

This is the only episode in which we get to see what a full-scale battle against the White Walkers and the Night King himself may look like, and it’s not pretty. The war between the living and the dead is the primary focus of Game of Thrones’ final season - at least in the beginning - so it’s important to remember what exactly the stakes are. Key takeaway: learning how the dead fight, and what a war against them might look like Finally, the first episode also gives us our mysterious introduction to the White Walkers, the force that poses the most immediate threat to Westeros in the final season. But there are other reasons to go back this far as well: In the lead-up to season 8, the creators teased that the final episode is likely to mirror the first of the show, so this will help you catch up on the references that are sure to pop up. While the events of Thrones have changed some characters and calcified others, the pilot - infamously shot, scrapped, then reshot - is a great refresher on where each of them started. To appreciate an ending, you have to remember how things started. Key takeaways: the prologue, Ned and Robert in the crypt, the character introductions

Helen Sloan/HBO Season 1, episode 1: “Winter is Coming” Jon and Robb teaching Bran to shoot a bow and arrow. So, if you want to brush up on your Game of Thrones knowledge, but are a little pressed for time ahead of the season 8 premiere on April 14, we’ve put together a list of the five lore-heavy episodes you absolutely have to watch to understand (most) of what’s going on in Game of Thrones’ final season. While that may be a perfectly fine choice for some Game of Thrones superfans, very few casual viewers will have the chance to catch up on every moment of Thrones, a show that requires you to know all the politics, all the mythos, and all the history to fully understand the weight of its drama. In preparation for the fantasy series’ last season, some fans have made it their mission to watch all 67 of the show’s episodes, some more than once, and even catch up on the five main, and several supplementary, books in George R.R.


Variety reports that writer Steve Conrad is now attached to a potential Tales of Dunk and Egg prequel project.
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