The fifth season of Game of Thrones was commissioned past HBO on April eight, 2014, following a substantial increase in audience figures between the third and fourth seasons.^[iii] The fifth and sixth seasons were commissioned simultaneously, the starting time fourth dimension HBO has commissioned two seasons at once for a major drama serial.

The flavour consists of 10 episodes. It began filming in July 2014 and concluded on December 12, 2014.^[4] ^[v] David Benioff and D.B. Weiss return as executive producers and showrunners for both seasons five and 6, having signed a new ii-year contract with HBO in early 2014.

The season premiered on April 12, 2015.

Season v is mostly based on the 4th and fifth novels of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons, respectively. The storylines of the two books run meantime but follow different sets of characters.^[6]

1 Plot
2 Production
- 2.1 Adaptation
- 2.2 Bandage
  - two.two.1 Starring cast
  - two.2.2 Selected guest starring cast
- 2.3 Crew
  - two.iii.1 Producers
  - 2.3.2 Writers
  - 2.3.iii Directors
3 Episodes
4 Gallery
- 4.1 Videos
  - four.1.i Trailers
  - iv.one.2 Artisan Pieces
  - four.1.3 Backside the scenes
  - 4.1.4 The Buzz
- 4.2 Images
5 Awards
6 Media release
- vi.1 Deleted scenes
vii In the books
8 Come across also
9 References

Plot

Rex Joffrey Baratheon, poisoned at his own wedding ceremony.

Tywin Lannister shot expressionless on the privy by his own son Tyrion.

The War of the Five Kings, one time thought to be drawing to a close, is instead inbound a new and more chaotic stage. Westeros is on the brink of collapse, and many are seizing what they tin while the realm implodes, like a corpse making a feast for crows.

With Tywin expressionless and Tyrion gone, Queen Regent Cersei is now Head of Business firm Lannister and tasked with the burden of continuing her father'southward legacy.

Tywin Lannister is expressionless, shot on the privy past his long-abused dwarf son Tyrion. The crazed male child-king Joffrey Baratheon, Tywin'south grandson, is likewise expressionless after being poisoned at his ain wedding, and succeeded by his younger and more pliable brother, Tommen. Queen Cersei Lannister succeeds her father as the head of Business firm Lannister, and once again takes over as Queen Regent, as Tommen has even so to come up of historic period. Cersei has been blocked by several powerful men over the years, including her husband Rex Robert Baratheon and his friend Eddard Stark, but due to her betrayals they are both dead. At present with fifty-fifty Tywin and Joffrey expressionless, and Tyrion fleeing the realm, there are no more checks on Cersei's power, and she is essentially the Ruling Queen of the Seven Kingdoms in all simply proper noun. Notwithstanding, Cersei is neither a primary strategist nor a skilled diplomat (unlike her father and blood brother) and she faces mounting crises that would accept strained even their abilities.

Business firm Lannister and its allies have managed to crush House Stark, but in many ways it was a pyrrhic victory. The Iron Throne was already in massive debt to strange banks before the war even began, and the Lannisters' immense wartime spending increased the crown's debts to crippling levels. The Lannisters must now desperately attempt to placate the Iron Bank of Braavos, by far the largest of the strange banks, and the one which the crown owes almost of its huge debts to.

The Riverlands have been reduced to a burned-out wasteland by the war.

The game of thrones is, unfortunately, not a simple game of cyvasse in which the pieces tin can exist speedily reassembled: vast swathes of Westeros accept been devastated by civil war, and it may take a full generation for them to rebuild. The Riverlands, where almost of the war was fought, accept been reduced to a burned out husk. Nominally the Lannisters and their House Frey allies command the Riverlands, but information technology has been reduced to a lawless and corpse-filled devastation, hardly controlled by anyone. Winter is fast budgeted, but instead of stockpiling harvests the by few years, the great lords have been busy destroying ane of the main stomach regions of the Vii Kingdoms. Combined with the realm'southward massive debts to foreign banks, starvation level weather are starting to set in for the smallfolk across the realm. Outraged by the willful indifference of their rulers to their well-being for and so long, commoners are starting to fall dorsum onto old cultural touchstones, channeling their frustration into religious fanaticism. A pop disgust movement spreads across Westeros, and makes its way to the majuscule.

