Arya KILLS the Night King | Game of Thrones

Arya Stark kills the Night King - Very few of us expected the White Walker war to end midway into the final season. Most expected Jon Snow to deliver the killing blow, given his central role in the war against the dead. Maybe Daenerys would destroy the king of the dead with dragon fire. It was a Stark who gets the honor, just not the Stark anyone expected - but Arya’s role in killing the Night King and the White Walker threat isn’t without a whole lot of setup.
Game of Throne
Creators: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams
Original network: HBO
Distributor: Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Margaret Constance "Maisie" Williams - an English actress. Williams made her acting debut in 2011 as Arya Stark, a lead character in the HBO epic medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones. She received two Emmy Award nominations.

[@valeriemangan2064]

Mostly what I remember about this episode was that you couldn't see a damn thing because it was so dark.

[@victormargraf7180]

Small blessings

[@AK-jg1uv]

Yes

[@Itstolinho]

I squinted and cringed so hard during the whole thing that i got a stiff neck

[@hermenegildotrujillo458]

depende de tu televisor

[@motionfxes]

@@hermenegildotrujillo458 HBO pidió disculpas por lo mal que se vio la primera vez que se emitió. Sé que luego en BluRay la cosa mejoró y supongo que con los años y las mejoras de bitrate en la actualidad también podrá verse mejor en streaming. Pero cuando se emitió, ya podía tener la mejor tele del mundo: podrías verlo mejor que otros, pero se veía mal, pixelado y oscuro igualmente.

[@Phyrefly6]

Thank you Night King, for trying to save us from the last episode.

[@eboncoyote85]

dany dying was PERFECT writing imo, season 8 only went wrong on how cersei died. it should have been worse

[@user-kh9iu2rv1k]

да слили короля по тупому

[@AmishMicrowave]

@@eboncoyote85 You have shit taste if you think that was perfect writing lol

[@carriestott2490]

Agreed. This should have been the last episode, it was awesome.

[@swizzy215]

@@eboncoyote85 if that’s perfect writing to you I want nothing to do with anything else you deem even remotely good

[@yoteexplico5308]

Night King was one of the most enigmatic characters ever produced in a series... turned into ice cubes after doing nothing.

[@ShivBalram]

this 10 seconds to destroy the 10 years.........

[@LordOfNothingreally]

He killed a dragon, so that's something

[@user-wo5wm1wh4v]

Теперь его можно добавить в виски!

[@PLAsshole]

after waiting for thousands of years 😂

[@PLAsshole]

@@LordOfNothingreallyso did a nameless soldier from Euron’s fleet

[@fidelisandreina6936]

This felt like Hermione killing Voldemort after all the prophecies saying Harry was the one 😅

[@regular-user]

Oh God... that hurt me just by reading it and I'm not even a big harry potter fan, I just watched the movies.

[@michaelfoley9904]

I can see where you coming from, Jon Snow facing off the night king a few times before, but Jon Snow isn't a Stark , and it was always a Stark who was going to kill the Night King.

[@BB-xe2dh]

@@michaelfoley9904he is a stark, his mother, remember?

[@michaelfoley9904]

@@BB-xe2dh Jon Snows mother, Lyanna Targaryen , told her brother , Eddard Stark , that her sons name was Aegon Targaryen. Do you remember ???😀

[@NYCBlonde]

Arya's killing the Night King had been teased for ages. If nothing else, her switching from left to right should've told you. Jon was a misdirect, such as GRRM loves.

[@donkeysmile4205]

I'm not questioning the season 8. I'm denying its existence.

[@mikerzisu9508]

I see what you did there

[@effewe2]

Yes.,.,,,,I did drugs to block that season out of my mind.

[@mikerzisu9508]

@@emeraldgreen777 it is worth a watch imo. I personally didn't think it was as bad as people are making it out to be, but it certainly felt rushed and could have been way better

[@pegefounder]

Season 8 with the killing of the dragon mother was woke madness.

[@cecilcreviston6776]

So how would you end it you talk the same shit as others pretending you could even present such a show

[@osamashatat]

Hands down The Greatest Let Down in TV History

[@FureyinHD]

Arya spent like 4 seasons becoming a stealth assasin and then just runs really fast screaming

[@zontarr8812]

Actually, have you notice the wind whisper before the actual scream when she knew exactly how to trick him: like: look here I am screaming up here, dont look down....na mean>? :)

[@nyxculp9290]

She kind of forgot.

[@saintemile3086]

It's called anger. Clearly you've never been in a real fight.

[@CHEMAURO.]

