With HBO keeping everyone — including critics —in the dark about what’s coming in “Game Of Thrones” season 7, any light the network chooses to shine on the upcoming episodes is more than welcome. So, with just over a week to go before everyone returns to Westeros, HBO has revealed the titles and synopses of the first episodes of the new season. Naturally, they don’t reveal much, but perhaps superfans will be able to parse more out of them than we will:
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Episode #61: “Dragonstone”
Jon (Kit Harington) organizes the defense of the North. Cersei (Lena Headey) tries to even the odds. Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) comes home.
Written for television by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss; directed by Jeremy Podeswa.
Episode #62: “Stormborn”
Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) receives an unexpected visitor. Jon (Kit Harington) faces a revolt. Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) plans the conquest of Westeros.
Written for television by Bryan Cogman; directed by Mark Mylod.
Episode #63: “The Queen’s Justice”
Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) holds court. Cersei (Lena Headey) returns a gift. Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) learns from his mistakes.
Written for television by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss; directed by Mark Mylod.
As we said, you’re not going to find any big reveals in here another than Daenerys is going to have a lot to do. As for “Jaime learns from his mistakes,” we really hope someone at HBO had a good chuckle before tossing that clue out into the world.
“Game Of Thrones” is back on July 16th.