A power-struggle is growing between Cersei Lannister and Margaery Tyrell, at present married to Rex Tommen.

Calculation to these woes is the increasing rivalry between the Lannisters and their Tyrell allies, specifically betwixt Cersei and Margaery Tyrell. The Lannisters only managed to win on the battlefield with the armies and food resources won by their alliance with the House Tyrell of the Reach. Now that Tywin is expressionless, and Margaery is soon to be King Tommen's queen, the Tyrells are no longer pretending to exist polite to the Lannisters, but openly demanding greater concessions and key positions of ability. With half of the Lannister armies slaughtered by Robb Stark during the war, their fiscal resources depleted, and the Tyrells controlling the only major breadbasket region untouched past the war, the Lannisters are having to face up the reality that the Tyrells concord numerous advantages over them. Simply every bit Robert Baratheon became male monarch only to become dependent on the support of the Lannisters, the Lannisters accept now become dependant on the Tyrells.

Tyrion and Varys abscond to the Free Cities after Tyrion kills Tywin.

Without the political apprehending of Tywin or Tyrion, Queen Regent Cersei struggles to address these major challenges. Adding even further to her woes is that the rex'southward pocket-sized council has been gutted, with Hand of the Rex Tywin dead, Master of Coin Petyr Baelish leaving for the Eyrie, and both Tyrion and Principal of Whisperers Varys fleeing the capital metropolis. Of the original minor council when the Lannisters first seized power, but Grand Maester Pycelle remains.

Besides the Reach, only the regions which have remained neutral so far still take all of their armies and resources intact: the Vale, ruled by House Arryn, and Dorne, ruled by House Martell. With nearly all the other Neat Houses defeated or one-half-exhausted, the fresh armies of the Vale and Dorne can drastically change the political playing field, depending on which side they choose to join.

Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish, the true catalyst of the Stark-Lannister war, now rules every bit regent of the Vale, gathering his strength - and joined by his ward "Alayne".

The ultimate upshot of the war was to exhaust the Starks, Lannisters, and other Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms - exactly equally Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish had planned. The secret builder of the conflict, it was Littlefinger who was responsible for poisoning Robert's Manus, Jon Arryn, by conspiring with his own married woman Lysa Arryn. Littlefinger so engineered the betrayal of Eddard Stark, simply to afterward assist Olenna Tyrell in assassinating King Joffrey at his own wedding. Baelish has at present murdered Lysa, mere days afterwards nuptials her, and seized power over the Vale as regent for her immature son. For the moment, Baelish remains in the Vale, consolidating his new concur over the Vale lords through his stepson Robin and his position as Lord Protector of the Vale. Alongside Baelish is the blackness-haired "Alayne", his ward and "niece" - secretly, Sansa Stark, who fell into Littlefinger'due south custody after he helped her escape her long imprisonment at Joffrey's purple court.

The Dornishmen are furious over the decease of Oberyn Martell in a duel with Gregor Clegane.

Oberyn'southward daughters threaten Cersei past sending her a dead viper with her girl Myrcella's lion pendant stuffed in its mouth.

In the deserts of the deep south of Westeros, the people of Dorne demand vengeance for the death of Prince Oberyn, who died in a trial past combat at the easily of Ser Gregor Clegane. Leading the telephone call to enter the war against the Lannisters are Oberyn's paramour, Ellaria Sand, and the eldest of his eight daughters: Obara, Nymeria, and Tyene. But Doran Martell, the Prince of Dorne and Oberyn'southward older blood brother, continues to urge restraint. Further complicating the matter is that early in the war, the Lannisters bribed the Martells into staying neutral by offering a marriage-alliance, sending Cersei's daughter Myrcella to Dorne to betroth her to Doran'south son Trystane. Myrcella is still a ward living in Dorne's capital, Sunspear.

King Stannis Baratheon'southward forces unexpectedly arrived at the Wall to salve the Night's Lookout man from Mance Rayder.

