GoT S08E03 - Arya kills the Night King

Arya sneaks into the Godswood undetected and kills the Night King...

[@aegis7368]

The Night King is fast enough to turn and catch Arya, fast enough to see her drop the knife, but not fast enough to move one step forward as soon as she drops it, or throw her with his superhuman strength. Everything about this scene was dumb. And I guess I'm finally ready to admit it.

[@harleyb7880]

It's good that you admit it 😆

[@rehbarshaikh2924]

There should be an end and thats what it is. It depends upon how you see it, yes even though night king was faster than Arya, still aarya's one move got him. No one can be perfect. And what do you expect from it?? Do you think night king was immortal?. Good thing you only admit it by yourself 😂😂. Hell of a comment 😂.

[@genesisgenesis9888]

The element of surprise beats speed any day of the week

[@johnnoel72]

@@genesisgenesis9888 But it wasn't a surprise was it? The Night King saw her coming, caught her, and saw the knife drop. It was the complete opposite of surprise. It was inaction on the Night King's part. And you can't even make the argument that Night King didn't know that it was Valyrian Steel, if that was the case, why did he bother to catch her hand in the first place? It was just beyond stupid.

[@observerares132]

Yes that is what I have thought ever since I first watched this anticlimactic stupid ending, the writers really fell off which sucked

[@Kumurai1]

The night was short and full of errors.

[@KurasakiBleachigo1]

Brilliant

[@Anaksi8]

😂

[@tylerharris6263]

Whoever you are, I love you. That was funny as hell and expressed my feelings. 10/10

[@aliseoll8262]

😂😂😂

[@erikahansen4753]

😂😂😂

[@Polysthenes]

"That still only counts as one!" - Gimli

[@crisis-cor]

May this joke never die.

[@jasonleetaiwan]

If only they inserted that at the end of the credits.

[@kawazarmusse3095]

Ayeee!

[@BeezzyHighlands]

lmaoooooooo

[@abdulmalik1924]

Best Crossover ever

[@rulonoboev6998]

As someone wrote before: "Bran knows everything,but did nothig.Jhon knows nothing,but did everything".

[@guitarpop]

Except Jon did nothing of note during this battle and his role was completely irrelevant. Terrible storytelling

[@kibwel.parker6042]

Jon knew nothing and refused the throne Bran knew everything and bc of that took the throne....with him. Everywhere.

[@DECENTcrew]

Yes jon did everything like yell at a dragon like a dofus

[@rebekahfisk6209]

The only things that matter in this scene are Arya and the musicians

[@grimripper420]

@@kibwel.parker6042everything except for ya know the thing

[@layelaye]

Ah, the Master Assassin technique of screaming as loud as you can before attempting to kill your target Arya is a Master Assassin indeed

[@VenZer0]

💀💀💀 fr like what the fuck?

[@Mandragara]

Imagine if Bran stood up and stabbed him in the back lmao

[@dennrock559]

Nice idea

[@TheAjdebezi]

I wouldn't be surprised. After all, we've got two geniuses involved in this show. David Benioff and D. B. Weiss

[@dennrock559]

@@TheAjdebezi arya is fighting him and bran stabbed him, without standing up, its a good idea

[@Kitaviss]

@@dennrock559 would be better than current idea where Arya alone defeat all the White walkers

[@jessicapuntillo3644]

😂😂

[@ioanevans6763]

The music throughout this entire sequence is downright phenomenal

[@kieranwalsh1241]

Sounds like "Otherside" from RHCP in places

[@fortunatio981]

Especially 3:24

[@AlisonThePrairieDog]

Indeed. I actually return to this clip solely for the score.

[@TheSeaSirXB]

It’s like John Williams carrying the prequel series

[@jukeban646]

Ramin Djawadi is a genius

[@shadowfax9177]

The thing I loved the most about this episode was not being able to see anything but shadows.

[@Loganbub]

Seriously, it was so damn hard to see anything it’s nauseating.

[@WWESVRGAMER]

Get better TV.

[@DVincentW]

Its so dark. Theres a lot left to the imagination.

[@shadowfax9177]

@@WWESVRGAMER I have a better TV and adjusted the picture/color/contrast settings. I get it the episode was the "long dark night", but they didn't need to literally film it that way.

[@WWESVRGAMER]

@@shadowfax9177 they also didnt need to make it the longest mediavel fantasy battle ever filmed, but here we are. Its a masterpiece.

[@simoncarr1074]

As a stand alone episode, this was a masterpiece. In the context of the story line though across all the seasons, it was a massive letdown

[@Lorkwondo1234]

Exactly! This episode was so infuriating because it was such an anticlimactic finish to the biggest storyline of the series. The episode itself though - absolutely phenomenal production value... the special effects, choreography, the MUSIC... amazing. Too bad the context of the season ruined it.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

This episode and the one before it were both really good.

