This is it, “Game of Thrones” fans. We’re in the endgame now…. uhh… we are in the second half of the final season of the HBO series. Only three more episodes before you find out who is going to sit on the Iron Throne, and perhaps more importantly, who won’t be alive to see it happen. And according to one of the show’s stars, the second half of the season starts with off with a bang.
Speaking to EW, Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow in the series, talked about what’s to come with Season 8 of “Game of Thrones,” and specifically about why Episode 4 (we won’t get a title until after it airs) is one of his favorites.
“One of my favorite episodes is 4 because the characters have seemingly got what they needed,” Harington explained. “The world is safe now. They’re celebrating and saying goodbye to lost friends.”
He added, “But as an audience, you’re going, ‘This is only episode 4, something’s going to happen.’ And that’s the cool thing because I think the characters are aware of this as well. There’s something twisted and uncomfortable about it. It’s so Shakespearian.”
Frankly, after the mixed reaction to “The Long Night,” which was meant to be the biggest battle episode of the entire series but turned into one of the most debated entries in the entire ‘Thrones’ catalog, the show needs a big victory in the narrative column. Hopefully, Episode 4 can be that win.
We actually don’t know much about what is supposed to happen in the episode other than the fact that the focus will be on the people left after the Battle of Winterfell and what they plan on doing when they move south to take on Queen Cersei in King’s Landing. It actually doesn’t sound like an action-packed hour and twenty minutes, and maybe it’s another reset and place-setting episode as things gear up for another big battle, but maybe that’s what the series needs right now. Just a little breather.
“Game of Thrones” airs Sunday nights on HBO.