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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

03/17/2020

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

12/17/2019

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

05/22/2019

[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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Nathan Mattise

Ars Technica

07/28/2021

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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Kshitij Rawat

The Indian Express

03/09/2021

SHOCKING things happened just because they had shock value. They bore no connection to anything else that had happened before them. There was hardly any organic, believable storytelling leading up to those moments. Thus, they felt shallow.

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Kelechi Ehenulo

Confessions From A Geek Mind

07/16/2020

2.5/5

Season eight can be summed up in a phrase - missed opportunities.

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Sean D

23h

One of the best series of all time 🤴 So ill still give season 8 five stars , despite a few shortcomings.

Muhammad A

@lemonismelon 4d

for the writers of this show, GO TO HELL

Gabriel B

@GabrielBR Jan 20

Everything buildt in early seasons seems forgotten, prophecies, dangers, caracters, just dont consider this the real ending because looks like a fast and furious movie. And got worse when you realize the books dont ever gonna fix this mass.

Terell C.

@Tman004 Jan 19

Controversial opinion but season 8 stayed true to the energy of thrones. It does become fast paced and it filters down to two major plot points but it does a great job and not satisfying the fandom. It gives a real story about war and corruption of power. There’s no superhero saves the day ending. Just a season of showing the flaws of some iconic characters the fans considered perfect.

Winderson N

Jan 11

The most disappointing final chapter of all time!

Theodore F.

@Sirhotness Jan 9

The first half is great the last half is awful. One of the worst finals of any show

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Peter Dinklage

Tyrion Lannister

Lena Headey

Queen Cersei Lannister

Emilia Clarke

Daenerys Targaryen

Aidan Gillen

Petyr Baelish

Kit Harington

Jon Snow

Sophie Turner

Sansa Stark

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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