High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The Night Lands" is the second episode of the second season of HBO`s medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones. The episode is written by the showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alan Taylor. It was first released on April 2, 2012 via the online service HBO GO in some European countries, including the Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia. Cable television first broadcast it on April 8, 2012.