[@LucDutra92]

Right? All the build up since the beggining of the show and then it's all over in a single episode and everyone is like "Anyway, what is Cersi up to?"

[@kash8220]

Terrible battle strategy, all main characters have plot armour and hardly any die, lighting is so bad you can hardly see anything, Arya somehow slips passed thousands of undead, terrible death pay off for Theon etc… this was a terrible episode, the story being terrible was just the icing on the crap cake.

[@joev953]

It’s as if 4th grader wrote the story based off a prompt and then gave it to HBO to produce

[@sirdorius361]

This episode was so dark not even the night king saw Arya next to him

[@stevenlovejoy6838]

Imagine if the Night King bent the knee to Bran and it turned out that he was building an army for the Three Eyed Raven the entire time

[@PaulThrashu]

I loved the idea that it is actually Bran trapped in a body of first men, who was turned into Night King for a thousand years. He wants to pass the wall just to prevend himself from turning into NK by killing himself or his ancestors and change the timeline.

[@TheCeekon]

now see that is a twist I could have gotten behind

[@Hasbola1709]

That had would have been 100% the best writing, compared to the dogshit we got

[@JulzGein_]

That would have been hilariously tragic

[@Adino1]

Anything would have been better than what we got

[@ricka1057]

During that week 2 Starks made a difference. Arya Stark took down the Night King. Tony Stark took down Thanos.

[@godzillaaa740]

Oh yeah . Same week . I missed endgame sadly

[@jmdi2703]

Marvel movies is like shit

[@OscarCruz-im9hg]

Arya Stank and Tony Stank

[@godzillaaa740]

@@OscarCruz-im9hg I remeber trying to watch it when I was 12 . My parents kept walking back and forth so I changed the channel a lot . It was so dark I couldn't see shit. Nostalgic

[@mdmutaleb8269]

The power of starks💜

[@ninii2204]

Theon was a good man I’m glad this was his redemption story

[@InfamousB9]

I wish that Ramsey tortured him twice harder,if be stood loyal Rob could win the war,but its GoT universe,nothing is going to be as it should to be,even now in HotD

[@saivenkatesh1906]

He was an asshole

[@tedm8528]

Reading the book and i can confirm that theon is piece of shit and deserve what happend to him.

[@matthewwilliams4065]

Theon's torture was more than he deserved that's for sure.

[@SuperNormal_ParaNatural]

Fuck you mean???? Homeboy was a vain narcissist craven bitch. Yea ok he was pretty much a hostage at winterfell after his father rebelled but he was treated like royalty. He was Robb’s boy. Rode with him in battle, saved Bran from that wildling. Ned told Catelyn last time he saw her in Kings Landing to keep Theon close but Robb of course sends him to Pyke. Then Theon not only decided against what his father told him to do but on his own decided to take winterfell aka the place and people that raised him. He didn’t have to do that, he thought of that all his own and it didn’t help the iron born one bit in their plans. Then he makes everyone think he killed Bran and Rickon, but he should have taken both them and Meera and Jojen back to Pyke as hostages as soon as he took winterfell. He’s stupid and got no honor. Like he broke bread with Robb and did him dirty. That turned the tide for Robb. Ight if the iron born take moat caolin and deep wood motte it’s whatever but to take winterfell, he had to respond. Fuck Theon he deserved to die and his dumbass ran at the night king. If he would have stayed by bran, Arya might have not gotten caught because Theon would have had his attention.

[@mahipalash8022]

Most Unexpected anticlimax ever. The Night King Shattered by a little girl and failed to read her within seconds

[@everythingzone]

All these actors and nobody stopped the directors when they said; Now we are going to film a scene were Arya teleports past all the wights, spawns in from the sky, screaming (to alert everyone) and then the night king and all the wights just watch her kill them all.

[@Kojo_995]

I was thinking the same

[@burcopresents]

Right. Like as a director, how are you not scared if people start to ask you “but how did she get there?”

[@jesuscontreras2898]

I love the shot of Jorah slowly rising to protect his queen, literally chills!

[@JBTFan124]

Man was dead but wouldn't die until he knew she was safe

[@MatheusSoutoferreira]

Rising like a bear. The bear of Mormount.

[@Jojo-dm8wq]

The most badass cuck in history.

[@aphaseelec]

If you listen to everyone else this episode had no meaning. To me it was the small intricacies like you just said that made this episode one of the greatest.

[@janellejulianajoy]

Jorah still doesn't get the respect he deserves. I don't care what anyone says, he's the only one I can say without a doubt loved Dany unconditionally.

[@jaydarkmoore]

I love the music in this scene. Hope and desolation dancing together.

[@haxbagtrinity]

Better than and series of movie I’ve ever seen

[@FlexSZN23]

The “long night” and the lore behind the White Walkers and the Night’s King was such a massive letdown.

[@gaelofariandel6747]

The long afternoon.

[@conrad4852]

Agreed. It was such a pointless sick joke.

[@billyb4790]

I have a feeling grrm never meant to finish the books and doesn’t care. He sold it to HBO knowing he’d never finish the story, laughing all the way to the bank.

[@shepherdstar14]

@@billyb4790i think I’m ready to admit that I think this too😂 he’s moved on and so have I.

[@Thomas-kp8mo]

@@shepherdstar14How long till the next book 10 years? 😂

[@Tyiriel]

I'm all for an alternative ending which ends when the Night King takes his seat on the iron throne in a collapsed castle with a camera that zooms out and all the corpses start coming to life.

[@engasal]

That would be the best

[@elliotwatson3964]

He should of anhialted the North at a bare minimum. But he wasnt after the throne, he was after something that we may never find out

[@MeUltimateX]

@@elliotwatson3964 If I remember correctly he wanted an eternal winter, in other words he wanted everyone to be dead. Best ending for this show if you ask me lol

[@elliotwatson3964]

@@MeUltimateX Yeah I know that, but there was more to it. For instance The fist of the first men and the spiral. I felt like there must of been more.

[@gaelofariandel6747]

​@@elliotwatson3964"D&D kinda forgot about all of that."

[@sean7332]

Despite the story failing completely, this 4 minutes was absolutely incredible the music is just top tier

[@garywarburton3124]

Music is top tier everything else utter shit

[@NighDarke]

If Martin EVER finishes the last book it will be interesting to see what he had in mind for all of this. So many mysteries still to be tied up.

[@collaborativelearning1]

agreed I wish he will get it done though.

[@aphaseelec]

​@@collaborativelearning1 no chance

[@deformiertergolfball4847]

i think maybe he will give it some more time and tell it more slow paste but the ending is actually what he wanted it to be, so i dont think he would make this much changes. and anyhow, im unhappy.

[@Swampy0110]

Probably why it’s taking longer. He had it all planned to tie in with the show but realised it was crap after the audience reaction so is trying to change it

[@Tuga_Cel]

If he's smart and it this is the actual ending he had planned back then, he will change it, otherwise the books he's writing right now will only be good for firewood...

[@Blackmamba648]

The way the night king dies so easily is so disappointing

[@czzp77]

It took long to kill him though.

[@Blackmamba648]

@@czzp77 not really like he died in his second big battle and so quick

[@czzp77]

@@Blackmamba648 honestly impossible that he was just attacked while having army at his side.

[@Blackmamba648]

@@czzp77 right and not just that the last season in general was an extreme train wreck

[@mikelowery6227]

No, what's disappointing is that a 90 pound ninja girl, who would get her ass easily handed to her by any outbof shape male, kills tge night king all for the sake of "girl power".

[@theburakshowreactions]

The end of house Mormont The end of White Walkers The end of the entire the show The end of good writing This season had it all.

[@youtubeaddict487]

blame george martin. producers made it look good that’s their job. author job is to write and he can’t or won’t anymore

[@jejuanmurphy632]

The end of the male Greyjoy line as well, and the last female Karstark.

[@erikkenney1897]

I could have seen the Little Bear living and only having a broken leg or back. When the giant falls, it does not crush the Little Lady Bear

[@efes47198]

​@@youtubeaddict487 few people like you and me. I blame GRRM for not finishing the books. D&D worked with the "material" given. And here we are 2023 and still hasnt finished the books. What was HBO supposed to do...wait? Martín is the slowest writer I've ever read.

[@youtubeaddict487]

@@efes47198 exactly thank you

[@BigMisterApple]

It could've been the greatest show of all time..

[@erikkenney1897]

If it wasn’t for the fact that Banshee was made. A close second

[@StudAnimator]

*Stranger Things*

[@farhany8129]

@@StudAnimatorare you 10? 😂😂

[@StudAnimator]

@@farhany8129 No? GOT is just overrated af. There is literally nothing wrong with liking stranger things. But Idc about your opinion, as you have a football pfp 😂

[@farhany8129]

@@StudAnimator you have 🏳️‍🌈 in your name, sit this one out.

[@user-cq6dg6ql9j]

Wish they had taken their time and made this into two or three episodes. The White Walkers were the centerpiece to the show for me. The first 5 minutes of the first episode had me hooked and they ended up rushing to the finish line instead of giving the audience finer finish.

[@aileenmccarthy8660]

Jorah’s death shattered me, he was there for Dany always, from day 1, protecting her. 😭

[@JoanneOz]

All the way through, he said he would die for his Queen.

[@miikarlmiikel6116]

bruh he was a spy from the 1 day :D reason why people tried to assasinate her

[@kspirit7571]

Biggest simp ever

[@metzger5850]

From day 1 month*

[@KermitOfWar]

Everyone that wanted got a piece of Dany's kitty, but Sir Jorah, buddy almost turned into a stone man & fought as a Gladiator just to get an audition with Dany & he still didn't get access to the kitty. The merc & Jonny boy did, however. Both fellas didn't do much work to get into Dany's bed chambers, just a few wars here & there. 🤣

[@alecjones4676]

I don't know why but I just love that shot at 2:14 of the Night King's clawed hand, coupled with the surrounding fire and melancholic score

[@danieljohnson4746]

This!!!! It’s my favourite shot in GoT and it’s paired so perfectly with the score. This piece of music is just perfect. Honestly the whole production on this scene is perfect.

[@kibwel.parker6042]

Sounds like the music to a bbc documentary to a true highlight of a medieval accounting of a pivotal war

[@dudeguyman96]

I thought I was the only one. I just wish it was the exact same music and shot, except in season 14 and somewhere further South in Westeros

[@isthatchap9264]

Nothing will ever beat this soundtrack

[@songslyrics9301]

How to train your dragon suondtrack: please, allow me to introduce myself...

[@alextimmins3997]

​@@songslyrics9301No bro, just no 🤦‍♂️

[@sadderwhiskeymann]

Vasilis Poledouris has left the chat

[@serenafogle2528]

Theons redemption is EVERYTHING I cried knowing he sacrificed himself for Bran

[@godzillaaa740]

I read theon as thanos

[@SuperNormal_ParaNatural]

Lmao. You know he killed two children because he never thought to look in winterfell basement for bran and rickon. He let Ramsey (posing as Reek the first) flay them. And he didn’t even need to take winterfell. That was all his idea. He deserves more than what he got. That was Robb’s mans too don’t forget that and all it took was some coldness from daddy kraken to make him switch sides

[@rltw2753]

Crybaby

[@jenntip]

@@SuperNormal_ParaNatural I think between the torture he endured, helping Sansa and trying to do the right thing in the end… kinda redeemed himself. IMO

[@marveldc5146]

I dunno it felt flat to me

[@Xylarxcode]

As I'm sure some wise men must have said at one point or another. 'You probably shouldn't yell if you're about to unleash a sneak attack.'

[@charlesdexterward7781]

I cried when Arya screamed "Stark girl magic!"

[@khushinigam6836]

1:54 I just love how Danny picks up the sword to defend Jorah. He defended her since she was a Khaleesi and when he was dying, she battled physically. Literal chills.

[@prufrock]

Here's a tip: get in a dark room, turn brightness all the way up, and windex the heck out of your screen, twice. Now you can watch, and if you focus really hard you may catch a shadow or two.

[@BatmanHQYT]

😂😂😂

[@Chris-ew8ms]

The intensity of the music building up and wind breeze gives chills and nostalgia

[@flykhai9672]

The song on this part of the episode gets me every time ❤️

[@Threat_LvL]

imagine if the show ended like that. the undead army wins and everything will die sooner or later. i think it would be a nice ending after that episode if they dealt with sersei first and putting up there last stand against the night king. still, music, ambient and his entrance is just perfect.

[@wadewilson8011]

I totally agree. This is how the series should've ended.

[@usmanaftab5696]

So many things are left

[@rltw2753]

No you a goofy

[@mikewright4244]

Spin off like walking dead except it's midevil fantasy

[@user-hi5bo2by4t]

I thought it would have been nice if they were defeated at Winterfell, fled to Cersei. Due to the immediate threat, they join forces, and somebody shoots Vyserion with that huge ballista. And somehow the Night King enters the Red Keep and faces The Mountain, because the rk is somewhat a bottle neck where numbers don't matter THAT much

[@brendansutcliffe5971]

As disappointed as I am with how they ended the white walker story I can kinda understand the Night Kings arrogance. He's had nothing but straight Ws so far. The only man he considered a threat had a dragon between him and himself. The only obstacle between him and victory was a young man, terrified. Followed by a cripple who was unarmed. He most likely considered everything done and dusted. So yeah, he basks in victory and draws his sword slowly, as if savouring every second, he didn't expect Arya, the faceless assassin to jump out, yet in the last second he caught her. That in itself is some spiderman level reflexes, and right before he crushes her throat she gets the drop on him. A testimemt in itself to her own skills. Have I given this more thought that the idiots who wrote this did? Of course I have. But I'm desperate to love this. And I'll take any excuse I can to not hate game of thrones, because I loved it all up until it turned sour

[@stephenford6132]

Yea Arya Stark made Ned Stark proud up in Heaven but yea HBO has a habit of ruining the good shows they start its their track record.

[@tommyho3086]

He only notices Arya bc one of his generals caught wind of her. That’s why you see the turn as the wind blows. They share sight. Arya’s plan was to get caught anyways and do a knife drop between them away from his line of sights

[@armaankapila7788]

The Night King saw one of his white walkers disintegrate after getting hit by a Valyrian steel sword. The fact that he didn't layer the fuck up and cover every inch of his body after that to protect him from any future situations like the one in this scene is a testament to how braindead the writers are

[@jjh2456]

Ahh…remember Robb Stark had nothing but wins but look how it ended for him.

[@brendansutcliffe5971]

@@jjh2456 he chose to think with his dick and it cost him his head 😂 had he stuck to the grindset he'd have kept on winning

[@ohanaoutdoorproductions2367]

The music/score add so much to this scene

[@yackawaytube]

Night King - No one can kill the Night King. Arya - I am no one.

[@praesodym6117]

Theons Arc was beautiful. He was a stupid boy, became a monster, died a hero who faced bigger monsters than himself to protect the weak. Jorahs arc was good as well, he acted selfish his whole life. He failed his subjects, shamed his father, only to gain gold and love. Then he went east, started anew, but chased the love of a young beauty again. When he learned, he could not have her, his flaws came out and he was shown a narcissist in the talk with barristan. In the end, he learned what true love ment. It is not about sex and glory, but about sacrifice and protection. Many see an idiot in him, but I think you can find peace that way. Heartsbane is the ultimately perfect sword for him.

[@diablous100]

Theon charging like a savage into the Night King proves Ramsay couldn't chop off his massive steel balls.

[@ZakM9]

3:30 lol I love that "Well aren't you afraid boy?" look.

[@BatmanHQYT]

"Man I had that whole entrance planned out with the music and everything"

[@ramiramesh2649]

As GOT fan, my watch ended with this episode.

[@wadewilson8011]

Find something else to cry about. You people couldn't come up with a story worth reading or watching to begin with. You complain about petty things like this, I bet you couldn't even put together a puppet show for the learning impaired.

[@user-bn2so4lv6t]

@@wadewilson8011 only facts

[@user-bn2so4lv6t]

You are not GOT Fan. Its best Serie ever! Every Episode!You know nothing,Rami Ramesh

[@fireinthesun2408]

@@wadewilson8011Aye that's it, you enjoy your shite story telling, you'd probably love Marvel or Mr Men.

[@theguy4109]

You guys are right, he is no GOT fan, he is a ASIOF fan. But seriously now, I like both a lot, regardless of the different direction the series took. it was no game of intrigue and politics as it was in the beginning, but it was a fair ending and the battle of Winterfell will always give me the shivers. The army of the dead marching and bringing the darkness with them is one of the most impressive and terrifying scenes I've ever seen.

[@damirmercep9390]

How cool this episode would be if its end was the moment where Arya is jumping on Night King. For seven days the world would simply hold its breath.

[@TNguyen-wv3vv]

Haha that would have been so great.

[@b4l4zsv1ncz3]

Then being fucking dissapointed when the episode starts with that one-shot of the Night King XD.

[@patrickclaster1176]

Imagine if they did what Walking Dead did in season 6 finale though - make us wait for it for an entire year

[@DM-Oz]

Making people 7 extra days for that let down of a scene? Lol, sure, haha

[@darrenHokage4842]

So thats how the show goes? Arya just comes flying in like a crackhead.

[@CappyK]

I find the dragon's collapse almost comedic. It's a huge undead dragon. Maybe it could have iced up or come apart piece by piece if it's a skeleton. It just fell like someone tripped over it's power cord and the plug came out.

[@ShubhamPatil-rl4jk]

It wasn't born that way to collapse piece by piece, it's correct to fall entirely like an undead zombie

[@shadowfax9177]

For real. It always made me laugh watching it fall like that.

[@sadderwhiskeymann]

For me, the most comedic aspect it that his "fire" start glitching BEFORE the night king dies😂

[@DoratTheKiller]

It's clear they just collapsed the prop. But it kinda works considering it was a reanimated frozen corpse

[@GigaChad-bw3qz]

All those people shattering represents my hope for the rest of the season

[@nishantnewbit]

Visuals are Awesome....BUT I'm Amazed by Background Music.....That's Incredible in whole GOT...!!👍👍

[@Lpfend714]

The music is a masterpiece

[@socialMedia-es9gc]

From my understanding the Night didn't even to start the offensive himself. He controls or influences the weather in some way. He could have let the human army standing there all night, freezing to death and in the morning it would have been a walkover as wights to do not tire. He could easily killed his enemies with cold alone make them unable to fight except maybe for inside. He could just had let them starved to death. Meanwhile Cersei would have waited in Kingslanding thinking everything under control but the cold weather bites the city and people start leaving and dying. This flying Arya out of nowhere was really stupid. Her storyline was based on enacting revenge for those who killed her family, like the Walders but also the Lannisters. Having her nothing to do with the death of the Lannisters was really wrong in my opinion. Helping Jon to kill the Night King later would had made more sense. And for Denearys, she can go mad on the fact that her expidition to Westeros resulted in the destruction of her armies and some of her dragons , first fighting Cersei and Euron then go the wight walkers an what is left for her is depleted army, Missandeei and Jorah gone, not welcomed,, Jon is a threat to her throne because of his newly discovered family background, bickering in Westeros and maybe also problems in the cities she liberated before. Maybe she she had enough of westerosi bickering and decided to destroy to burn cities to the ground who did not swear oath to fealty to her resulting in her assassination. Jon on his own will decides to abdicated as king and goes with Tormund to the far North leaving the survivors like Sansa, Tyrion etc to fend for themselves. Well these are my thoughts on how the show could have ended.

[@MrCowmedian]

He couldn't see it coming because it was dark.

[@PapaSmurff660]

i keep coming back to this for the music, it's so amazing especially with the night king walking

[@mattcollecchi8554]

My god. Watching this year's later, its even worse than the first time I watched it.

[@Alpacajon]

I remember watching this at the time. Literally being on the edge of my seat. The entire battle. It was incredible television.

[@damienruzco]

Really? After the first 5 or 6 fake out deaths I kind of lost my suspense

[@nicholass3892]

I was at the edge of my seat because I couldn't see anything. The episode was so dark

[@koyamma9575]

I didn't see anything on tv my tv was bad

[@issacsoto1830]

Bro they all had plot armour out the ass what parts had you on the edge of your seat?

[@billwright4234]

It was def sweet it broke tons of records for a reason let them talk there trash.

[@dmarquel14]

Random people that would’ve made more sense than Bran becoming King: Sansa, Gendry, The Night King, one of Qyburns little birds, Robin Arryn’s speech impairment, Tormund, A goat, Lyanna Mormont as a reanimated wight, Stanley from the office, me, and the list goes on.

[@X_x_ShadowGaming_x_X]

The music was literally the only thing dine right here...

[@trancer03]

Obviously she learned how to shadowstep, which is basically a hyper fast near teleport like attack move, you can see the wind moving past that white walker, that's her doing the move. Very common move in the type of assassin she trained years to become. And at the end of a shadowstep she has to become visible for a second to do the strike itself, but it was already done by then, it was going to hit it's target

[@sarstenstahlsarsten6577]

I hope youre joking

[@trancer03]

@@sarstenstahlsarsten6577 Ok mister specialist. How did she go past his entire army and come flying at him dagger in hand?

[@Dookieryan]

@@trancer03there is a pretty common theory that when John stands up and is yelling at the dragon he is distracting it so she can get past

[@alexshank1414]

⁠@@trancer03Bad writing.

[@oliverbrown8745]

That doesn’t make it any less dumb

[@eduardaalvesoliveira8682]

arya is such a great character

[@MehrdadParthian]

hahahhahaha lmfao. this comment made my day :))))

[@peteraxelsen5906]

This song and sequence was like a animated Rembrandt painting.

[@deviat1on]

The Night King blew a lead of a billion to 1 here

[@xlnuniex]

The night king has nicer nails than me

[@dsdontsurf]

Love how Bran looks right into his eyes- Night King stares back, feeling a bit cocky. Then Bran lowers his eyes for a moment and looks right back into the NK’s eyes- this irks the NK he sort of cocks his head like, ‘ how dare you it’s over cripple’. Enter Arya Stark

[@subst4nce973]

I think he looked at the Night Kings chest where the dragon glass was plunged to create him, and then looks back up with a look of pity and the Night King understands where Bran looked.

[@adamnichols26]

I still can’t believe years of hype over the night king, the theories, discussions, build up, suspense and he dies in the first battle like a dumbass.

[@GondorLadyGwen]

The music here is phenomenal. That said, this was the moment where I started saying "oh, no." And did not stop for the rest of the season.

[@SunnyBoys2]

It’s like the writers ran out of gas and just said cbf let’s just end it here. Lazy and a total copout.

[@hemsy797]

Imagine this scene without the incredible music. People would truly see how bad the writing is

[@danesimpkins8735]

You deserved better Night King, you had the best song in whole of series and gave Theon a somewhat meaningful death at least.

[@nomore2863]

It's like Martin said... it's like writing a crime novel and leaving clues that the butler did it...then changing it later so it was the maid who did it...ruins everything and pleases no-one

[@8johh]

proof that u could exceptional cinematography, soundtrack, cgi, and actors but if u have shitty writing it’s what’s people are going to remember “cough” “cough” attack on titan

[@assoomg]

I always wondered Why Bran didnt just control a raven or something with dragon glass on its beak and just fly right into the night king if all it took to end the war was him dying, sure he might miss once or twice bur eventually would hit, then Bran could also be useful and redeem 7 seasons of boring storyline

[@akarshmohan538]

You gotta go easy on the weed

[@somm150]

Why in the world didn’t they make dragon glass arrows and launch volleys at the night king?

[@assoomg]

@@somm150 even better hahaha

[@HoIIandC]

I always thought they should have made little dragon glass tooth caps for Ghost

[@MattLeonBrown]

Imagine if the “Long Night” last longer than a standard length night

[@chrisvenom4876]

Reminds me of Scary Movie 1 when Cindy starts battling with the killer by dancing in air and flying

[@BobbyLCollins]

Pro tip: Turn your gamma correction up to 95% if you actually want to see what's happening in this clip.

[@katiebain9328]

Regardless of season 8 thoughts - YOU CANNOT tell me this sequence and music isn’t utterly PHENOMENAL

[@collaborativelearning1]

yeah this scene was great regardless as were other S8 scenes

[@yvick7770]

Yea it was kinda nice... Until fkin arya showed up

[@lukej452]

100% the soundtrack is absolutely incredible, I don't think many would debate that. The writing on the other hand

[@jeffjeffjeffpardy]

Sure I can.

[@conrad4852]

The scene was so incredibly STUPID, the music was phenomenal.

[@mandrag2137]

I like to think that the Night King was the precedent Azor Ahai/Last Hero, who came to conclusion that humanity wasn't worth of all the sacrifices he did to save it.

[@admirosmanovic1368]

I will forever find this scene funnny arya going AHHHHHHH just to be caught in the throat lmfao that part always makes me laugh n takes the seriousness away for me. I couldnt stop laughing the first time i saw this

[@monsterjunkie7773]

I'm just here for the score

[@OneKing01]

Masterpiece 🤌🏻

[@rominachacongarcia1513]

me too

[@borris3768]

It's pretty bad tbh

[@harleyb7880]

Not as good as light of the seven but it's close tho

[@Oi325]

Yeah

[@Grizz0220]

It’s the music that made this scene so memorable and great

[@anandhuanant3325]

2:56 Soundtrack + knight King's walk 🔥

[@jello_cudgel9213]

Maybe, in the end, all the Night King wanted was to try the Starbucks he knew had just opened at Winterfell

[@vgmaster9]

What I really liked about this episode is that it aired on Avengers: Endgame's opening weekend.

[@user-rd6uc2sf6i]

It was a better endgame than endgame if I'm being honest

[@hriscubogdan2292]

The fact that the only thing you liked about this episode was its air date says a lot about its quality, in my opinion.

[@vgmaster9]

@@hriscubogdan2292 I never said the episode was good, I just found it interesting that it aired that date.

[@erikkenney1897]

A worthless movie for those idiots who like shit stories and even worse acting. Just like what Disney is doing to Star Wars as far as movies go

[@gizmo_joy2726]

Can you IMAGINE how bad that place is going to smell? How many years do you think it'll take to clear out all the corpses??

[@gizmo_joy2726]

It's too funny to me. Like, this place is absolutely uninhabitable after this war regardless of who won. The wild north and all he places the Night King visited right before this are blessedly clean. Lol.

[@tarathomas880]

The music makes this EVERYTHING

[@siriminou3741]

I like the face of Vladimir Furdik even if it doesn't correspond to the ideal of beauty. He has his rough edges and fits perfectly into this role. I just like distinctive faces

[@arym1108]

gosh this ensemble always gives me chills

[@engasal]

But it's shit

[@mardox0]

Look at Sir Jorah, till his last breath he was fighting for his queen, respect❤❤

[@matingly23]

Still stuck in the friend zone.

[@julianruiz1248]

Imagine if the night king knelt before bran and spoke for tge first time "My lord."

[@czzp77]

He owns allegiance to no one.

