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Starring | See List of Game of Thrones cast |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 7 |
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Original network | HBO |
Original release | July 16 – August 27, 2017 |
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The seventh and penultimate season of the fantasydrama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017.[1][2][3] Unlike previous seasons, which consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consisted of only seven episodes.[4] Like the previous season, it largely consisted of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, while also incorporating material that Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series.[5][better source needed] The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.
The penultimate season focuses primarily on the convergence of the show's main plotlines in preparation for the final season. Daenerys Targaryen arrives in Westeros with her army and three dragons and begins to wage war against the Lannisters while Jon Snow continues his efforts to find ways to defeat the Army of the Dead. He forges an alliance with Daenerys in an attempt to unite their forces against the White Walker army.
HBO ordered the seventh season on April 21, 2016, three days before the premiere of the show's sixth season, and began filming on August 31, 2016. The season was filmed primarily in Northern Ireland, Spain, Croatia and Iceland.
Game of Thrones features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington. The season introduces several new cast members, including Jim Broadbent and Tom Hopper.
The series received 22 nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards,[6] and won for Outstanding Drama Series and Dinklage won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.[7]
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Episodes[edit]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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61 | 1 | 'Dragonstone' | Jeremy Podeswa | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | July 16, 2017 | 10.11[8] | |
At the Twins, Arya, disguised as Walder Frey, poisons the remaining lords of House Frey. The White Walkers march toward the Wall, where Tollett allows Bran and Meera to enter. At Winterfell, despite Sansa's objection, Jon secures the loyalties of the new heads of Houses Umber and Karstark, whose previous leaders fought alongside Ramsay in the Battle of the Bastards. At the Citadel, Samwell secretly borrows library books. One reveals a large deposit of dragonglass in Dragonstone and he sends word to Jon. Sam later finds Ser Jorah, now heavily infected with greyscale, quarantined in a cell. In the Riverlands, Arya meets some friendly Lannister soldiers who consider her declared intention to kill Cersei as a joke. Thoros shows Sandor Clegane a vision of the Wall and the marching Army of the Dead. The revelation leads him to believe in the Lord of Light. In King's Landing, Jaime tells Cersei that allies are crucially needed. She receives Euron, who proposes marriage in exchange for his Iron Fleet and an opportunity to kill Theon and Yara. Cersei declines, citing trust concerns, so Euron promises to return with a 'gift' to prove his loyalty. Daenerys arrives at Dragonstone, the home of House Targaryen, previously occupied by Stannis Baratheon, with her army and dragons. | |||||||
62 | 2 | 'Stormborn' | Mark Mylod | Bryan Cogman | July 23, 2017 | 9.27[9] | |
Daenerys sends the Dornishmen with Yara's fleet to Sunspear and the Unsullied to Casterly Rock, following Tyrion's advice to lay siege to King's Landing. She challenges Varys' loyalty and threatens to burn him alive if he ever betrays her. Melisandre arrives and encourages Daenerys to invite Jon Snow to Dragonstone. Grey Worm and Missandei consummate their relationship. Cersei summons several lords, wanting their fealty and elevating Randyll Tarly as Warden of the South. Qyburn shows Cersei a prototype ballista capable of killing dragons. Arya is reunited with Hot Pie, who tells her Jon is now King in the North. She resets her course for Winterfell. Jon travels to Dragonstone to request Daenerys' help against the White Walkers, leaving Sansa in charge at Winterfell. Jon warns Littlefinger to keep his distance from Sansa. Samwell applies a forbidden treatment on Jorah's greyscale infection. Euron's fleet attacks Yara's. Obara and Nymeria are killed, while Ellaria, Tyene, and Yara are captured. Theon, experiencing flashbacks as Reek, hesitates to challenge Euron and jumps overboard. | |||||||
63 | 3 | 'The Queen's Justice' | Mark Mylod | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | July 30, 2017 | 9.25[10] | |
Jon arrives at Dragonstone where Daenerys demands his fealty. He refuses and instead seeks her help fighting the Army of the Dead. Following Tyrion's advice, Daenerys allows Jon to mine the island's dragonglass. Melisandre avoids Jon and departs for Volantis. Bran, with Meera, arrives at Winterfell and reveals his newfound-identity as the Three-Eyed Raven to Sansa. In King's Landing, Euron presents Ellaria and Tyene as a gift for Cersei, who promises him marriage after the war is won. She also awards him co-control of her military, alongside Jaime. Cersei administers the same poison to Tyene that killed Myrcella, forcing Ellaria to watch her daughter's impending death and remain imprisoned with the body. In Oldtown, a healed Jorah leaves to find Daenerys. Ebrose praises Samwell's skill in saving Jorah but makes him copy old texts for his disobedience. Grey Worm and the Unsullied attack Casterly Rock, only to find that Jaime has led the bulk of the Lannister forces in an attack on Highgarden, while Euron's fleet ambushes and destroys the Unsullied's ships. The Lannister forces quickly overwhelm Olenna Tyrell's army. Jaime offers Olenna a quick and painless death by poison. After drinking it, she admits to poisoning Joffrey. | |||||||
64 | 4 | 'The Spoils of War' | Matt Shakman | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | August 6, 2017 | 10.17[11] | |
