Brace yourselves because, just like winter, our first look at the final season of Game of Thrones is coming – and it's coming right before you know it. Like, now.

Season 8 of Thrones might feel like years away at the moment, but HBO has done fans a solid and unveiled the first official look at the final instalment in the series.

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It's a literal blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but hey, we'll take it.

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HBO unveiled the new trailer to tease all of its upcoming shows, from True Detective season 3 to Big Little Lies season 2.

And yes, hidden away among several shots of Thrones season 7, at the 1:10 mark is one brand new clip featuring Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and a not-so warm embrace.

While you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a clip of Jon and Sansa hugging it out at Castle Black, the new footage actually teases a worryingly frosty reunion at Winterfell instead.

Although our first look at Game of Thrones season 8 hasn't been the most enlightening, we do still have plenty of clues from the show's cast to pore over and decipher.

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Most recently, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – aka Jaime Lannister – claimed that creators Dan Weiss and David Benioff couldn't have "done a better job" with the final season.

"I mean, when I read [the script] – I've spent so many years working on this and been guessing and trying to figure out how this will end – and when I read it, some of the parts of it I'd get, and other parts of it were just completely shocking and surprising," he explained.

Adding that there were no moments that didn't make sense, Nikolaj promised: "All the pieces fit into this massive jigsaw puzzle."

Game of Thrones season 8 will premiere in 2019. The show airs on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic and NOW TV in the UK. Season 7 is now available to buy on DVD, Blu-ray or digital download.


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Rianne Houghton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy.