Game Of Thrones Season 8: 8 Huge Questions 'The Long Night' Leaves Behind

7. Is A Battle With Cersei Coming?

Euron Cersei Game Of Thrones
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With the fighting in the North now over with, the attentions of those left will inevitably turn south, where Cersei Lannister still rules from King's Landing, even if the show hasn't featured her for a couple of episodes now.

In the trailer for Episode 4, we hear Daenerys declare that, with the Great War over, it's time for "the last war". That means she is planning on a battle with Cersei, but is that going to happen, or will the show find a way of subverting expectations once again?

Cersei's strategy of staying back is paying off at the minute, although she surely has to die before this all ends. After the Battle of Winterfell, however, that looks easier said than done.

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