- Game of Thrones - Season 5 (HBO) | "Hardhome" TV Review - Game of Thrones - Season 5 (HBO) Episode 8 "Hardhome" | Episode Review - Game of Thrones | (SEASON 5) Episode 8 "HARDHOME" | TV REVIEW -. * JVS *. Episode 8 Synopsis:. Tyrion advises Daenerys. Sansa forces Theon to tell her a secret. Cersei remains stubborn. Arya meets her first target. Jon and Tormund meet with the Wildling Elders. George R.R. Martin's best-selling book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" is brought to the screen as HBO sinks its considerable storytelling teeth into the medieval fantasy epic. It's the depiction of two powerful families -- kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and honest men -- playing a deadly game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, and to sit atop the Iron Throne. Martin is credited as a co-executive producer and one of the writers for the series, which was filmed in Northern Ireland and Malta. First episode date: April 17, 2011. Theme song: Game of Thrones theme. Writers: George R. Martin, David Benioff, D. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, Vanessa Taylor, Dave Hill. Game of Thrones Piano Cover by:. PianoMania. LINK -.