[116][117] New filming locations included Moneyglass and Saintfield in Northern Ireland for "The Long Night" battle scenes. The wights invade Winterfell, overpowering the defenders; Lyanna Mormont is killed destroying a giant wight. [39] The scheming Cersei Lannister evokes Isabella, the "She-Wolf of France" (1295–1358). In the Reach, the Tyrell family, led by its matriarch Olenna (Diana Rigg), is represented at court by Margery (Natalie Dormer), the matriarch's granddaughter. 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. [102], 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] "rude" by actor Jacob Anderson (who plays Grey Worm)[112] and "fandom extremism" by actress Carice van Houten (who plays Melisandre). TV Series Finale. [222], In 2013, to combat unauthorized downloads, HBO said it intended to make its content more widely available within a week of the US premiere (including HBO Go). [330], Game of Thrones has added to the popular vocabulary. [16], The king's Small Council of advisors includes, among others, the crafty Master of Coin, Lord Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish (Aidan Gillen), and the eunuch spymaster, Lord Varys (Conleth Hill). [138] Brian Kirk directed three episodes during the first season, and Tim Van Patten directed the series' first two episodes. In 2018, Australian scientists conducted a survival analysis and examined the mortality among 330 important characters during the first seven seasons of Game of Thrones. [411] In September 2018, speaking about the four projects (i.e. [75] Jane Espenson co-wrote one first-season episode as a freelance writer. [22] Sonia Saraiya of The A.V. For the seventh season, see "Game of Thrones: Season Seven Ratings". The series also set an HBO-series record for digital-download sales. Martin: ending Game of Thrones is really hard", "Game of Thrones Author George R.R. [110], The sixth season, which began filming in July 2015, returned to Spain and filmed in Navarra, Guadalajara, Seville, Almeria, Girona and Peniscola. [125], Tourism organizations elsewhere reported increases in bookings after their locations appeared in Game of Thrones. 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. [354] Vulture.com cited Westeros.org and WinterIsComing.net (news and discussion forums), ToweroftheHand.com (which organizes communal readings of the novels) and Podcastoficeandfire.com as fan sites dedicated to the TV and novel series;[343] and podcasts cover Game of Thrones. [81] In April 2016, the showrunners' plan was to shoot 13 more episodes after the sixth season: seven episodes in the seventh season and six episodes in the eighth. Theon and the Ironborn will protect Bran. This limited-edition, custom-designed complete collector’s set includes all 73 episodes of this epic eight season series. 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