@@saintemile3086 she didnt fight the other times? She knows how to move but screaming is just a dumb choice

[@wiresvn]

@@saintemile3086 Ah yes, a real fight where I would exhaust myself purposefully and disclose my location by YELLING LOUDLY AT THE ENEMY BEFORE I HIT THEM. I mean lets just look at Boxing, MMA or Football, these people don't start yelling as soon as the fight starts because you would waste oxygen, energy and the element of surprise if you should have any.

[@zurnie]

Every time I see this scene I am reminded of Gimli's line out of the one Lord of the Rings movie. "That still only counts as one!"

[@paolarosichetti899]

🤣🤣🤣

[@imranabdulrazak7408]

😂😂😂

[@ststock27]

lol!

[@c.wright3750]

It reminds me of the line, “I’m no man!”

[@fuku512]

[@strongsuccessfulweeb1400]

Arya's dagger trick is called the "Franchise Killer"

[@Lukecash2]

More like “Dweeb Agitator”.

[@GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture]

That is what she named her knife …

[@strongsuccessfulweeb1400]

@@Lukecash2 ah an expert of dweeb culture

[@theyaden]

Probably would have worked better for John Snow to have killed the Night King and Arya assassinate the dragon lady when she went mad king for her big moment.

[@johnwattdotca]

@@theyaden No, Arya, a little woman, was never up there with the Thrones people. And it would have been seen as a woman fighting a woman. Snow represented personal love for the mother of dragons, and was as high a king figure as she was a queen. Having him see her for what she became, and stopping her from sitting on the throne was much more meaningful, far more than any knife fight.

[@paulbradbury5792]

Brann being recognized as the threat is what should have been the most important part of these scene

[@tokyworld]

The Night King read the script and realized it was pure unadultered bullshit. He tried to save us from that contrived Bran the broken should be king thing.

[@jaypandya7441]

Robert to the Night King after his death: u let that little girl disarm u?

[@j-stormz5472]

😂😂😂

[@dinorex3464]

The amount of rage I felt after this episode is undescribable. "The Long Night" utterly destroyed all the build-up for Jon and the Night King's fight and story arcs. This was *JON's* spotlight, and yet if you remove him from the episode, nothing changes. And the worst part to me is that the Night King's actor, other than being very skilled, is an insane swordsman in real life. They could've pulled out an incredibly badass and epic duel with Jon, but they fucking DID NOT.

[@GameplayAddict]

they killed Daenerys....what do you expect...shameful...

[@deslee2640]

Tell me about it……..it was rushed, badly planned and just weak I don’t understand what they were thinking My imagination was better, they had such an opportunity to make it the best season

[@larryANDlaurent]

we are legit the same person. i was just ranting to myself about this damn episode today. i cannot believe the audacity. to build this storyline for several goddamn seasons with this individual killing hundreds of thousands and he dies to a sleight of hand by ARYA??? the problem is not arya exactly. why the hell was jon taking on an undead viserion? he would have surely died like wtf? i was completely expecting a hand-to-hand or sword-to-sword with the night’s king and jon. the entire end of GoT was such an utterly destroying disappointment.

[@robertkamo]

Im dreaming about a 2v1 Arya and Jon vs The Night King that would have been so epic

[@larryANDlaurent]

@@robertkamo, bruh, your mindddddddd. yesssss.

[@eduardocherry7268]

“It’s Starkin time.” And then she Arya’ed all over the White Walkers

[@HelloItsMikkan]

Better than the stupid denial of "iTs ToTaLly JoN sNoW'S sHoUtiNg (from halfway across Winterfell) tHaT kIlLed tHe Night King !!1!!

[@777gnom]

It's you, you are the game of thrones

[@darkzak47]

Bran scored the best participation trophy in the history of participation trophies

[@kiarakoo4220]

🤣😂

[@nyxculp9290]

Remember, he didn't want to be king......Until he did.

[@richtea7868]

Who had a better story?

[@johns1625]

I swear every time I saw his face after season 5 I had an unquenchable desire to bully him for being such a smug turd

[@keithwetherhold1255]

Ouch! 😂😂

[@ripLunarBirdCLH]

So many ways Arya could do this. So many skills she could use. And yet they just make her run, screaming.

[@jenniferhanses]

Yeah. Whats with the screaming? Assassins don't scream.

[@dyazkiprit]

facts

[@linaaveya5055]

@@jenniferhanses how would u know? )_)

[@Interior_Works]

Yeah. Even the missed dialogue. The Night king could've said "No one can kill me" and Arya could've replied "I am no one" and then stabbed him. The whole faceless men arc of her story was wasted right here.

