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|ShortSummary = Amidst the devastation of King's Landing, the Unsullied execute captured soldiers upon Daenerys' orders. Tyrion finds Jaime and Cersei dead in the Red Keep ruins. Daenerys rallies the Unsullied and Dothraki, declaring she will liberate the entire world. Tyrion denounces her and resigns as Hand, then is imprisoned for treason to await execution. Arya and Tyrion separately warn Jon that Daenerys is a threat to him and House Stark. He confronts Daenerys, and, unable to halt her destructive path, kills her. Drogon melts the Iron Throne, then carries her body away. Tyrion suggests that all future monarchs be chosen by Westerosi aristocrats, rather than through familial succession. Apart from Sansa asserting an independent North, the other Westerosi leaders proclaim Bran Stark as ''Bran the Broken'', Ruler of the ''Six'' Kingdoms. Bran appoints Tyrion as his Hand and sentences Jon to the Night's Watch to appease a vengeful Grey Worm. The Unsullied sail for Naath, Misandei's homeland. Tyrion reorganizes the King's Small Council – Brienne, Bronn, Davos, and Sam – to rebuild King's Landing. Sansa is crowned Queen in the North. Arya sets sail to explore west of Westeros. Jon rejoins Tormund and Ghost at Castle Black. He leads the Wildlings back north of the Wall.
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Game of Thrones
Season 8
Several main characters in the shape of the Iron Throne in the snow
Promotional poster
StarringSee List of Game of Thrones cast
No. of episodes6
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseApril 14 (2019-04-14) –
May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones, produced by HBO, premiered on April 14, 2019, and concluded on May 19, 2019. Unlike the first six seasons, which consisted of ten episodes each, and the seventh season, which consisted of seven episodes, the eighth season consists of only six episodes.

The final season depicts the culmination of the series' two primary conflicts: the Great War against the Army of the Dead, and the Last War for control of the Iron Throne. The first half of the season involves many of the main characters converging at Winterfell with their armies in an effort to repel the Night King and his army of White Walkers and wights. The second half of the season resumes the war for the throne as queen Daenerys Targaryen assaults King's Landing in an attempt to unseat queen Cersei Lannister as the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms.

The season was filmed from October 2017 to July 2018 and largely consists of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, while also incorporating material that Martin has revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring. The season was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.

Episodes

See also: List of Game of Thrones episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
681"Winterfell"David NutterDave HillApril 14, 2019 (2019-04-14)11.76[1]
692"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"David NutterBryan CogmanApril 21, 2019 (2019-04-21)10.29[2]
703"The Long Night"Miguel SapochnikDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissApril 28, 2019 (2019-04-28)12.02[3]
714"The Last of the Starks"David NutterDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissMay 5, 2019 (2019-05-05)11.80[4]
725"The Bells"Miguel SapochnikDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissMay 12, 2019 (2019-05-12)12.48[5]
736"The Iron Throne"David Benioff & D. B. WeissDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissMay 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)13.61[6]

Cast

Main cast

See also: List of Game of Thrones characters
Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
(Jaime Lannister)
File:Lena Headey Primetime Emmy Awards 2014.jpg
Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) and Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)
Kit Harington (Jon Snow) and Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark)
Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth)

Guest cast

The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 8. They are listed by the region in which they first appear.

Production

Development

HBO announced the eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones in July 2016.[33][34] Like the previous season, it largely consists of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.[35] As Benioff had verified in March 2015, the creators have talked with Martin about the end of the series, and they "know where things are heading". He explained that the ends of both the television and the book series would unavoidably be thematically similar, although Martin could still make some changes to surprise the readers.[36] When asked about why the television series is coming to an end, he said, "this is where the story ends".[37]

Crew

Series creators, and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss serve as showrunners for the eighth season. The directors for the eighth season were announced in September 2017. Miguel Sapochnik, who previously directed "The Gift" and "Hardhome" in the fifth season, as well as "Battle of the Bastards" and "The Winds of Winter" in the sixth season, returned to direct two episodes. David Nutter, who had directed two episodes each in the second, third, and fifth seasons, including "The Rains of Castamere" and "Mother's Mercy", directed three episodes for the eighth season. The final episode of the series was directed by Benioff and Weiss, who have previously co-directed two episodes, taking credit for one episode each.[38]

At the series' South by Southwest panel on March 12, 2017, Benioff and Weiss announced the writers for the series to be Dave Hill (episode 1) and Bryan Cogman (episode 2). The showrunners divided up the screenplay for the remaining four episodes amongst themselves.[39]

Writing

Writing for the eighth season started with a 140-page outline. Benioff said that the divvying up process and who should write what section became more difficult because "this would be the last time that we would be doing this".[40]

