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Editor’s Note: This guest post and survey was created by WotW reader James Rivers. After asking for fans’ input on potential episode titles for Game of Thrones season 6, over 1300 readers responded enthusiastically. The results are compiled a little differently this year, owing to the new path we’re forging, less guided by the books but we hope poring over the outcome and ideas of the fans is as much fun as ever. Thank you for reading! -Sue the Fury
The Oscars have an accounting firm to help tabulate and analyze their annual balloting. Us, not so much, but here we go.
We had well over three times the response to this year’s survey compared to the season 5 survey— each episode title had in the range of 800-950 submissions. On the one hand, this is exciting and reflects the growth of WatchersOnTheWall. On the other, it made it harder to tabulate, given wild variations on very similar names, typos and the like.
A more obvious challenge for survey respondents: We have “no idea what’s going to happen.” Sure, we have some spoilers, and we have a handful of major book events yet unseen on screen, but the season ahead remains a largely blank canvas. As a result, we have very repetitive top choices episode-to-episode. So we’re going to present the results differently than we did last year.
This post is meant to be largely safe for the Unsullied- though some episode titles are potential spoilers in themselves. For those who either haven’t read the books or haven’t read many of the filming leaks from this season, spoiler coding is used where appropriate below the fold. Click to uncover spoilers. Overall, proceed with caution!
Overall Top Titles
Here are the episode names that got at least 100 overall guesses (only very similar guesses were combined).
- Kingsmoot 390
- The Winds of Winter 342
- Family, Duty, Honor 237
- Tower of Joy 226
- Queen of Nothing 219
- Crow’s Eye 196
- The Long Night 147
- Mummer’s Farce 140
- Winter/Winter Has Come 126
- Valonqar 117
- A Thousand Eyes and One 116
- Mercy 112
- Promise Me 112
- The Prince That Was Promised/The One That Was Promised 105
In this Top 14 list, we have several references to events from the books (or sample chapters) not yet in the show, a forthcoming book title, family words, and even something directly from the Season 6 teaser involving Dany.
Next, here’s titles with 50 to 99 guesses.
- Trial by the Seven/Faith 98
- We Do Not Sow 93
- Cat of the Canals 90
- Seven-Pointed Star 86
- Mother of Mountains 84
- A Time for Wolves 82
- The Citadel 81
- Battle of the
Bastards81
- Oldtown 78
- Riverlands/
(Siege of)Riverrun 67
- A Feast for Crows 64
- Night Gathers 59
- Hodor 59
- (Amid/st) Salt and Smoke 56
- A Golden Shroud (and very similar) 53
-
Cleganebowl52
- Greenseer/The Last Greenseer 50
We’ve got references to Cersei’s presumed plotline; a book title; a maybe-if-there-winds-up-being-an-eighth-book title; a castle; a city; a major spoiler from Season 6 leaks; and even a fan-given name for a possible eventual event.
Lastly, titles with 25 to 49 guesses.
- Azor Ahai 49
- (Song of) Ice and Fire 47
- The North Remembers 47
- The Lord Of Winterfell 44
- Horn Of Winter/Joramun 43
- Broken Men 41
- Ghost 39
- The Battle of
Winterfell36
- Hear Me Roar 35
- Snow 35
- Warrior of Light 34
- Winterfell 33
- Battle of Ice 33
- The Stallion Who Mounts World 33
- A Ghost In Winterfell 31
- What Is Dead May Never Die 30
- Growing Strong 29
- Lord Stark 29
- Battle of Six Armies 28
- Bastards 28
- Blackfish 27
- The Ink Is Dry 27
- No One 27
- Lightbringer 26
- Lord of Light 26
- Bloodraven 25
- Dosh Khaleen 25
- Silence 25
- The Bloody Hand 25
Apparently a number of fans think the show should reuse titles like “The North Remembers” and “What Is Dead May Never Die.” Can’t blame them, given speculated events coming up in Season 6. Various battle names here as well, all referring to the same possible event.
You’ll notice that among the 60 or so titles above, many overlap one another in terms of the character, plot or event they reference. I took the liberty of lumping popular related titles together into groups and used them for the next section.
The top 11 groups are:
- Dany and the Dothraki
- Jon Snow’s fate
- Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven
- Cersei’s trial and fate
- Riverrun
- Arya
- The typical Episode 9 extravaganza
- Winter is really coming now
- Sam’s destination
- All things Greyjoy
- Tower of Joy events
This would appear to cover most major storylines, with the exception of events in Meereen.
