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Season 8 – Game of Thrones

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Daniel N

The final season was just poo. Arguably the worst writing in history.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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