Game of Thrones season 8 episode 1: 5 things you need to know

Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister. Photo: Helen Sloane/HBO

Cersei wants her brothers dead

Weird amounts of nudity and insight into Bronn’s proclivities aside, his new job from Cersei Lannister might turn out to be the most quietly important pieces of this episode. She wants both Jaime and Tyrion Lannister dead, should they survive what happens in the North.

(Don’t assume they’ll survive.)

Why is Bronn a weirdly important choice? Well, Bronn has been … friends … to use the term very loosely, with both Tyrion and Jaime over the course of the series, working with them, cracking jokes with them, and waiting for his blessed castle. We don’t think he’s going to necessarily stay his blade (or crossbow bolt, as the case may be) because of that, but it could be very tough.

Also, in case you need to yell about it, here’s the new intro to the show:

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