Filming

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, HBO programming president Casey Bloys said that instead of the series finale being a feature film, the final season would be "six one-hour movies" on television. He continued, "The show has proven that TV is every bit as impressive and in many cases more so, than film. What they're doing is monumental".[41] Filming officially began on October 23, 2017[42] and concluded in July 2018.[43] Many exterior scenes were filmed in Northern Ireland, and a few in Dubrovnik, Croatia; Paint Hall Studios in Belfast were used for interior filming.[44] The direwolf scenes were filmed in Alberta, Canada.[45]

Casting

The eighth season saw the return of Tobias Menzies as Edmure Tully and Lino Facioli as Robin Arryn in the final episode, neither of whom appeared in the seventh season.[32] Marc Rissmann was cast as Harry Strickland, the commander of the Golden Company.[31]

Content

Co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have said that the seventh and eighth seasons would likely comprise fewer episodes, saying that after the sixth season, they were "down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap".[46][47] Benioff and Weiss said that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the series' usual 12 to 14-month timeframe, as Weiss explained, "It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule".[46] HBO confirmed in July 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule.[48] Benioff and Weiss later confirmed that the eighth season would consist of six episodes, and would premiere later than usual for the same reason.[49]

Benioff and Weiss said about the end of the series: "From the beginning we've wanted to tell a 70-hour movie. It will turn out to be a 73-hour movie, but it's stayed relatively the same of having the beginning, middle and now we're coming to the end. It would have been really tough if we lost any core cast members along the way, I'm very happy we've kept everyone and we get to finish it the way we want to".[49] The first two episodes are, respectively, 54 and 58 minutes long, while the final four episodes of the series are all more than an hour in length—episode three is 82 minutes (making it the longest episode of the series), episodes four and five are each 78 minutes,[50] and the final episode is 80 minutes.[51]

A two-hour documentary, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, which documents the making of the eighth season, is due to air on May 26, the week after the series finale.[52]

Music

See also: Game of Thrones: Season 8 (soundtrack)

Ramin Djawadi returned as the series' composer for the eighth season.[53] The soundtrack album for the season was released digitally on May 19, 2019, and will be released on CD on July 19, 2019.[54]

Release

Broadcast

The season premiered on April 14, 2019.[55]

Marketing

On December 6, 2018, HBO released the first official teaser trailer for the eighth season.[56] A second teaser trailer was released on January 13, 2019, which announced the premiere date as April 14, 2019. The trailer was directed by David Nutter.[57] HBO released a promotional advertisement with Bud Light on February 3, 2019, during Super Bowl LIII.[58] Later, first-look photos of several main characters were released on February 6, 2019.[59] On February 28, posters of many of the main characters sitting upon the Iron Throne were released.[27] The official full trailer was released on March 5, 2019.[28]

Illegal distribution

The season premiere was reportedly pirated by nearly 55 million people within the first 24 hours of release. Of these numbers, 9.5 million downloads came from India, 5.2 million came from China, and 4 million came from the U.S.[60] On April 21, 2019, it was reported that the second episode of the season was illegally leaked online hours before it aired due to being streamed early on Amazon Prime Germany.[61] On May 5, 2019, it was reported that the fourth episode of the season was leaked online, with footage from the episode circulating on social media.[62]

Reception

Critical response

The season has polarized critics and audiences alike. As of May 24, the series holds a 58% approval from 6 critics and an average of 6.76/10 on Rotten Tomatoes.[a] It is the lowest-rated season of the series on the website and the only season with a "rotten" rating.[64] On Metacritic, the eighth season premiere garnered a score of 74 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[65]

The first two episodes were met with mostly positive feedback. "The Long Night" was praised for the cinematography and grand scale of the battle between the living and the dead,[66] but was criticized for its lack of a catharsis, disorienting lighting and the anticlimatic ending of the White Walker storyline that had been built up for seven seasons.[67][68][69] "The Last of the Starks" and "The Bells" were criticized for their rushed pacing, writing, and deviation from character development, with "The Last of the Starks" being labeled as "anticlimactic" and "a huge letdown".[70][71][72][73][74] "The Iron Throne" was described as "divisive", and according to Rotten Tomatoes, the series finale represents "a modest rebound" but it "went out with a whimper".[75][76] "The Bells" is currently the worst-reviewed episode of the entire series on the website, with an approval of 48%, while the last four episodes of the season "plunged to record low scores".[70][77][78]


Game of Thrones (season 8): Critical reception by episode

Season 8 (2019): Percentage of positive critics' reviews tracked by the website Rotten Tomatoes[64]

