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- Season 5 overviewThe fifth season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 12, and concluded on June 14, 2015. WikipediaApr 12-Jun 14, 201510 episodesSeason 5 episodes1. The Wars to Come Apr 12, 2015
- Cersei and Jaime adjust to a world without Tywin; Varys reveals a conspiracy to Tyrion.
- 2. The House of Black and White Apr 19, 2015
- Arya arrives in Braavos; Brienne runs into trouble on the road; Cersei fears for her daughter.
- 3. High Sparrow Apr 26, 2015
- Queen Margaery enjoys her new husband; Tyrion and Varys walk the Long Bridge of Volantis.
- 4. Sons of the Harpy May 3, 2015
- The Faith Militant grow increasingly aggressive; Jaime and Bronn head south.
- 5. Kill the Boy May 10, 2015
- Daenerys makes a difficult decision; Jon recruits the help of an unexpected ally.
- 6. Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken May 17, 2015
- Arya begins training; Jorah and Tyrion encounter slavers; Trystane and Myrcella make plans.
- 7. The Gift May 24, 2015
- Jon prepares for conflict; Sansa tries to talk to Theon; Brienne waits for a sign.
- 8. Hardhome May 31, 2015
- Arya makes progress with her training; Sansa confronts an old friend; Cersei struggles.
- 9. The Dance of Dragons Jun 7, 2015
- Stannis faces a difficult decision; Jon returns to the Wall; Mace visits the Iron Bank.
- 10. Mother's Mercy Jun 14, 2015
- Stannis begins to march; Dany is surrounded by strangers; Cersei seeks forgiveness.
Game of Thrones. season 5. The fifth season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 12, and concluded on June 14, 2015. [1] It was broadcast on Sunday at 9:00 pm in the United States, consisting of 10 episodes, each running approximately 50–60 minutes.
- The Wars To Come. Tyrion learns of a conspiracy and Jon is caught between two kings.
- The House of Black and White. Arya arrives in Braavos. Pod and Brienne find trouble. Cersei fears for her daughter's safety. Stannis tempts Jon. An adviser tempts Dany.
- High Sparrow. Cersei does justice. Arya see the Many-Faced God. Tyrion walks the Long Bridge of Volantis.
- The Sons of the Harpy. The Faith Militant grow increasingly aggressive. Jaime and Bronn head south. Ellaria and the Sand Snakes vow vengeance.
Find out the plot, cast, and ratings of each episode of Game of Thrones Season 5, the fifth season of the fantasy TV series based on George R.R. Martin's novels. Watch options and trivia are also available.
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: Season 5 is the fifth season of Game of Thrones. It consists of ten episodes. It premiered with "The Wars To Come" on April 12, 2015 on HBO, and concluded with "Mother's Mercy" on June 14, 2015. It is based on A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons, the fourth and fifth novels of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.
Starring
•Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister (10 episodes) •Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister (7 episodes) •Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister (8 episodes) •Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen (8 episodes) •Kit Harington as Jon Snow (9 episodes) •Aidan Gillen as Petyr Baelish (6 episodes) •Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister ("The Wars To Come") •Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell (5 episodes) •Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon (8 episodes) •Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth (7 episodes) •Carice van Houten as Melisandre (6 episodes) •Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand (5 episodes) •Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark (9 episodes) •Maisie Williams as Arya Stark (6 episodes) •John Bradley as Samwell Tarly (9 episodes) •Kristofer Hivju as Tormund (5 episodes) •Hannah Murray as Gilly (6 episodes) •Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy (6 episodes) •Conleth Hill as Varys (4 episodes) •Jerome Flynn as Bronn (6 episodes) •Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth (6 episodes) •Michiel Huisman as Daario Naharis (7 episodes) •Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei (7 episodes) •Dean-Charles Chapman as Tommen Baratheon (5 episodes) •Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar (6 episodes) •Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton (4 episodes) •Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton (6 episodes) •with Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont (8 episodes)
Guest starring