[@bigdundee12345]

Nah it was perfect, the scream was her at the very edge of her physical capabilities, giving it her absolute all at the end of a brutal bloody battle. The emotions seeping out beyond her control, her last breath, all or nothing.

[@comfortsarebadteachersofli4020]

That episode was so dark, that I just have to close my eyes and imagine what’s happening 😅

[@ikeshia1981]

Lol I couldn't see shit. I had to rewatch it with my brightness and contrast turned all the way and use my imagination. This should have been the last episode. I was like what else is there really. Stop the army of the undead✅️

[@Ivight]

The fact that Jon Snow didnt fight the Night King was a low blow to all the fans of GoT. Such an anti climatic ending, very dissapointed, even now.

[@9Zekia]

All season 8 was underwhelming. Tsk tsk

[@Ragnarok691]

Bran sat there smiling because he knew exactly what was about to happen.

[@RandomVideoCommenterOME]

The one thing that never slipped during Game of Throne's final seasons was the music. Even in this scene there's so much passion in that music, that steadily raising tempo before dropping into this slow, ominous tune that builds again as the Night King and Bran share their looks to one another. There's an entire conversation in that look between them, an entire argument on rights and wrongs, good vs evil, and its just encapsulated by that music. Unfortunate it had to be attached to the rest of this episode.

[@banehayat7342]

You mean that gremlins theme rip off?😂

[@chronica6457]

Nah, I think this would be so much better without music

[@kevinnugent6530]

As the number one badass assassin Arya would not do the typical movie scream as she leaps at the enemy. Silent and deadly.

[@SilentTraveller21]

I didn't mind that Arya killed him but they should have shown jon fighting him and losing trying to protect bran when Arya came in and did this

[@TheLivedeath]

Yah, they let Theon and the the girl Karstark defend Bran when they know the Night King is the megaboss and is going straight to Bran

[@johnykenst8474]

I would have loved seeing a mortally wounded Theon rise one last time to protect Bran until Jon gets there, both giving Theon the redepmtion he really deserved and Arya a window to deliver the fatal stab. Even I would have still disliked that ending for the Night King. But would have resolved the situation way better. Considering how good older seasons were, I still can't believe the amount of stupid moments seasons 7 and 8 had. What they did was criminal.

[@joelinden1482]

Even something as simple as that might of saved a lot of what was shit in the last season

[@saintemile3086]

No, Jon is trash

[@xcarnage3936]

But they didn't, instead we get jon cowering behind some rubble as the audience is forced to look at some cgi dragon, instead of some actual, engaging conflict.

[@rhoadesjerry9696]

"I know something you don't...I am not left-handed."

[@keithwetherhold1255]

I'm not left handed, either.

[@TJJulkowski]

Never get into a battle of the wits with a Sicilian when death is on the line…

[@tuhaggis]

@@TJJulkowski You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!

[@n.s.3410]

Anybody want a peanut?

[@AlanHandsome_]

All that training to be a stealthy, faceles assassin. Yells ‘aaaaaaargh!’

[@paristo]

ROFL So true.... Like you couldn't give a better warning, but maybe that was what she wanted, a easy target to grab so she can do that knife dropping. But the Night King wasn't just the only loser in this writing, the Arya was as well. Because all that training etc, and she can't even assassinate properly (yet, successfully).

[@UTube-gs1yf]

It was to distract him from his current mindset of doing her brother in.

[@heckingbamboozled8097]

@@UTube-gs1yf This is easily the stupidest justification I've seen so far. It would've been FASTER to deal with him if she didn't scream while trying to ASSASSINATE him

[@MaskHysteria]

Went from assassin to pirate in one episode

[@cnote2458]

Arya flew in like a goon in Gotham. The running jumping shouting charge never fails to get you caught in mid air.

[@scottboomshakalaka9593]

“A goon in Gotham” made me choke on my water 😂😂😂😂

[@keithwetherhold1255]

Exactly; and would he catch her?! He was already reaching for his blade; he would have just continued pulling it and either hacked or stabbed her. Friggin' Hollywood

[@TheJetstream10]

That was her plan. It was a diversion. Scream, get caught, make sure both the Night Kings hands occupy, drop knife to other free hand, stabby, stabby.

[@NightRunner417]

"Actually it'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience!"

[@billb0313]

"Wow wow wow...wow!"

[@Benjamin-et3ii]

ohh really????

[@EssentialComment]

I see you have written another comment for me

[@DaveysMom]

Hilarious reference! LOVE that guy!

[@NightRunner417]

@@DaveysMom "Aww trodding on people's hopes and delivering a disappointing, rushed ending is _tight!"_

[@stuartfirth330]

That still only counts as 1

[@crashandburngaming5103]

Lol, good one.

