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Game of Thrones – Season 5, Episode 8 Hardhome

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Game of Thrones – Season 5, Episode 8

Hardhome

Aired May 31, 2015

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Fantasy

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Arya makes progress with her training; Sansa confronts an old friend; Cersei finds herself struggling; Jon travels.

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Following several episodes of setup, "Hardhome" blends a sharp script with spectacular blockbuster action to offer viewers a powerful, game-changing payoff.

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Emilia Clarke

Daenerys Targaryen

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Game of Thrones: Season 5 Episode 8 Featurette - Inside the Episode

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Game of Thrones: Season 5 Episode 8 Featurette - The Massacre at Hardhome

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Game of Thrones: Season 5 Episode 8 Featurette - Winning Daenerys Back

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Myles McNutt

AV Club

04/04/2019

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When Jon was giving his speech, I had already started taking notes on this thematic throughline, and knew it was at the heart of the season's goals.

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David Malitz

Washington Post

04/04/2019

I mean, there was a giant stomping zombies to death and swatting others away like he was playing whack-a-mole. That was awesome. You ain't gonna see that on "Halt and Catch Fire."

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Aaron Riccio

Slant Magazine

04/04/2019

If there's one thing the frenetic White Walker-packed climax of "Hardhome" proves, it's that at the end of the day, talk is cheap.

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Randy Dankievitch

TV Over Mind

03/05/2020

"Hardhome" is an important hour of course-correcting, a thematically-united installment that truly shines when it reaches its central spectacle.

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Angela L. Harmon

The NitPic

12/11/2019

...every so often, something so momentous occurs that you can't get your mind off of it, and seven days can give you the time to ruminate enough that the occurrence takes root in your brain and blooms into a wonderful memory.

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David Crow

Den of Geek

04/04/2019

5/5

This ending was a Game of Thrones highlight, and we're still a week out from the purported season five climax.

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Synopsis

Arya makes progress with her training; Sansa confronts an old friend; Cersei finds herself struggling; Jon travels.

Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Executive Producer: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, Ralph Vicinanza, George R.R. Martin
Screenwriter: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015