There's still sass in her eyes, and she doesn't look like a woman humbled. But that isn't stopping the High Sparrow from having some one-on-one time with the Queen Regent. In a shot of the two of them together, Cersei appears to be crying as she kneels on the floor and he sits on a stool.
The synopsis for the finale teases that "Cersei seeks forgiveness," and it's hard to imagine the High Sparrow letting her out of his clutches without getting a big incest confession out of her. Expect that storyline to climax in the final episode of Season 5, as fans have been waiting since her episode 7 capture to find out just how far the former queen can fall.
In the north, Sansa is wearing the terrified look Cersei probably should have on her face. "Game of Thrones" hasn't lingered long on the newlywed Bolton's storyline since controversially having her husband Ramsay rape and beat her on their wedding night. Like Cersei's storyline, Sansa's has been building toward a climax it hasn't yet reached. A lot of significant characters in her storyline are not pictured in the pre-episode photo. There's Brienne and Pod, who are waiting for a sign from her. There's Theon, who is struggling with his ingrained allegiance to Ramsay and his desire to help Sansa. And then there's Ramsay himself -- plus his love interest Myranda -- who have remained unpunished all season for the evil's they've committed. Something's got to give, especially since the finale synopsis forebodingly teases that "Stannis marches."
Of course, Stannis isn't Westeros' king in shining flaming-heart armor anymore. In the season's penultimate episode, he burned his only child alive to help himself fulfill his destiny to take the Iron Throne, and that turned off a lot of his supporters. In his one finale still, the Baratheon doesn't look super happy about life, as Melisandre stands in her typical position at his side.
As has already been established multiple times, Stannis can only march forward -- and that means to Winterfell. There he will inevitably clash with Ramsay, so could that be what Sansa is so nervous about? At Castle Black, Jon Snow apparently does manage to get past the gates and end up south of the Wall. Here he is seen meeting with his BFF Sam Tarly, who hopefully clues him into the fact that a lot of the men of the Night's Watch -- including the snotty kid Olly -- aren't too pleased with their new Wildling friendship. The bigger issue they all face is the fact that the Night's King and his undead army are marching south on Westeros and there's nothing anyone can do to stop him. Maybe this meeting is where Sam tells Jon that he magically found a lifetime's supply of dragonglass and Valyrian steel weapons and everyone lives happily ever after, the end.
Across the ocean in Braavos, it's telling that the only photograph HBO shared of Arya’s storyline doesn't show Arya. Instead it reveals Jaqen H’ghar standing in the Hall of Faces. Could this mean Arya will finally use the Faceless Men's magic and transform into a different person? One can only hope.
But Jaqen doesn't look super pleased in this still, which could be because Arya hasn't quite ditched her "Arya Stark" persona like she promised she would. "Lana" would kill the ship gambler like she was told, not ignore her mark once she spots Meryn Trant, a name off Arya Stark's death list. Jaqen allowed "the girl" to graduate past sweeping because she said she ditched her former identity, and if he finds out she's lied to him ... well, you don't like to see a Faceless Man when he's angry.
Last and certainly not least there are Daenerys Targaryen's three advisors facing a Khaleesi-less world, and they all seem pretty bummed. Jorah Mormont came back to join his queen only for her to almost immediately fly away on a dragon, Tyrion Lannister is probably wondering why he traveled all the way to a different continent only for the impressive queen he found to disappear and Daario just generally looks sad.
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