<P> HBO ordered the seventh season on April 21, 2016, three days before the premiere of the show's sixth season, and began filming on August 31, 2016 . The season was filmed primarily in Northern Ireland, Spain, Croatia and Iceland . </P> <P> Game of Thrones features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster - Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington . The season introduces several new cast members, including Jim Broadbent and Tom Hopper . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 61 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Dragonstone" </Td> <Td> Jeremy Podeswa </Td> <Td> David Benioff & D.B. Weiss </Td> <Td> July 16, 2017 (2017 - 07 - 16) </Td> <Td> 10.11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> At the Twins, Arya fatally poisons the remaining lords of House Frey . The White Walkers march toward the Wall, where Tollett allows Bran and Meera inside . At Winterfell, despite Sansa's disapproval, Jon secures the loyalties of Houses Umber and Karstark, who fought alongside Ramsay in the Battle of the Bastards . At the Citadel, Samwell steals books that reveal a large reservoir of dragonglass in Dragonstone, and sends word to Jon . He later finds Jorah in a cell . In the Riverlands, Arya meets a group of friendly Lannister soldiers, who take her intention to kill Cersei as a joke . Thoros shows Sandor a vision in the fire . The revelation leads him to believe in the Lord of Light . In King's Landing, Jaime tells Cersei of the crucial need for allies . She welcomes Euron, who proposes marriage to her in exchange for his Iron Fleet and a chance to kill Theon and Yara . Cersei declines citing trust as a concern, so Euron promises to return with a "gift" to prove his loyalty . Daenerys arrives at Dragonstone, the home of House Targaryen once occupied by Stannis, with her army and dragons . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 62 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Stormborn" </Td> <Td> Mark Mylod </Td> <Td> Bryan Cogman </Td> <Td> July 23, 2017 (2017 - 07 - 23) </Td> <Td> 9.27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Daenerys sends the Dornishmen with Yara's fleet to Sunspear and the Unsullied to Casterly Rock, deciding to place King's Landing under siege . She questions Varys' loyalty and threatens to burn him alive if he ever betrays her . Melisandre arrives and encourages her to invite Jon Snow to Dragonstone . Grey Worm and Missandei consummate their relationship . Cersei gathers several lords, asking for their fealties and elevating Randyll Tarly as Warden of the South . Qyburn shows Cersei a prototype ballista capable of killing dragons . Arya meets with Hot Pie and learns of Jon's ascension to King in the North, halting plans to travel to King's Landing and instead setting course for Winterfell . After receiving Samwell's letter, Jon leaves for Dragonstone in hopes of convincing Daenerys to support the fight against the White Walkers . He leaves Sansa in charge and aggressively warns Littlefinger to keep his distance . Samwell applies a forbidden treatment on Jorah's Greyscale infection . Euron's fleet attacks Yara's . Obara and Nymeria are killed, while Ellaria, Tyene, and Yara are captured . Theon shows flashes of his time as Reek, hesitating to challenge Euron before fleeing the carnage by jumping into the sea . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 63 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "The Queen's Justice" </Td> <Td> Mark Mylod </Td> <Td> David Benioff & D.B. Weiss </Td> <Td> July 30, 2017 (2017 - 07 - 30) </Td> <Td> 9.25 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Jon arrives at Dragonstone . Daenerys demands his fealty . He refuses and focuses instead on convincing her to fight the Army of the Dead . Following Tyrion's advice, Daenerys grants Jon access to the island's dragonglass . Melisandre hides her presence from Jon and leaves for Volantis . Bran arrives at Winterfell and reveals his newfound role as the Three - Eyed Raven to Sansa . In King's Landing, Euron returns with Ellaria and Tyene as a gift for Cersei, who promises to marry him after the war is won . She also awards him co-control of her military alongside Jaime . Cersei administers the same poison to Tyene used to kill Myrcella, forcing Ellaria to watch her daughter's impending death . In Oldtown, a healed Jorah leaves to find Daenerys . Ebrose forgives Samwell . Grey Worm and the Unsullied attack Casterly Rock, only to find it mostly abandoned . Jaime led most of the Lannister forces in an attack on Highgarden, while Euron's fleet ambushes and destroys the Unsullied's ships . The Lannister forces overwhelm Olenna's army . Jaime induces Olenna to drink poison, offering her a quick and painless death . After drinking it, she confesses to poisoning Joffrey . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 64 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "The Spoils of War" </Td> <Td> Matt Shakman </Td> <Td> David Benioff & D.B. Weiss </Td> <Td> August 6, 2017 (2017 - 08 - 06) </Td> <Td> 10.17 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Arya returns to Winterfell, where she reunites with Sansa and spars with Brienne, both of whom are unnerved by her exceptional fighting skills . Bran unemotionally bids farewell to Meera, divulging that he is no longer the boy she accompanied through the North . Littlefinger presents Bran with the dagger that was previously used in his attempted assassination . Cersei assures the Iron Bank a full return on their investment, as a train carrying gold from Highgarden is on its way to King's Landing . In a cave filled with dragonglass, Jon reveals ancient paintings to Daenerys depicting the First Men and the Children of the Forest joining forces against the undead . Later, Daenerys learns of the sacking of Highgarden by Lannister forces and realizes her attack on Casterly Rock was a distraction . Despite Tyrion's protests, she decides to take action . Led by Daenerys riding Drogon, the Dothraki cavalry catches the Lannister army by surprise and decimate or capture its remaining forces . Drogon is wounded during the fight by a spear fired from the scorpion ballista being manned by Bronn . Jaime mounts a desperate charge on horseback at a vulnerable Daenerys, but Drogon spews fire in time to thwart the attack . Bronn tackles Jaime into the river in time to save him . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 65 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "Eastwatch" </Td> <Td> Matt Shakman </Td> <Td> Dave Hill </Td> <Td> August 13, 2017 (2017 - 08 - 13) </Td> <Td> 10.72 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Jaime and Bronn return to King's Landing . Against Tyrion's advice, Daenerys has Drogon burn Randyll and Dickon Tarly alive for remaining allegiant to Cersei, forcing the other captives to pledge fealty to the former . Jorah arrives at Dragonstone and reunites with Daenerys . Maester Wolkan alerts Jon and the Citadel about the approaching wights to the Eastwatch by the Sea . Jon decides to travel beyond the Wall and capture a wight in order to convince Cersei for a temporary alliance . Davos smuggles Tyrion inside King's Landing, where he secretly meets with Jaime and offers an armistice, which Cersei accepts, informing Jaime that she is pregnant . Davos rendezvouses with Gendry and returns him to Dragonstone . With the Citadel ignoring Wolkan's letter, Samwell steals several books and leaves with Gilly and Little Sam . At Winterfell, Littlefinger notices Arya spying on him and leads her to take a letter written by Sansa from his room . Jon, Jorah, and Gendry, joined by the Hound, the Brotherhood, and a group of the Free Folk led by Tormund, leave Eastwatch and pass the Wall, intending to capture a wight as evidence for Cersei that the Army of the Dead is real . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 66 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Beyond the Wall" </Td> <Td> Alan Taylor </Td> <Td> David Benioff & D.B. Weiss </Td> <Td> August 20, 2017 (2017 - 08 - 20) </Td> <Td> 10.24 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> At Winterfell, Littlefinger plots to isolate Sansa . Tensions between Arya and Sansa grow following Arya's discovery of the letter Sansa sent as a child begging for Robb's fealty to Joffrey . Sansa discovers Arya's bag of faces she took from Braavos . At Dragonstone, Tyrion counsels Daenerys about her upcoming negotiations with Cersei . Beyond the Wall, Jon leads a raiding party to capture a wight to bring South as evidence of the White Walkers' existence . After successfully capturing one, the group is besieged by the White Walker army . Jon has Gendry return to Eastwatch and send a raven to Daenerys to request her help . Thoros freezes to death overnight . Daenerys arrives and saves the group from the wights, with the help of her dragons . The Night King, leader of the White Walkers, throws an ice spear at Viserion, one of Daenerys' dragons, and kills it . Daenerys flies off, along with the raiding party, but is unable to save Jon . Benjen Stark intervenes and sacrifices himself to allow Jon to escape . When Jon and Daenerys are reunited, Jon pledges himself and the North to Daenerys as Queen . The Night King resurrects Viserion, making the dragon a part of his army . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 67 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "The Dragon and the Wolf" </Td> <Td> Jeremy Podeswa </Td> <Td> David Benioff & D.B. Weiss </Td> <Td> August 27, 2017 (2017 - 08 - 27) </Td> <Td> 12.07 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> At King's Landing, the wight is presented to the Lannisters . Cersei demands Jon's neutrality in the Great War, but he upholds his oath to Daenerys, provoking Cersei to leave . Tyrion meets privately with Cersei, apparently persuading her to ally . Cersei later reveals to Jaime that she was lying and instead intends to use the Golden Company of Braavos to secure her hold on Westeros . Disgusted, Jaime deserts her and rides north . Bound for White Harbor, Jon and Daenerys make love . At Dragonstone, Theon earns the respect of his men and leads them to rescue Yara . At Winterfell, Littlefinger sows dissent using Arya's threatening demeanor with Sansa, who assembles a trial . After listing Littlefinger's acts of treason against House Stark and the North, Sansa has Arya execute him . Samwell arrives at Winterfell and meets with Bran, where both discuss Jon's parentage . They realise Jon is a trueborn Targaryen named Aegon and valid heir to the Iron Throne, with his parents--Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark--having married in secret . At Eastwatch, an undead Viserion damages the Wall, allowing the Army of the Dead to march south . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr>

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