Episode Titles Actually Titles?

[Westeros]

Thanks to the gentleman at Television Zombies, we have a new interview with George. Some good stuff there, raging over a number of topics, but something George mentions at the end is of particular interest for those keeping track of developments on HBO’s Game of Thrones. He notes again that he’s written episode 8… and gives its title: “The Pointy End”.

This was the title he originally intended when he sent in the draft, but since then we were informed that the producers were leaning to simply numbering episodes, a fact we’ve seen in various Making Game of Thrones posts. But this interview, from less than a week ago, brings up the title again and we’re guessing (tentatively) that the producers have at last started putting proper titles on the episodes.

When we ran a poll at the A Song of Ice and Fire forum, something north of 90% of those polled disliked the idea of simply having numerals for episodes, so this is a great decision if true. We’re looking forward to a full list of episode titles in the future.

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[Ran]

Edited to add: GRRM has confirmed that they are in fact using titles, but Bryan Cogman says they are not yet finalized (HBO has to sign off). Bryan adds that he thinks fans will like them.

[Nearly Headless Ned]

Well the first ep has to be entitled "The Things I do For Love."

[Andhaira]

Will they actually show the titles during episodes ( at the beginning for instance) or will they be left only for the DVDs?

[OhDanyBoy]

Even if they don't show the titles during the show, often on Cable or Satellite the description box for the show will include the episode title.

[Ran]

I've been told that the current thinking is that they'll just be for the log line, and will not be shown at the start of episodes.