Arya returns to Winterfell and is reunited with Sansa and Bran. She later spars with Brienne, impressing her and unnerving Sansa with her exceptional fighting skills. Bran bids Meera an unemotional farewell as she prepares to head home, divulging he is no longer the boy she accompanied through the North. Littlefinger presents Bran with the Valyrian steel dagger his would-be assassin used. Bran later gives it to Arya. Cersei assures the Iron Bank a full repayment of her debt as a wagon train carrying gold from Highgarden travels to King's Landing. In a cave filled with dragonglass, Jon reveals ancient wall paintings to Daenerys depicting the First Men and the Children of the Forest joining forces against the undead. Later, Daenerys learns that the attack on Casterly Rock was a diversion and Lannister forces have captured Highgarden. Ignoring Tyrion's protests, Daenerys rides Drogon as the Dothraki cavalry launches a surprise attack on the Lannister army, decimating it and capturing its remaining forces. Drogon is wounded when Bronn fires a bolt from Qyburn's new scorpion ballista weapon, but he and Daenerys land safely. Jaime's desperate charge on horseback at a vulnerable Daenerys is thwarted by Drogon spewing fire. Bronn tackles Jaime into the lake, saving him. | |||||||
65 | 5 | 'Eastwatch' | Matt Shakman | Dave Hill | August 13, 2017 | 10.72[12] | |
Jaime and Bronn return to King's Landing. Daenerys offers the Lannister army survivors the choice to pledge fealty to her or die. Against Tyrion's advice, she has Drogon burn Randyll and Dickon Tarly, who refused to bend the knee. Jorah arrives at Dragonstone and reunites with Daenerys. Maester Wolkan alerts Jon and the Citadel about the wights approaching Eastwatch. Jon proposes he travel beyond the Wall to capture a wight as proof they exist and to convince Cersei to accept a temporary alliance. Davos smuggles Tyrion inside King's Landing, where he secretly meets with Jaime to propose an armistice. Cersei accepts it and also informs Jaime she is pregnant. Davos rendezvous with Gendry and returns him to Dragonstone. With the Citadel ignoring Wolkan's letter, Samwell steals several restricted books and leaves the Citadel with Gilly and Little Sam. At Winterfell, Littlefinger, knowing Arya is spying on him, lures her into finding the letter that Sansa was forced to write as a hostage in King's Landing. Jon, Jorah, and Gendry, joined by Clegane, Thoros, Beric, and a group of the Free Folk led by Tormund, leave Eastwatch and pass beyond the Wall to capture a wight. | |||||||
66 | 6 | 'Beyond the Wall' | Alan Taylor | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | August 20, 2017 | 10.24[13] | |
At Winterfell, Littlefinger plots to isolate Sansa. Tensions between Arya and Sansa increase following Arya's discovery of the letter Sansa was forced to write, begging for Robb's fealty to Joffrey. Sansa, in turn, finds Arya's collection of faces she took from Braavos. At Dragonstone, Tyrion counsels Daenerys about the upcoming negotiations with Cersei. Beyond the Wall, Jon and the men hunt for a wight to prove the White Walkers' existence. After capturing one, the group is beset by the White Walker army. Jon sends Gendry to Eastwatch to dispatch a raven to Daenerys requesting help. During the night, an injured Thoros freezes to death. As the wight army is about to overwhelm Jon's group, Daenerys arrives with her dragons and rescues the men. The Night King, leader of the White Walkers, kills Viserion, one of Daenerys' dragons, with an ice spear. Daenerys flies off with the men, but is unable to save Jon. Benjen Stark intervenes and sacrifices himself to save Jon. When Jon and Daenerys are reunited, Jon pledges himself and the North to Daenerys as Queen. The Night King reanimates Viserion, making the dragon a part of his army. | |||||||
67 | 7 | 'The Dragon and the Wolf' | Jeremy Podeswa | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | August 27, 2017 | 12.07[14] | |
At King's Landing, the wight is presented to the Lannisters and their supporters. Cersei demands Jon's neutrality in the Great War, but he upholds his oath to Daenerys, provoking Cersei to end discussions. Tyrion meets privately with Cersei, apparently gaining her alliance. Cersei later reveals to Jaime that she really intends to use the Golden Company of Braavos to secure her hold on Westeros. Disgusted, Jaime deserts her and rides north. Aboard a ship bound for White Harbor, Jon and Daenerys make love. At Dragonstone, Theon earns his men's respect and leads them to rescue Yara. At Winterfell, Littlefinger sows dissent by exploiting Arya's threatening demeanor toward Sansa, leading to a trial. To his surprise, a united Sansa, Arya, and Bran accuse Littlefinger of murder, conspiracy, and treason, which Bran confirms with his visions. Deserted by the Lords of the Vale, Littlefinger is sentenced to death by Sansa and executed by Arya. Samwell arrives at Winterfell and meets with Bran. They discuss Jon's parentage and through Sam's earlier research and Bran's visions, they extrapolate that Jon is a trueborn Targaryen named Aegon, the legitimate heir to the Iron Throne. His parents — Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark — married in secret. At Eastwatch, the Night King, astride the undead Viserion, blasts a hole through the Wall with blue dragon fire, allowing the Army of the Dead to march through. |
Cast[edit]
Main cast[edit]
- Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister[15]
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister[15]
- Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister[15]
- Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen[15]
- Kit Harington as Jon Snow[15]
- Aidan Gillen as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish[15]
- Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth[15]
- Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark[15]
- Maisie Williams as Arya Stark[15]
- Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei[15]
- Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth[15]
- Conleth Hill as Varys[15]
- John Bradley as Samwell Tarly[15]
- Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark[15]
- Hannah Murray as Gilly[15]
- Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane[15]
- Rory McCann as Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane[15]
- Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont[15]
- Carice van Houten as Melisandre[15]
- Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand[15]
- Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy[15]
- Jerome Flynn as Bronn[15]
- Joe Dempsie as Gendry[16]
Guest cast[edit]
The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 7. They are listed by the region in which they first appear.
In the North, including the Wall[edit]
Beyond the Wall[edit]
In the Riverlands[edit]
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In Oldtown[edit]
At Dragonstone[edit]
In flashbacks[edit]
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Production[edit]
Crew[edit]
Series creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss serve as showrunners for the seventh season. The directors for the seventh season are Jeremy Podeswa (episodes 1 and 7), Mark Mylod (episodes 2 and 3), Matt Shakman (episodes 4 and 5) and Alan Taylor (episode 6). This marks Taylor's return to the series after an absence since the second season. Shakman is a first-time Game of Thrones director, with the rest each having directed multiple episodes in previous seasons.[36]Michele Clapton returned to the show as costume designer, after spending some time away from the show in the sixth season. She previously worked on the show for the first five seasons, as well as the end of the sixth season.[36]
Writing[edit]
The seventh season contains original material not found in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.[37][needs update] Some of the show's sixth season also consists of material revealed to the writers of the television series during discussions with Martin.[38]
Filming[edit]
Filming began on August 31, 2016, at Titanic Studios in Belfast,[39] and ended in February 2017.[40][41][42] In an interview with the showrunners, it was announced that the filming of the seventh season would be delayed until later in the year due to necessary weather conditions for filming. The showrunners stated 'We're starting a bit later because, you know, at the end of this season, winter is here, and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more. We kind of pushed everything down the line so we could get some grim, gray weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot.'[43]
Girona, Spain, did not return as one of the filming locations.[44] Girona stood in for Braavos and parts of King's Landing.[44] It was later announced that the seventh season would film in Northern Ireland, Spain and Iceland, with filming in Northern Ireland beginning in August 2016.[4][40] The series filmed in the Spanish cities Seville, Cáceres, Almodóvar del Río, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo.[45] Spanish sources announced that the series would be filming the seventh season on Muriola Beach in Barrika, Las Atarazanas, the Royal Dockyards of Seville and at the shores of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, an islet belonging to the city of Bermeo.[46][47][48] The series returned to film at The Dark Hedges in Stranocum, which was previously used as the Kingsroad in the second season.[49] Some scenes were filmed in Iceland.[50] Filming also occurred in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which is used for location of King's Landing.[51] The scene where Arya was reunited with Nymeria was filmed in Alberta, Canada.[52]
Casting[edit]
Deadline reported on June 21, 2016, that the five main cast members, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington had been in contract negotiations for the final two seasons. It was reported that the cast members have increased their salary to $500,000 per episode for the seventh and eighth season.[53][54] It was later reported that the actors had gone through a renegotiation, for which they had increased their salary to $1.1 million per episode for the last two seasons.[55]
On August 31, 2016, Entertainment Weekly reported that Jim Broadbent had been cast for the seventh season in a 'significant' role.[31] It was announced that the role of Dickon Tarly has been recast, with Tom Hopper replacing Freddie Stroma, who had previously played the role in 'Blood of My Blood'.[29] The seventh season sees the return of Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris, who did not appear in the sixth season,[30]Ben Hawkey as Hot Pie, who last appeared in the fourth season, and Joe Dempsie as Gendry, who last appeared in the third season and maintains his status as starring cast member. Members of the British indie pop band Bastille were reported to have filmed cameo appearances.[56] British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran also makes a cameo appearance in the season.[57] Frontman of American heavy metal band Mastodon, Brent Hinds, has also revealed he would have a cameo appearance. This is Hinds' second cameo in the series, following his appearance (along with bandmates Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher) in the fifth season.[58]New York Metsbaseball pitcher Noah Syndergaard made a background cameo as a javelin-throwing Lannister soldier in 'The Spoils of War.'[59]
Episodes[edit]
On April 21, 2016, HBO officially ordered the seventh season of Game of Thrones, just three days prior to the premiere of the show's sixth season.[60] In a June 2016 interview with Variety, co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss revealed the seventh season would likely consist of fewer episodes, stating at the time of the interview that they were 'down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap.'[61][62] Director Jack Bender, who worked on the show's sixth season, said that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes.[63] Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14 month time frame, as Weiss said 'It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule.'[61] HBO confirmed on July 18, 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.[4] Later it was confirmed that the season would debut on July 16.[64] The seventh season includes an 81-minute finale;[65] this was the series' longest episode until it was surpassed by the Season 8 episode 'The Long Night', which is 82 minutes. Season 7's penultimate episode also runs for 71 minutes – around 16 minutes longer than an average Game of Thrones episode. The first five episodes mostly run longer than average (55 minutes), at 59, 59, 63, 50, and 59 minutes respectively.[66] The previous longest episode in the series was the sixth-season finale, 'The Winds of Winter', which ran for 69 minutes.[65]