The almost dire situation in Westeros, however, is in the N and at the Wall. The massive assault confronting Castle Blackness past the wildling regular army of Mance Rayder was defeated at the final moment by the surprise arrival of Stannis Baratheon and his remaining forces. Stannis withdrew from his island stronghold Dragonstone to attain the Wall past sea, to defend the realm of which he feels he is the only rightful rex. With his dwelling territories in the Stormlands overrun, Stannis needs to win the allegiance of Robb Stark'due south defeated bannermen, to rally the North again equally a springboard against Lannister rule, likewise as the support of Jon Snow, who therefore must walk a political tightrope between Stannis and his vows, since the Night's Watch is sworn to strict political neutrality. Though the battle against the wildlings is all but over, the Night'due south Watch is in its own dire atmospheric condition. With almost all of the Watch'due south top officers either killed or missing, amid them Lord Commander Jeor Mormont and First Ranger Benjen Stark, the organization has been left leaderless during this fourth dimension of crisis, and therefore volition have to navigate a contentious election for a new Lord Commander. All the while, the White Walkers and their ever-growing regular army of the dead are bearing down on the Wall itself, intent on spilling over information technology to destroy the lands of men beyond, who remain ignorant of the long-forgotten but all-likewise-real danger.

Roose Bolton personally killed Robb Stark at the Red Wedding, and was appointed the new Warden of the North equally a reward.

Roose'southward sociopathic son Ramsay is at present Lord of Winterfell under his male parent, and has "remade" Theon Greyjoy into his broken servant, Reek.

The primary armies of the Northern Houses, however, were slaughtered in the s at the Cherry-red Wedding, and the large chief army of House Bolton has just returned to the North following the recapture of Moat Cailin. The Boltons switched to the Lannister side during the expose at the Red Wedding ceremony, during which their leader Lord Roose Bolton personally killed Robb Stark, and they take been installed every bit the new rulers of the North in the proper noun of King Tommen and the Lannisters. With the other Northern Houses defeated and weakened, the Lannister-backed Bolton regular army tin now suppress whatsoever feeble opposition to their rule. Meanwhile, Roose's sociopathic bastard son Ramsay Snow - now legitimized as Ramsay Bolton - is the new Lord of Winterfell under his begetter, reoccupying the castle which he personally burned out previously. With the Boltons in ability, Ramsay is now free to commit numerous atrocities throughout the North, such as flaying men alive and hunting and killing young women for sport.

However, the struggle for the North is not withal over. Various areas of the Northward'southward western declension are still held past ironborn invaders nether Balon Greyjoy, who chose to crown himself equally King of the Iron Islands and attack the Northward during Robb Stark's march south rather than marry with him against the Lannisters. Balon'due south son and heir, Theon, who himself was a ward of Lord Eddard Stark and 1 of Robb's closest advisors, turned on the Starks and led the assault himself only was betrayed by his ain men and is now a prisoner of the Boltons, having been brutally flayed, tortured, and psychologically broken by Ramsay himself, who has reduced Theon to his personal slave, "Reek".

Jon must deal not merely with the Picket only besides with Stannis.

The Dark's Lookout faces a difficult election for a new Lord Commander.

East of Westeros, afterwards murdering his ain male parent, Tyrion Lannister has fled across the Narrow Sea to the Free Cities, his future intentions unknown even to himself. Accompanied by Varys, he arrives in the due east, unaware that the old Chief of Whisperers might yet take secrets to reveal. Further north, meanwhile, representatives from the Iron Throne travel to the Gratis Urban center of Braavos to assuage the Iron Bank'due south frustrations about all of the money the Lannisters owe. Unbeknownst to all, Arya Stark has also fled to Braavos, due to a favor she was owed for saving the life of 1 of the mysterious gild of assassins in Braavos known as the Faceless Men.

Daenerys Targaryen has been forced to concatenation upwards her uncontrollable dragons.

The dragons chained in a cavern underneath Meereen.

