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Winter Has Come

Season 8, the conclusion of Game of Thrones, is almost here. There's a little over a month left to go until Season 8's release date on April 14, and we're learning more and more about the show's long awaited final season. Of course, most of it is simply the tiny tidbits HBO wants us to know, but desperate as we are to learn how this conclusion will play out, we're not complaining.

Over the last month or so, we've finally caught some glimpses at GoT Season 8 in motion--first in a Season 8 teaser trailer and then in a second teaser HBO released on Oscars day in February. One thing is for sure at this point: Nothing about Season 8 seems predictable right now. The show is best known for brutally killing off characters, even the ones fans love, and its final chapter is likely to elevate the feeling that nobody is safe to all-new levels. It's also a time of war, with the rivalries that have marked all seven seasons finally coming to a head. Oh, and the White Walkers have shown up with their army of the dead, and they're trying to wipe out all life in Westeros. So there's a lot going on.

HBO is notorious for its attempts to stop secrets from leaking out onto the internet, although it's not always successful (remember when one whole episode got out early in Season 7?). Things have been buttoned up pretty tight during production of Game of Thrones' final season, but we do know a few details about what to expect. And there are plenty of theories from fans who've pored over every frame of the show and every word of A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series by George R. R. Martin on which the show is based.

Here's everything we know for sure about Game of Thrones Season 8, including the date of when it'll hit HBO, and what dangling plot threads remain to be resolved.

We Know Game of Thrones Season 8's Release Date

Thanks to a teaser trailer for Season 8 that dropped in November, we know for sure that Game of Thrones is coming back in April 2019. Beyond that, a video released alongside the True Detective Season 3 premiere teased things further and confirmed a release date: April 14.

We've Gotten A Very 'Crypt'-ic Teaser

In the lone teaser trailer released so far for Season 8, Jon, Arya, and Sansa walk slowly through the crypts beneath Winterfell while extremely ominous music and voiceovers play. There's not much to glean from it as far as what's actually going to happen in Season 8--think of it more as a tonal preview than a narrative one. But you might want to check out our full trailer breakdown anyway, since it's oh so fun to speculate about Game of Thrones.

And Another One That Doesn't Bode Well For The Living

HBO's teaser dubbed 'Aftermath' does not suggest Season 8 will have a happy ending. It wanders through a frozen Winterfell, focusing on key objects that are all closely related to main characters--like Jon Snow's sword Longclaw, the chains used on Daenerys' dragons, Jamie Lannister's golden hand, and Bran Stark's wheechair. They're all left behind, and the teaser ends with a frosty figure standing at the gates of the castle as wind and snow blast around them; very likely, the Night King.

Does that mean that the White Walkers are going to win the war and bring the Long Night to all of Westeros. It seems more likely that this teaser is more about evoking feelings of doom and dread than being too literal a look at the future. Then again, what little footage we've seen of Season 8 isn't exactly super upbeat, so anything's possible. Watch the teaser for yourself right here.

But That's Not The Only New Footage We've Seen

The teaser trailer featuring Winterfell's crypts isn't the only new footage we've seen from Season 8. On Oscars day in February, HBO released a new teaser video showcasing many of their upcoming shows, from Watchmen to Barry Season 2. Nestled in there was a never before glimpsed clip from GoT Season 8 that showed the Dany's Unsullied army marching at what looks like Winterfell, and Arya gazing incredulously up at a dragon flying through the sky above the Stark keep. Knowing what we know about Season 8, this is probably in the first episode.

Season 8 Will Have Fewer Episodes Than Other Seasons

Season 8 is shorter than past seasons in terms of its number of episodes--there will only be six in total. However, it will be a longer season in terms of its overall length. Each of the episodes will be longer than the usual runtime of approximately an hour.

We Know The Full Run Times Of Each Episode

In March, HBO released the exact running time for each Season 8 episode:

• Episode 1: 54 mins (April 14)
• Episode 2: 58 mins (April 21)
• Episode 3: 82 mins (April 28)
• Episode 4: 78 mins (May 5)
• Episode 5: 80 mins (May 12)
• Episode 6: 80 mins (May 19)

That's just over seven hours total. We're expecting them to cram a lot into each ep.

Even George R.R. Martin Doesn't Know What's Going To Happen

You'd think the author of the entire series would know what's going to happen in the end, but apparently not.

'I haven't read the [final-season] scripts and haven’t been able to visit the set because I've been working on [The Winds of Winter],' Martin told Entertainment Weekly. 'I know some of the things. But there's a lot of minor-character [arcs] they'll be coming up with on their own. And, of course, they passed me several years ago. There may be important discrepancies.'

Maybe that general confusion is what's taking him so long to write the last two books?