Music[edit]
Ramin Djawadi returned as the composer of the show for the seventh season.[67]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
On Metacritic, the season (based on the first episode) has a score of 77 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.[68] On Rotten Tomatoes, the seventh season has a 93% approval rating from 51 critics with an average rating of 8.22 out of 10, with the site's consensus reading, 'After a year-long wait, Game of Thrones roars back with powerful storytelling and a focused interest in its central characters—particularly the female ones.'[69]
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Ratings[edit]
The series premiere surpassed 30 million viewers across all of the network's domestic platforms weeks after its release. The show's numbers continued to climb in other countries as well. In the UK, the premiere got up to 4.7 million viewers after seven days, setting a new record for Sky Atlantic. Compared to the previous season, HBO Asia saw an increases of between 24 percent to 50 percent. HBO Latin America saw a record viewership in the region, with a 29 percent climb. In Germany, the show went up 210 percent, in Russia it climbed 40 percent and in Italy it saw a 61 percent increase.[70] In the United States, the finale was watched by 12.1 million viewers on its first airing on television, and 16.5 million when viewings on HBO Now and HBO Go apps are included. Over the season, the viewer numbers averaged at over 30 million per episode across all platforms.[71]
No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
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1 | 'Dragonstone' | July 16, 2017 | 4.7 | 10.11[8] | 1.1 | 2.62 | 5.8 | 12.74[72] |
2 | 'Stormborn' | July 23, 2017 | 4.3 | 9.27[9] | 1.4 | 3.08 | 5.7 | 12.37[73] |
3 | 'The Queen's Justice' | July 30, 2017 | 4.3 | 9.25[10] | 1.1 | 2.72 | 5.4 | 11.97[74]1 |
4 | 'The Spoils of War' | August 6, 2017 | 4.6 | 10.17[11] | 1.7 | 3.76 | 6.3 | 13.94[75] |
5 | 'Eastwatch' | August 13, 2017 | 5.0 | 10.72[12] | 1.6 | 3.67 | 6.6 | 14.41[76] |
6 | 'Beyond the Wall' | August 20, 2017 | 4.7 | 10.24[13] | 1.6 | 3.74 | 6.3 | 13.98[77] |
7 | 'The Dragon and the Wolf' | August 27, 2017 | 5.7 | 12.07[14] | 1.4 | 3.35 | 7.1 | 15.44[78] |
^1 Live +7 ratings were not available, so Live +3 ratings have been used instead.
Accolades[edit]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | American Film Institute Awards 2017 | AFI TV Award | Game of Thrones | Won | [79] |
2017 American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for Non-Commercial Television | Robert McLachlan (for 'The Spoils of War') | Nominated | [80] | |
Gregory Middleton (for 'Dragonstone') | Nominated | ||||
IGN Awards | Best Action Series | Game of Thrones | Won | [81] | |
Best TV Episode | 'The Spoils of War' | Won | |||
IGN People's Choice Award | Best Action Series | Game of Thrones | Won | ||
Best TV Episode | 'The Spoils of War' | Won | |||
Humanitas Prize | 60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television | David Benioff, D. B. Weiss (for 'The Dragon and the Wolf') | Nominated | [82] | |
Hollywood Post Alliance | Outstanding Color Grading | Joe Finley (for 'Dragonstone') | Nominated | [83] | |
Outstanding Editing | Tim Porter (for 'Stormborn') | Nominated | |||
Jesse Parker (for 'The Queen's Justice') | Nominated | ||||
Crispin Green (for 'Dragonstone') | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding Sound | Tim Kimmel, Paula Fairfield, Mathew Waters, Onnalee Blank, Bradley C. Katona, Paul Bercovitch (for 'The Spoils of War') | Nominated | |||
2018 | 22nd Satellite Awards | Best Genre Series | Game of Thrones | Won | [84] |
23rd National Television Awards | Best Drama | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [85] | |
8th Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [86] | |
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Emilia Clarke | Nominated | |||
75th Golden Globe Awards | Best Television Series – Drama | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [87] | |
24th Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [88] | |
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series | Game of Thrones | Won | |||
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
60th Annual Grammy Awards | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Ramin Djawadi | Nominated | [89] | |
American Cinema Editors Awards 2018 | Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television | Tim Porter (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Nominated | [90] | |
45th Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production | Paul Story, Todd Labonte, Matthew Muntean, Cajun Hylton, Georgy Arevshatov (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Nominated | [91] | |
Art Directors Guild Awards 2017 | One-Hour Single Camera Period Or Fantasy Television Series | Deborah Riley (for 'Dragonstone', 'The Queen's Justice', and 'Eastwatch') | Won | [92] | |
Cinema Audio Society Awards 2017 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – Television Series – One Hour | Ronan Hill, Richard Dyer, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, Brett Voss (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Won | [93] | |
Costume Designers Guild Awards 2017 | Outstanding Fantasy Television Series | Michele Clapton | Won | [94] | |
70th Directors Guild of America Awards | Dramatic Series | Jeremy Podeswa (for 'The Dragon and the Wolf') | Nominated | [95] | |
