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Reunions and Romance Highlight Return Episode of ‘Game of Thrones’

Eagles star, Chris Long, will recap Game of Thrones and share his thoughts on each episode every Monday on SI.com.

August 27, 2017 -- the world’s favorite fantasy epic has been in a holding pattern. We went from the Night King saddling an undead Dragon spewing blue flames on a towering wall of ice to a full stop. In my line of work, the only parallel would be the dichotomy between the utterly satisfying and pressure-packed chaos of a Super Bowl run and the uncomfortable stillness that follows.

It’d be like Tony Montana’s goons alerting him that Scarface’s decisive home invasion was actually a false alarm, right after he emerged from his desk covered in white powder and expecting him to turn in for the night.