The last new episode of Game of Thrones aired on August 27, 2017 (a year ago today!), so you’re forgiven for not remembering what you have and haven’t already seen in HBO’s “Coming Soon in 2019” package (which also includes looks at True Detective season three and Big Little Lies season two). There’s not much debut footage, unfortunately, but considering season eight may not premiere until later than expected, we’ll take whatever we can get. The good stuff begins at 1:10 into the video, and ends… three seconds later. That’s it.
But still: it’s time to over-analyze! Following a meme-worthy shot of Meryl Streep in the “New Season” of Big Little Lies, we get ya boi Jon Snow reuniting with Sansa Stark at Winterfell, neither of whom look very happy. To be fair, Jon Snow never looks happy, but take a look at the steely-eyed glare Sansa is giving someone? (or maybe something?) while embracing “Aegon Targaryen.”
It’s possible that this scene has no great significance, but it’s hard to believe that based on how Sansa looks both sad and angry at the same time. The best explanation for what’s happening here: Sansa has just seen Daenerys Targaryen, an outsider to the north (who has grown unexpectedly close to Jon), for the first time. The most qualified leader in Westeros has risked her life to protect Winterfell, and she may not immediately play nice with the Mother of Dragons, particularly once she learns Jon Snow has bent the knee to her.
We’ll figure out what’s happening in the first half of 2019 (HBO confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that there’s no Emmys eligibility delay), when Game of Thrones FINALLY returns for its eighth and final season.
HBO: *releases a three second clip of Jon and Sansa's S08 reunion*
Me: *tries to decipher the whole S08 plot out of the three second clip*
— potato (@saintlustre) August 27, 2018