10 Predictions For The Game Of Thrones Season 5 Finale
7. Brienne Helps Sansa (And Theon?) Escape
At this point in the books Brienne and Pod are miles away in the clutches of Lady Stoneheart and the Brotherhood, so it'll be very interesting to find out what role they'll play in the impending battle for Winterfell.
The promo for next week's episode shows Brienne swinging her sword, so she clearly sees some action, possibly having lost patience waiting for a sign from Sansa and gone in all guns blazing. Speaking of poor Sansa, it seems clear that she's prepared to make her escape or die trying. In the books it's the character of Jeyne Pool that's in her position, and it's Theon that gets her out of Winterfell, so expect ol' Reek to have a hand in helping Sansa here too.
The big question is, will Brienne get an opportunity to avenge Renly by plunging her blade through Stannis' heart? With all of these characters' arcs ready to converge it seems unlikely that they wont at least tease this, but whether they'll actually kill Stannis off is another matter. Perhaps he'll take out Brienne? If one of them is to go that's probably the more likely to happen unfortunately.