Further east in Slaver'south Bay, Daenerys Targaryen's concord over Meereen has become very precarious, equally ruling the city is becoming much more difficult than conquering it was. Sectarian violence is rampant between the sometime slaves and former slave-masters, revenge attacks are on the rise, and the resurgent slavers at Yunkai are rallying all those who oppose her. Daenerys'southward three dragons, now growing to unsafe size, accept become uncontrollable and she can no longer rely upon them to defeat her enemies on the battlefield. Drogon burned a child to expiry while he was hunting and fled the city, forcing Daenerys to chain upwards the remaining two dragons in the caverns underneath the city. In addition, Daenerys is still distraught over the recent revelations concerning her once-trusted advisor Jorah Mormont, whom she exiled from the metropolis as punishment. Her remaining advisors Ser Barristan Selmy, Missandei, and the sellsword Daario Naharis attempt to help concord her reign together.

Merely unbeknownst to Daenerys, discussion has finally spread to Westeros that the terminal living Targaryen heir has hatched three alive dragons. No longer a mere curiosity halfway beyond the world, several dissimilar factions in Westeros are now pondering how Daenerys and her dragons will factor into the already confusing and multi-sided civil war all the same tearing the Vii Kingdoms autonomously. Envoys are beginning to head due east to court Daenerys'south allegiance: but those who try to dance with dragons run the run a risk of being burned.

Production

Location scouting for Season v took place in Croatia and Spain. Filming in Republic of croatia would continue in and effectually Dubrovnik, Split, and Žrnovnica, and expand to new locations around Imotski and Šibenik.^[vii] 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.^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

On July ii, 2014, U.S. administrator to Kingdom of spain James Costos confirmed at an economic forum coming together that Game of Thrones would exist filming in the land. HBO later confirmed the same day that Seville was selected every bit the master filming location, as well as other sites in the surrounding province of Seville.^[11] The Alcázar of Seville served as the Water Gardens, the seaside palace of House Martell located only outside of Sunspear, the capital letter of Dorne. The Alcázar is the oldest palace even so in use in Europe, interim as a office-time residence for the nowadays Castilian imperial family unit. The site was starting time fortified in 712, and the Almohads expanded it in the 12th century, making it a royal residence in 1248. Extensive additions were also fabricated in subsequent centuries. Information technology was declared a UNESCO Globe Heritage site in 1987. The Alcázar was previously used in Ridley Scott's 2005 pic Kingdom of Heaven as the filming location for the court of the male monarch of Jerusalem.^[12]

Locations were scouted in Seville also as the nearby boondocks of Osuna.^[13] Fresco Film Productions put out an open casting phone call via Facebook for extras in the surface area.^[14] 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 (congenital in 1548, with 4 towers and influenced by the Italian Renaissance, La Colegiata (a church founded in 1535), and the Canteras de Osuna (the old quarries that supplied rock for the town).^[15]

On July 3, 2014 it was reported that filming would briefly render to Iceland, but would not characteristic whatsoever major characters, instead focusing on landscape shots. Line producer Snorri Þórisson confirmed that the testify intended to film a battle in Republic of iceland in the month of November, only that with rewrites, the scene grew too big. It is hard to film protracted battle scenes in Iceland during the autumn due to the very limited daylight hours.^[16] It is unclear if this was a reference to the Massacre at Hardhome or the Battle of Winterfell.

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 Banking concern of Braavos.^[17] The cathedral is the center of Croatia'south Cosmic Church and the come across of the Šibenik diocese. The basilica, which is in the UNESO World Heritage list, is widely considered to exist the most important instance of Renaissance architecture in the country.

On July 27, 2014, in an interview with Sophie Turner, she confirmed that she would offset filming in Belfast on Wednesday July 30.^[18]

On August nine, 2014, it was confirmed that the product team in Espana would be filming in one of Osuna'southward agile bull-fighting rings, the Plaza de Toros, just that actual filming in the ring might not take place until October.^[nineteen] Bull fights are held at the Plaza de Toros annually, events which end with bulls actually existence killed in the loonshit.^[20]

On Baronial xi, 2014, WatchersOnTheWall.com reported that 86 year-quondam thespian actor J.J. Murphy died a matter of days subsequently filming his first scenes as Denys Mallister, the commander of the Shadow Tower, the westernmost active castle on the Wall.^[21] The aforementioned solar day, Benioff and Weiss made an official argument via HBO'south twitter account that the role would not be recast: "We volition not be recasting J.J. Potato. He was a lovely man, and the all-time Denys Mallister nosotros could have hoped for. And now his watch is concluded."^[22] In the end, Murphy'due south role was brief and Mallister had no lines of dialogue. This makes Denys the second posthumous character appearing in the Idiot box serial (as well as the second cast fellow member who has died): actress Margaret John, who played Old Nan, died only ii months before Flavor i premiered, though all of her scenes had already been completed.

