Game of Thrones: Season 7

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Season Details & Credits

HBO | Season Premiere Date: July 16, 2017

Starring: Aidan Gillen, Nathalie Emmanuel, Peter Dinklage

Summary: The seventh season returns with just seven episodes.

Creator: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy

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Season 7 Episodes

5.2
S7:E7. The Dragon and the Wolf
Air Date: August 27, 2017
4.3
S7:E6. Beyond the Wall
Air Date: August 20, 2017
4.7
S7:E5. Eastwatch
Air Date: August 13, 2017

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Jon Negroni

Jul 17, 2017

Game of Thrones continues to be as gripping and relevant within its own context as ever, and in terms of a single episode that has to set up an entire season of unfamiliar territory for all fans, “Dragonstone” doesn’t disappoint. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Jul 17, 2017

The crisp editing of the Arya sequence, exploiting dramatic irony right up to the breaking point, was one among numerous scenes that seemed to indicate Thrones isn't just keeping up to its old standards but actually learning new tricks. Another was the introduction of Samwell Tarly's life in Old Town--who knew this show, which has mastered wartime action but had never produced a quickfire sequence quite like this one, with its repetitive chamber pots to be emptied, could be quite this sharp? Read full review

Ken Tucker

Jul 17, 2017

The season premiere had a lot of table-setting storytelling--at once self-recapping the saga and pointing it toward its future--but it did so with a satisfying forthrightness. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Jul 17, 2017

The season premiere of Game of Thrones was thoroughly satisfying, a transporting hour that brilliantly reestablished the chessboard for the new, penultimate season. Read full review

Lorraine Ali

Jul 17, 2017

As per every premiere episode of Game of Thrones, the pace is slow. Setting up each new carefully constructed season--the complex weave of story lines, the huge cast, the breathtaking locations--takes time. But Benioff and Weiss have pulled it off once again, if not with a bit more humor than in previous seasons. Read full review

Liz Shannon Miller

Jul 17, 2017

Game of Thrones, as always, leaves us conflicted and confused. It remains a show that hates the weak, but loves its small victories. It is the most delicious of cheeseburgers, but also hard to evaluate without seeing more. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

Jul 17, 2017

The episode played out like the slow-moving and exposition-heavy premieres of seasons past. ... But still, Thrones has often found as much greatness in its smaller moments as it has in wildfire explosions and murderous weddings. Sam highlighted this best. His bedpan-heavy montage was perhaps unnecessary, but added some levity and was an excellently edited bit of filmmaking. Read full review

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TheFilmFanatic

Apr 20, 2018

This season of Game of Thrones is full of non-stop tension, terrific action sequences and story moments that help fill in the bigger pieces to an almost complete puzzle. While the season is shorter, this show proves why it’s one of the biggest and best in the world.

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MGrahamWriter

Jul 25, 2017

It took me five years to park my butt on a sofa and watch the show. I didn't expect the tidal wave of love that came. I watched all six seasons in under a month and then spent the last year watching them all over again and again and again, never tiring of it. It's easy to see why the showIt took me five years to park my butt on a sofa and watch the show. I didn't expect the tidal wave of love that came. I watched all six seasons in under a month and then spent the last year watching them all over again and again and again, never tiring of it. It's easy to see why the show isn't well received by most due to the very raw production details and value but that's what I have come to appreciate. The characters are beautifully layered, no one really appearing black and white though their motives may be. With Season 7 underway, I'm even more engrossed in Westeros and the wars to come!

The episode "Dragonstone" was perfectly set up. I think the slow pace was perfect; not too much, not too little. With "Stormborn" following, that pace amped up dramatically and again, beautifully. The character development is stunning and the crossing of plots keeps things on a brisk pace! I'm truly terrified for the characters I've fallen madly in love with.

Keep it up, GoT! :)… Expand

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dangers

Jul 25, 2017

Only 2 episodes in season 7 and I'm already loving it. I think it will only get better from here. Finally all that was built up in the first 6 seasons is happening and that makes me so satisfied and so proud for being a fan of the show. Another must-see season of Game of Thrones.