[@realdonaldtrump4610]

It’s a bit tight around the chest

[@kmarasin]

1 apocalypse

[@artiek1177]

Thanks Gimli.

[@Goczku]

Legolas 🤨

[@danmoun6835]

This episode felt like the creators talked to Disney and was like "ok".

[@firefly570]

You know, Arya is one of my favorite characters, and tbh, I liked that she killed the Night King with the same move she did training with Brienne. But seriously, the writers screwed up big time with the background of the characters this season. Jon Snow spent a good part of the show preparing to fight the Night King, only to end up not even getting the chance. If they had put the fight between The Night King and Snow, with him almost dying, and then Arya arriving SILENTLY as the perfect "no one", that she trained to be, it would have been epic.

[@user-gy6js9mt2g]

Also me arya child wood lit. Epic

[@neripotts6047]

Look love Arya. Love her character arc, the growth and development of the actress’s skills over the time of the show. But this was such a huge let down based on how they have hyped the prince who was promised. And then again HOTD is using it as the basis for Targaryen right to reign. This was Jon’s big moment and it was stolen from him. I would have even been in favor of it being dany who got to kill him. But I will never forget or forgive DND for how they ruined jon and Dani’s character.

[@moist_captain]

I was so dissappointed that Jon didn't kill the Night King after the encounters they had. I was expecting some kind of payoff between them and the prophecy. Arya had no connection to this subplot whatsoever and it felt random and unearned.

[@ashleys5549]

It was because of Jon that Arya decided to return to Winterfell instead of going to King's Landing. Jon is the one who gathered all the armies and allies together. The prophecy does not mention *how* the one who was promised would bring the dawn. Who else but Arya could wield the dagger (that has the inscription of the prophecy on it) to kill the night king?

[@lbheflin1458]

NEVER!!

[@Moondragon1821]

While I can agree...the show also constantly showed how prophecies ( and other stories as a whole ) could be wrong and misinterpreted. Having Arya kill the Night King goes to prove that while also giving us this payoff of her working for years to not only not be the "lady" she was "born" to be but also fought against for years.Even to the first season, what do we say to the god of Death, not today. And the "death" of the whole realm was meant to be at the hand of the long winter and the Night King, and she defeated him.

[@genialifschitz7752]

⁠@@moist_captain}

[@Stuey1221]

I’ve never seen a series die as quick as GoT. One moment it’s the biggest thing on earth and then it’s gone. At least 2 series of content shoehorned into 8 hours.

[@effewe2]

Agree...they got lazy!

[@mortenlillelund1]

I don't agree, I felt is was great all to the end.

[@saintemile3086]

I don't agree either. Season 8 is easily one of my favorites, could care less that it was rushed. Most of us actually have lives to live.

[@Stuey1221]

@@saintemile3086 fair enough. I just think they cut so many corners with the story lines

[@CMDROldDuck]

Well, there was LOST..

[@PoTato-_-Addict]

Imagine writing this with a straight face.

[@bharat85038]

that walk and music don't let you go anywhere

[@thechosenone1533]

Rather than this at the end Bran stabs the Night King then takes off his face and it's revealed that it was Arya all along.

[@Estrella-Solitaria]

Interesante 😮🤔

[@fruitymist2361]

For that arya has to kill bran first

[@buddymacbuddington]

​​@@fruitymist2361plot twist arya then becomes king /queen using bran face after killing him

[@SusanGaskin]

@@buddymacbuddington hahahaha

[@PorkchopPete]

Oh why didn’t they do that

[@ductcleaner308]

Night King: Nobody can kill Night King. Arya Stark: I'm Nobody LOL 😀

[@knightsljx]

Should've used "No one"

[@UnAnonKnown]

Could’ve had Arya learn to shapeshift into a whitewalker to get close enough without interference … would’ve made use of that skill set!

[@nicolasclermont893]

how to kill a franchise speedrun

[@pbdye1607]

I never understood why Arya screamed. It was clear the Deus Ex Friggia knew she was there anyway, but it seemed superfluous.

[@robertvelasco6582]

Correct! But the DEF does not know about the "franchise killer" move, obviously!

[@equarg]

Why does a tiger scream as it attacks its prey?

[@johnwattdotca]

@@equarg Why do marital artists shout when they make a strike?

[@Radio.Jump857]

@@equarg bro she risked her life and the entire world's fate by screaming

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

@@equarg Tigers often kill with so little noise that nearby people don't even know somebody or something just died.