On August 24, 2014, WatchersOnTheWall.com reported that filming would once more return to Diocletian's Palace in Croatia. This site was an aboriginal 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 over again.^[23]

On September three, 2014, Kristian Nairn (Hodor) revealed that he would not exist returning in Season 5: "We're not actually in Season V, by the way. We take a season off. We have a year'southward hiatus...Solely because, I imagine, our storyline is up to the end of the books. - And then I get a twelvemonth off now." ^[24] Although Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who plays Bran, seemed to imply he would be back^[25], it was later on confirmed Bran would indeed non be in the 5th flavour.^[26] On October 6, 2014, Art Parkinson (Rickon) confirmed that he and Natalia Tena (Osha) would not exist returning in Season v.^[27]

On October fourteen, 2014, Game of Thrones production units were observed filming in Córdoba, Spain, at the Roman Bridge of Córdoba^[28], a famous landmark in the Celebrated 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.^[29]

That same week, Benioff and Weiss spoke in a special upshot at the Teatro Central de Sevilla. They confirmed that there would be flashbacks in Season 5, despite their previous assertions that in that location would never be flashbacks on the TV show.^[xxx] They did experiment with using flashbacks in the unaired pilot episode, but afterwards felt that information technology bankrupt upwardly the dramatic pacing. The books themselves do not accept straightforward "flashback scenes", but POV narrators will call back or recollect past events at length (i.due east. when Jaime explains why he actually killed the Mad King, in "Kissed by Burn"). In the end, flavor five featured a single scene of this sort: the outset episode opened with a flashback to when Cersei was young and visited Maggy.

There are and so many standing sets built for the evidence in Season 5 that the production is starting to run out of space. Increasingly, new sets are congenital in smaller areas, making it more difficult for Directors of Photography to fix lighting and backings. The smaller interiors are filmed at Banbridge, while the larger spaces are housed at Titanic Studios.^[31]

Adaptation

Principal article: Game of Thrones#Adaptation process and communicable upwardly with the books

While developing Season iv, Benioff admitted that "Season 5 gives him nightmares"^[32]. However, in one case they actually had outlined the flavor, 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 Trip the light fantastic with Dragons, the fourth and 5th books of George R.R. Martin'south A Song of Ice and Burn saga.^[33]

The book series was originally planned equally a trilogy (A Game of Thrones, A Dance with Dragons and The Winds of Winter), but Martin realized his plot of "book i" would accept to be expanded into three novels (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords), which means the kickoff three books are "Deed 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 every bit a single tome, so he cut it into ii books that take place meantime: in very crude 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 accept identify elsewhere (such every bit the Night's Lookout man at the Wall, Tyrion as he escapes to the Free Cities, and Daenerys in Slaver'south Bay). Season 5 will present the events featured in these two books in chronological order, intercutting between the 2 clusters of storylines.

On the one mitt, this combination of novels could easily span two seasons, since it would be longer than A Storm of Swords, which was adapted into the tertiary season and near of the fourth one. On the other hand, whereas the Red Hymeneals happens effectually the heart of the tertiary 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 2 novels had already been advanced to Season 4 (everything after Daenerys took Meereen, everything after Brienne left Rex's Landing to look for Sansa, Sansa'southward story afterwards Lady Lysa'south death, Bran's whole story and the Fall of Moat Cailin), while other storylines were delayed to Flavour 6 (the Ironborn and Riverlands subplots, Arya's blind period and Sam arriving at Oldtown.) Ultimately, however, the majority of these books was still adapted into Flavor 5. Despite some condensations, Jon Snowfall at the Wall, Cersei and the Tyrells in King'due south Landing, Tyrion heading to Meereen, and Daenerys in Meereen comprehend 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 2d one-half of Season v. In the novels, Stannis leaves the Wall to begin his campaign in the North simply about 1 tertiary 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 split 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 express screentime dedicated to it that the master parts of it didn't appear, nor did several major characters, such equally arguably the storyline's main graphic symbol —Doran's girl and heir, Arianne Martell, who is actually a POV narrator. Tyrion'south storyline as he was heading east to Meereen introduced a major new subplot involving a major political shakeup in the Free Cities, only this was cut completely from Season v, and it volition probably be omitted in the futurity.