•Brenock O'Connor as Olly (9 episodes) •Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett (8 episodes) •Owen Teale as Alliser Thorne (7 episodes) •Ian Beattie as Meryn Trant (6 episodes) •Tara Fitzgerald as Selyse Baratheon (6 episodes) •Joel Fry as Hizdahr zo Loraq (6 episodes) •Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne (6 episodes) •Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm (5 episodes) •Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Mace Tyrell (5 episodes) •Keisha Castle-Hughes as Obara Sand (5 episodes) •Nell Tiger Free as Myrcella Baratheon (5 episodes) •Julian Glover as Pycelle (5 episodes) •Jessica Henwick as Nymeria Sand (5 episodes) •Kerry Ingram as Shireen Baratheon (5 episodes) •Anton Lesser as Qyburn (5 episodes) •DeObia Oparei as Areo Hotah (5 episodes) •Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow (5 episodes) •Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Tyene Sand (5 episodes) •Eugene Simon as Lancel (5 episodes) •Charlotte Hope as Myranda (4 episodes) •Finn Jones as Loras Tyrell (4 episodes) •Faye Marsay as the Waif (4 episodes) •Ian McElhinney as Barristan Selmy (4 episodes) •Toby Sebastian as Trystane Martell (4 episodes) •Alexander Siddig as Doran Martell (4 episodes) •Will Tudor as Olyvar (4 episodes) •Dominic Carter as Janos Slynt (3 episodes) •Ian Gelder as Kevan Lannister (3 episodes) •Peter Vaughan as Aemon (3 episodes) •Hannah Waddingham as Septa Unella (3 episodes) •Paul Bentley as the High Septon (2 episodes) •Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell (2 episodes) •Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Gregor Clegane ("Mother's Mercy") •Richard Brake as Night King ("Hardhome") •Lino Facioli as Robin Arryn ("The Wars To Come") •Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris ("The Dance of Dragons") •Ciarán Hinds as Mance Rayder ("The Wars To Come") •Rupert Vansittart as Yohn Royce ("The Wars To Come")
Regular directors Neil Marshall, Alex Graves, Alik Sakharov, and Michelle MacLaren are not returning for Season 5. Notably, this is also the first time since Season 2 that no episodes are directed by the executive producers, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. MacLaren's departure also makes Season 5 the first since Season 2 with no female director. MacLaren is the only female director who ever worked on the TV series, producing two episodes in Season 3 and another two in Season 4.
George R.R. Martin stated he would not be writing an episode, as he has done in every previous season, because he wants to focus on finishing The Winds of Winter, the sixth novel in the book series. Meanwhile, Dave Hill, the former assistant for Benioff and Weiss and the writer of the Histories & Lore short videos, was brought forward to write an episode after Benioff and Weiss were impressed with his story ideas involving Olly and Ygritte in the fourth season.
Adaptation
While developing Season 4, Benioff admitted that "Season 5 gives him nightmares". However, once they actually had outlined the season, Benioff and Weiss revealed "the fear started to dissipate." They also claimed the season would be "drawing heavily" from A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons, the fourth and fifth books of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire saga. The book series was originally planned as a trilogy (A Game of Thrones, A Dance with Dragons and The Winds of Winter), but Martin realized his plot of "book one" would have to be expanded into three novels (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords), which means the first three books are "Act One" of a three Act story. In fact, the climax of A Storm of Swords concludes many of the plot lines begun in A Game of Thrones. Furthermore, what Martin originally planned as the middle novel grew too vast to be published as a single tome, so he cut it into two books that take place concurrently: in very rough terms, the fourth one (A Feast for Crows) follows all of the characters in the Seven Kingdoms while the fifth one (A Dance with Dragons) covers the storylines that take place elsewhere (such as the Night's Watch at the Wall, Tyrion as he escapes to the Free Cities, and Daenerys in Slaver's Bay). Season 5 will present the events featured in these two books in chronological order, intercutting between the two clusters of storylines. On the one hand, this combination of novels could easily span two seasons, since it would be longer than A Storm of Swords, which was adapted into the third season and most of the fourth one. On the other hand, whereas the Red Wedding happens around the middle of the third novel and provided a convenient climax for Season 3, there are no similarly game-changing or climactic events in the middle of A Feast for Crows or A Dance with Dragons —both of which are slower-paced than the previous novels anyway. Some of those two novels had already been advanced to Season 4 (everything after Daenerys took Meereen, everything after Brienne left King's Landing to look for Sansa, Sansa's story after Lady Lysa's death, Bran's whole story and the Fall of Moat Cailin), while other storylines were delayed to Season 6 (the Ironborn and Riverlands subplots, Arya's blind period and Sam arriving at