[@danielgarland9391]

The soundtrack really carried this scene.

[@bouncer812]

Carried it into the grave

[@darkeyez1630]

Sure as hell wasn’t the script or watchability.

[@badgercdlyons]

Bran just giving her that look at the end like, "Good job, girl! I knew you could do it (...literally...the whole time...)"

[@lalebanan1]

After been absent for 30min, she comes flying over a half courtyard full of undead and manage to end a character that was built up for 8 seasons with a butterknife.

[@effewe2]

YeS!!! That is what pissed me off...all that buildup for a lousy Hollywood ending...

[@mwaniki9]

😹😹😹😹😹

[@paulrath7764]

or for us regular humans, a steak-knife

[@bogdanleshenko7149]

it was the Valyrian knife, a special dagger created to kill White Walkers. And for these 30 minutes she was making her way to that yard through halls full of Walkers. But yeah, the script is shit.

[@jerrymitchell77]

​@@bogdanleshenko7149and she killed one and used his face

[@maximusmeridius1240]

The way the last episode was filmed was criminal to dark so hard to watch

[@N1k4_Gr1v]

"Tomorrow you will catch it" Syrio Forel

[@kodalycat906]

Yes, she did. Evidently she learned to be quiet as a shadow as well.

[@BrOoKlYn-sq2bi]

I honestly thought having the battle of winterfell as the finale would of been better, saving up the tension of the past couple of seasons for one final battle with the main enemy, the white walkers, it’s crazy to me how rushed and quick it felt…idk S8 urks me sm…

[@narukamishirou284]

The only thing I never understand is the fact that none of the producers or writers felt cringe after seeing this outcome. They gave us tension and stakes but still for no good reason besides staying alive. I mean, even Attack on Titan did better at making stakes and goals clearer even when the only stakes are losing some beloved characters, there’s still clear reason for that

[@paolarosichetti899]

Exactly my thought. HBO CEO saw this sh!t and he have green light? 🤦

[@threestars2164]

No one cares about some weeb aot nonsense

[@narukamishirou284]

@@threestars2164 “weeb aot nonsense” and yet it’s still a writing style reference

[@billb.5183]

An unceremonious end to the "big bad" they built up for seven seasons.

[@Chiungalla79]

Typical George R. R. Martin actually. Happened to a lot of important characters during the series. Some of them even had more screen time. And they build his end up for nearly eight seasons if you think about it. I think it is a real big problem that we all now have so many expectations how a story should be told, that this really limits the diversity of stories. The bomb always is defused on the last second. The hero gets the girl. ... Boring. Game of Thrones was different. From start to finish expectations were disappointed. Charakters were build up to die quick without a lot of glory. Eddard, Rob, Littlefinger, Tywin, ... And this unpredictability and different approache to storytelling made it unique and entertaining.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

You can see elements of this here and there that were astonishing, interesting and actually good ideas. If it hadn't been so damn rushed or if they hadn't flubbed so many other things. It's like watching a team come close to going to the Super Bowl but having the QB throw an interception in the End Zone instead of a winning touch down or a RB fumbling on the goal line only to have a defensive player scoop it up and run it back the other way for the game winning touchdown. It just feels so hollow and empty and pointless and even the really good stuff just pisses you off because you could see how great it could have been if they hadn't rushed and fucked it up.

[@wezlo8733]

Game of thrones is nothing like your trash sport “football”

[@patricklogan7238]

That happened in 2015 when Seattle lost the Super Bowl! They were behind 28 to 24 with less than 1 minute left. But they had the ball at the 1 yard line and everyone on planet earth knew Marshawn Lattimore would smash (like he had all night) into the end zone and win the game! But no. They passed (!) the ball and it was intercepted by New England. Simply one of the dumbest calls in NFL history.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

@@patricklogan7238 I remember that game. I was so disgusted with the way Seattle blew their chance to take down New England. But as bad as that was the Atlanta choke job was even worse!

[@patricklogan7238]

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 The two worst forever for sure. Which is worst though; slowly, painfully giving the game away or handing it over on the last play? A tie, maybe.

[@johns1625]

They killed the entire storyline just so Arya could have her 55th girlboss moment

[@Loomes23]

The series will forever be unbeaten… unbelievable good

[@jonatnry6197]

It would be nice if they had filmed with adequate lighting.

[@ChanceMagness]

Technically the night king was killed because he didn’t wear good armor….death by exposed midriff 😂

[@sylviegonzalez1153]

Must have Russian armour lol😊

[@zontarr8812]

Technically there were no armour for nigh walkers or nigh king that will withstand Valyrian steel dagger.