Top Titles by Episode, Three Ways
For each of the 10 episodes, we’ll list:
- The top picks from the survey for that episode. I was more liberal in combining similar titles here. Anything with 15 guesses or more for that episode is listed. If multiple episodes had the same winning title (“Kingsmoot,” for instance), then I “assigned” it to the episode where it got the most votes. Overly specific/spoilery titles (example: “Sansa Marries Ramsay” if this were Season 5) are hidden.
- The most likely titles for the episode from the 11 groups listed above (“Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven” etc.). This is based, when possible, on the spoilers reported by WatchersOnTheWall. These typically involve which directors were spotting filming what and where — and when not, on speculation. A spoiler compendium by Yaga and Jared is linked here. These titles are hidden below spoiler tags.
- An “honorable mention” title — one that received no more than five votes in the entire survey, but that I personally liked and that generally fits with the theme/group of part “B.”
Shall we, then?
Episode One
Top picks specifically for this episode:
- Night Gathers 51
- A Thousand Eyes and One 51
- The Winds of Winter/Winter/Winter Has Come 41
- Kingsmoot 39
- Queen of Nothing 31
- A Feast for Crows 28
- (Amid/st) Salt and Smoke 27
- A Golden Shroud (or similar) 27
- Ghost 24
- Greenseer/The Last Greenseer/The Sight 24
- Tower of Joy 16
- What Is Dead May Never Die 15
- The Ink Is Dry 15
And we start off with a tie between the opening words of the Night’s Watch oath and a quote from the tail end of Season 4 from the Three-Eyed Raven. Both seem appropriately foreboding. We’ve also a couple of quotes from preseason teasers, as well as a reference to Myrcella’s death. Oh, and a title from Season 2.
From overall picks, with speculation:
- A Thousand Eyes and One 116
- Greenseer/The Last Greenseer/The Sight 50
- The Ink Is Dry 27
- Bloodraven 25
“Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven” Group total: 218
You’d think that Bran and company would be re-introduced in Episode 1 given their absence last season…perhaps in the very first scene. If so, this might be the episode with a title most likely to refer to them. Four such titles had at least 25 guesses, with the Three-Eyed Raven’s description of how he has watched Bran receiving by far the most. This choice also assumes that Jon’s likely resurrection doesn’t happen immediately.
Honorable Mention:
- You Will Fly
Episode Two
Top picks specifically for this episode:
- Queen of Nothing/Khaleesi Vosi 101
- Kingsmoot 77
- Crow’s Eye 56
- Cat of the Canals 45
- A Thousand Eyes and One 29
- We Do Not Sow 22
- Mother of Mountains 19
- Tower of Joy 18
- A Golden Shroud (or similar) 18
- White Harbor 15
- Last Greenseer/The Sight/etc 15
Kingsmoot rises to No.2 here. You’ll be seeing a lot of it. A large amount of repetition, with about half of these title also popular for Episode 1. But overall the winner is a quote from a preseason teaser, available in two languages.
From overall picks, with speculation:
- Queen of Nothing/Khaleesi Vosi 219
- Mother of Mountains 84
- Dosh Khaleen 25
“Dany and Dothraki” Group total: 328
We’ll go ahead and concur by sticking the Dany-related titles here. Perhaps this episode also strongly features Margaery and Cersei. At the least, it establishes the predicament all three presumably find themselves in as the season opens.
Honorable Mention:
- Womb of the World
Episode Three
Top picks specifically for this episode:
- Kingsmoot 90
- Queen of Nothing/Khaleesi Vosi 55
- Crow’s Eye 48
- Mother of Mountains 34
- Mercy 25
- Cat of the Canals 20
- The Citadel 20
- We Do Not Sow 19
- Tower of Joy 16
- The Mummer’s Dragon 16
- A Thousand Eyes and One 15
This is the first of three episodes with “Kingsmoot” as the top choice. Yes, three. But its most votes came for Episode 3, so it gets the bolded treatment above. With “Crow’s Eye” and “We Do Not Sow” also getting votes, it’s a Greyjoy fest all up in here. Two of Arya’s alternate identities also make an appearance, as does “Mummer’s Dragon.” Book readers have a theory as to what character that represents, but it’s not someone we’ve seen on the show yet and there’s no sign of him coming in Season 6, though you never know.
