I also wondered that, because that's about the only way I can imagine this making the slightest bit of sense. Attacking earlier goes completely against the strategy Cersei outlined, and would/should be suicidal from a numbers perspective, even discounting Dany's dragons (not to mention the omniscient Bran, though admittedly Cersei doesn't know about him).

it could be literally any time in the season. they definitely don't shoot in sequence. last week they were shooting a lot of the first couple episodes at that set but that was last week. no idea about this week. all i know is Emilia is in London and not on set these days.

The logic of this, no matter who the attackers are, perhaps would be evident if we knew which episode this will be in. IMO Episode 1 is too soon, especially if the attackers beat Jon and Dany there. Episode 2 seems more reasonable to me, and Ep 3 most likely. I think Sapochnik is directing Ep 3. BTW, this may be just part of an extended, key battle; they've been filming here for some time.

all i want to now is if this fight takes place before or after the confrontation with the white walkers dammit!

Another thought: Cersei might have changed her plans and want revenge on Jaime instead as soon as she figure out he's at Winterfell?

that sounds like Cersei :lmao:

or perhaps the NK arrives as they're fighting each other and the human armies are forced to fight together to survive.

The more I think about possible scenarios the more I'm confused.. even if it's later in the season, surely the southern forces would've learned of the devastation caused by the AOTD/Viserion either during their travels (or indeed they would've passed them at some point). So this surely must be after the WWs have been wiped out...but then again that's only a guess

guessing is all we can do :P

I open the new thread is that OK?

oh dear i forgot we are over 300 here already :eek: discussing was nice with you thanks!