[@Dante-vf4sd]

@@zontarr8812 If it's metal armour it doesn't matter how strong the dagger is it's not going through with full grown man strength never mind little girl strength

[@marka8474]

My god this makes it even worse lol

[@zontarr8812]

@@Dante-vf4sd Have you seen the series? that is not an ordinary metal and she is no ordinary little girl! just saying, also is a tv novel not real life lab.

[@jeremysteinmark2845]

Let’s just get this out of the way right now. They should’ve done Jon snow vs the White king and had Jon snow kill the white king

[@johns1625]

They should have had Beric and Jon fight the night king and both of them lose but not turn into white walkers because they both had already died. That way those two story arcs wouldn't be, you know, completely f-ing meaningless.

[@pg4379]

1:42 Switching hands is only possible with a dagger and catches everyone off guard every time, a neat trick too.

[@davidcosta198]

Not only did she killed the Night King, she killed the entire franchise!

[@fredmertz1791]

How not to end an iconic series in ten seconds..

[@deafsmith1006]

In knife disarming class we tell them that once you grab the wrist of the opponents knife hand to do something quickly before they simply switch the knife to the other hand... The Night King apparently was never told this.

[@berndtherrenvolk1951]

I'm a Night King. In girl-disarming class they didn't teach that to us.

[@wizkaleeb662]

What I hate most about this scene is how god damn lazy it feels. Before this, the Night King had just killed Theon who was the last one standing defending Bran. That scene had white walkers surrounding the whole area, just standing around watching. Theon runs past a bunch that were in the background as he was charging the night king. Then there's this scene taking place in the same exact spot. Night king is about to kill Bran when Ayra just materializes out of thin air behind him. Like wtf? It's not explained at all how she was able to sneak up on the night king without a single one of the white walkers noticing. We know she's stealthy, but she can't turn invisible. It's like they just wanted a last minute save-the-day big moment, and ayra just happened to be an assassin, so they were like, "hey let's just have ayra do her assassin thing, we don't really have to explain it, but we'll just have her pop out behind the night king at the last second. Easy peasy!"

[@ronaldhoward7908]

Fantastic scene & Music to fit!

[@SonnyJim173]

This season was the biggest let down in television history

[@BoxforInters]

They developed a tension all throughout the series by making the white walkers a mostly unknown and mysterious threat that will end humanity just to destroy it all within the last episodes. Didn't read the books, but I hope GRRM wrote it better than the makers of the show.

[@JMR2875]

He hasn't finished it yet which is why they had limited material to go on.

[@nickjones7604]

I dont get this take. This entire episode is a legendary battle with all of the main characters in one place. The buildup was all for this moment... and I thought it lived up to it. The only other option would be to let the Night King take Winterfell... and what do you suppose would happen after that ??

[@BoxforInters]

@@nickjones7604 Arya just comes around and one hit kills the Night King. How bad is that?

[@nickjones7604]

@@BoxforInters I think it caught everyone off guard and was a fitting end. The real problem here is them rushing the season and pulling that Bran shit. I dont have a problem w Arya doing some faceless man shit

[@BoxforInters]

@@nickjones7604 Of course it was kind of a big surprise, but in my opinion really unsatisfying. But I agree, most of the Bran stuff was annoying and protracted unnecessarily.

[@avanishgvyas1992]

Bran Stark is like that person in your team project who doesn't do shit, stays high af and just chills all throughout the semester, but still gets better grades than all the teammates who did all the work.

[@Badartist888]

I liked the bit where after Legolas stabs Saruman where Gimly says "that still only counts as one."

[@MelWarrior]

The way Bran calmly sits staring off calmly staring into the abyss making the Night King wait before even turning to face him and look to acknowledge his presence is reminiscent of Ron Livingston's Office Space character dismissing Bill Lumbergh's request for those TPS reports.

[@Weffi76]

actualy looked like he felt pity for the Night King there, becuse he most likely knew what was about to happen.

[@jamesanderson2876]

Ummm by the way, you do know we are using the new cover sheets on those don't you?

[@ronfavoursharon]

Remember he sees things before they happen

[@johns1625]

Brann: You're me, aren't you? Night King: Always has been

[@PreacherAtArrakeen]

The move Arya makes is the same one she makes against Brienne when they were sparring. „Who taught you that move?“ „No one.“

[@igrvks]

Only thing missing from this scene is the sound of a deflating balloon

[@BKWaddekopp09]

when Arya was in the library, the "normal" walker could hear the blood drops...and here..with all around and the "commanders" of the night king and himself couldn´t hear her coming..mmmh

[@ModeratelyAmused]

I don't know if it was the build up to this but feel like this was the biggest let down second only to Bran becoming king. The attempt to make it look like everyone important was about to die when we all knew they weren't going to die, was the worst writing ever. When writers decide that averting expectations and theories is more important than the story itself, it can become a dumpster fire quickly.

