The finale of the first season was watched by 9.3 million viewers across all platforms during its premiere night according to HBO, which was the highest viewership for any finale of a HBO show since the series finale of Game of Thrones. The show averaged 9–9.5 million viewers for an episode on premiere night and 29 million total viewers after The wights are ready for battle and here they come a-tramplin'. Watching over the battle, Jon and Dany are hanging out in their sweet outfits and weighing up the options. Jon is holding off on The following contains details from “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Episode 3, "The Long Night." Read our recap of Season 8, Episode 2 here . It was all supposed to come down to this. One final Season 8, Episode 3. The third episode of Game of Thrones‘ eighth season sees nearly all of Westeros’ remaining power players face off with the Night King and his army of dead in the long HBO has long been behind the curve when it comes to its compression showing, and it shows up even more with dark images. (Or an 82-minute episode that takes place entirely at night.) How the [Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3.] After seasons of building up the final confrontation between the living and the dead, The Great War has arrived RELATED: Game Of Thrones: Every Season Finale Ranked Worst To Best (According To IMDb) The great 9.1 rating comes from 25,336 reviews with 54.4% deeming it a 10.0, 37.2% giving it an 8.0 or 9.0 and another 2.8% giving it a 1.0. The episode was well-received for its use of character and setting up for the next season, even though it is not the A battle scene that abandons the old rules and conventions of the series, with a stunning twist that changes everything. Jon, Daenerys, and the dragons are all in danger, while the Night King's army is about to overrun Winterfell. Read Hillary Kelly's analysis of the episode that left us speechless. Game of Thrones season 8, episode 3 saved arguably the most impactful death for last: Melisandre's. As the sun begins to rise and the night slips under the horizon, Melisandre walks out of foUB.

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