History Recap / GameOfThronesS7E3TheQueensJustice

** The episode states that the Iron Bank of Braavos is involved in the slave trade. This is not only not mentioned in any of the books and expanded material, but Braavos is established in the books as an abolitionist city which has fought wars to curb the slave trade and forced the city of Pentos to shut it down. In the novels, the Braavosi also refused to deal with Cersei after her refusal to pay debts and they instead dealt with Stannis and Jon Snow, though here Cersei does intend to settle her debts.

** When Daenerys argues to ride her dragons to personally burn down Euron's fleet, both Tyrion and Missandei argue that they could be anywhere and for all their power, one precise arrow can kill a dragon [[labelnote:From the Books]]Her ancestor Rhaenys was killed this way during the first Targaryen invasion of Dorne when a member of House Uller killed her dragon Meraxis with a scorpion bolt to the eye[[/labelnote]].

* {{Retcon}}: The Histories and Lore videos about Braavos has Tycho Nestoris talking of Braavos' anti-slavery history and the Bank's support of it. Nestoris acknowledging Cersei's comments indicates that, at the very least, the Iron Bank is involved in the slave trade despite the Braavosi laws.

* OpenSecret: By this point, most people are aware that the Lannister mines have dried up, including their Tyrell rivals and the Iron Bank of Braavos, who came knocking to claim the debt. Not even the fact they have become the current royal house of Westeros deters the fact they are a shadow of their former self. Unfortunately, not all are aware of this such as Tyrion, who orchestrates an attack on Casterly Rock thinking they will deprive the Lannisters of their seat of power and valuable resources.

* RealityEnsues: Even though their union turned into a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, it doesn't change the fact that Daenerys was still initially raped by Drogo and she remembers it this way.

* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: The Archmeister lectures Samwell for treating Jorah against his orders, putting himself at risk for being infected and threatening the whole Citadel... Before praising him for saving Jorah's life and finding a cure for greyscale.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Jon Snow is right about the White Walkers but Tyrion and Dany have invested too much suffering, time and money to come to Westeros only to be told that there's ''another'' bigger war North of them, and that their current conflict is meaningless, which naturally hits Dany's BerserkButton. Tyrion clearly starts believing it, but both he and Dany are too caught in their current predicament to suddenly come around to it. He convinces her to let Jon mine Dragonglass in the meantime, since it's worthless rock to them and will help build bridges should they need his aid.

* HannibalLecture: Cersei delivers one to both Ellaria and Tyene while they are chained in the Black Cells, gloating about Oberyn's death and the many ways she thought about making them pay for the Myrcella's murder.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Varys apparently didn't inform Daenerys, or for that matter Tyrion (who ''should'' have known about it on account of the fact that Ned surrending his badge was the reason why Jaime attacked him in the streets of King's Landing) that Ned Stark not only protested Robert's assassination but [[TurnInYourBadge gave up his post for that]] and Dany still has a grudge against Ned for going along with Robert's orders of assassinating her.

* WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs: Daenerys proudly boasts that Westeros never had it so good as it did during the 300 years of Targaryen rule, albeit she admits that her father was evil and she apologizes for the wrongs committed by him to House Stark[[labelnote:From the Books]]It is certainly true that the Targaryens did improve the life of the smallfolk during their reign, such as abolishing First Night over House Stark's objections no less, as well as donating land to the Night's Watch, building the King's Road, the city of King's Landing, curbing the Faith and even characters like Stannis, who supported Robert's Rebellion sees the Targaryen dynasty's legacy as a model to aspire to and maintain, and even Jon Snow is a HeroWorshipper of Daeron the Young Dragon[[/labelnote]].

* ModestRoyalty: Jon compared to Daenerys when Missandei announces her [[TheMagnificent very long list of titles]] while Davos merely announces him as "King in the North".

* TitleDrop: Melisandre notes that she's happy to bring "Ice and Fire" together.

* WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs: Daenerys proudly boasts that Westeros never had it so good as it did during the 300 years of Targaryen rule, albeit she admits that her father was evil and she apologizes for the wrongs committed by him to House Stark.

* HannibalLecture: Cersei delivers one to both Ellaria and Tyene while they are chained in the Black Cells.

* ModestyRoyalty: Jon compared to Daenerys when Missandei announces her [[TheMagnificent very long list of titles]] while Davos merely announces him as "King in the North".

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cersei is genuinely saddened and righteously outraged when she talks about how Ellaria murdered Myrcella.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Cersei invokes this when she poisons Tyene in the same manner as Ellaria poisoned Myrcella.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Jon Snow is right about the White Walkers but Tyrion and Dany have invested too much suffering, time and money to come to Westeros only to be told that there's ''another'' bigger war North of them, and that their current conflict is meaningless, which naturally hits Dany's BerserkButton. Tyrion clearly starts believing it, but both he and Dany are too caught in their current predicament to suddenly come around to it. He convinces her to let Jon to mine Dragonglass in the meantime, since it's worthless rock to them and will help build bridges should they need his aid.

* DruggedLipstick: An InvokedTrope by Cersei. She had Qyburn replicate the "Last Goodbye" toxin, which she uses to kill Ellaria Sand's daughter Tyene, [[LaserGuidedKarma just as Ellaria had done to Myrcella]].

** Likewise, when Ser Davos rises in Jon Snow's defense, he accidentally blurts out that Jon "took a knife in the heart" for his people. He and Jon quickly cover this up.