Oldtown.) Ultimately, however, the bulk of these books was still adapted into Season 5. Despite some condensations, Jon Snow at the Wall, Cersei and the Tyrells in King's Landing, Tyrion heading to Meereen, and Daenerys in Meereen cover most of the major plot points which happened to each of them. The Stannis and Bolton storylines in the North, however, was extremely condensed. Both were reasonably close to what happened in the novels until about the second half of Season 5. In the novels, Stannis leaves the Wall to begin his campaign in the North only about one third of the way into the fifth book, after which it and the Boltons at Winterfell become one of the primary focuses of the narrative. The Sansa and Brienne storylines (entirely separate in the novels, both from each other and from the Bolton storyline) were also condensed. The writers also adapted some of the Dorne subplot, but with such limited screentime dedicated to it that the main parts of it didn't appear, nor did several major characters, such as arguably the storyline's main character —Doran's daughter and heir, Arianne Martell, who is actually a POV narrator. Tyrion's storyline as he was heading east to Meereen introduced a major new subplot involving a major political shakeup in the Free Cities, but this was cut completely from Season 5, and it will probably be omitted in the future.
Filming
Location scouting for Season 5 took place in Croatia and Spain. Filming in Croatia would continue in and around Dubrovnik, Split, and Žrnovnica, and expand to new locations around Imotski and Šibenik. The Spanish locations which were scouted are in Andalusia, namely the Alhambra of Granada, the Alcázar of Seville and the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos of Córdoba. On July 2, 2014, U.S. ambassador to Spain James Costos confirmed at an economic forum meeting that Game of Thrones would be filming in the country. HBO later confirmed the same day that Seville was selected as the primary filming location, as well as other sites in the surrounding province of Seville. The Alcázar of Seville served as the Water Gardens, the seaside palace of House Martell located just outside of Sunspear, the capital of Dorne. The Alcázar is the oldest palace still in use in Europe, acting as a part-time residence for the present Spanish royal family. The site was first fortified in 712, and the Almohads expanded it in the twelfth century, making it a royal residence in 1248. Extensive additions were also made in subsequent centuries. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987. The Alcázar was previously used in Ridley Scott's 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven as the filming location for the court of the king of Jerusalem. Locations were scouted in Seville as well as the nearby town of Osuna. Fresco Film Productions put out an open casting call via Facebook for extras in the area. Rosario Andújar, the mayor of Osuna, stated in El Mundo that the scouted locations include the Plaza de Toros (a bull ring with sandstone walls, over a century old), the university (built in 1548, with four towers and influenced by the Italian Renaissance, La Colegiata (a church founded in 1535), and the Canteras de Osuna (the old quarries that supplied stone for the town). On July 3, 2014 it was reported that filming would briefly return to Iceland, but would not feature any major characters, instead focusing on landscape shots. Line producer Snorri Þórisson confirmed that the show intended to film a battle in Iceland in the month of November, but that with rewrites, the scene grew too large. It is difficult to film protracted battle scenes in Iceland during the fall due to the very limited daylight hours. It is unclear if this was a reference to the Massacre at Hardhome or the battle in the ice. On July 13, 2014, it was confirmed that filming would begin in September in the town of Šibenik, Croatia, which largely represented Braavos. St. James Cathedral was used as the basis for the headquarters of the Iron Bank of Braavos. The cathedral is the center of Croatia's Catholic Church and the see of the Šibenik diocese. The basilica, which is in the UNESO World Heritage list, is widely considered to be the most important example of Renaissance architecture in the country. On July 27, 2014, in an interview with Sophie Turner, she confirmed that she would start filming in Belfast on Wednesday July 30. On August 9, 2014, it was confirmed that the production team in Spain would be filming in one of Osuna's active bull-fighting rings, the Plaza de Toros, but that actual filming in the ring might not take place until October. Bull fights are held at the Plaza de Toros annually, events which end with bulls actually being killed in the arena. On August 11, 2014, WatchersOnTheWall.com reported that 86 year-old actor actor J.J. Murphy died a matter of days after filming his first scenes as Denys Mallister, the