Those were the days when you actually thought the threat of the north king would materialize into something beyond measure by the end of the show.

The moment he raised his hands and they all started getting back up with blue eyes was one of the best moments in TV history

One of the best scenes of the entire show.

To be honest i enjoyed this one way more than Battle of Winterfell...

I was talking with a friend who was complaining about why the night king didn't attack hardhome sooner to which I explained that the night king was probably fattening the turkey. Everyone in the north in one place and if they stay there, they reproduce and giving him more dead. He only attacked when jon arrived because the turkey was escaping.

When the Night King reached the end of the dock, I had a real hard time believe he wouldn’t simply step onto the water and freeze it. Like imagine how much more of a nightmare it would be, trying to row away while the water beneath you was freezing AND you were being chased by a growing army of the dead. Like holy shit

this scene single handedly ended the entire series of the walking dead

Some say season 1-4 were the best of the show, but a couple of episodes of season 5 and 6 were some of the best the show had to offer.

The silence and Jon's look is impeccable in 3:38 because he know they are fucked.

The moment when Jon’s valyrian steel sword clashed with the white walker’s. THE BEST moment in the entire show imo

All that built up tension between jon and the night king And Arya got to kill him. Well fucking done

1:57 Tormund's face expression always gets me as he watches his people get slaughter. He's truly heartbroken.

This still remains my favourite GOT moment. The whole episode is just such a great way to set up everything to come and is just such an amazing piece of storytelling. The brief moments of hope as we learn that white walkers can be killed and that they have the weapons to do it. Followed by the incredible way that they execute that ending, completely shutting off all hope against insermountable odds. The measured way that the Night King just barely acknowledges the sheer desperate escape by simply staring Jon down and raising the army back up, now with new recruits. He doesn't even try to kill them, he knows they are so utterly demoralised he has won already. Then that wide shot of sheer numbers and scale and you realise, as an audience, all the politcing, all the struggles for the throne, it just does not mean a damn. This shifted the whole paradigm of the show. The villain, the REAL villain of the show who has always been lurking off screen, truly announces his arrival. A real shame there was never a satisfying payoff for all this work.

This episode STILL creeps me out!! One of the best in my opinion.

That was the biggest "Come at me bro" I've ever seen.

From 2:10 to 4:10, everything (cinematography, BGM, acting etc...) in every frame of this entire sequence deserves seperate awards. This scene is, literally, more than terrifying. From the characters physical and mental strength perspective, Except Jon Snow no one would've had the stomach enough to see what Jon faced here.

D&D: "It didn't feel...right...for Jon to be the one to kill the Nightking" *This episode clearly setting up the conflict between the Nightking and Jon

i love this whole sequence it’s in my top 3 in the entire show. When the Nights Watch first arrive at Hardhome the wide shot shows the area was lively with people moving freely going about their business it and basically living their own separate lives and the episode ends on the same exact shot it began with only EVERYTHING is dead still.. the boat isn’t being rowed, the whits are motionless, even the water has little to no ripples from all the commotion, the characters and the viewer are stuck in a void of nothingness and silence until the credits begin rolling while ur still in total shock of how abruptly everything happens… i still vividly remember the chills i got watching this episode for the 1st time and was one of the few bright spots in the 2nd half of the show

Wun Wun was one of the bravest and kindest characters on the show. At this point theres no doubth that the giants will soon go extinct and that he might even be the last one alive. Yet, he stil wants to give his last to protect his cute little human friends. Such as (at 0:52), shielding them from the walkers until they are safe.

The man is not satisfyed with clips, the man wants trailer

Hands down one of the best moments in the entire series. I love how this battle wasn't played as "epic fight" but "what the fuck just happened". The dead silence at the end as Jon stares at the undead horde felt like I was actually there.