* {{Retcon}}: The Histories and Lore videos about Braavos has Tycho Nestoris talking of Braavos' anti-slavery history and the Bank's support of it. The open knowledge of the bank's involvement in the slave trade which Cersei communicates and which he doesn't hide or refute means that the earlier entry is invalid.

** The episode states that the Iron Bank of Braavos is involved in the Slave Trade. This is not only not mentioned in any of the books and expanded material, but Braavos is established in the books as an abolitionist city which has fought wars to curb the slave trade and forced the city of Pentos to shut it down. In the novels, the Braavosi also refused to deal with Cersei after her refusal to pay debts and they instead dealt with Stannis and Jon Snow.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Dany dismisses Jon's story about the Night's King, White Walkers, and army of the dead as nonsense. In the same conversation, she boasts that she's achieved so many things everyone thought impossible like proving the dragons still exist. Tyrion himself admits it's true but laments that it's likely neither of them want to believe it. Jon Snow himself admits that it's hard to get people to believe.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Jon Snow is right about the White Walkers but Tyrion and Dany invested too much suffering, lost time and money to come to Westeros only to be told that there's ''another'' bigger war North of them, and that their current conflict is meaningless, which naturally hits Dany's BerserkButton. Tyrion clearly starts believing it, but both he and Dany are too caught in their current predicament to suddenly come around to it, and indeed they allow Jon to mine Dragonglass in the meantime while they think it over.

* ChekhovsGun: Tyrion's status as the lord of all the drains, sewers and cisterns of Casterly Rock allows him to provide the first

* DeathSeeker / DrivenToSuicide: When Jaime hands Olenna poison, she drinks it willingly without missing a beat.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cersei is genuinely saddened and righteously outraged when she talks about how Ellaria murdered Cersei's daughter.

* KilledOffscreen: [[SuicideIsPainless Olenna Tyrell]] does not succumb to the poison she ingests on screen, nor does [[DruggedLipstick Tyene Sand]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: Cersei invoke this with how she kills Tyene exactly as Ellaria had killed Myrcella.

* OutGambitted: Jaime does this to Tyrion. He expected Tyrion to take Casterly Rock but left it undefended and had Euron Greyjoy encircle it by sea, while Jaime attacked Highgarden.

** The show also does this to the smallfolk of King's Landing. They are shown cheering Euron Greyjoy and celebrate the arrival of traitors while Euron and Jaime give WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons speeches. The novels make it clear that the smallfolk despise the Lannisters, that they refused to attend Tywin's funeral and that many of them even put on anti-Cersei puppet shows, and that Cersei maintains her authority by tyrannically attacking them and that "the mob" are not as easily swayed.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Bran Stark is starting to display signs of this as the Three-Eyed Raven. He apparently shows little to no understanding of human morality, and seems to treat the part where Sansa got raped in her wedding night as a minor detail compared to how pretty she looked.

** Jaime mentions the Battle of Whispering Wood to Olenna and how he tricked Tyrion by using one of Robb's strategies against him.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Tyrion's speech and the montage of how he plotted out the taking of Casterly Rock is played like this. Complete with Tyrion quoting Bronn's "Give me ten good men and I'll impregnate the bitch" but then it turns out that Jaime outfoxed him.

* WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs: Dany is not too proud of boasting that Westeros never had it so good as in the 300 years of Targaryen rule over Westeros, albeit she admits that her father was evil and she apologizes for the wrongs committed by him to House Stark.

* ArbitrarySkepticsm: Dany dismisses Jon's story about the Night's King, White Walkers, and army of the dead as nonsense. In the same conversation, she boasts that she's achieved so many things everyone thought impossible like proving the dragons still exist. Tyrion himself admits it's true but laments that it's likely neither of them want to believe it. Jon Snow himself admits that it's hard to get people to believe.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Jon when he tells Daenerys and Tyrion about the Night King and the White Walkers.

* ArbitrarySkepticsm: Dany dismisses Jon's story about the Night's King, White Walkers, and army of the dead as nonsense. In the same conversation, she boasts that she's achieved so many things everyone thought impossible like proving the dragons still exist.

* WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs: Dany is not too proud of boasting that Westeros never had it so good as in the 300 years of Targaryen rule over Westeros.

* ForcedToWatch: Ellaria is chained up in a dungeon and forced to watch her also-chained daughter Tyene succumb to slow-acting poison.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Both Dany and Jon feel that the other isn't giving them their due respect during their first meeting, creating a fair amount of tension.

* ShutUpKirk: Varys once again tries to gloat over a magic-user, only for Melisandre to reveal that she has seen Varys' death, in the lands of Westeros.

** The show also does this to the smallfolk of King's Landing. They are shown cheering Euron Greyjoy and celebrate the arrival of traitors while Euron and Jaime give WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons speeches. The novels make it clear that the smallfolk despise the Lannisters, that they refused to attend Tywin's funeral and that many of them even put on anti-Cersei puppet shows, and that Cersei maintains her authority by tyrannically attacking them.

* ItsALongStory: Bran repeatedly says it's difficult to explain his being the Three Eyed Raven as he chats with Sansa.

Daenerys holds court. Cersei returns a gift. Jaime learns from his mistakes.

* CreepyChild: Sansa is understandably freaked out when Bran starts talking about the night she was married to Ramsay Bolton as if he were talking about the weather.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Jon when he tells Daenerys and Tyrion about the Night King and the White Walkers.

* BaitAndSwitch: The last episode made it seem like Arya would be the next Stark to arrive at Winterfell. Bran beat her to it.

Daenerys holds court. Cersei returns a gift. Jaime learns from his mistakes.