Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2: This is what you can expect from the series

The first episode of the last season of Game of Thrones was essentially an installation for the most important things to come. It was entertaining, especially thanks to a reunion in profusion, but it was only setting the stage for the conflicts of characters that would simmer in the open.

Note: Spoilers for the first episode of the upcoming season 8.

The second episode is the following. will go farther and also solve the cliffhanger the first episode has ended with. Jaime Lannister was forced to confront his past sins when he found himself facing Bran Stark.

Here's what to expect from the second episode.

Jaime Lannister pushed Bran out the window when the kid caught him in the act with his sister. We do not think Bran has any ill will towards Jaime, for the simple reason that he is no longer Bran. At least not quite. He is now another entity entirely called the three-eyed crow, a kind of seer who is interested in larger conflicts like the one against the king of the night and not to little human things like revenge.

Daenerys Targaryen and the Starks may be less forgiving. In the teaser of the episode itself, Daenerys tells Jaime that she had always dreamed of avenging her father, Aerys Targaryen, killed by the man who had vowed to defend him.

The Starks, once they learned that it was Jaime, who almost discovered killed Bran and for the very reason that he's a Lannister and was in league with Cersei might want punish him. But Tyrion will probably come to his brother's defense. Brienne could also step in and tell everyone that Jaime is not the man he thinks. Anyway, Jaime will not be executed because we saw him fighting in the Winterfell battle against the Army of the Dead caravan in season 8.

Jon was informed of his true ancestry by Samwell Tarly, at Bran's request. He knows that he is a Targaryen and heir to the iron throne. Our badumption is that he will not immediately tell Dany that he claims more than all the iron throne. He could discuss it with Arya, his favorite brother (we now know that she is his cousin) and perhaps also Sansa, who will probably insist on telling Daenerys.

But say that he will (probably not in the second episode), and we also think that he will claim a claim on the iron throne. Jon may have been a reluctant leader, but he may want to lead the Seven Kingdoms after realizing how dangerous Dany can be if he continues to burn his living enemies.

Moreover, Dany will certainly not take this lightly. She could love Jon, but his love has limits. She dreamed of governing Westeros for a very long time. She also owns two dragons and vast armies of Unsullied and Dothraki

This will create a gap between the living before the arrival of the king of the night and his army of the dead. This sounds like the A Song of Ice and Fire series of books, which would be a metaphor for climate change. The external threat is enormous when people fight instead of uniting to fight.

Game of Thrones Season 8 is broadcast on Star World. It is also broadcast continuously on Hotstar.