--- title: Game of Thrones: Will Tyrion Lannister Bring Down Cersei? description: It looks as though tensions between Tyrion and Cersei Lannister will finally come to a head in Game of Thrones' season seven finale. canonical: https://time.com/4913964/game-of-thrones-tyrion-lannister-cersei/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-24T16:07:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T11:49:35.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: This Game of Thrones Theory May Reveal Tyrion Lannister's Master Plan og:description: Potential spoilers ahead og:url: https://time.com/4913964/game-of-thrones-tyrion-lannister-cersei/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eb9d8006370385d/6988dadacf40a8e373c4915e/game-of-thrones-the-dragon-and-the-wolf-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister-08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-the-dragon-and-the-wolf-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister-08 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Game of Thrones Theory May Reveal Tyrion Lannister's Master Plan twitter:description: Potential spoilers ahead twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eb9d8006370385d/6988dadacf40a8e373c4915e/game-of-thrones-the-dragon-and-the-wolf-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister-08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This _Game of Thrones_ Theory Suggests Tyrion Lannister Might Have a Master Plan After All  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Jan 24, 2024 11:49 AM UTCPublished: Aug 24, 2017 4:07 PM UTC  Macall B. Polay—HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Jan 24, 2024 11:49 AM UTCPublished: Aug 24, 2017 4:07 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for season seven of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/). Since the majority of Westeros’ power players [converging on King’s Landing](http://time.com/4912950/game-of-thrones-season-7-finale-photos-the-dragon-and-the-wolf/) for a meeting with [Queen Cersei](http://time.com/4899251/game-of-thrones-cersei-lannister-pregnant/) in _Game of Thrones_‘ season seven finale, it looks as though tensions between the Lannister siblings may finally come to a head. Although it was Tyrion who proposed that Jon Snow and company capture a wight to present to Cersei as proof of the army of the dead, some fans are speculating that Daenerys’ Hand of the Queen could have had an ulterior motive for suggesting this plan. Reddit user [WeenahSixNine](https://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/6vhsw0/main%5Fspoilers%5Fthe%5Freason%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fsuicide%5Fmission/) recently laid out a theory explaining how Tyrion could use the captive wight to convince the people of King’s Landing to overthrow Cersei. --- > “” --- **MORE:** **To stay up to date on everything** **_Game of Thrones_** **, follow our all-encompassing** [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook)[ **page**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook) **and sign up for our** [**exclusive** ](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)[**newsletter**](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)**.** This course of events would square with what [Jaime told Euron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAq0Kbd7F1s) when he bragged about winning the love of the people earlier in the season. “This same mob spat at my sister not long ago,” he replied, referring to Cersei’s walk of atonement. “And if you turn on us, they’ll cheer to see your head mounted on a spike.” The needless sacrifice of the people of King’s Landing also seems to be the one thing that may turn Jaime against Cersei, as it was the very act that he murdered the Mad King to prevent. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4913964/game-of-thrones-tyrion-lannister-cersei/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4913964/game-of-thrones-tyrion-lannister-cersei/"},"headline":"This Game of Thrones Theory Suggests Tyrion Lannister Might Have a Master Plan After All","datePublished":"2017-08-24T16:07:27.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T11:49:35.000Z","description":"Potential spoilers ahead","url":"https://time.com/4913964/game-of-thrones-tyrion-lannister-cersei/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eb9d8006370385d/6988dadacf40a8e373c4915e/game-of-thrones-the-dragon-and-the-wolf-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eb9d8006370385d/6988dadacf40a8e373c4915e/game-of-thrones-the-dragon-and-the-wolf-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-the-dragon-and-the-wolf-jon-snow-tyrion-lannister-08","caption":"","creditText":"Macall B. 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