Bandage

Primary article: Game of Thrones Season v/Cast

Starring cast

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister (x episodes)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister (7 episodes)
Lena Headey every bit Cersei Lannister (viii episodes)
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen (8 episodes)
Kit Harington as Jon Snowfall (9 episodes)
Aidan Gillen as Petyr Baelish (6 episodes)
Charles Trip the light fantastic as Tywin Lannister ("The Wars to Come")
Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell (5 episodes)
Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon (8 episodes)
Liam Cunningham equally Davos Seaworth (7 episodes)
Carice van Houten as Melisandre (6 episodes)
Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand (5 episodes)
Sophie Turner equally Sansa Stark (9 episodes)
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark (half-dozen episodes)
John Bradley as Samwell Tarly (9 episodes)
Kristofer Hivju as Tormund (5 episodes)
Hannah Murray as Gilly (six episodes)
Alfie Allen as Reek/Theon Greyjoy (6 episodes)
Conleth Colina as Varys (4 episodes)
Jerome Flynn as Bronn (6 episodes)
Gwendoline Christie equally Brienne of Tarth (vi episodes)
Michiel Huisman as Daario Naharis (vii episodes)
Nathalie Emmanuel every bit Missandei (7 episodes)
Dean-Charles Chapman as Tommen Baratheon (v 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 every bit Jorah Mormont (viii episodes)

Selected invitee starring cast

Brenock O'Connor every bit Olly (nine episodes)
Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett (8 episodes)
Owen Teale as Alliser Thorne (7 episodes)
Ian Beattie every bit Meryn Trant (6 episodes)
Tara Fitzgerald as Selyse Baratheon (half dozen episodes)
Joel Fry equally Hizdahr zo Loraq (six episodes)
Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne (six episodes)
Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm (5 episodes)
Roger Ashton-Griffiths equally Mace Tyrell (5 episodes)
Keisha Castle-Hughes as Obara Sand (5 episodes)
Nell Tiger Complimentary as Myrcella Baratheon (5 episodes)
Julian Glover as Pycelle (5 episodes)
Jessica Henwick as Nymeria Sand (v episodes)
Kerry Ingram equally Shireen Baratheon (5 episodes)
Anton Lesser as Qyburn (five episodes)
DeObia Oparei equally Areo Hotah (5 episodes)
Jonathan Pryce as the Loftier Sparrow (five 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 (four episodes)
Faye Marsay every bit the Waif (four episodes)
Ian McElhinney as Barristan Selmy (iv 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 every bit Ser Kevan Lannister (3 episodes)
Peter Vaughan every bit Aemon (3 episodes)
Hannah Waddingham equally Septa Unella (3 episodes)
Paul Bentley as the High Septon (2 episodes)
Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell (two episodes)
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Gregor Clegane ("Mother'south Mercy")
Richard Brake as Night King ("Hardhome")
Lino Facioli every bit Robin Arryn ("The Wars to Come")
Marker Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris ("The Dance of Dragons")
Ciaran Hinds equally Mance Rayder ("The Wars to Come")
Rupert Vansittart as Yohn Royce ("The Wars to Come")

Coiffure

Regular directors Neil Marshall, Alex Graves, Alik Sakharov, and Michelle MacLaren are not returning for Season v. Notably, this is also the beginning time since Flavor 2 that no episodes are directed past the executive producers, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. MacLaren'south difference also makes Season 5 the starting time since Season 2 with no female director. MacLaren is the merely female person manager who e'er worked on the Television receiver serial, producing 2 episodes in Flavour 3 and another 2 in Season four.