commander of the Shadow Tower, the westernmost active castle on the Wall. The same day, Benioff and Weiss made an official statement via HBO's twitter account that the role would not be recast: "We will not be recasting J.J. Murphy. He was a lovely man, and the best Denys Mallister we could have hoped for. And now his watch is ended." In the end, Murphy's role was brief and Mallister had no lines of dialogue. This makes Denys the second posthumous character appearing in the TV series (as well as the second cast member who has died): actress Margaret John, who played Old Nan, died only two months before Season 1 premiered, though all of her scenes had already been completed. On August 24, 2014, WatchersOnTheWall.com reported that filming would again return to Diocletian's Palace in Croatia. This site was an ancient Roman palace built by emperor Diocletian in the fourth century. Despite the name, it resembles a fortress more than a palace (in fact, only half of it was Diocletian's residence, and the other half housed a large military garrison.) The cellars of the palace were previously used as the underground passageways in Meereen during Season 4, and they were used for this purpose again. On September 3, 2014, Kristian Nairn (Hodor) revealed that he would not be returning in Season 5: "We're not actually in Season Five, by the way. We have a season off. We have a year’s hiatus...Solely because, I imagine, our storyline is up to the end of the books. - So I get a year off now." Although Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who plays Bran, seemed to imply he would be back, it was later confirmed Bran would indeed not be in the fifth season. On October 6, 2014, Art Parkinson (Rickon) confirmed that he and Natalia Tena (Osha) would not be returning in Season 5. On October 14, 2014, Game of Thrones production units were observed filming in Córdoba, Spain, at the Roman Bridge of Córdoba, a famous landmark in the Historic Center of Córdoba built in the first century BC. The bridge has been restored and renovated several times across the ages, and now only two of the arches are from the original Roman construction. Benioff and Weiss confirmed the bridge would represent the Long Bridge of Volantis. That same week, Benioff and Weiss spoke in a special event at the Teatro Central de Sevilla. They confirmed that there would be flashbacks in Season 5, despite their previous assertions that there would never be flashbacks on the TV show. They did experiment with using flashbacks in the unscreened pilot, but afterwards felt that it broke up the dramatic pacing. The books themselves do not have straightforward "flashback scenes", but POV narrators will remember or recall past events at length (i.e. when Jaime explains why he actually killed the Mad King, in "Kissed by Fire"). In the end, season five featured a single scene of this sort: the first episode opened with a flashback to when Cersei was young and visited Maggy. There are so many standing sets built for the show in Season 5 that the production is starting to run out of space. Increasingly, new sets are built in smaller areas, making it more difficult for Directors of Photography to set up lighting and backings. The smaller interiors are filmed at Banbridge, while the larger spaces are housed at Titanic Studios.
Season 5 won a record-breaking 12 times in the 2015 Emmy Awards, including Best Drama.
Season 5 won awards in four major categories:
•Outstanding Drama Series
•Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series – David Nutter for the Season 5 finale, "Mother's Mercy"
•Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for "Mother's Mercy"
•Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister (who previously won in this category for his work in Season 1).
Season 5 became available for direct digital download (via iTunes) starting on August 31, 2015. This included the free behind-the-scenes featurettes previously released on the HBO Viewer's Guide website. The full season download was priced at $38.99 for HD, and $28.99 for SD (in US dollars).
Season 5 Blu-ray and DVD box sets were released on March 15, 2016. They are available for pre-order from Amazon.com, which prices the Blu-ray set at $72.98 and the DVD set at $53.99.
Features on the DVD release include:
•Anatomy of an Episode: "Mother's Mercy"
•The Real History Behind Game of Thrones – In a two-part series, historians and George R.R. Martin discuss the era known as “The Wars of the Roses” and other historical events that served as inspiration for his novels
•Audio Commentaries – Twelve audio commentaries with cast and crew:
- 2 min
- 108
Apr 13, 2015 · Read a detailed recap of the first episode of season 5, featuring Cersei's flashback, Tyrion and Varys' conversation, and a shocking death. Find out what happened in King's Landing, the Wall, and beyond in this fantasy hit.
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