[@boredom2go]

It was a problem created by the story built by GRRM. You can't have some final battle at King's Landing without WInterfell getting wrecked, and Winterfell isn't getting wrecked without all the Starks dying. Then the story is definitely not going anywhere. GRRM wrote himself into a corner, which is probably one of the big reasons he hasn't finished the series. The build up is always better than the resolution. Our brains imagine this nebulous ending that does not exist and cannot exist, so we are invariably disappointed. Consider the movie Seven. It had one of the best slow build-ups ever, but the ending was just stupid. It is so hard to craft a truly inspired resolution.

[@syreallewyatt5048]

@@boredom2go I agree w/you upto the Seven part. Yeah, GRRM did write himself into a corner and so did the directors, producers ect in saying "look, this is going to be REALLY obvious, we HAVE got to alter this some how." But, by this pt they were being lured by Disney, other projects and were looking for a way out of the whole thing. And I mean really almost everyone. Even the actors, ect were probably if not vocally, inwardly were ready to move on. So us as fans, not soo pleased, but, everyone else, probably not putting up massive fights on the storyline

[@suhaschakravarthi]

I am a little confused here. Averting expectations is what GOT is known for. Killing Ned and rob stark or Lannisters winning everything in the beginning. In the end, good guys keep winning too. Were you hurt that not a single main character died in this battle? Was the dragon queen going crazy also something you knew was going to happen?

[@suhaschakravarthi]

@@brocklandersx87 so you do want the good guys to lose a lot as well near the ending. Although that's not my kinda story but I understand. After the story favouring bad guys so much. It's not easy to see good guys getting a clean win. Also I can see that you don't think the translator lady or jorah as important characters.

[@suhaschakravarthi]

@@brocklandersx87 not enough collateral, that's why I said, those who died aren't a big enough collateral. W.r.t dragon queen going crazy, i think that's what GOT is known for. I liked the 7th season. In the 8th i think they wanted to go back to the good old days and that's what screwed it up for me. I was disappointed but the same as before.

[@retsukaioh4571]

8 seasons to this, sheesh.

[@reggieramos9052]

If you’re going to surprise someone and kill them, don’t announce it by screaming.

[@adityaprakash619]

Bran had already seen the future in 4k HD so he wasn't scared

[@raresdacu-furdui1665]

Say what you will about season 8, but the music and the actors were still top notch

[@RonnieEverette]

"Lets have Arya kill the night king" 😂😂😂 someone actually said this and other were like "thats a great idea" 🤦‍♂️😂😂😂

[@Henson222]

Just when you thought Season 8 couldn´t get any worse, the writers pull a stunt like this. They managed to do this a few times in season 8.

[@cherryfernandez1323]

Wow....i see how challenges brought out the best in the starks. Arya was underestimated but here she is, the killer of the mose dreaded night king.

[@hansofaxalia]

“our line must sit the throne, so one day, someone who is an unacknowledged bastard of our line can hide from an undead dragon, while his step sister stealth kills the night king for him”

[@kilroy2517]

cousin, not step sister

[@chronica6457]

@@kilroy2517 He was raised in her house and raised by her father as his son. They're step-siblings, adopted at worst

[@kilroy2517]

@@chronica6457 So, you didn't watch the show.... John Snow is the son of Lyanna Stark, who is the sister of Ned Stark, who is Arya's father. John and Arya are first cousins. That is fact, not opinion. Before that was known, it was thought he was Ned's bastard son, which would have made him Arya's half-brother. But never in any way was he a step-brother.

[@chronica6457]

@@kilroy2517 I guess if you ignore everything I said

[@kilroy2517]

@@chronica6457 I guess you're right if you ignore, you know, the facts. WTF?

[@howiedundat5495]

So glad they wrapped up such a huge and important story line in a single battle across one episode. So fulfilling. At least I think that’s what it was but it was so freaking dark.

[@user-dd7hz8qr5v]

the music is just amazing

[@kdemetter]

Ah yes, the battle that reshaped my understanding of the word 'anti-climatic'

[@heatherkraft6302]

To get him to turn is what I always thought

[@sheebathefunnyrescuedog692]

The music was perfect

[@Iagoingsoc]

I find the story about the direction given (treat Bran like he's a cake you want to eat) so funny - when I walk over to the buffet to get a slice of cake I too walk very slowly and stare at the cake for a bit first

[@lordofhousestewart1821]

Arya my favourite character!

