ALICE MERTON. 
AND ON THURSDAY, DON CHEADLE, 
KIERNAN SHIPKA, AND MUSIC FROM 
HOZIER.
IN SEVEN SPECTACULAR SEASONS, 
OUR FIRST GUEST THREW A KID OUT 
A WINDOW, KILLED HIS COUSIN AND 
DID IT WITH HIS SISTER A LOT OF 
TIMES, AND YET, SOMEHOW, WE'RE 
STILL ROOTING FOR HIM. 
THE EIGHTH AND FINAL SEASON OF 
"GAME OF THRONES" PREMIERES 
SUNDAY NIGHT ON HBO.
PLEASE WELCOME THE KING-SLAYER, 
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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>> Jimmy: THIS IS NOT THE ONE, 
RIGHT?
THIS IS NOT THE ONE.
>> NO, IT'S ANOTHER ONE.
THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE SICK.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU DID THE SMART THING.
DID YOU GET TO KEEP JAMIE'S 
HAND?
BECAUSE YOU'RE DONE SHOOTING.
>> NO.
THAT WAS THE ONE THING I WANTED.
THE SUCCESS OF THE SHOW, HE 
THINK IT'S TOURING THE WORLD IN 
SOME EXHIBITION NOW.
>> Jimmy: WAVING ON ITS OWN?
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: YOU THINK YOU'LL GET 
IT ONE DAY WHEN THE EXHIBITIONS 
ARE DONE?
>> YOU WHO HOULD HOPE SO.
>> Jimmy: YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING 
TO HAPPEN.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ONLINE AND 
YOU'LL SEE IT FOR SALE AT SOME 
AUCTION FOR LIKE $3800.
AND YOU'LL BE LIKE WHY DIDN'T 
THEY GIVE THAT TO ME?
I HOPE SOMEBODY TRACKS IT DOWN 
AND GIVES IT TO YOU.
SUNDAY IS, I FEEL WEIRDLY SAD 
ABOUT, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT 
SUNDAY BUT I'M ALSO SAD THAT 
IT'S ALMOST OVER.
>> YEAH, NO.
I'M THE SAME.
IT'S THIS WEIRD MIX.
>> Jimmy: IT MAKES SENSE FOR 
YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE SHOW,
AND I'M NOT. 
>> YOU KNOW THAT THING, YOU READ
A REALLY GOOD BOOK.
YOU GET TO THE LAST TEN PAGES 
AND YOU'RE LIKE, I'M GOING TO 
WAIT TILL TOMORROW.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE MINUTE 
FINISH IT JUST SUCKS.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S IT.
AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ON 
SUNDAYS?
GO TO CHURCH?
NO.
DO YOU GO ONLINE AND READ ANY OF
THE THEORIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE 
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN
THE FINALE?
>> I HAVE, I HAVE READ A FEW, 
YEAH.
IT'S INTERESTING.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU KNOW 
WHAT'S -- YOU KNOW THE FINALE, 
RIGHT?
>> I'VE KNOWN SINCE JUNE OF LAST
YEAR.
>> Jimmy: YOU HAVE?
>> YEAH.
SINCE TWO YEARS AGO.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TEAM IME NOW.
>> Jimmy: HOW DID YOU FIND OUT?
>> NOW YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD AN 
APP.
WE GOT AN APP AND THE SCRIPTS 
CAME, AND WHEN YOU FINISH THEM, 
THEY WOULD MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR.
>> Jimmy: OH, REALLY?
S
 SO YOU LEARNED, THEY END ON 
SNAPCHAT BASICALLY?
>> SYNCHRONIZED, YEAH.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU DISLIKE 
LEARNING YOUR LINES FROM A 
TABLET?
>> I DISLIKE IT, YEAH.
I LIKE TO MAKE NOTES.
THE WEIRD THING NOW, I HAVE ALL 
THE OTHER SEASONS' SCRIPTS.
WE DON'T HAVE THEM FOR THIS, 
THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
>> Jimmy: YOU CAN SCREEN SHOT 
THE WHOLE THING.
>> YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T.
>> Jimmy: YOU CAN'T?
>> NO, THERE'S SOMETHING YOU 
CAN'T DO THAT.
>> Jimmy: I BET I COULD.
>> I GUESS COULD YOU TAKE 
PICTURES OF EVERYTHING.
>> Jimmy: A MILLION DIFFERENT 
WAYS.
