‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Episode 3 Review: Fire meets Snow!

“There are always lessons in failure”, said Jamie, having poured Olenna a drink. YES, there is a new episode of the show premiering tonight!

The episode begins with the long awaited meeting between Jon Snow and Daenerys, the meeting of “ice” and “fire”. He says that the two are completely different characters and yet we could see a mutual respect growing between the two as they talked. If not her moral compass, you at least have to respect her planning.

What will happen to the Sands?

We like the regal Sansa better anyhow, especially when she puts Littlefinger in his place. In the subsequent episode, Euron destroyed Yara Greyjoy’s fleet, killed two of the Sand Snakes (Nymeria and Obara), and took Yara, Ellaria, and Tyene – the only surviving Sand Snake – as his prisoners. What will she do?

The first episode, “Dragonstone”, kicked things off with Arya Stark murdering a room filled with people, and the second episode, “Stormborn”, may have opened our eyes to something rather interesting.

The episode also does a stellar job of balancing power, thereby increasing the unpredictability going forward. As Jon, Robb, and Bran look on, the ranger begs that Ned spread the word about what’s coming, saying, “I know I broke my oath”. Everything so far in season seven, however, has shattered that notion.

Episode 63 (season 7, episode 3), debut 7/30/17: Sophie Turner, Aiden Gillen. The end result – Westeros balanced on a knife-edge. In her final moments, she reveals she was behind the death of Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) in Season 4. It was a meeting where both parties could have easily benefited except…well, do you know Dany and Jon at all? Cersei’s vengeance is not straightforward, or, indeed, definite. On this evening’s episode as per the HBO synopsis, “Daenerys holds court; Cersei returns a gift; Jaime learns from his mistakes”. When Tycho Nestoris of the Iron Bank of Braavos arrived at King’s Landing to inquire about the Lannister’s mounting debts, Cersei offered him a glass of wine, only to be turned down. His presence alone could unmask all of Baelish’s deceit.

Clearly, Tyrion is referring to the White Walkers, but there’s no mistaking the nod to The Walking Dead in his statement.

Instead, the merciless Cersei is on the forefront of Dany’s mind, and as Weiss notes, “by the time you get to the end of episode 3, it’s not at all clear that the playing field is almost as lopsided as it was when we ended episode 1″.