Matt Shakman (for 'The Spoils of War') | Nominated | ||||
Alan Taylor (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Nominated | ||||
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild | Best Period and/or Character Makeup – Television | Jane Walker, Nicola Matthews | Won | [96] | |
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling – Television | Kevin Alexander, Candice Banks | Nominated | |||
Best Special Makeup Effects – Television | Barrie Gower, Sarah Gower | Won | |||
Producers Guild of America Awards 2017 | 'The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama' | David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, Bryan Cogman, Lisa McAtackney, Chris Newman, Greg Spence | Nominated | [97] | |
Writers Guild of America Awards 2017 | Television Drama Series | David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Dave Hill, D. B. Weiss | Nominated | [98] | |
16th Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Chris Baird, David Ramos, Sam Conway (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Won | [99] | |
Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project | Paul Story, Todd Labonte, Matthew Muntean, Nicholas Wilson (for 'Beyond the Wall' – 'Zombie Polar Bear') | Nominated | |||
Jonathan Symmonds, Thomas Kutschera, Philipp Winterstein, Andreas Krieg (for 'Eastwatch' – 'Drogon Meets Jon') | Nominated | ||||
Murray Stevenson, Jason Snyman, Jenn Taylor, Florian Friedmann (for 'The Spoils of War' – 'Drogon Loot Train Attack') | Won | ||||
Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project | Daniel Villalba, Antonio Lado, José Luis Barreiro, Isaac de la Pompa (for 'Beyond the Wall' – 'Frozen Lake') | Won | |||
Patrice Poissant, Deak Ferrand, Dominic Daigle, Gabriel Morin (for 'Eastwatch') | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | Manuel Ramírez, Óscar Márquez, Pablo Hernández, David Gacituaga (for 'Beyond the Wall' – 'Frozen Lake') | Nominated | |||
Thomas Hullin, Dominik Kirouac, Sylvain Nouveau, Nathan Arbuckle (for 'The Dragon and the Wolf' – 'Wall Destruction') | Won | ||||
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode | Óscar Perea, Santiago Martos, David Esteve, Michael Crane (for 'Beyond the Wall' – 'Frozen Lake') | Nominated | |||
Thomas Montminy Brodeur, Xavier Fourmond, Reuben Barkataki, Sébastien Raets (for 'Eastwatch') | Nominated | ||||
Dom Hellier, Thijs Noij, Edwin Holdsworth, Giacomo Matteucci (for 'The Spoils of War' – 'Loot Train Attack') | Won | ||||
Golden Reel Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form – Effects/Foley | Tim Kimmel, Paula Fairfield, Bradley Katona, Brett Voss and Jeffrey Wilhoit (for 'The Spoils of War') | Won | [100] | |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form – Dialogue/ADR | Tim Kimmel, Paul Bercovitch and Tim Hands (for 'The Spoils of War') | Won | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form – Music/Musical | David Klotz (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Nominated | |||
15th Irish Film & Television Awards | Best Television Drama | Game of Thrones | Won | [101] [102] | |
Actor in a Supporting Role – Television | Liam Cunningham | Won | |||
Aidan Gillen | Nominated | ||||
Best Sound | Ronan Hill, Onnalee Blank and Matthew Waters | Nominated | |||
Best VFX | Ed Bruce & Nicholas Murphy | Nominated | |||
5th Location Managers Guild Awards | Outstanding Locations in a Period Television Series | Robert Boake, Matt Jones, Tate Araez Guzman | Won | [103] | |
44th Saturn Awards | Best Fantasy Television Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [104] | |
Best Actress on a Television Series | Lena Headey | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series | Kit Harington | Nominated | |||
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Nominated | ||||
2018 British Academy Television Awards | Must-See Moment | 'Viserion is Killed by the Night King' (for Beyond the Wall) | Nominated | [105] | |
2018 British Academy Television Craft Awards | Costume Design | Michele Clapton | Won | [106] | |
Production Design | Deborah Riley, Rob Cameron | Won | |||
Special Award | Game of Thrones | Won | |||
Webby Award | Best Overall Social Presence | Game of Thrones | Won | [107] | |
Best Trailer | Game of Thrones | Won | |||
Best Digital Campaign | Game of Thrones | Won | |||
2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Show | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [108] | |
Best Performance in a Show | Maisie Williams | Nominated | |||
Best Hero | Emilia Clarke | Nominated | |||
2018 Gold Derby Awards | Best Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Won | [109] | |
Ensemble of the Year | The cast of Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
Best Drama Supporting Actor | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
Best Drama Supporting Actress | Lena Headey | Nominated | |||
Best Drama Guest Actress | Diana Rigg | Won | |||
Best Drama Episode | 'Beyond the Wall' | Nominated | |||
'The Spoils of War' | Nominated | ||||
70th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | Won | [110] | ||
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Nominated | |||
Peter Dinklage | Won | ||||
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Lena Headey | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Alan Taylor (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Nominated | |||
Jeremy Podeswa (for 'The Dragon and the Wolf') | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | David Benioff and D. B. Weiss (for 'The Dragon and the Wolf') | Nominated | |||
70th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Nina Gold, Robert Sterne, and Carla Stronge | Nominated | [111] | |