George R.R. Martin stated he would not exist writing an episode, as he has done in every previous season, because he wants to focus on finishing The Winds of Winter, the 6th novel in the volume series.^[34] Meanwhile, Dave Hill, the erstwhile assistant for Benioff and Weiss and the author of the Histories & Lore brusque 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.

The entire production crew that worked on Season 5, spread beyond several countries, consisted of roughly 1,000 people. Of them, about 750 worked in Northern Ireland - that is, nigh 250 worked exclusively in other countries, but many of those who worked at the production's abode base in Northern Ireland also visited filming locations in other countries.^[35] Of these, the entire costuming section includes about 100 people (including major designers, embroiderers, hairstylists, cleaners, cloth-agers, sorters and fitters, and metal armor forgers).^[36] As for the cast in Season 5, the show employed 166 actors who had speaking roles, and another 5,000 extras for crowd scenes.^[37]

Producers

David Benioff: executive producer & showrunner
D.B. Weiss: executive producer & showrunner
Bernadette Caulfield: executive producer
Frank Doelger: executive producer
Carolyn Strauss: executive producer
George R.R. Martin: co-executive producer
Vince Gerardis: co-executive producer
Guymon Casady: co-executive producer
Greg Spence: producer
Chris Newman: producer
Bryan Cogman: producer
Lisa McAtackney: producer
Michele Clapton: costume designer
Deborah Riley: product designer
Ramin Djawadi: composer
Nina Gold: casting director
Robert Sterne: casting director

Writers

David Benioff & D.B. Weiss: episodes 1, 2, iii, 7, eight, ix and 10
Dave Hill: episode 4
Bryan Cogman: episodes v and 6

Directors

Michael Slovis: episodes 1 and 2
Mark Mylod: episodes 3 and four
Jeremy Podeswa: episodes 5 and 6
Miguel Sapochnik: episodes 7 and 8
David Nutter: episodes nine and 10

Episodes

#	Title	Airdate	Viewers
41	"The Wars to Come"	April 12, 2015	eight.00
41	Cersei and Jaime adjust to a world without Tywin. Varys reveals a conspiracy to Tyrion. Dany faces a new threat to her dominion. Jon is caught betwixt 2 kings.
42	"The House of Black and White"	April nineteen, 2015	6.81
42	Arya arrives in Braavos. Stannis tempts Jon.
43	"High Sparrow"	April 26, 2015	6.71
43	Cersei does justice. Arya see the Many-Faced God. Tyrion walks the Long Bridge of Volantis.
44	"Sons of the Harpy"	May iii, 2015	half-dozen.82
44	The Faith Militant grow increasingly aggressive. Jaime and Bronn head south. Ellaria and the Sand Snakes vow vengeance.
45	"Kill the Boy"	May 10, 2015	6.56
45	Dany makes a difficult decision in Meereen. Jon recruits the help of an unexpected ally. Brienne searches for Sansa. Theon remains nether Ramsay'southward control.
46	"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"	May 17, 2015	6.24
46	Arya trains. Jorah and Tyrion run into slavers. Trystane and Myrcella make plans. Jaime and Bronn achieve their destination. The Sand Snakes attack.
47	"The Gift"	May 24, 2015	v.40
47	Jon prepares for disharmonize. Sansa tries to talk to Theon. Brienne waits for a sign. Stannis remains stubborn. Jaime attempts to reconnect with family.
48	"Hardhome"	May 31, 2015	seven.01
48	Arya makes progress in her training. Sansa confronts an old friend. Cersei struggles. Jon travels.
49	"The Trip the light fantastic toe of Dragons"	June 7, 2015	7.xiv
49	Stannis confronts a troubling decision. Jon returns to the Wall. Mace visits the Iron Bank. Arya encounters someone from her past. Dany reluctantly oversees a traditional celebration of athleticism.
50	"Mother's Mercy"	June 14, 2015	eight.11
50	Stannis marches. Dany is surrounded by strangers. Cersei seeks forgiveness. Jon is challenged.

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Awards

Game of Thrones Season 5 won a record-breaking 12 times in the 2015 Emmy Awards, including Best Drama.^[38]

Season 5 won awards in 4 major categories:

Outstanding Drama Serial
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series – David Nutter for the Season 5 finale, "Female parent'southward 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 piece of work in Flavor 1).

