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Season 8 – Game of Thrones

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Apr 2019

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George R.R. Martin's best-selling book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" is brought to the screen as HBO sinks its considerable storytelling teeth into the medieval fantasy epic. It's the depiction of two powerful families -- kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and honest men -- playing a deadly game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, and to sit atop the Iron Throne. Martin is credited as a co-executive producer and one of the writers for the series, whose shooting locations include Northern Ireland, Malta, Croatia and Spain.

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Critics Consensus

Game of Thrones' final season shortchanges the women of Westeros, sacrificing satisfying character arcs for spectacular set-pieces in its mad dash to the finish line.

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Matthew Rozsa

Salon.com

Mar 17, 2020

3/4

There is something courageous about a television series that is brave enough to reimagine Richard III as a hero.

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Graeme Blundell

The Australian

Dec 17, 2019

Game of Thrones finally finished, the last episode aptly titled The Long Night and it was a terrible ending, disappointing for fans, causing a collective cringe around the globe.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

May 22, 2019

[This season] made choices that I just didn't understand...you have to wrap it up somehow, and this season is just full of more extremes and it just doesn't work anymore or fit in with the rest...

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

Oct 12, 2026

5/5

15 years after first airing, the masterwork remains a grand and grim spectacle, the inheritor of "The Lord of the Rings" fantasy crown, though its true authorship will likely remain lost to time.

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Geordie Williamson

The Saturday Paper

Sep 3, 2026

It is one of the weirder phenomena of our current situation, that this exquisitely virtualised fairytale for grown-ups should be a vehicle of reconnection with some more urgent, vivid sense of human conflict and connection.

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Nathan Mattise

Ars Technica

Jul 28, 2021

After George RR Martin's books ended, the show's mojo seemed to follow. It may have still constituted event TV, but in retrospect that was based on the strength of the fan community and massive marketing more than the material itself.

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Bob M

@moviefan13100 2 days ago

Absolutely horrible, deviating from the logical progression of characters and a non-canon ending compared to the books

Jonathan T

@RT07670001 Oct 27, 2026

A case study on how a decade long television masterpiece can become unwatchable due to a catastrophic final season.

Jenny A

@RT22013725 Oct 25, 2026

One of the best shows of all time

Denzel Matthew A

@RT76142767 Oct 19, 2026

What a dissapointment. One of the scenes I hate the most is the selection of the king scene. I would never think I would be so dissapointment of a line when Tyrion says Bran should be the king... I really loved season 1-7 just to be dissapointed at the final season. Honestly it breaks my heart that such a masterpiece is torn to pieces by a few episodes. I particularly hate this episode the most.

Rob M

@RT45374486 Oct 13, 2026

To hell with this nonsense. I'm not going to say anything about this that anyone else hasn't already said. The show runners ruined this show forever. I can't even rewatch the first six seasons because I know what's coming.

William O

@RT29553543 Oct 7, 2026

With just six episodes they somehow managed to kill the rewatchability of one of the best shows on television. I’m still not over it.

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Miguel Sapochnik

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David Benioff

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D.B. Weiss

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Peter Dinklage

Tyrion Lannister

Lena Headey

Queen Cersei Lannister

Episode 1

Aired Apr 14, 2019

Winterfell

Arriving at Winterfell, Jon and Daenerys struggle to unite a divided North.

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Episode 2

Aired Apr 21, 2019

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Jaime presents his case to Bran, Daenerys and Sansa to answer for his mistakes; the gathered armies continue to prepare for battle against the White Walkers.

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Episode 3

Aired Apr 28, 2019

The Long Night

Brienne and Jaime prepare the armies for battle; Arya is desperate to prove her worth as a fighter as the dead draw near.

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Episode 4

Aired May 5, 2019

The Last of the Starks

Jon and Daenerys look to the South in the wake of a costly victory; Tyrion proposes a compromise which could help to ease tensions.

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Episode 5

Aired May 12, 2019

The Bells

Daenerys and Cersei weigh their options after their confrontation at the city gates. Their armies await instructions as they sit on the edge of battle.

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Episode 6

Aired May 19, 2019

The Iron Throne

After much turmoil and bloodshed across the Seven Kingdoms, the battle for the Iron Throne comes to an end, and the kingdom's true fate is revealed.

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