▁throne ▁as ▁Da en ery s ▁T arg ary en ▁assault s ▁King ' s ▁Land ing ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁un se at ▁Cer se i ▁L ann ister ▁as ▁the ▁r uler ▁of ▁the ▁Seven ▁Kingdom s . ▁ ▁The ▁season ▁was ▁fil med ▁from ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁to ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁and ▁largely ▁consists ▁of ▁original ▁content ▁not ▁found ▁in ▁George ▁R . ▁R . ▁Martin ' s ▁A ▁Song ▁of ▁Ice ▁and ▁Fire ▁series , ▁while ▁also ▁incorpor ating ▁material ▁that ▁Martin ▁has ▁revealed ▁to ▁show run ners ▁about ▁the ▁up coming ▁nov els ▁in ▁the ▁series , ▁The ▁W inds ▁of ▁Winter ▁and ▁A ▁Dream ▁of ▁Spring . ▁The ▁season ▁was ▁adapted ▁for ▁television ▁by ▁David ▁Ben io ff ▁and ▁D . ▁B . ▁We iss . ▁ ▁The ▁season ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁mixed ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁w ides p read ▁acc laim ▁of ▁previous ▁seasons , ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁lowest - r ated ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁on ▁the ▁website ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes . ▁Crit ic ism ▁was ▁mainly ▁directed ▁at ▁the ▁writing ▁and ▁shorter ▁runtime ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁numerous ▁cre ative ▁dec isions ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁show run ners ; ▁though ▁the ▁acting , ▁production , ▁and ▁musical ▁score ▁continued ▁to ▁receive ▁pra ise . ▁ ▁The ▁season ▁received ▁ 3 2 ▁nomin ations ▁at ▁the ▁ 7 1 st ▁Prim etime ▁Em my ▁Awards , ▁the ▁most ▁for ▁a ▁single ▁season ▁of