[@kuroroluxifer8321]

i mean, the night king is a necromancer...killing a necromancer automatically destroys the army he controls, so all of the white walkers and undead being destroyed when he dies made sense...what didn't make sense was how he died ( an assassin screaming as he attacks someone: dumb. the night king not instantly snapping her neck with his superhuman strenght the moment he caught her: dumb), and who killed her :he faced jon several times throughout several seasons..jon had taken the mantle of the prince of promise who would save mankind, so the night king should've died in a duel with him. arya's motive was avenging his father, so her ultimate goal should've been murdering cersei, who ws responsible for ned's death and who was the last on her list. here in winterfell, arya should've been seen killing many undead, and even defeating a white walker, but the night king wasn't hers to kill

[@deformiertergolfball4847]

the whole episode killed the whole series for me. sacrificing the dothraki having your siege equip in front of the wall night king ( the nr. 1 evil gets killed by a damn child ) the camera angles and shaking + the dark wont let you see shit for half the episode - ok, you want to let it seem like chaos but i think battle of bastards shows how it works better. i remember this day as one of the biggest disgraces in my life, since i was a huge fan and so hyped, stood up till 4 am just to see this shit happen. im glad that D&D are the first result when you google up "bad writers" and id 10/10 again sign the petition the fanbase created cause of pure hate.

[@conrad4852]

AGREE!

[@OneLuvJigga]

Arya is my favorite character. Cold as ice. A beast. She lived up to the family name. She's the best.

[@sxrebondz]

I’ll always respect Arya Stark for this!

[@bman342a]

Same move from when Arya was sparring with Brienne

[@Phoenix1664]

And Brienne countered it and made it a draw so technically Brienne is better than the Night King.

[@johnwayne1069]

The real question is how did she appear out of thin air

[@homairamaisha7640]

@@johnwayne1069 remember how Syrio Ferel taught her to catch cats in season 1? Well that’s how…

[@johnwayne1069]

@@homairamaisha7640 wait what 🤣 That's got nothing to with teleporting

[@Phoenix1664]

@@johnwayne1069 😂😂😂. She teleported to catch the cats.

[@TheMikesShow1]

Everything's fine but it's ultimately the choice to have Arya, who only knew about the white walkers' existence for 2 whole episodes, to have the final blow that brings it down a peg

[@flesruoYkcuFoGuoY]

I think in an existential threat to all human life, it really shouldn't matter who gets the kill. Fuckin Samwell Tarly could've done it and it would have been fine. Hell, Mirri Maz Durr could come back from the dead with dragon glass shards in her coochie and let the Night King hit and it would still be fine. I also think Arya isn't a bad choice, and that she was foreshadowed by Melissandre in like S3 to do this deed anyway.

[@SilvX610]

I remember watching this episode breathless. The anticipation that was built throughout the entire series made me extremely nervous to watch, and honestly, they did a pretty good job with the suspense in the few hours before the battle. I could feel it whithin me, and i was almost trembling like i found myself among those characters, waiting for whatever fate dictates. The first time i saw the battle, even though it was hard to see and it was quite incoherent, i liked it. I think it was just the thrill. However, now that i watched it a few more times, and read more opinions about it, there are many things that could have been written differently and a lot better. And there is no way the living could have won against the Night King. It would have been sad to lose these great characters, but that was the essence of the series itself. In the end, everyone is prone to death one way or another, and an army of people against the dead and their leader who can literally rise more dead is pretty much doomed. The series lost it's charm once they saved every main character from situations they were very likely to die in. The series set the tone once it killed the main characters everyone loved. If we wanted happy endings, we would watch Disney movies.

[@davidinho980]

So the whole Azor Ahai plot just got forgotten about or what. Literally, the books mention R'hollor and Azor Ahai at every corner. I cant man

[@HolySpiritHaveYourWay-]

You never know what way Lord God is coming 🕊️✝️❤

[@bsumedicine3522]

truly a masterpiece

[@geraltofrivia9424]

3:38 most ridiculous scene in the history of mankind

[@luigicavallo270]

FR! THE FUCK WAS HE TRYING TO DO?

[@DhiraaYeole]

He distract dragon to reach Arya towards night King by saying go go go

[@geraltofrivia9424]

@@DhiraaYeole BOUAHAHAH 😂 Yeah right 👍

[@mikeygrizz23]

The Prince That Was Promised… the dagger was meant to be wielded by him….Not some girl. HBO took Martin’s story and completely wiped their ass with it.

[@brightatooz]

I guess they wanted theon to die as quick as possible bcos why is charging for 100 meters with a spear when you're in a defensive formation. I mean they could've still killed theon and complete his arc in a more artistic way.