Outstanding Costumes for a Fantasy/Sci-Fi Series | Michele Clapton, Alexander Fordham, Emma O'Loughlin, Kate O'Farrell, (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Won | |||
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Diana Rigg | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series | Kevin Alexander, Candice Banks, Nicola Mount, Rosalia Culora (for 'The Dragon and the Wolf') | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) | Jane Walker, Kay Bilk, Marianna Kyriacou, Pamela Smyth, Kate Thompson, Nicola Mathews (for 'The Dragon and the Wolf') | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Production Design for a Fantasy Program | Deborah Riley, Paul Ghirardani, Rob Cameron (for 'Dragonstone') | Won | |||
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series | Jane Walker, Paul Spateri, Emma Sheffield, Barrie Gower (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Won | |||
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Tim Porter (for Beyond the Wall) | Nominated | |||
Crispin Green (for 'The Spoils of War') | Nominated | ||||
Katie Weiland (for 'The Dragon and the Wolf') | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) | Ramin Djawadi (for 'The Dragon and the Wolf') | Won | |||
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama series | Tim Kimmel, Paula Fairfield, Tim Hands, Paul Bercovitch, Bradley C. Katona, John Matter, Brett Voss, David Klotz, Jeffrey Wilhoit, Dylan T. Wilhoit (for 'The Spoils of War') | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Series | Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, Richard Dyer, Ronan Hill (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Won | |||
Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Steve Kullback, Joe Bauer, Adam Chazen, Michelle Blok, Sam Conway, Ted Rae, David Ramos, Wayne Stables, Derek Spears (for 'Beyond the Wall') | Won | |||
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Series | Rowley Irlam | Won |
Release[edit]
Broadcast[edit]
The season was simulcast around the world by HBO and its broadcast partners in 186 countries. In some countries, it aired the day after its first release.[70]
Marketing[edit]
On July 23, 2016, a teaser production trailer was released by HBO at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. The trailer mostly consisted of voice overs, and shots of crew members creating sets and props.[112] The first footage from the season was revealed in a new promotional video released by HBO highlighting its new and returning original shows for the coming year on November 28, 2016, showcasing Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and Arya Stark.[113][114]
On March 1, 2017, HBO and Game of Thrones teamed up with Major League Baseball (MLB) for a cross-promotional partnership. At least 19 individual teams participated in this promotion.[115] On March 8, 2017, HBO released the first promotional poster for the season ahead of the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, which teases the battle of 'ice vs. fire'. Showrunners Benioff and Weiss also spoke at the event, along with fellow cast members Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams.[116]
On March 9, 2017, HBO hosted a live stream on the Game of Thrones Facebook page that revealed the premiere date for the seventh season as being July 16, 2017. It was accompanied by a teaser trailer.[2] On March 30, 2017, the first official promo for the show was released, highlighting the thrones of Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, and Cersei Lannister.[117] On April 20, 2017, HBO released 15 official photos shot during the season.[118] On May 22, 2017, HBO released several new photos from the new season.[119] On May 23, 2017, HBO released the official posters featuring the Night King.[120] The first official trailer for season 7 was released on May 24, 2017.[27] The trailer set a world record for being the most viewed show trailer ever, being viewed 61 million times across digital platforms, in the first 24 hours.[121] The second official trailer was released on June 21, 2017.[26] The season premiere was screened at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on July 12, 2017.[122]
Home media[edit]
The season was released on Blu-ray and DVD in region 1 on December 12, 2017.[123][124]
Illegal distribution[edit]
The season premiere was pirated 90 million times in the first three days after it aired.[125] On August 4, 2017, it was reported that, two days before its original broadcast, the fourth episode of the season was leaked online from Star India, one of HBO's international network partners.[126] The leaked copy has the 'for internal viewing only' watermark. On July 31, 2017, due to a security breach, HBO was the victim of 1.5 terabytes of stolen data.[127] However, 'this was not related to this episode leak', according to The Verge.[128] On August 16, 2017, four days before its intended release, it was reported that HBO Spain and HBO Nordic accidentally allowed the sixth episode of the series on-demand viewing for one hour before being removed.[129]
Data from piracy monitoring firm MUSO indicates that season seven was pirated more than one billion times mostly by unauthorized streaming, with torrent and direct downloads accounting for about 15 percent of this piracy. On average, each episode is estimated to have been pirated 140 million times,[130] making Game of Thrones the most-pirated television series in 2017.[131]
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Here's what's going on around Westeros as season eight kicks off
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Remember exactly what happened in the last episode of Game of Thrones? Of course you don’t. It was ages ago, you have a vibrant social life and gradually the details of Westerosi shenanigans have slipped from your memory like raindrops down a window pane.
