<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 6 Next → Season 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Game of Thrones episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The seventh and penultimate season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017 . Unlike previous seasons that consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consisted of only seven . Like the previous season, it largely consisted of original content not found in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, while also incorporating material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series . The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss . </P> <P> The penultimate season focuses primarily on the convergence of the show's main plotlines in preparation for the final season . Daenerys Targaryen arrives in Westeros with her army and three dragons and wages war against the Lannisters . Jon Snow forges an alliance with Daenerys in an attempt to unite their forces against the White Walker army . Arya and Bran return to Winterfell and reunite with their sister Sansa . At the end of the season, the Army of the Dead breaches the Wall (with the help of a reanimated wight dragon) and finally enters the Seven Kingdoms . </P>

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