Originally posted by The_Tempest
Is it possible that Tywin might be spared on the show? I mean, everyone knows Charles Dance owns the series. Can't Tyrion kill Cersei or someone else that no one cares about? Must it really be Tywin?
It needs to be him for the plot to work, yes. But don't worry, Cersei's plot becomes hilarious afterwards so it's a fair trade.
Not that it won't be tight, but it's an extra length episode and my guess is that it will focus on Jon/Stannis and Tyrion. Brienne can be done in five minutes. Arya not much more than that. Bran and co will just be the epilogue (guessing so as the episode is named for them)- get to tree, find weird things, done. Maybe a 30 second final stinger for Catlyn.