From overall picks, with speculation: ]
- The Citadel 81
- Oldtown 78
“Sam” group total: 159
The Sam-related title grouping actually placed 11th overall. It’s here only because the episode titles from three of the 11 above groups would, based on spoilers,
Honorable Mention:
- The Glass Candle
Episode Four
Top picks specifically for this episode:
- Kingsmoot 77
- The Mummer’s Farce 43
- Tower Of Joy 21
- We Do Not Sow 21
- Crow’s Eye 20
- The Citadel 19
- Queen Of Nothing/Khaleesi Vosi 17
- Mother Of Mountains 15
There’s “Kingsmoot” at the top again. But it had more votes for Episode 3, so we’ll tag “The Mummer’s Farce,” which could also refer to something Braavosi in nature, as the Episode 4 pick. Pretty much everything else on this list is a retread.
From overall picks, with speculation:
- The Prince That Was Promised/The One That Was Promised 105
- (Amid/st) Salt and Smoke 56
- Azor Ahai 49
- Warrior Of Light 34
- The Stallion That Mounts the World 33
- Lightbringer 26
“Prophecies from the books” group total: 303
We lack clear spoilers on when the “Is Jon dead?” mystery will be resolved, but it would likely need to be the same episode as
Honorable Mention:
- The Old Words
Episode Five
Top picks specifically for this episode:
- Kingsmoot 68
- Tower of Joy 35
- Crow’s Eye 28
- The Mummer’s Farce 22
- Promise Me/The Promise 19
- Mercy 17
- The Citadel 16
- Broken Men 15
- Family, Duty, Honor 17
“Kingsmoot” was already number one for Episode 3. “Tower of Joy” is No.1 for another episode. That bumps us down to “Crow’s Eye,” which I suppose could be used as a double entendre early in the season to refer to both the Three-Eyed Raven and a new season 6 character, even if said new character lacks the physical characteristic on the show that yielded that nickname in the books.
From overall picks, with speculation:
- Kingsmoot 390
- Crow’s Eye 196
- Silence 25
- We Do Not Sow 93
- What Is Dead May Never Die 30
“All things Greyjoy” group total: 734
The huge number of Euron-related guesses guaranteed placement somewhere on the “informed speculation” list. Fans think, based on spoilers,
Honorable Mention:
- King of Salt Rock
Episode Six
Top picks specifically for this episode:
- Tower of Joy 56
- Family, Duty, Honor 50
- Promise Me/The Promise 45
- Kingsmoot 27
- The Mummer’s Farce 24
- Mercy 21
- The Winds of Winter 19
- The Seven-Pointed Star 19
-
(Siege of)Riverrun/Riverlands 16
The Tower of Joy sequence has mythical import among A Song of Ice and Fire readers, and wouldn’t it make sense that whatever episode features it will also have it for its title?
From overall picks, with speculation:
- Tower of Joy 226
- Promise Me 112
“Tower of Joy” group total: 338
- The Mummer’s Farce 140
- Mercy 112
- The Bloody Hand 25
“Arya and the players” group total: 277
The Tower of Joy sequence is in
Honorable Mention:
- Blood and Roses
Episode Seven
Top picks specifically for this episode:
- Family, Duty, Honor 92
- Tower Of Joy 24
-
(Siege of)Riverrun/Riverlands 22
- Mummer’s Farce 21
- Trial (of the Seven, of the Faith, by Combat…) 21
- Crow’s Eye 17
- Seven-Pointed Star 15
The Tully family words are by far the top choice here. It will be most interesting to see how the events on their (former?) home turf shake out.
From overall picks, with speculation
- Valonqar 117
- Trial Of Seven/Faith 98
-
Cleganebowl 52
- Seven-Pointed Star 86
- A Golden Shroud 53
“Cersei’s trial and fate” group total: 366
Well, the “informed speculation” guess here depends on whether you decide to combine “Seven-Pointed Star” with “Trial of Seven” and/or “Cleganebowl.” We’ll just go ahead and use “Valonqar” instead, although that’s only directly related if you interpret The Hound to to be the little brother referred to in the prophecy. A safer pick might be something about the Seven. [/spoiler]
Honorable Mention:
- All That You Hold Dear
Episode Eight
Top picks specifically for this episode:
- Family, Duty, Honor 51
- Trial (of the Seven, of the Faith, by Combat…) 37
- Tower of Joy 32
- Valonqar 26
-
(Siege of)Riverrun/Riverlands 17
- Warrior of Light 15
Those fishy words make a return appearance at the top here, so we go with the second item on the list, the combined “Trial…” answers.
