Game Of Thrones Season 8 Premiere: 12 Things You Might've Missed In 'Winterfell'

9. The Important Mention Of House Tarly's Sword

Game of Thrones Sam Daenerys Winterfell
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Samwell Tarly was the surprise MVP of the Season 8 premiere, getting two big, emotional scenes, with John Bradley absolutely nailing them both.

While it's the one with Jon that provides the biggest talking point, since it reveals his parentage, the one with Daenerys should come back to importance too. Not just the fact that he has a reason to dislike and distrust Daenerys, but that he brings up stealing the House Tarly sword, Heartsbane.

There's no point mentioning that if it's not going to come into play, and it just so happens the Season 8 trailer had it at Jorah's hip. The teaser for the next episode shows him examining the Valyrian steel blade, so we can expect Sam to pass it over to him at some point during episode 2.

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