What I love, is how smart the night king is. The white walkers aren't the undead, not reanimated corpses. They're alive, with intelligence and actual intentions and plans, and expressions, heck they have their own armour and weapons plus obviously have a command system, . When Jon blocks the blow, you can see the white walker actually is shocked, looking at him in shock, almost looking at him in curiosity as if to ask something. When Sam is seen by the white walker, it actually rolls it's eyes in annoyance at the sight of in it's mind such a weak and useless person, and then calls out making the gesture with it's sword for the army of wights to advance, when the night king looks at Jon and reanimates the dead, you can see it's curiosity and smugness at these humans who escaped, and at the one who killed one of it's lieutenants in almost impressed look, then doing so in a gesture to tell the people they are nothing to it and will be defeated soon. When the white walker sees the fire and goes to investigate in the wight hunt, you see it showing curiosity and looking for clues as to who it belongs to. The night king was doing everything by a plan. First, he took his time wiping out the children of the forest, so that Bran finds the last hiding in a cave with wards specifically to repel them, because he knew they had magic necessary to defeat him and the weapons necessary to do so, dragonglass. Then, he slowly picks off the nights watch, doing so that Jeor Mormont is left with no choice but to lead a expedition to find out what's going on, sending men north of the wall. He also goes after the wildings slowly, not to kill them all yet but to drive them all south, knowing the nights watch will not let them through. He then also over the years takes Crasters sons, to build his numbers of white walkers, while also creating more contention between the wilding groups by this. He gets the white walkers to lead the attack on the great ranging at the fist, letting them get all this way north so when they do, they have no wildings or escape nearby, so they can massacre most of the men, sending them south to Crasters keep where he knows they will have a mutiny likely killing more, and so eliminates the men who have seen wights and white walkers and are loyal to the watch and know the threat, like Jeor.He then lets the two sides kill each other, knowing the wildings will go to one place only, Hardhome. He then waits, until Jon and the other men arrive to try and rescue them, doing so when they are unprepared and knowing most of the people are outside the fortified town, so that by the time they are aware and begin to arm themselves, he's already taken the majority down.He then lets them escape, showing his power to terrify them knowing they have no proof they are real, while simultanously also knowing the few remaining wildings being let south will just result in more death of the nights watch. Then, he bides his time, building his army by scouring the lands beyond the wall for more bodies, letting the kingdoms further weaken, because remember they only start acting after the war of the five kings begins, because at that time the armies would be too many while by season 8 the land of Westeros is extremely decimated, particularly in the north. He then traps the men on the rock island, waiting for the dragons to show up, knowing he will do so which is why he has no reaction, he knows she'll burn some of his army but he also knows three dragons can't be easily controlled, so one will be easy to target. Then, he drags it out and makes it a white walker dragon, using the magic in it to destroy the wall, when he finally has enough power to reach the lands south of the wall, and with no children of the forest left to ward him off, and he does so.Then he marches his army through, targeting each settlement down to Winterfell, knowing everyone is there.But then season 8 dumbs it down and makes the army so slow and weak Sam survives crying lying on the ground against many wights while they shuffle slowly towards Jamie and Brienne because for some reason they're speed is now generic slow zombie.What a waste.

This is when the knight king looked like a bad ass.

I too remember when the Night King and the Others were a threat and something serious and meaningful.

Pepperidge Farms remembers when this episode came out and the Night King and the White Walkers became the most terrifying villains on TV with an epic grand debut showing off the army and its leader. Hardhome was the moment Game of Thrones peaked with its supernatural threat getting everyone hyped.....and then Season 8 happened. WAIT!! WAIT!!..still....it doesn't take away from how absolutely epic both dramatically and cinematically speaking this scene was. I couldn't tell you how many times I've rewatched the Hardhome scene more than any other scene in Game of Thrones or any other show for that matter. It is an absolute treasure of a horror-action scene rivaling what Hollywood has put out in theaters with their supernatural action scenes for ages now. The Night King's design here looks absolutely frightening and threatening on so many levels. This scene still goes down in history as one of my top favorite villain introductions (I know he was teased earlier in the series) in the history of filmmaking. No matter how much I utterly despised what they did to him in Season 8, I will forever look back at this scene as a gem and a prime example of how to introduce your spotlight villain in the most impactful fashion possible.

The Stare-off between Jon and the Night King was EPIC! Like a big showdown was gonna happen between them.

Still my favourite scene out of the whole show

What a fantastic episode. Not even in the book. Richard Brake was a fantastic and more terrifying Night King, but I see where the show wants continuity with a certain resemblance for the story they are choosing to tell.

According to me, "Hardhome" and "Battle of the Bastards" are the Best Episodes in GoT. Anyone else agrees!?

I miss the actor who played this Night King

Oh i'm sorry... did you expect an epic fight scene like this at the end of GoT HAHAHAHA! Expectations = SUBVERTED!

Say what you will about the seasons after 4, but none can deny how well the Hardhome scene was executed.

the best looking white walker or night king ever in this show. after these season we seen in next seasons all sucks. this was very badass looking for a white walker. unfortunately it was in past.

@3:43 Because of the look he threw at Jon Snow, I was certain it was him that he was after and not Brann. The Night King never put that much effort into staring down Brain's asperger's ridden creepy ass, that's for sure.

I love the moment at 2:55, he's like " look what I can do, what you gonna do about it bitch "

One of GOT’s most haunting scenes

Are all these sudden uploads meant just for spiking our interest and curiosity or can we expect a teaser or even a trailer soon !?

All the hype just to turn the night king into a side quest on S8.

I am here after dissaponting battle for Winterfell

This was the episode that is what the Long Night at Winterfell should of been. An absolute slaughter.

I've watched Game Of Thrones at least times and this whole battle even more but somehow I never noticed the White Walkers at 1:52. I know there were several on the hill with the Night King but I didn't think any others were fighting there besides the one Jon Snow took out.

best episode . john looks like a total badass on that boat lookin at the night king

Epic When Night King Rises The Dead Oh That background Music & That Silent Wind Sound After That

I always loved the story line where Jon unites the Wildlings and Night's Watch. Such a complicated and a hard decision from a young leader.

i swear i watched this episode when i was sleeping in cooler, the drops of water are clearly touching me with cold air and i felt this episode so hard like i had nothing felt like this in my entire life and in the end of this episode the eye contact of jon snow and the night king I'll newer ever forget this scene.

