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Season 8 – Game of Thrones

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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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Game of Thrones — Season 8

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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 There is something courageous about a television series that is brave enough to reimagine Richard III as a hero. Rated: 3/4 Mar 17, 2020 Full Review Graeme Blundell The Australian 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. Dec 17, 2019 Full Review Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com [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... May 22, 2019 Full Review Nathan Mattise Ars Technica 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. Jul 28, 2021 Full Review Kshitij Rawat The Indian Express 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. Mar 9, 2021 Full Review Kelechi Ehenulo Confessions From A Geek Mind Season eight can be summed up in a phrase - missed opportunities. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 16, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Colin A Very obvious the directors and writers were ready to wrap this story up they had lost interest in working on and move on. Complete disregard for source material. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/16/24 Full Review Daniel N The final season was just poo. Arguably the worst writing in history. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/13/24 Full Review Atomsk T The fact that people only see this season as garbage, is more telling of the braindead masses that have consumed this show thus far. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/08/24 Full Review Stella W A disgrace to the story, to the books. No respect for fans, for the show itself or the actors. It's just disrespectful to the entire storyline. If you haven't watched this season for whatever reason, do yourself a favor and don't. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/18/24 Full Review Aidan B While incredibly rushed and not all conclusions were satisfactory, the final season of "Game of Thrones" is still entertaining enough mostly due to the absolute spectacle of the set pieces. I also really liked some of the decisions made and the ending to the story itself wasn't necessarily bad (outside of a couple of bafflingly stupid decisions like the new ruler of the Seven Kingdoms), I just felt that because there wasn't much buildup to these plot points, they never reached the satisfaction and spectacle they ought to have. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/14/24 Full Review Greg C A horrible and pathetic ending to a great show that got progressively worse and more lost with each season. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Apr 14, 2019 Winterfell Arriving at Winterfell, Jon and Daenerys struggle to unite a divided North. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details
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Season Info

Director
David Nutter, Miguel Sapochnik, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Executive Producer
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, Ralph Vicinanza, George R.R. Martin
Screenwriter
David Benioff, Dave Hill, Bryan Cogman, D.B. Weiss
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 14, 2019