Hardhome (Season 5, Episode 8)
One of the more memorable scenes from Game of Thrones season 5, this episode has Jon Snow and the Night’s Watch venturing to Hardhome in an effort to convince the wildlings to join them in the fight against the White Walkers. Before they can depart from Hardhome, however, aforementioned White Walkers and their possessed zombies show up.
It’s a little hard to see the bloodiness of the fight, what with all the grimy snow and mud everywhere, but the savagery of the massacre is undeniable. We see wildlings get locked out of Hardhome, falling prey to the zombies before rising from the dead and becoming zombies themselves. We see that even the children cannot escape the grasp of the White Walkers, and we have to watch as they rise as zombies and attack the living.
The episode closes as Jon escapes on a boat and looks back to the aftermath of the battle he’s left behind. A single White Walker raises his hand, and all of the dead wildlings and brothers rise up again. But this time, they’re with the enemy.
