Season Guide
Game of Thrones Season 7
Season 7 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
The long winter is here. Throughout seven thrilling episodes, the penultimate Season 7 of this blockbuster hit series focuses on a convergence of armies and attitudes that have been brewing for years.
Season Review
The compressed season: seven episodes, bullet speed plotting (ravens now fly at the speed of plot), the Loot Train battle (dragon warfare as horror), the Beyond the Wall expedition (beautiful, dumb), and the Stark sisters’ Winterfell cold war (resolved too neatly). The finale’s boat union and the Night King’s Viserion wall breach set the endgame. The dialogue at Dragonstone (the cave, the wight hunt planning) shows the strain of missing source material, but the spectacle carries it.
Episodes
1
SummaryJon organizes the defense of the North. Cersei tries to even the odds. Daenerys comes home.Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
2
Summary Daenerys receives an unexpected visitor. Jon faces a revolt. Tyrion plans the conquest of Westeros. Our Take Mostly a table-setting hour where characters argue strategy in dimly lit rooms,…
3
SummaryDaenerys holds court. Cersei returns a gift. Jaime learns from his mistakes.Our TakeSolid, satisfying television. The season's engine keeps turning and the character work pays.
4
SummaryArya gets to the final destination. Daenerys takes it upon herself to strike back.Our TakeVery good, not the series' peak, but an hour that reminds you why Game of Thrones…
5
SummaryDaenerys demands loyalty from the surviving Lannister soldiers; Jon heeds Bran's warning about White Walkers on the move; Cersei vows to vanquish anyone or anything that stands in her way.Our…
6
Summary Jon’s mission continues north of the wall, but the odds against his ragged band of misfits may be greater than he imagined. Our Take A crowd-pleasing hour with some…
7
SummaryCersei sits on the Iron Throne; Daenerys sails across the Narrow Sea; Jon Snow is King in the North, and winter is finally here.Our TakeVery good, not the series' peak,…