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Now, though, ahead of Thrones’ return for its final episodes, it’s time to swot up – so we’ve assembled a quick primer on where we left all the major characters at the end of the last series, and what we might expect for them in season eight.
Spoiler alert – we’ve haven’t talked about it here, but it’s likely an awful lot of them are gonna die.
Jon Snow (Kit Harington)
After successfully(ish) convincing his foes of the dangers posed by the Night King’s army, Jon travels north with Daenerys on a ship to unite their forces at Winterfell.
While onboard, Jon and Daenerys sleep together, little realising that elsewhere in the Seven Kingdoms some serious revelations about their (unexpectedly) shared family are coming to light.
Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke)
After losing her dragon Viserion to the Night King, Daenerys has found some solace in her new purpose fighting his army, and her relationship with Jon – and if hints about her ability to bear children last year weren’t just a red herring, it could be that another Targaryen heir is in the offing.
First, though, Daenerys has to deal with meeting a bunch of Northmen who aren’t overly fond of Targaryens, not to mention Jon’s family. And what will Dany think when she realises she isn’t the rightful queen after all?
Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey)
When we left Cersei she had a pretty devious scheme in mind. While promising to support Jon and Dany with her armies, and cease hostilities until the threat from the Night King was concluded, in reality she’d just sent Euron off to recruit powerful mercenary army The Golden Company (thanks to a bit of help from the Tyrell fortune and the Iron Bank of Braavos), planning to wait until Jon and Dany’s forces were depleted before sending in her own armies to finish them off so she could finally rule unopposed.
This sneaky move (plus the fact that without her help, the Army of the Dead might just win and freeze King’s Landing anyway) finally turns Jaime away from Cersei, who’s left now with only her undead bodyguard The Mountain, her snivelly sidekick/evil genius Qyburn (Anton Lesser) and her and Jaime’s unborn child. Still quite the entourage.
Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau)
After seeing the threat posed by the undead at the end of season seven, Jaime vows to ride north to fight the Night King’s army – but Cersei’s double-cross leads to a final falling-out between them, leaving Jaime without any men as he heads up to Winterfell alone.
Will he pick up some stragglers on the Kingsroad? Will Cersei actually turn against her brother/lover? And what will the northerners say when they meet the man who caused them so much trouble back in the early Game of Thrones series?
Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage)
Still hand of the queen to Daenerys, the last time we saw Tyrion he was en route to Winterfell with her and pretty concerned about his queen’s new relationship with Jon Snow – but is he concerned about the political fallout, or does he have a more personal interest?
That’s not the only mystery surrounding the Imp, who seemed to cut a secret deal with Cersei last series in order to secure her support for Daenerys, possibly to do with the legacy of Cersei’s unborn child (with some fans speculating that he promised to name the baby as Daenerys’s heir).
Of course, Cersei isn’t sticking to the deal anyway but we’re betting that Tyrion’s allies won’t take too kindly to his backroom promises if they find out.
Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbaek)
After feigning cowardice about the threat from the army of the dead, Euron pretended to flee back to the Iron islands with his fleet – but in reality he travelled to Essos to enlist the Golden Company, who we see on his ships in the first trailer for the new series.
After dropping them off for Cersei, Euron may also have unfinished business with nephew Theon, with the latter planning to rescue his sister Yara from Euron’s clutches.
Theon and Yara Greyjoy (Alfie Allen and Gemma Whelan)
Speaking of these two, the last we heard of Yara she had been captured and imprisoned (and presumably horribly mistreated) by Euron, inspiring Theon to attempt to rescue her.
To do that, Theon ended up beating up a rebellious Ironborn captain, gaining his people’s respect for the first time and recruiting them for his mission to the Iron Islands. It’s currently unclear whether he’ll head north for the great battle against the dead after this.
Sansa and Arya Stark (Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams)
After apparently falling out over the course of the series, the reunited Stark sisters eventually turned the tables on pot-stirring Littlefinger, entrapping the arch-schemer and then executing him for his crimes against their family, apparently setting aside their childhood animosity in favour of a more grown-up relationship.
Just how the pair will relate to Jon’s new queen Daenerys, though, is another matter, particularly the super-political Sansa. We imagine Arya will love the dragons.
