Game of Thrones season 8: Don’t worry about the end of the show, says Liam Cunningham

Whatever’s happening in Game of Thrones season 8 is apparently more than enough to satisfy Liam Cunningham, but what could he be alluding to?

It’s completely natural to look at the end of something beloved with a little trepidation. Whether it’s Harry Potter or Scandal, knowing that there’s a definite end to the story (long-gestating sequel plays or prequel movies notwithstanding) means that it’s possible that the creators will have to hastily wrap things up. However, indications are that for Game of Thrones, this isn’t quite as much of a problem.

Coming from Metro and our sister site, Winter is Coming, Liam Cunningham has emphasized that things are well in hand. He carefully drops phrases like “naturally coming to its end,” and apparently, he also has started finding things “bittersweet.”

But, and WiC picks up on this too, “huge surprises” might be the biggest key from this little interview. What’s he talking about? It’s impossible to say exactly what he has in mind, but he does bring up Kit Harington’s reaction as well. Of course, the simplest explanation is that the two of them shared similar situations (as he explains, they both read the scripts later than everyone else), but Davos Seaworth and Jon Snow have quietly had a fascinating relationship that should be going through major changes in season 8 because of greater shifts of power.

Will Jon set Davos adrift? No. That doesn’t seem to be what he’s talking about, just because he probably wouldn’t proceed to call this season “wonderful stuff.” (Watch. Whenever we see season 8, that’ll be what’s going to happen.) In fact, it’s possible that Davos isn’t involved at all in these “huge surprises” beyond the role of a spectator, or at least not as a major player.

But one has to wonder … could one of those surprises have to do with one of the latest sets of spoilers? Now that’s a question, isn’t it?

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Also, one last note: we are definitely adding “a goer” into our lexicon, because if Cunningham says it, it’s probably cool.