He ended the season as Hand of the King to his nephew Joffrey.īran Stark, the Last Surviving Son of Winterfell, wanted to be a knight was pushed out of the broken tower by Jaime Lannister lost the use of his legs took a long nap was nearly assassinated woke up couldn’t remember what happened to him learned to rely on servants Osha and Hodor started to have visionary dreams and became the Lord of Winterfell when his brother Robb was declared King of the North and went to war. He met the sellsword Bronn, the prostitute Shae, and a mountain tribe that he led into battle, only to be knocked out before the fighting began. Tyrion Lannister, Her Other Brother, visited Winterfell befriended Jon Snow went to the Wall pissed off the Wall and was put on trial for the attempted assassination of Bran Stark-a crime Tyrion did not commit. Jaime Lannister, Her Twin Brother, had a sexual relationship with his sister, Queen Cersei pushed Bran Stark out of a tower for spying on them tried to fight Ned Stark in the streets over his brother, Tyrion fled the city lost a battle to Ned’s son Robb and was captured and held prisoner by Robb and his mother, Catelyn Stark.

(Just because a character has died, for instance, that doesn’t mean they’re unimportant!) For a more in-depth look at some of the key episodes of Game of Thrones, you can dive into Vanity Fair’s list of the 15 most essential episodes of Game of Thrones to re-watch before the final season. If you feel a little more ambitious, there’s an extra-credit section below with additional information that could be good to remember when the series returns. Since this is a rather daunting undertaking-it’s 67 episodes what do you expect of us?!-we’re boiling it all down to the essential stories of the surviving characters set to do battle in Season 8. Just in case you don’t have time re-watch seven seasons Game of Thrones before the show’s upcoming eighth and final season premiere-it’s only 67 episodes what’s wrong with you?-we here at Vanity Fair will be recapping every single season of the show in order to make sure key events are fresh in your mind.

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