>> THEY KNEW THEY WERE DEALING 
WITH ACTORS.
THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO FIGURE 
THAT ONE OUT.
>> Jimmy: SO THE FAN THEORIES, I
COLLECTED SOME OF THEM.
THESE ARE REAL THEORIES FROM 
PEOPLE ONLINE.
AND SINCE YOU KNOW I WILL STUDY 
YOUR REACTION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Jimmy: I KNOW YOU CAN'T SAY 
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> I'M TERRIBLE LIAR.
>> Jimmy: JAMIE WILL KILL HIS 
SISTER.
THAT'S A THEORY.
>> IT MAKES SENSE, THOUGH.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
>> Jimmy: IN A LOT OF WAYS, 
SURE.
>> NEXT ONE.
>> Jimmy: ARIA WILL USE THE 
FACE.
WE WOULD THINK WOULD.
JOHN SNOW BECOMES THE NIGHT 
KING.
>> HOW?
>> Jimmy: I GUESS HE GETS 
KILLED.
DENARIS WILL TRANSFORM INTO AN 
ACTUAL DRAGON.
SHE WILL BECOME A DRAGON.
>> THAT, YEAH.
>> Jimmy: OKAY.
THE STARKS ARE DESCENDED FROM 
THE WHITE WALKERS.
MANY BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE 
CASE.
>> OKAY.
>> Jimmy: BRAND STARK IS THE 
NIGHT KING.
MANY BELIEVE BRAN IS WHO YOU 
GAVE A NICE LITTLE SHOVE OUT THE
WINDOW AS I RECALL.
>> WELL, THINK ABOUT IT THIS 
WAY.
>> Jimmy: MM-HM.
>> WHAT WOULD THE SHOW BE 
WITHOUT THAT?
>> Jimmy: DIFFERENT, I GUESS.
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
>> IT WOULDN'T HAVE THE RATING, 
WE WOULDN'T HAVE HOLDER HOLD THE
DOOR.
>> Jimmy: MAYBE WE'D HAVE OTHER 
STUFF.
ONE OTHER THEORY.
FANO SNAPS HIS FINGERS AND THE 
STARKS TURN INTO DUST.
>> I THINK THAT IS LAST NIGHT'S 
SHOW.
>> Jimmy: I THINK THAT IS THE 
"AVENGERS" I'M THINKING ABOUT 
HERE.
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THEORY OF
THE CHOSEN ONE WHO WILL COME 
BACK AND SAVE THE DAY.
>> Jimmy: THE CHOSEN ONE, YES.
>> AND I THINK EVERYBODY THINKS 
IT'S JOHN SNOW, BUT THERE'S ALSO
THIS THING ABOUT A GUY CALLED 
BELSA.
>> Jimmy: OH.
>> WHICH IS A GUY WHO COMES AND 
MAGICALLY TRANSFORMED THIS WORLD
FOR THE GOOD.
SO HE WILL, WHEN EVERYTHING IS 
LOST, HE WILL COME AND, UP NORTH
HE WILL MAGICALLY TRANSFORM THE 
NORTH INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL 
PARADISE.
>> Jimmy: OH, EVERYBODY WILL BE 
SO MAD IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN.
THAT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF 
IF EVERYTHING WAS A DREAM.
>> AND NOW EVERYBODY SAYS IN 
BIELSA WE TRUST.
EVE
EVERYBODY SAY THAT.
>> Jimmy: WE DON'T KNOW ANY OF 
THAT STUFF.
HAVE YOU READ ANY THAT YOU SAY 
OH, THAT IS CORRECT?
>> YEAH, SOME.
BUT I'VE NEVER READ ANYONE WHO 
GOT THE WHOLE THING.
>> Jimmy: WHO GOT THE WHOLE 
THING, YEAH.
>> AND WHEN I READ IT THE FIRST 
TIME I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
I WROTE DAN AND DAVID, THE TWO 
CREATORS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT, BUT
I CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER WAY OF 
ENDING THE SHOW.
>> Jimmy: OH, IT'S REALLY 
SATISFYING?
>> IT IS.
SAT-IS-FYING.
>> Jimmy: SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T 
LIKE THE ENDING OF THE SOPRANOS.
>> THEN, IT'S SO MUCH BETTER.
>> Jimmy: IF YOU WATCH IT A 
SECOND TIME?
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD 
FOR THAT