Samwell Tarly and Bran Stark (John Bradley and Isaac Hempstead Wright)
Sam’s last appearance in series seven saw him leave the maesters’ Citadel and arrive at Winterfell to help Jon in the war against the dead, where he quickly encountered Bran (also fairly recently returned) and caught up on what they’d both been up to since they met a few years ago.
And during their little catch-up (I dropped out of maester school! / I’m the world’s most powerful psychic!) the pair also stumbled on a surprising bit of truth Sam and Gilly had half-uncovered earlier in the series – Jon was in fact the rightful king of Westeros, given that his secret father and mother (Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark) had actually been married in a hidden ceremony.
Combining their knowledge, the pair now know the realm’s most explosive secret – and all that’s left is for them to tell Jon of his true heritage.
Meanwhile, Bran continued to use his visions to spy on the Night King’s army, putting him firmly in the White Walkers’ firing line. Ooh-er.
Tormund Giantsbane and Beric Dondarrion (Kristopher Hivju and Richard Dormer)
The last time we saw these two they were witnessing the Night King’s undead dragon blast the Wall at Eastwatch-by-the-sea to pieces, and were potentially among the casualties when it fell.
From the series’ first trailer, though, we know that the pair survived and teamed up with Edd (aka the only named Night’s Watch character left alive) for some unknown purpose. We wouldn’t be surprised if they were headed down to Winterfell to warn Jon about what’s coming.
Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie)
After representing Sansa at the great Dragonpit summit (and reuniting with Jaime and the Hound) Brienne is heading back to Winterfell, and set to do some pretty handy damage with her Valyrian steel sword Oathkeeper in the great battle against the dead (you can spot her fighting on the walls in the first trailer).
But we’re more interested in how the lovestruck Tormund will react to Brienne’s fancy friend Jaime, and the chemistry between them…
Melisandre and Varys (Carice van Houten and Conleth Hill)
On the face of it these characters are in very different places. Varys is presumably en route to Winterfell while Melisandre as returned to Essos, the former in Daenerys’s confidence and the latter exiled by Jon and Davos.
However, we’d be very surprised if we don’t see Melisandre join the action up north this year – and if she does, it could be where she and Varys finally meet their pre-ordained end.
“I will return, dear Spider, one last time,” Melisandre told the spymaster. “I have to die in this strange country, just like you.”
Ominous…
Bronn (Jerome Flynn)
Bronn’s main role in the season seven finale was to catch up with Tyrion and then saunter off with Podrick to grab a drink, so it’s unclear whether he’ll be joining Jaime on the trip up to Winterfell to face the dead.
After all, it doesn’t seem very… Bronn… to head straight into a hopeless battle, does it?
The Hound (Rory McCann)
The Hound (aka Sandor Clegane) was a part of the big pow-wow in the Dragonpit, unleashing the wight on Cersei and her advisors and facing off with his slightly undead older brother Gregor before presumably heading to Winterfell with everyone else.
And who knows? Maybe Sandor’s newfound accord with the Lord of Light will serve him well against the White Walkers et al.
Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen)
After accompanying Daenerys to King’s Landing, Jorah is headed back north to Winterfell, and we can’t wait to see what happens when he meets his fearsome little cousin Lyanna, the Lady of Bear Island (especially given the disgrace he brought to their family back in the day). He may have a nicer time reuniting with Samwell Tarly, who managed to cure him of his greyscale infection early in season seven.
And before leaving, Jorah was notably frustrated to have his travelling advice to Daenerys ignored in favour of Jon’s, marking the King in the North’s increasing influence over his queen.
Davos Seaworth
Westeros’s greatest hype man also went down to King’s Landing, and arranged the naval passage up to Winterfell (via White Harbour and the Kingsroad) that’s bringing most of our principal characters to the north.
How Davos will feel about Jon and Daenerys’ relationship is unclear – though we can be pretty sure that when Melisandre rejoins the mix (after instigating the horrific execution of Stannis Baratheon’s daughter Shireen), he won’t be too happy.
Gendry
Robert Baratheon’s bastard son was last seen running through the snows to bring help to Jon and his crew, and we can only hope he’ll get the chance to use his Warhammer properly in the upcoming episodes.
More exciting than that, though, is the thought of Gendry reuniting with his old friend Arya, who he hasn’t seen since season three (and to be fair, she’s changed a lot since then).
Whether he’ll be as happy to be surrounded by Targaryens given that his father fought against them may be a different story…
Grey Worm and Missandei
Daenerys’ trusty lieutenants consummated their relationship last series, and stand by her side as she heads up to Winterfell to face off with the Night King.
Not much more to say about them really, except “Aaaaah! So cute!”
And finally… The Night King
Frankly, everything’s looking up for the Night King. He’s acquired a zombie dragon, he’s brought down enough of the Wall for his army to get through (aka cracking open a cold one with the boys) and now he’s headed south to take on the living.
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All that stands in his way is a ragtag group of Northerners, Night’s watchmen, Unsullied, Dothraki screamers, Knights of the Vale, two live dragons and a Kingslayer or two. Shouldn’t be too much bother for him…
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The final series of Game of Thrones will air on 15th April at 2am and 9pm on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV