Maisie Williams on the end of Game of Thrones Last month, HBO confirmed that Season 8 will be the end of Game of Thrones, and now Maisie Williams has chimed in on why it’s the right move by executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Talking to Variety, the actress said: “It sucks for the audience because they love the episodes, but what we’ll never do on this show is drag it out, and I’m so thrilled about that.