A good place to start is with the technical spoilers that HBO has already allowed to be unspooled. As revealed in Entertainment Weekly's exclusive set visit, Game of Thrones Season 8 will begin by echoing the series premiere all the way back in 2011. During those happier days, King Robert Baratheon's procession arrived at a cheerful Winterfell; in April 2019, Queen Daenerys' army will begin the season by getting a cold welcome from Sansa Stark, who will begrudingly bend the knee to the Dragon Queen after her "brother" Jon Snow already surrendered the North's autonomy to the Targaryen.

However, EW's James Hibberd hints that Sansa might be soon won over by Dany, as well as stating the obvious: Team Dany meeting Team Stark will cause a lot of overdue reunions in the premiere: the Hound and Arya, the Hound and Sansa, Sansa and Tyrion, Jon and Bran, and (best of all), Jon and Arya.

All men must die. This bitter cruelty holds true for celebrated television shows too, like our dear wintertime companion, Game of Thrones. But it is still hard to accept, especially if you've already sworn fealty to HBO's biggest hit and what's possibly television's last water cooler series.

Nevertheless, there are warm tidings since Game of Thrones Season 8 is only just around the corner and ever since the season 7 finale, the hype has been real. But now we will see its prize with our own eyes.

Game of Thrones Season 8 Trailer

Well, winter is certainly here. This new Game of Thrones Season 8 trailer is ominous, even by Game of Thrones standards.



The teaser below teases, amongst other things, the reunion of Jon and Arya.



The teaser below gives us a glimpse of the multiple theaters on which the show's final battle(s) will take place.



Check out the earlier trailer, which has more actual footage...



Game of Thrones Season 8 begins its final movement on April 14. Brace thyself for Sunday, winter child.

HBO has seemingly accidentally released (more about that here) the running times for the final six episodes of Game of Thrones, and it appears that those last three episodes of season 8 will be the beasts we've been promised, at feature-length time. This is the current situation, via the official HBO schedule. There are no titles yet, but we're keeping an eye out for you.

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 1

Episode one is being written by Dave Hill, who has been an assistant and story editor to Benioff and Weiss since season 2. Hill has previously penned three episodes of Game of Thrones, including season 7's fifth episode, "Eastwatch," as well as "Home" in 2016, and "Sons of the Harpy" in 2015.

air date: 4/14/2019

run time: 54 minutes

Check out these images from the Game of Thrones Season 8 premiere, an innocent time when we believed all major characters filmed sitting on the Iron Throne were in it for the long haul.

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2

Episode two will be written by Game of Thrones heavy-hitter Bryan Cogman, who has been a producer on the series since 2014 and has writing credits on it going back all the way to the first season in 2011 when he wrote "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things." Other notable episodes he penned are "Oathkeeper," "The Laws of Gods and Men," and the infamous "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken."

air date: 4/21/2019

run time: 58 minutes

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3
air date: 4/28/19

run time: 1 hour 22 minutes

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4
air date: 5/5/2019

run time: 1 hour 18 minutes

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 5
air date: 5/12/2019

run time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 6
air date: 5/19/2019

run time: 1 hour 20 minutes


The final four episodes have all been written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. It's good to be the king.

Like the sight of a dragon flying above a battlefield, the directors list is a beautiful sight since Miguel Sapochnik has returned to the series. Aye, the helmer of what may still be the two most cinematic hours of Game of Thrones, season 6's final "The Battle of the Bastards" and "The Winds of Winter" hours, is returning to the helm of multiple episodes.

He's directing the third and fifth episodes to be exact, so know when to expect them to bring the (wild)fire. Yet the most intriguing thing might be that the final episode will be directed by neither Sapochnik or other fan favorite series mainstays like Alan Taylor, David Nutter, or Neill Marshall. Nope... showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will be directing it themselves! David Nutter, helmer of the now legendary "The Rains of Catamere" episode, is meanwhile directing the first, second, and fourth episodes.

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