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ViniciusBrito

Aug 14, 2018

When Daenerys finally arrives in westeros, she will try to take the throne from the lannisters, but at the same time in the north, something really big is happening and Jon Snow will do whatever it takes to defend the land. This season is pretty much about that, Daenerys trying to take theWhen Daenerys finally arrives in westeros, she will try to take the throne from the lannisters, but at the same time in the north, something really big is happening and Jon Snow will do whatever it takes to defend the land. This season is pretty much about that, Daenerys trying to take the throne, Cersei defending the throne and Jon Snow convincing the rest of westeros that a bigger danger is coming from beyond the wall.
This season had a major problem, wich is that it made me stop being afraid of the main characters to die, Jon Snow goes through really dangerous situations and i never believed that he could die, he became like the hero of the story and this is a really big problem, in previous seasons i was always afraid of the characters to die, i knew that no one was never safe, but now, there Deus ex maquina situations that won't let the main characters die, that is a big problem in this season.
There are really few political moments in this season, and those aren't complicated to understand like it was in other seasons. The stories told in this season are way more direct, and some of them aren't really well solved, like somethings really felt that were out of place. A thing that really bothered me was the conveniences and the senseless moments, there is somethings that happens that was just meant to be cool and didn't really made the story flow in a way that had sense, the timelapse in this season was relly wrong, it is better just to forget about it. But in other hand, it wasn't totally bad, it did had some nice political and story moments, mainly between Cersei and Tyrion, these two had the best story moments in the season, one fighting the other with strategy and words, that was very good, the season had some really interesting dialogues among some characters, that is geat, because it gave more structure for them.. There is a lot of fan service in this season, and some of them felt out of place, and the coherence in the narrative was a bit let on side, but it wasn't that bad.
The action in this season was in other level, it got really beyond anything that we have ever had in a television, HBO is in a completely other level. The coreography here in fights are really involving, it isn't unique, but is pretty damn cool, the dragons during the battles are so dope, they just come and they killed it, they are so dope.
The season was exciting, it was kind of a payoff of what we had before, it is finally everything flowering.
The Winterfell nucleo is not the best, it is nice to see what is going on there after so many time, but what happens there feels to much innocent, i got strange with those parts.
The character of Brandon Stark is horrible now, we just don't understand what he is doing, what functional he have, and he also is a jerk now, that is so bad, his journey in this season is that bad.
This seasons got some conclusions that are completely Deux ex maquina, it is in a level like some character comes out of nowhere and gave some easy solution, this happens more than one time, it is lazy.
One good thing about this season is that the winter has finally come, and how they they deal with it was very nice, all the suits are changed, of everyone, even the soldiers, it had a good detail job here. When it finally got there it have a beautiful sequence, done with major and a great song in the background.
The acting was interesting, Aidan Gillen as Littlefinger did a very good job during the whole series, maybe he was a bit to much caricature, with a deep voice and saying that he wants everything, but still, i totally believed that he knew what he was doing and felt completely safe and having a plan for everything. Maisie Williams in this season had a different behavior, she was like the waif in other seasons, i'm not sure about that, if that was a good idea, i feel that is a totally different character in not the best way, i don't Arya to become a T-1000.
Emilia Clarke wasn't all that good, her interpretation in some moments wasn't enough for me to believe in some emotions.
This seasons wasn't perfect, but even with that it never felt boring, the plot runned, somethings was really dumb, but i liked the most part of it.… Expand

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kman5473

Aug 30, 2017

The most poorly written season yet by far. The finale was great. I just really wish everything leading up the finale made more sense and was better developed.

GoT has officially been dissolved into a high-budget action series. Nothing more.

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GreedyPete69000

Aug 29, 2017

Dragons blowing stuff up is great and all, but if seasons 1-3 of Game of Thrones had been written and shot like this the show wouldn't have made it this far. It's entertaining, but I can't take it seriously any more. Just get it over with.

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

ty92

Apr 30, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The writing was bad this season. The way they killed Little Finger was just dumb. This show used to be so good..… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 8

75
- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: April 14, 2019
Season 7

77
- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: July 16, 2017
- 5.2
  S7:E7. The Dragon and the Wolf
  Air Date: August 27, 2017
- 4.3
  S7:E6. Beyond the Wall
  Air Date: August 20, 2017
- 4.7
  S7:E5. Eastwatch
  Air Date: August 13, 2017
- 5.5
  S7:E4. The Spoils of War
  Air Date: August 6, 2017
- 5.2
  S7:E3. The Queen's Justice
  Air Date: July 30, 2017
- 4.6
  S7:E2. Stormborn
  Air Date: July 23, 2017
- 5.0
  S7:E1. Dragonstone
  Air Date: July 16, 2017
Season 6

73
- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: April 24, 2016
Season 5

91
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: April 12, 2015
Season 4

94
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: April 6, 2014
Season 3

91
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: March 31, 2013
Season 2

90
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: April 1, 2012
Season 1

80
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 17, 2011