And the Dragon Queen’s gambit to take Casterly Rock succeeds, but it’s a hollow, meaningless victory: the Lannisters have moved their bannermen to Highgarden, where they take out the Tyrells and offer Lady Olenna a merciful death. Dany’s Dornish alliance ends with Ellaria Sand watching Cersei poison her daughter Tyene in a prison cell. The third episode of Game of Thrones’ seventh season is the story of meticulous strategy and how quickly it can fail.ĭaenerys finally meets Jon Snow, but neither of them get what they want from the encounter.
