Increasingly, it seems, there are two kinds of Game of Thrones fans: those who love big, bold action sequences, as seen in Season 6’s “Battle of the Bastards” or Season 7’s “Beyond the Wall,” and those who prefer the quieter, more dialogue-driven scenes, like the ones on display in last week’s emotional “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.” It also, increasingly, feels as though the show has had difficulty blending those two experiences to deliver episodes that satisfy both sides of the fandom. But if these new photos are any indication, that could all change this week during the Battle of Winterfell.

Obviously, HBO is disinclined to share too many images from this episode, less some of the bigger twists and turns of the fight between the army of the living and the army of the dead be spoiled. As a result, then, what we see in this collection are a few of the quieter moments the episode will have to offer for the characters who are not at home on the front lines of the battle. Specifically, in this case, that includes Tyrion, Sansa, and Varys, who are all part of Team Hide in the Crypt this week. (More on that plan in a bit.)

These photos invoke one of the show’s better battle episodes: Season 2’s “Blackwater.” During that fight, the action in Blackwater Bay was intercut with some rich character-driven drama between Sansa and Cersei as they waited out the war with the ladies of King’s Landing. There’s some rich potential, then, for some of our smartest characters to have their own chats this Sunday, as Winterfell fights for survival above. Take Varys, for example, who hasn’t had more than two lines of dialogue this season. Surely the show will make good use of him down in those Stark family crypts.

Are the crypts themselves suitable for hiding some of the more vulnerable Winterfell residents? Well, let me be the hundredth person to point out what a terrible idea that is. When a powerful villain like the Night King is in play, perhaps a long hallway with dozens and dozens of dead bodies that could be reanimated at any moment with a shrug of his shoulders isn’t the best place to send your beloved women, children, and eunuchs.