I feel a tiny bit like I know which characters have simply reached the end of their story lines. But I probably still won't be prepared in full.
| Number | Name | Lives | Dies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Snow | x | |
| 2 | Daenerys Targaryen | x | |
| 3 | Arya Stark | x | |
| 4 | Sansa Stark | x | |
| 5 | Brandon Stark | x | |
| 6 | Tyrion Lannister | x | |
| 7 | Jamie Lannister | x | |
| 8 | Cersei Lannister | x | |
| 9 | Sam Tarly | x | |
| 10 | Brienne of Tarth | x | |
| 11 | The Hound - Sandor Clegane | x | |
| 12 | Tormund Giantsbane | x | |
| 13 | Theon Greyjoy | x | |
| 14 | Yara Greyjoy | x | |
| 15 | Euron Greyjoy | x | |
| 16 | Sir Jorah Mormont | x | |
| 17 | Lyanna Mormont | x | |
| 18 | Varys | x | |
| 19 | Davos | x | |
| 20 | Grey Worm | x | |
| 21 | Missandei | x | |
| 22 | Gilly | x | |
| 23 | Gendry | x | |
| 24 | Bendrick Dondarrion | x | |
| 25 | Bronn | x | |
| 26 | Podrick | x | |
| 27 | Yohn Royce | x | |
| 28 | Qyburn | x | |
| 29 | The Red Woman Melisandre | x | |
| 30 | The Mountain Gregor Clegane | x | |
| 31 | The Night King | x | |
| 32 | Drogon | x | |
| 33 | Rhaegal | x | |
| 34 | Viserion | x |
Why don't you join in the predictions of next episode yourselves? After filling in some predictions on @themarkymark's and @newageinv's blogs for the full season 8 dead body count now @v4vapid is calling us to make specific episode three predictions. Although I tried to keep my predictions in check with the overall season 8 predictions I did feel with some characters I might be wrong in the end.
I did sort of predict the Night's Kings survive in previous polls, but I'm starting to doubt and of course hope he will die - especially now I realize which characters I'll have to miss because of him.
Are you ready for a long winter night?