We chat with the director of The Last Watch about getting an up-close and personal look at Season 8 and how she chose what cast and crew members to spotlight.

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch pulled back the curtain on the making Game of Thrones Season 8. Directed by Jeanie Finlay, the nearly two-hour long documentary, which premiered May 26th on HBO, gave viewers a look into the worlds and work of show producers, directors, production teams and extras, like Andrew McClay (who played a Stark bannerman/soldier). Interwoven among stories about building King's Landing on the backlot (via Production Designer Deborah Riley), balancing stunt work and playing the Night King (Vladimír Furdík), crafting crypt wights for the first time (Prosthetics Department Co-Head Sarah …

HBO has released an official trailer for Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, the two-hour documentary set to air a week after Game of Thrones' finale that dives behind-the-scenes of the biggest show on television. Kit Harington cries so much, the adorable scamp. This thing actually looks fascinating, no matter what you think about the quality of season 8. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss might've plotted the end of Thrones like two Dungeon Masters hopped up on cocaine, but the sheer effort that goes into making this show is staggering. A single episode of Game …