Hands down the best episode of the entire series.

What a spectacular scene .. such good filmmaking

This is probably my favorite sequence in the whole show.

After this final season, I wish the night king conquered all the westeros. That would be nice ending.

8 seasons of building them up, down the fuckin toilet

This scene stills gives me goosebumps every time i see it

Probably the only time I thought that Jon Snow was doomed. Scariest scene throughout the series, in my opinion

This is better than the long night 🤣🤣

teleport me to that time.

Remember when this dude meant something?

The fact that everything just went silent.. that's wicked

This is one of my top all time fav zombie scenes 🧟 so well done

This is the single best episode of any series ever !!!!!

The greatest "Come with me bro", of history.

The production values on the show are astonishing! I know the show is expensive to produce, but boy is it worth it, especially when the money is well spent. I have seen so-called blockbuster movies with large budgets have crummier special effects and lower quality production values than a single episode of "Game Of Thrones", and I think "Hardhomme" is a perfect example of that! I was lucky enough to catch one of the limited IMAX screenings of the last two Season Four episodes a few years back, "The Watchers On The Wall" and "The Children" (the great Neil Marshall was there to do the intro!!!) and I swear they looked just as good, or even better on that giant sized screen. It was like watching a two hour feature length film...

Best fight of the whole show in my opinion. Like.. the sheer fuckin hopelessness and silence UGH amazing.

I hope the final season has this actor playing the NK. The new guy from the last season just didn't have the same piercing look.

One of the best moments in the entire show for sure

This scene has so much intensety to it.. !!

All of these are great choices. The greatest battle scenes DEFINITELY HardHome and Battle of the Bastards. Spoils of was FANTASTIC!Danaerys burns the slave master!! Epic badass!!!

There’s nothing better than watching these shows as they happen.

We have seen seasons 1 - 7 already Actually 14 times For fooks sake drop the trailer

4:02 .... I would be rowing so fast! What the heck are they doing!?!?!?

Imagine all this build up and at the end you're not even the one to end him. Horrible writers. That's like Harry Potter vs Voldemort, and then Ron appears out of no where and kills Voldemort at the end instead.

Ésta sin duda es una de las mejores escenas de todas las temporadas.

Now THAT'S how to end an episode for a multi season series!

This was so much better than battle of winterwell.

The Night King is fully armored from Neck down in this scene.. But hey, in the final season he just conveniently chose an armor with a small gap in between so that Arya can pierce through with a kitchen knife, to end the whole white walker clan.. :D

I like that Jon looks like he has a soul. Seeing this I hope that this is not the only fight against a white walker.

For them to set up these to as arch nemesis and we don’t even get a sword fight is crazy.

Ooo that silence at the end

That scene scared me x awesome

Ill give my props tho. This wasnt in the books apparently so D&D earned this respect.

my favorite scene

Love this episode

phenomenal scene

I love how everyone present knows that fire is the only thing that permanently stops these things, yet not a single fire was lit. also...seeing a corpse with an arrow in its head make its way through the gate, and further arrows being fired at it (and missing), really makes you wonder how anyone survives this battle.

From the beginng of the invasion at Hardhome the music builds such an underlying tension that made my mind stopped when the largest and quickest "Turn Undead" we've ever seen happened!! For the next minute i remember my self just looking an the screen with empty eyes... The glimpse of hope that came when John kills the Whitewalker lieutenant didn't just vanished with the most evocative way, but watching the Night King performing outrageously the "Raise Dead" left me with an empty inexpressible horror!!! The only thing i would do if i had witnessed all this would be to run to the first ship and leave everything behind! First to Essos and then as south as the world goes..........

Damn, first time I saw it was so scary. What beautiful episode. Loved when I had to wait one year for next season. And the premiere of each season was popular worldwide

The way that this shows that throughout this entire battle they failed to even put a dent in the white walkers forces must be beyond terrifying for the characters.

Roses are red. Violets are blue. Everyone may rise @ 2:52

That long stare between Jon and the night king....never to be paid off

best scene ever

This episode is top 5 in the whole show!! Battle of the bastards in 1st place imo. This is an absolute masterpiece though, the music, the cinematography, the fight scene all went so well together

2.47 BEST SCENE EVER.

In retrospect probably the peak moment in GOT - when the night king raises his arms and all the freshly killed dead rise. To think they would later end this story line with the big FU to the fans of the last season. But I guess better to have had this one supreme moment, than not at all.

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We totally got the ending we expected after this fight😂😂

Chills!

Amazing!

I still vividly remember when I first watched this episode. My sister and I had stacked previous episodes because the series was already decaying and we weren't interested anymore but I found out through Twitter that the White Walkers had a very important role in the most recent episode, so we started watching the 3 or 4 episode we had accumulated. And then she came home after school, we had lunch and watched this episode and, I don't lie, we SCREAMED of the excitement and jumped on the couch. I miss that feeling.

Best night king.

Best season finale ever

The NK was so much better than the later version

This is the where the show peaked