David Sims of The Atlantic wrote that the final season "has been the same story over and over again: a lot of tin-eared writing trying to justify some of the most drastic story developments imaginable, as quickly as possible. As usual, the actors did their best with what was on the page".[75] Lucy Mangan of The Guardian wrote that the final "season has been a rushed business. It has wasted opportunities, squandered goodwill and failed to do justice to its characters or its actors."[79] Zack Beauchamp of Vox wrote that the final season "dispensed almost entirely with trying to make sense of its characters' internal motivations — let alone the complex political reality that its psychological realism initially helped create."[80]

Kelly Lawler of USA Today wrote that the series ultimately betrayed its "identity" of "tragedy and injustice" with a "pandering" ending.[81] Judy Berman of Time wrote that the show failed to complete the answer to "conflicting ideas about freedom, justice and leadership"; these were themes that previously brought depth to the show.[82] Ellen Gray of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly agreed that the final season was not as complex as previous seasons.[83][84] Franich gave the final season, featuring "big-huge set pieces", a 'C' rating. The final season's "broseph mentality shined through", shunting the interaction between female characters. Additionally, Franich critcized Cersei doing nothing this season, as well as the ultimate focus "on Jon Snow, the least complicated main character".[84]

Huw Fullerton of Radio Times wrote that season eight was not "Thrones at its best", but still had "some sort of ending for the characters". For Fullerton, the season was: "like the finale – some bits I liked, one or two I loved, an awful lot that leaves me scratching my head".[85]

In an interview published just as the final season premiered, actor Kit Harington (who plays Jon Snow) said: "... whatever critic spends half an hour writing about this season and makes their [negative] judgement on it, in my head they can go fuck themselves. 'Cause I know how much work was put into this."[86]

Ratings

See also: Game of Thrones § Viewer numbers
Viewership and ratings per episode of Game of Thrones season 8
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Winterfell" April 14, 2019 5.0 11.76[1] 1.2 3.04 6.2 14.84[87]
2 "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" April 21, 2019 4.4 10.29[2] 1.3 3.58 5.7 13.89[88]
3 "The Long Night" April 28, 2019 5.3 12.02[3] 1.5 4.07 6.8 16.12[89]
4 "The Last of the Starks" May 5, 2019 5.1 11.80[4] 1.2 3.33 6.3 15.16[90]
5 "The Bells" May 12, 2019 5.4 12.48[5] TBD TBD TBD TBD
6 "The Iron Throne" May 19, 2019 5.8 13.61[6] TBD TBD TBD TBD

Audience response

A petition to HBO for "competent writers" to remake the eighth season of Game of Thrones in a manner "that makes sense" was started on Change.org after "The Last of the Starks", but went viral after "The Bells" aired.[91][92] The petition described showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss as "woefully incompetent writers".[93][94][95][96] As of May 20, 2019, it has amassed over 1 million signatures.[91][95][97][98] Digital Spy reported that fans of the series criticized the season for the way it handled several character arcs and the "rushed" pacing.[91][99] The petition's creator stated that he never expected HBO to remake the season, but saw the petition as a message "of frustration and disappointment at its core".[91] The petition was labelled as "disrespectful to the crew and the filmmakers" by actress Sophie Turner (who plays Sansa Stark),[100][101] "ridiculous", "weird, juvenile" by actor Isaac Hempstead Wright (who plays Bran Stark),[101][102] and "rude" by actor Jacob Anderson (who plays Grey Worm).[103]

Richard Roeper, writing for the Chicago Sun Times, wrote: "Over the last 25+ years, I've reviewed thousands of movies and dozens of TV shows, and I don't think I've ever seen the level of fan (and to a lesser degree, critical) vitriol leveled at [this show] in recent weeks". However, Roeper noted that social media was not yet widely used during much of this time period.[97]

Lenika Cruz, writing for The Atlantic, wrote that with the end of the series, "there are folks who don't feel as though the hours and hours they've devoted to this show have been wasted", but "there are many others" who felt the opposite.[75] Kelly Lawler of USA Today wrote that the ultimate ending of the series was not what fans "signed up for".[81]

CBS News has described several plot points that fans are dissatisfied with: the character arcs of Daenerys and Jaime; the manner of death for Jaime, Missandei, Rhaegal, and the Night King; the Battle of Winterfell being visually too dark; "Sansa's conversation with The Hound, which attributed her strong character to the rape and torture she endured"; the "basic existence of Euron Greyjoy"; and "Jon's treatment of Ghost".[95]

In an interview published just as the final season premiered, actor Kit Harington (who plays Jon Snow) said: "Now if people feel let down by it, I don’t give a fuck—because everyone [working on the show] tried their hardest. That’s how I feel. In the end, no one’s bigger fans of the show than we are, and we’re kind of doing it for ourselves."[86]

Notes

  1. ^ Before May 24, 2019, Rotten Tomatoes calculated a 67% approval from 627 reviews and scored a 7.48/10 average rating.[63]

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