[@brendanpal4143]

So she can fly and be faster than the speed of wind? I am confused on when she was able to become super human. You have hundreds of white walkers around the night king and not a single one went after her even though they were chasing her in the entire episode. The night king wanted to go after Brann for reason unknown besides him being the three eyed raven. He decided that now was a good time to go after him even though he lived in his domain up north for thousands of years. Nothing made sense and very unclear just like the cinematography in this episode.

[@sparkythebuilder]

No. She is an assassin which includes moving silently and without detection in the shadows and death strikes. That is why she was training for so long. Look at the AD&D charticer class Assassin. The reason the Night King moved their army south is because of the winter moving in which lasts much longer than our winters.

[@Remo1147]

D&d kind of forgot about the white walkers

[@billybobby7607]

@@sparkythebuilder does she have cloak of invisibility?

[@robertvelasco6582]

Arya Stark is one hell of an Assasin that even the WW King cannot stop, nor even his minions of the undead.

[@Sunfish789]

​@BuildTheFutureYouWant twas a joke right? Right?

[@bennyhill4228]

The music is fantastic massive shout out

[@KJaBz1]

Arya stole Jon Snow's big moment....

[@jc4jax]

The place where Winter fell...

[@JannyPwns]

Absolutely in the running for the worst last season of a show in human history.

[@johnwattdotca]

You don't know politics if you can say that. I saw it as very realistic. Too bad your expectations lost.

[@Hawken707]

@@johnwattdotca I'm afraid there are a lot more fans that agree it was the worst, than those that think it was great.

[@JannyPwns]

@@johnwattdotca it was absolute trash.

[@brianrushford4057]

Calm down 🤣🤣🤣

[@brianrushford4057]

@@Hawken707 that’s irrelevant,it’s not the Olympic 100 meters,you like what you like,end off

[@GoT121]

I'm Japanese and I'm still looking forward to the return of Game of Thrones. There are still no foreign works that I look forward to every week. I only love Game of Thrones

[@selenapabon7344]

Ayra: Bruh! Congrats I just added you to my VIP list! 😂

[@user-xw4ff7dw4r]

Could you imagine if This was Thanos. Where the GOTG encounters him on knowhere and gamora actually kills him stabbed him in the neck with that pocket knigfe and the movie just end right there, that what it feels like.

[@megamovieman101]

Gamora makes a bit of thematic sense, due to her connection to Thanos. It would have to be Groot

[@calumchamberlain2861]

As much as people complain about it. Arya move was badass and a pretty sweet kill straight out of nowhere .

[@user-zt5wu8tu6t]

Arya launching a rear "sneak" attack on the night king by screaming at the top of her lungs. So much for the stealth of a faceless man. Arya started off as my favorite character, and like the rest of the show fell into the plot schithole.

[@PhluppeHimself]

The fact that this kill is literally the same as the quick time event you need to do in farcry 3 to kill of the main villain. Press "x" to drop your sword so you can regrab it for a stab. The moment ubisoft is more original than 2 guys having the biggest budget at their disposal, says a LOT

[@a.s.5948]

So many seasons just for him to die like this. 💀

[@drferry]

As has been stated by others, the Night King was an idiot to ever expose himself since he presented this huge vulnerability. He should have never gotten near anyone who could whack him.

[@glendak4093]

Arrogance is what got the night king killed. He thought he was invincible.

[@saintemile3086]

@@glendak4093 You'd feel invincible to if you were thousands of years old and could literally bring anyone back to life to do your bidding.

[@giladpellaeon2223]

Overconfidence was his weakness, thier faith in thier friends was thiers!!!!!!!

[@briancooper4959]

Everybody misses the point. Arya's attack turned out exactly as she meant it to. A direct attack would fail. The only option was to use the Night King's arrogance and hubris against him.

[@Okok66567]

I remember thinking man this sounds like a dramatic final fight, too bad the camera lens cover was on smh 😂

[@guardian100]

Watched this about 50 times over the years and it still makes no sense.

[@travispaskiewicz2663]

One of the climaxes to a story arc of all time. They had such a good set up for who had Valyrian blades and were actually capable of killing the Nightking. And they Deus Ex Machina'd Arya in at the last second with a dagger she got like episode earlier? Was such a "meh" moment, but really was sign of all the "meh" conclusions that were coming down the pipe.

[@eyesheras4589]

no1 assassin of all movies: Arya

[@bullgravy6906]

By far the best dialogue of the final season

[@lothean2099]

I wish they do an adventure of arya on HBO