Game Of Thrones Season 8: 9 Ups And 2 Downs From 'The Long Night'
A Battle of Ice and Fire.
The Long Night has arrived.
Last week, Game of Thrones devoted an entire episode to being the prelude to the big battle of episode 3. And not just any battle, but the battle between the living and the dead. This is not just any war, but the Great War.
This is something that the show has been building towards from the very beginning. It's right there, in the literal cold open of the entire series. Throughout the entire show, we've been periodically reminded of the true threat that lies far beyond the Wall, and now that threat is here at Winterfell's door.
The result is The Long Night, the first episode of Season 8 to be written by showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff, and the first since The Winds of Winter to be directed by Miguel Sapochnik. This is the one we've heard so much about: the 55-night shoot, the countless extras, the insane production effort. The assembling of the forces at Winterfell, the army of the dead approaching. It was all for this one extra-long episode.
Was it worth it? Abso-bloody-lutely.
Warning: contains major spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3.