New Game Of Thrones pics tease a song of ice beards and fire swords
The preview pics for last week’s episode of Game Of Thrones didn’t give us any hints that Jon Snow would be putting together a Suicide Squad to go beyond The Wall or that Gendry would (finally) be popping up as a hammer-swinging badass, but our predictions beyond that—everybody being gloomy and Jon Snow being angry/confused—were right on the money. The preview pics for the next episode are similarly gloomy, but they’re also significantly more action-oriented, thanks to a particular focus on the aforementioned Suicide Squad. In the spirit of the last few seasons of Game Of Thrones, though, let’s stop talking about going somewhere and just jump right to it.
Here’s the whole team, with Jon Snow leading Tormund, Jorah, Gendry, and the Brotherhood (none of whom are formally credited in HBO’s press release). Their place in the background suggests that they might be the Game Of Thrones equivalent of that guy who died almost immediately in the Suicide Squad movie, but hopefully a few them will make it out of this thing. (After all, the Hound needs to fight his brother at some point.)
Here’s Jorah, with the wind doing a weird thing to his hair. After his gradual brush with death over the last few seasons, he’s probably just happy to be doing something that doesn’t involve pining over his queen and waiting to die. Who knows, maybe she’ll love him if he makes it back alive.
Tormund, showing these southerners how a real northern man poses past the wall. Look at that proud, icy beard. Look at the way he puffs his chest out. How can you not like this man, Brienne?
Once again, Jon Snow has two faces: angry/confused and worried/confused. This is the latter, which probably doesn’t bode well for the Suicide Squad, but it could also mean nothing.