Here's what to expect from game of thrones Grand finale.

This post contains potential spoilers for Game of Thrones season eight. Turn back now if you don't won't your psyche to be scared.

The seventh season of Game of Thrones feels like it wrapped up a lifetime ago, and it'll take two lifetimes till season eight starts airing. In the meantime, enjoy this examination of every last minuscule detail that's currently available.

1. It won't premiere till April 2019.HBO confirmed in January 2018 that the final season of the show will not air until next year.

2. It will consist of six episodes. In 2016, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss said the final two seasons would include 13 episodes; seven in season seven and six in season eight. However, these final six might be longer than the standard hour-long ones we've enjoyed thus far. Sound designer Paula Fairfield told a crowd at Con of Thrones that season eight's episodes may end up being feature-length (the season-seven finale clocked in at 82 minutes).

3. Tyrion's probably not going to fall for Daenerys. After the season finale scene where Tyrion lurked outside Daenerys's door while she and Jon Snow had sex, people immediately began to speculate that Tyrion's actions may have been fueled by his growing romantic feelings for Daenerys. Not so, says finale director Jeremy Podeswa. "I think there’s jealousy, but it’s maybe not romantic jealousy, in the way that it is for Jorah, for example," he told the Daily Beast. "I think that for Tyrion, it’s more complicated. I think he has a very special relationship with Dany and he really believes in her as a true leader and has invested a lot in her. I think for him, with Jon and Dany getting together, this represents a possible undermining of his position with her and also a monkey wrench thrown into what the master plan really is meant to be around this entire alliance." So for now you can keep your Tyrion/Daenerys pairing relegated to fan fiction.

4. Tormund Giantsbane probably survived the collapse of the Wall.When we last saw everyone's favorite ginger Wilding, he was trying and failing to fight off Viserion the Undead, but his fate was left a mystery. He's since been spotted in Belfast and at table reads for the show, though, so unless he's coming back as a White Walker, you can rest easy that he's still kicking.

5. There could be a battle at the gates of King's Landing that spills over into the city. Watchers on the Wall has noticed that the crew first built a breached gate for the city, then covered the breached sectionup to make it look whole and new. This could be a sign that they're eventually going to destroy the nice part during filming so that the ruined part is visible, and what would ruin a city gate but an attacking army?

6. They may be filming multiple endings to avoid spoilers. Casey Bloys said in September that the crew would do this to avoid leaks, but consider that Game of Thrones episodes are very, very expensive to make — if they are doing this, they're probably not doing them to full scale. Also, during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in February, Maisie Williams denied that this was happening. "I don't think we've got the budget to shoot lots of different endings," she said. "As we know, sometimes presidents don't always tell the truth."


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