HBO Is Having A Lot Of Fun With The Question Of Who Will Sit The Throne In The End

The question of whose butt will be warming (or cooling!) the Iron Throne by the series' conclusion is one that's driven fans mad for decades, since the first Game of Thrones book was published in the '90s. With Season 8 finally drawing the story to a close, that question is forefront in viewers' minds--a fact of which HBO is keenly aware. They made that terribly evident with the teaser images the network released at the end of February, which featured nearly every remaining living character in the series taking their turn on the sharp, stabby throne. Follow the link to view them all.

The Remaining Living Characters Are Looking Fly

In character photos from set released in early February, we caught a glimpse at what some of the remaining characters are up to as Season 8 gets underway. Most of them are looking fly, including Arya's 'I could kill you so easily I wouldn't even break a sweat' look and Jon and Dany's apparent comfort around one another (they are lovers now, after all, and presumably haven't learned yet here that they're related). Click the link to view them all.

Some Of The Show's Best Directors Are Returning

We know showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, as well as returning directors David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik, are splitting the duties of directing the final six episodes. That's very good news. Weiss and Benioff have obviously been instrumental to the vision of Game of Thrones since the beginning, but Nutter and Sapochnik have been responsible for helping to bring some of the show's best moments to life. Sapochnik helmed episodes like Battle of the Bastards and Hardhome, and he's apparently in charge of a huge battle scene in Season 8. Nutter has directed some intense episodes as well, including The Rains of Castamere--which contained the Red Wedding. He's taking on three of the final six episodes.

Season 8 Starts The Way Season 1 Did

Back in November, Entertainment Weekly had a big cover story about Season 8. It wasn't too heavy on specific plot details, but it did reveal one in particular: Expect the opening of Season 8 to feel a lot like the opening of Season 1. Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) is marching to Winterfell with her forces, where she and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) mean to put up a defense against the White Walkers. It'll echo the fateful moment from the show's first episode, when King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy) marched to Winterfell to meet with Eddard Stark (Sean Bean), starting a series of events that would spell disaster for Westeros.

There Will Be An Epic Stark-Lannister Showdown

The Targaryens have returned to Westeros, the North is united against the White Walkers, and the politics are still raging, even as the worst winter in generations descends on the country. This is Game of Thrones, so there will be alliances, betrayals, and deaths--but if a recent teaser is any indication, we can bank on at least one big rivalry coming to its final conclusion. The struggle between the Starks and the Lannisters has been bubbling at various levels of murderous boil since the very first episode of the show. Season 7 suggested Cersei has a plan to wreck everyone's life while pretending to back them against the White Walkers, and both Sansa and Arya have serious scores to settle with her.

Season 8 Has A Huge, Ambitious Battle

Fighting is going to happen at Winterfell, and it's going to involve White Walkers. That's easy enough to figure out just from having watched the show, but the EW feature about the battle revealed some ancillary material, too--it'll be the biggest battle the show has ever done. According to Peter Dinklage, it makes the enormous Battle of the Bastards in Season 6 'look like a theme park.' The hugely ambitious sequence took 55 nights to shoot, more than double The Battle Of The Bastards' 25.

It's A Good Thing The Series Is Ending--According To One Actor

Game of Thrones' ending will likely be divisive--some fans may be thrilled that the series is actually coming to a close after all these years, while others will be sad the show is ending before the books could tell us author George R.R. Martin's version of his conclusion. And there are many shades in between those two reactions. But one fan who knows exactly how he feels is actor Liam Cunningham, who plays Davos Seaworth on the show.

'I get asked all the time, 'What the hell are you guys thinking? You could run Game of Thrones forever.' If you want to stay cool, and the show is cool, the best way to stay cool is to not overstay your welcome,' Cunningham told IGN in February. 'It would be dishonorable to stay on longer than we should. There’s a portion of me that will miss it dearly, and it will probably read Liam ‘Game of Thrones’ Cunnigham on my headstone. But it was time to get out and wrap up that story… People deserve the end of that story and to not drag it out just because there’s a book to be made. I think it’s very honorable what they’re doing.”

It'll Have An Intense Ending

Finishing the show has been pretty emotional for the cast, and they've revealed that what Game of Thrones has in store is pretty intense. Kit Harington cried during the table read, according to the EW story. Clarke told Vanity Fair the ending 'f--ed me up.' Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister, told TheWrap that all the pieces fit together in the end, but even he found some of the outcomes surprising. And Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister, trolled the world when he said to Vulture that he thought Tyrion got a 'very good conclusion'--and then suggested that that conclusion may potentially be Tyrion's death.

A Fan-Favorite Character Is Returning

No, it's not Lady Stoneheart (as far as we know). The show's visual effects supervisor, Joe Bauer, told the Huffington Post that Jon Snow's direwolf, Ghost, will return for the show's final season. He hasn't been around much because, apparently, direwolves have been very hard on the show's VFX budget.

It's The End, But It's Not Over

While the story of the Starks, Lannisters, and Targaryens is ending in Season 8 of Game Of Thrones, it's not the end for Westeros. At least one prequel series about the world of the show is coming and will star Naomi Watts and Joshua Whitehouse, with casting ongoing. The prequel show is set to shoot a pilot in summer 2019.

Martin leaked on his blog that the show may be called The Long Night (he later retracted that mistaken reveal), and we know it takes place in the Age of Heroes, thousands of years before Game of Thrones, when great houses like the Starks and Lannisters were first founded. The title from Martin also suggests the show will cover the first war with the White Walkers, before the building of the Wall.

We Have Plenty More Theories

We picked our favorite Season 8 fan theories--click here for the full list.

Release Date For Games Of Thrones Season 8

The eighth and final season of the fantasydrama 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 Daenerys Targaryen assaults King's Landing in an attempt to unseat 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.

The season received mixed reviews from critics, in contrast to critical acclaim of previous seasons, and is the lowest-rated of the series on the website Rotten Tomatoes. Criticism was mainly directed at the condensed story and shorter runtime of the season, as well as numerous creative decisions made by the showrunners, though the acting, directing, production, and musical score were highly praised.

The season received 32 nominations at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, the most for a single season of television in history.^[1] It won for Outstanding Drama Series and Peter Dinklage won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

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Episodes[edit]

Cast[edit]

Main cast[edit]

Guest cast[edit]

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

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

HBO announced the eighth and final season of the fantasydrama television series Game of Thrones in July 2016.^[35][36] 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.^[37] 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.^[38] When asked about why the television series is coming to an end, he said, 'this is where the story ends.'^[39]

Crew[edit]

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.^[40]

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.^[41]

Writing[edit]

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 [they] would be doing this.'^[42]

Filming[edit]

Games Of Thrones Season 8 Release Date 2017

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, HBO programming president Casey Bloys said that instead of the series finale's 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.'^[43] Filming officially began on October 23, 2017^[44] and concluded in July 2018.^[45] Many exterior scenes were filmed in Northern Ireland and a few in Dubrovnik, Croatia; Paint Hall Studios in Belfast were used for interior filming.^[46] The direwolf scenes were filmed in Alberta, Canada.^[47]

Casting[edit]

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.^[34]Marc Rissmann was cast as Harry Strickland, the commander of the Golden Company.^[33]

Content[edit]

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'.^[48][49] 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.'^[48] 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.^[50] Benioff and Weiss later confirmed that the eighth season would consist of six episodes and would premiere later than usual for the same reason.^[51]

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.'^[51] 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,^[52] and the final episode is 80 minutes.^[53]

A two-hour documentary, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, which documents the making of the eighth season, aired on May 26, the week after the series finale.^[54]

Music[edit]

Ramin Djawadi returned as the series' composer for the eighth season.^[55] The soundtrack album for the season was released digitally on May 19, 2019 and was released on CD on July 19, 2019.^[56]

Release[edit]

Broadcast[edit]

The season premiered on April 14, 2019.^[57]

Marketing[edit]

On December 6, 2018, HBO released the first official teaser trailer for the eighth season.^[58] 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.^[59] HBO released a promotional advertisement with Bud Light on February 3, 2019 during Super Bowl LIII.^[60] Later, first-look photos of several main characters were released on February 6, 2019.^[61] On February 28, posters of many of the main characters sitting upon the Iron Throne were released.^[29] The official full trailer was released on March 5, 2019.^[30]

Illegal distribution[edit]

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.^[62] 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.^[63] 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.^[64]

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Home media[edit]

The season will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 3, 2019.^[65]

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

The season received mixed reviews from critics.^[66] On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds an approval rating of 60% based on 11 reviews with an average rating of 6.32/10.^[a] It is the lowest-rated season of the series on the website. The website's critical consensus reads: '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'.^[68] On Metacritic, the eighth-season premiere garnered a score of 74 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating 'generally favorable reviews.'^[69]

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,^[70] but was criticized for its lack of catharsis, logic, disorienting lighting, and the anticlimactic ending of the White Walker storyline that had been built up for seven seasons.^[71][72][73] 'The Last of the Starks' and 'The Bells' were criticized for their rushed pacing, writing, logic, and deviation from character development, with 'The Last of the Starks' being labeled as 'anticlimactic' and 'a huge letdown.'^{[74][75][76][77][78]} '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.'^[79][80] 'The Bells' and 'The Iron Throne' are the worst-reviewed episodes of the entire series on the website, with an approval of 49% and 48% respectively, while the last four episodes of the season 'plunged to record low scores.'^{[74][81][82][83]}

