It's mid-July and winter is here. Game of Thrones is set to air its seventh and penultimate season starting this month and by this juncture, the plot has moved well beyond the point George R.R. Martin's books reached. Which is to say, book readers and avid show fans alike are in uncharted territory when it comes to guessing where the story is headed as the beginning of the endgame ensues. Daenerys and her dragons are finally in Westeros, Cersei is on the Iron Throne, the Starks may be headed for a full reunion, the Night King and his White Walkers are ready to wipe out humanity and all of these plots and more are going to converge in a big way. There's absolutely no telling how it's all going to unfold, and the best guess is probably laughably wrong.
So let's make showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss smile by trying to figure their moves out anyway. Ahead of the season seven premiere this Sunday, here are 5 of my wildest guesses for what could possibly go down in these seven episodes. If I die from nightshade poisoning, it's because I was closer than the Powers That Be were comfortable with. Stay woke.