HBO surprised fans with the first look at footage from the highly anticipated final season of Game of Thrones mixed in with clips from other HBO shows (both new and returning), including True Detective, Veep, and Big Little Lies. One notable scene shows Jon Snow returning to Winterfell after escaping the battle with the Night King, where he reunites with Sansa and gives her a big hug.
The other scene shows a quick glimpse at a fight between Jaime Lannister and the bastard son of Robert Barratheon known as Gendry. In it, Gendry appears to be wildly swinging his axe at Jaime, who ducks the blow in the nick of time. There are other clips of the footage, though it all appears to be from Season 7, including shots of Cersei Lannister feigning her allegiance in the fight against the White Walkers, and Daenerys Targaryen saying “dracaris”.
At the end of the season 7 finale, Daenerys and Jon were heading to Winterfell, so this new clip is likely from the first episode of season 8, when Jon and Sansa are reunited. The last surviving members of the Stark family have a frightening road ahead of them, as the season 7 finale also saw the Night King and his undead army finally break through the Wall and enter the Seven Kingdoms.
GoT returns for its final six episodes that will air during the first half of 2019. The show’s visual effects supervisor Joe Bauer revealed the series will be in contention for the Emmy Awards in 2020, meaning it looks likely to miss the May 31 cut-off date for next year’s ceremony (in order to qualify for the Emmy Awards in ’19, a series must air between June 1 2018, and May 31 2019).
Although Game of Thrones started out following the Song Of Ice And Fire books, the show has now outpaced author George R.R. Martin’s writing, so even book readers have no idea what to expect in season 8.
> Mar MartÃnez
HBO Reveals First Footage for 'Game of Thrones' Season 8
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