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Game of Thrones

73 episodes · 8 seasons · HBO · 2011

Game of Thrones: 73 TV episodes in this catalogue. The Essentials keeps 61 episodes (84% of the catalogue).

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The Essentials

Game of Thrones barely compresses for a first-time viewer - almost every hour moves four or five storylines at once, so a cut lands on someone's plot. What comes out are the threads that pay off nowhere: Dorne and the Sand Snakes, and the slow stretch of Braavos and the High Sparrow. The selection omits twelve catalogue episodes; that is not a claim about playback time.

61 of 73 episodes84% of the catalogue

By season

Every episode

In airing order. Faded episodes are the ones The Essentials skips.

Season 110 episodes · 9 in The Essentials

01×01Winter is Coming

2011-04-17 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · Arya

01×02The Kingsroad

2011-04-24 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

01×03Lord Snow

2011-05-01 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

01×04Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things

2011-05-08 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

01×05The Wolf and the Lion

2011-05-15 · King's Landing and the throne

01×06A Golden Crown

2011-05-22

01×07You Win or You Die

2011-05-29 · King's Landing and the throne

01×08The Pointy End

2011-06-05 · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

01×09Baelor

2011-06-12 · Arya

01×10Fire and Blood

2011-06-19 · Daenerys and the east · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

Season 210 episodes · 8 in The Essentials

02×01The North Remembers

2012-04-01 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

02×02The Night Lands

2012-04-08 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

02×03What is Dead May Never Die

2012-04-15 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

02×04Garden of Bones

2012-04-22 · Daenerys and the east · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

02×05The Ghost of Harrenhal

2012-04-29 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

02×06The Old Gods and the New

2012-05-06 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

02×07A Man Without Honor

2012-05-13 · Daenerys and the east · King's Landing and the throne

02×08The Prince of Winterfell

2012-05-20 · The North and the Wall · Arya

02×09Blackwater

2012-05-27 · King's Landing and the throne

02×10Valar Morghulis

2012-06-03 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

Season 310 episodes · 9 in The Essentials

03×01Valar Dohaeris

2013-03-31 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

03×02Dark Wings, Dark Words

2013-04-07 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

03×03Walk of Punishment

2013-04-14 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

03×04And Now His Watch is Ended

2013-04-21 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

03×05Kissed by Fire

2013-04-28 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

03×06The Climb

2013-05-05 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

03×07The Bear and the Maiden Fair

2013-05-12 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

03×08Second Sons

2013-05-19 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

03×09The Rains of Castamere

2013-06-02 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · Arya

03×10Mhysa

2013-06-09 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

Season 410 episodes · 9 in The Essentials

04×01Two Swords

2014-04-06 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

04×02The Lion and the Rose

2014-04-13 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

04×03Breaker of Chains

2014-04-20 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

04×04Oathkeeper

2014-04-27 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

04×05First of His Name

2014-05-04 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

04×06The Laws of Gods and Men

2014-05-11 · Daenerys and the east · King's Landing and the throne

04×07Mockingbird

2014-05-18 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

04×08The Mountain and the Viper

2014-06-01 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

04×09The Watchers on the Wall

2014-06-08 · The North and the Wall

04×10The Children

2014-06-15 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

Season 510 episodes · 7 in The Essentials

05×01The Wars to Come

2015-04-12 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

05×02The House of Black and White

2015-04-19 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

05×03High Sparrow

2015-04-26 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

05×04Sons of the Harpy

2015-05-03 · King's Landing and the throne

05×05Kill the Boy

2015-05-10 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall

05×06Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken

2015-05-17 · Daenerys and the east · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

05×07The Gift

2015-05-24 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

05×08Hardhome

2015-05-31 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

05×09The Dance of Dragons

2015-06-07 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall

05×10Mother's Mercy

2015-06-14 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

Season 610 episodes · 6 in The Essentials

06×01The Red Woman

2016-04-24 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

06×02Home

2016-05-01 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

06×03Oathbreaker

2016-05-08 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

06×04Book of the Stranger

2016-05-15 · Daenerys and the east · King's Landing and the throne

06×05The Door

2016-05-22 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

06×06Blood of My Blood

2016-05-29 · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

06×07The Broken Man

2016-06-05 · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

06×08No One

2016-06-12 · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

06×09Battle of the Bastards

2016-06-19 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall

06×10The Winds of Winter

2016-06-26 · Daenerys and the east · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

Season 77 episodes · 7 in The Essentials

07×01Dragonstone

2017-07-16 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

07×02Stormborn

2017-07-23 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

07×03The Queen's Justice

2017-07-30 · Daenerys and the east · King's Landing and the throne

07×04The Spoils of War

2017-08-06 · Daenerys and the east · Arya

07×05Eastwatch

2017-08-13 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

07×06Beyond the Wall

2017-08-20 · The North and the Wall

07×07The Dragon and the Wolf

2017-08-27 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

Season 86 episodes · 6 in The Essentials

08×01Winterfell

2019-04-14 · Daenerys and the east · The North and the Wall · Arya

08×02A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

2019-04-21 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

08×03The Long Night

2019-04-28 · The North and the Wall · Arya

08×04The Last of the Starks

2019-05-05 · The North and the Wall · King's Landing and the throne

08×05The Bells

2019-05-12 · Daenerys and the east · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

08×06The Iron Throne

2019-05-19 · Daenerys and the east · King's Landing and the throne · Arya

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