Game of Thrones’ new opening credits sequence holds a lot of clues for this season
Spoilers ahead for “Winterfell,” episode 1 of Game of Thrones, season 8, and for season 7.
Game of Thrones is back for its long-awaited eighth season. After an energetic recap sequence, the season premiere, “Winterfell,” presented a whole new opening credits sequence, which departs from the title sequences in previous seasons. The title segment, which flies a point-of-view camera around a map of the fictional country of Westeros, used to regularly change to reflect locations that might be significant that episode or season. But in the season 8 intro, the action starts outside Westeros, in the furthest north, clueing the audience into the path taken by the undead army of White Walkers that threatens Westeros.
First, the camera pans over…
