Brief first glimpse of Game of Thrones season 8 leaves fans with theories and questions

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But the more eagle-eyed quickly spotted that there was something new amongst the old – a precious glimpse of season eight (labelled, just in case there was any mistake, 'Final season') in which Sansa Stark appears to share a hug with her half-brother Jon Snow on his return to their home of Winterfell.

https://twitter.com/thronesfacts/status/1033979604204056576

The question is, is it all happy families or does that look on Sansa's face suggest something else is going on?

https://twitter.com/drogonsdaughter/status/1034007577976299521

Of course, the chances are Jon won't have turned up alone and will have a certain Daenerys Targaryen in tow (or should that be the other way around?). And plenty of fans think Sansa is not looking too pleased about this...

https://twitter.com/House_Razor/status/1033920610387120128

https://twitter.com/thronesfacts/status/1033986370501410816

Either way, there's a general consensus that Sansa has something on her mind beyond the happy return of her bro...

https://twitter.com/Oluinldn/status/1033986796823216128

https://twitter.com/ConnorBass4/status/1033981009178583046

Who knows, maybe Game of Thrones fans are all getting a bit cynical in their old age, but it doesn't seem beyond the realms of possibility that the young woman who just recently blew our minds when she turned the tables on arch-schemer Littlefinger may have something up her sleeve.

It's also perhaps worth noting (or perhaps irrelevant) that the person Jon first goes in for the hug with is not Sansa, but someone much bigger and burlier. That could suggest he is reunited with another friend at Winterfell (no surprise there) or that that particular snippet (which does not say 'Final season' on it) is actually from sometime earlier, like the rest of the footage. Either way, it means we actually get two hugs for the price of one!

And who says HBO never gives us anything?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqIttKy-6G0

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This article was originally published on 27 August 2018