From overall picks, with speculation:
- Family, Duty, Honor 237
- Riverlands/
(Siege of) Riverrun[spoiler] 67
- Blackfish 27
“Tully/Riverrun” group total: 331
This could be the episode with the [spoiler]siege of Riverrun — it appears to be happening in Episode 7 or 8, and since Jaime is still in Kings Landing in Episode 6, he’d need one fast jetpack to reach the Riverrlands, get settled in his tent and fight all in one episode. So we’ll use our Tully-themed title here. Have to wonder, though, if we’ll have parallel Lannister battles in the same episode. If Cersei’s trial is in this season, would it be in this episode as well?
Honorable Mention:
- River’s End
Episode Nine
Okay, these are all spoiler-y. Look away if you don’t want to know anything about the big episode 9!
Top picks specifically for this episode:
- Battle of the Bastards 69
- The Winds Of Winter 64
- A Time For Wolves 37
- Winterfell 31
- Battle Of Ice 29
- Battle Of/for Winterfell 28
- The Long Night 28
- The Battle Of Six Armies 27
- Lord Of Winterfell 25
- Snow 23
- Valonqar 20
- Bastards 18
- Battle Of/for the North 17
Whew. That’s a lot of battles, Winterfells and bastards, with some ice and north thrown in. A wintry mix, if you will. In case you’re wondering (and I know you are), we had 192 guesses involving “Battle ___________,” 140 with “________ Winterfell,” and 114 that incorporated the word “Bastard.” This includes guesses that fit more than one of those categories, though I don’t think anyone put “The Battle of the Winterfell Bastards.”
From overall picks, with speculation:
- Battle of the Bastards 81
- The Lord Of Winterfell 44
- The Battle of Winterfell 36
- Winterfell 33
- Battle of Ice 33
- A Ghost In Winterfell 31
- Battle of Six Armies 28
- Bastards 28
“Episode 9 extravaganza and related geographical places” group total: 314
We know there’s an insane battle in the north (sorry Stannis, bigger than “great”) in Episode 9. In the entire survey, the totals were 211 guesses for “Battle ____________,” 209 for “________ Winterfell,” and 144 involving Bastard. Now watch, the episode title will involve Dorne instead.
Honorable Mention:
- The Hell We Live In
Episode Ten
Top picks specifically for this episode:
- The Winds Of Winter 231
- The Long Night 84
- Winter 69
- Valonqar 41
- Winter Has Come (or similar) 40
- A Time For Wolves 25
- Horn Of Winter/Joramun 21
Well, these are largely nice and vague. Would it be cruel of D&D to title an episode “The Winds of Winter” before the book by that name is released? Or just cruelly appropriate. Well, we’ll see.
From overall picks, with speculation:
- The Winds Of Winter 342
- The Long Night 147
- Winter/Winter Has Come 126
- Horn Of Winter/Joramun 43
“Winter is really coming now” group total: 658
Anyway, there’s no real speculation here, other than by the end of the season we should at least have a White Raven sighting.
Honorable Mention:
- Stormborn
Outtakes
Finally, here are some amusing, or possibly confusing, entries:
- 2 Girls, 1 Glass Candle
- Olly vs. Longclaw
- The Last Piebender
- Weekend at Balon’s
- Brienne Beats a Great Fighter Who Is Injured
- Dany Finally F***ing Starts Coming to Westeros
- Dark Wings, Darkwing Duck
- Davos Seaworth: Undercover Administrative Assistant
- Greyworm and the Angry Inches
- Guess Who’s Coming to the Iron Islands?
- Hype Gathers
- Just Trolling, He’s Fine
- Least Surprising Reveal of All Time
- Let’s Ruin Jaime Now That We’re Done With Stannis
- Make America Great Again
- Melisandre Burns Davos for No Reason At All
- Rickon and a Unicorn Attack
- The North Kinda Remembers
- The One About the Martells That No One Cares About
- The One That Makes National Headlines and You End Up Having to Explain to Your Grandma Why You Watch That Show
- The One Where Cersei’s Hair Grows Back Extremely Quickly
- The One Where They Try to Top Hardhome but Don’t
- Sand Snakes on a Plane
- Tom Bombadil
- Trystane’s Very Awkward Boat Trip
- Tyrion Actually Makes Us Care About Meereen
- You Say You Want a Resurrection…
A few more with spoilers:
- Mysterious Woman in a Cloak (You Actually Thought It Was Her, Didn’t You?)
- Bastard Bowl 2016 #noregrets
- The Resurrection of Jon Snow
- Sam’s Journey, but Without Aemon, Braavos or the Fat Pink Mast
And that’s all for this year! It won’t be too much longer before we learn how accurate we were with our guesses.
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