Image Source: HBO [1]

It's been one of our burning questions [2] for the last couple seasons of Game of Thrones: where the hell is Gendry [3]? And, of course, the follow-up: is he ever coming back? Now we know the answer is yes! During the big Game of Thrones premiere red carpet [4] in July, the actor who plays Gendry, Joe Dempsie, showed up and walked the red carpet (looking very handsome, I might add). It could have been a somewhat subtle confirmation of his return, but he gave solid confirmation when he told The LA Times he's definitely back this season [5]. His reaction to fans figuring out that he'd be back was positive: "Very fortunately, from what I've seen it's been nothing but interest and excitement and some quite witty memes [6]."

Image Source: Getty / Jason LaVeris [7]

Now, not only do we know the answer to if he's coming back, but also when his reappearance will go down. Although the huge leak at HBO [8] that went down after someone hacked their data resulted in a number of released scripts and upcoming episode footage (which included some major spoilers for season seven's action-packed fourth episode, "The Spoils of War" [9]), the information about Gendry's big return actually comes from IMDB [10]. The page for next week's episode, "Eastwatch," [11] initially included Dempsie's name, signaling that Gendry will be in episode five.

HBO must have picked up on the slip-up, because the page now has no mention of Dempsie or Gendry. If he does come back, though, it will be a welcome return, since we haven't seen the character since he was rowing away in season three's "Mhysa."