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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.'^[79] 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.'^[84] 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.'^[85]

Kelly Lawler of USA Today wrote that the series ultimately betrayed its 'identity' of 'tragedy and injustice' with a 'pandering' ending.^[86] Judy Berman of Time wrote that the series failed to complete the answer to 'conflicting ideas about freedom, justice and leadership'; these were themes that previously brought depth to the series.^[87] Ellen Gray of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly agreed that the final season was not as complex as previous seasons.^[88][89] 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 criticized Cersei doing nothing this season, as well as the ultimate focus 'on Jon Snow, the least complicated main character.'^[89]

Huw Fullerton of Radio Times wrote that the eighth season 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.'^[90]

Ratings[edit]

Audience response[edit]

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' aired, but went viral after 'The Bells' aired.^[97][98] The petition described showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss as 'woefully incompetent writers'.^{[99][100][101][102]} As of September 6, 2019, it has amassed over 1.73 million signatures.^{[97][101][103][104][105][106][107]}Digital Spy reported that fans of the series criticized the season for the way it handled several character arcs and the 'rushed' pacing.^[97][108] 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'.^[97]

The petition was labelled as 'disrespectful to the crew and the filmmakers' by actress Sophie Turner (who plays Sansa Stark),^[109][110] 'ridiculous', 'weird, juvenile' by actor Isaac Hempstead Wright (who plays Bran Stark),^[110][111] and 'rude' by actor Jacob Anderson (who plays Grey Worm).^[112] Emilia Clarke (who plays Daenerys Targaryen) indicated she was previously unaware of the petition, but gave a warmer response when she was asked what she would want to see happen if the eighth season were redone: 'I can only speak to my own character, and the people that I interact with on the show. But I would've loved some more scenes with me and Missandei. I would've loved some more scenes with me and Cersei'.^[113]

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.^[106]

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.^[79] Kelly Lawler of USA Today wrote that the ultimate ending of the series was not what fans 'signed up for'.^[86]

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; the 'basic existence of Euron Greyjoy'; and 'Jon's treatment of Ghost'.^[101]

Cast response[edit]

In an interview published just as the final season premiered, Kit Harington 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. [...] I know how much work was put into this [...] Now if people feel let down by [this final season], I don't give a fuck—because everyone [working on the series] 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.'^[114]

In an interview with The New Yorker, Emilia Clarke said she had to hold back her innermost anxiety from Beyoncé: 'I was just, like, Oh, my God, my absolute idol in life is saying that she likes me, and I know for a fact that by the end of this season she's going to hate me. [...] All I wanted to scream was 'Please, please still like me even though my character turns into a mass-killing dictator! Please still think that I'm representing women in a really fabulous way.'^[113]

Nathalie Emmanuel, who played Missandei, was heartbroken when she read her character's sudden demise: '...I think the fact that she died in chains when she was a slave her whole life, that for me was a pungent cut for that character, that felt so painful'. Emmanuel, who was the only woman of color who was a regular on the series for the last several seasons, said, 'It's safe to say that Game of Thrones has been under criticism for their lack of representation, and the truth of it is that Missandei and Grey Worm have represented so many people because there's only two of them.'^[115]

Conleth Hill, who played Varys, told Entertainment Weekly that the seventh and eighth seasons were 'kind of frustrating' and not his 'favorite', noting that Varys 'kind of dropped off the edge'. Hill reacted with 'dismay' to Varys apparently 'losing his knowledge': 'If he was such an intelligent man and he had such resources, how come he didn't know about things?' After being 'very bummed to not have a final scene with [Littlefinger]', Hill was 'bummed not to have any reaction to [Littlefinger] dying, if he was [Varys'] nemesis'. Also, once the series ran out of book material as a source, Hill noted that 'special niche interest in weirdos wasn't as effective as it had been'. However, Hill was 'not dissatisfied on the whole' regarding the series.^[116]

Lena Headey had a 'mixed' initial reaction to the manner of death of Cersei Lannister, the character she played. Headey would rather have Cersei die by 'some big piece or fight with somebody'. Eventually, fellow actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau persuaded Headey on how to appreciate the scene, and she said her eventual belief that 'it seemed like the perfect end for' Cersei because Cersei and Jaime 'came into the world together and now they leave together'.^[117]

Accolades[edit]

With 32 nominations, Game of Thrones broke the record of the most nominations received by a regular TV show in a single year.

Notes[edit]

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

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External links[edit]

• Game of Thrones – official US site
• Game of Thrones – official UK site
• Game of Thrones – The Viewers Guide onHBO
• List of Game of Thrones episodes on IMDb
• List of Game of Thrones episodes at TV.com
• Making Game of Thrones on HBO

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