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‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 ventures to “Dragonstone” for a satisfying, if table-setting premiere, but should fewer episodes mean a change in urgency? And did Ed Sheeran bring us one of the series’ best scenes? Find out in our full review!

Poor Hodor got perhaps Game of Thrones’ least-deserved end, and one hopes his afterlife would be far more pleasant. Well, that afterlife is apparently a KFC, as a new commercial with Thrones alum Kristian Nairn memorably recalls the gentle giant’s tragic end.

There’s been some back and forth on Game of Thrones Season 7 having longer runtimes than previous years, but the full episode breakdown brings good news. Season 7 may have been hacked down to seven episodes, but at least two of them will be the series’ longest outings to date.

Like winter before it, Game of Thrones’ end is coming. We may not like to think about Seasons 7 and 8 bringing an end to the world of Westeros, but according to HBO, the main saga may not wrap at least 2019. Not only is the final Game of Thrones season currently unscheduled, but any and all spinoffs might not air until well-after.

We were all especially hungry for Game of Thrones after its spring delay, and doubly-so by the time HBO released the Season 7 trailer. So much so, in fact, that this week’s Season 7 footage racked up 61 million views in a day, believed to break TV’s record.

Just under two months from its premiere, Game of Thrones finally thawed out a Season 7 trailer, teasing new alliances, surprise returns and the great White Walker war to come. We couldn’t help diving way deeper into every frame of footage in anticipation of Game of Thrones hitting HBO in July.

Game of Thrones may not drive the same spoiler search in Season 7 as Jon Snow’s Season 6 fate, though the HBO drama still suffers some of TV’s worst leaks. Star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is aware of the problem, but teases that genuine spoilers are awash enough in internet fakery to blend in.

It’s taken this long for Game of Thrones to confirm a Season 7 premiere, and lips might finally now be loosening. Straight out of SXSW, Thrones bosses David Benioff and Dan Weiss confirm an even shorter episode order for the eighth and final season.

We’re way out in the woods on Game of Thrones this year, lacking a summer premiere or any sense of how Season 7 will start wrapping up George R.R. Martin’s incomplete saga. Still, were there any doubt Fire would meet Ice this year, allow the first poster to make that point literally.

Whatever your spoiler politics, it was hard to stay mad at Game of Thrones star Ian McShane for his cavalier attitude on revealing a “beloved character” return. The notoriously top-secret series got a dose of vulgar humility from the actor, and now McShane continues his candor, reminding fans to “get a f—king life.” Isn’t he adorable?

Game of Thrones isn’t necessarily known for its seasonal cliffhangers (Season 5 was more “did that really happen?” than “what happens next?”), but might the penultimate year leave us on a mammoth twist? That’s the suggestion from series star Maisie Williams, claiming “We’ve come to the climax and it’s rolling down to the end.”

Game of Thrones showrunners seemed finally to have gotten their wish that UFC fighter Conor McGregor would put in a cameo appearance, and we may yet have more proof. Not only are UFC heads confirming the part, but we also know that McGregor’s role left him speechless.