Flavor 5 also won in eight technical categories, awarded at the Creative Arts Emmys:

Outstanding Special Visual Effects – "The Dance of Dragons"
Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) – "Mother's Mercy"
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Or Fantasy Program (One Hr Or More) – "High Sparrow" – Deborah Riley, Product Designer
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture show Editing For A Drama Serial – "The Dance of Dragons"
Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series – Casting Directors Nina Gold, Robert Sterne, and Carla Stronge
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series – "Hardhome"
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Serial (1 60 minutes) – "Hardhome"
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Serial, Limited Series Or Movie – Rowley Irlam, Stunt Coordinator

Many major critics and review sources, nevertheless, reacted to the wins past expressing that Season 5 was probably the weakest season of Game of Thrones to date - compared to its ain prior seasons. This led to discussion near whether the Emmy voting organisation was skewed or out of bear on. 2 general positions developed:

The offset grouping of critics felt that Flavour 5 did not deserve these Emmy wins (particularly Best Drama) in and of itself, but it has become common practice for the awards to be given to series that are "due" - series that should have won in prior awards years merely were overshadowed by competition from other series. Game of Thrones never won Best Drama in its commencement four seasons - fifty-fifty later the climactic and critically very well received events of the third and 4th seasons, when it was competing against other shows such as Breaking Bad or Mad Men which were also considered to be in their prime. While Season 4 of Game of Thrones gained widespread praise, it competed at the Emmys confronting the universally praised final season of Breaking Bad (fifty-fifty Benioff and Weiss have said they are massive fans of what Breaking Bad achieved). These critics argued, in short, that Season 5 was not Emmy-worthy material but the win was meant to make upward for by seasons when they should have won. This led to further criticisms of the broader pattern of voting for serial that are considered to exist "due" for a win fifty-fifty if their current material doesn't deserve it.
The 2d camp of critics, while feeling that Season v was the weakest season of Game of Thrones to date, expressed that this was only in comparison to the very high standard fix by its own prior seasons - and moreover, because many other critically praised shows such as Breaking Bad were no longer airing, Season 5 of Game of Thrones only faced weaker competition - in which case, these critics felt that Season five indeed deserved to win on its own merits, given that the awards are relative to other shows that are ambulation in a given year.

Either style, many mail-Emmy critical reviews felt the need to express their view that Season 5 was the weakest season of the TV series then far (by its own standards), and ponder if it deserved such accolades in and of itself. These included: The Los Angeles Times, United states of america Today, Rolling Stone, Vulture, Vanity Fair, Multifariousness, Entertainment Weekly, Deadline, TheGuardian.com, Collider, BusinessInsider, io9, BuddyTV.com, Bustle, and HitFix, amongst others.

TechInsider was bewildered that Benioff and Weiss won the Best Writing for a Drama Series honour for the Season 5 finale "Mother's Mercy", given that it contained the strange and non sequitur line from Tyene Sand, "You want a practiced girl, but you need the bad pussy!" - which while not from the novels, is now officially part of a script that won an Emmy honor for Best Writing.^[39]

No major critical reviews of record expressed a view that Flavour 5 was actually better than the prior four seasons that did non win such awards.

Season 5 was nominated for two Writer's Guild of America Awards: the beginning for Drama Series, and the 2d for Episodic Drama (specifically Benioff and Weiss for the Season v finale, "Female parent's Mercy").^[forty]

Flavor 5 was nominated in the 2016 Producer Guild Awards, for the Norman Felton Honour for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Idiot box (Drama). The specific nominees are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, Bryan Cogman, Lisa McAtackney, Chris Newman, and Greg Spence.^[41]

Season 5 was nominated in 2 categories at the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards. The first nomination is for Outstanding Performance past an Ensemble in a Drama Series. The second nomination is Peter Dinklage (Tyrion) for Outstanding Functioning by a Male person Histrion in a Drama Serial.^[42]

Season 5 was nominated at the 2016 American Society of Cinematographers Awards. Cinematographer Fabian Wagner (BSC) was nominated in the "Episode of a Regular Series" category for the episode "Hardhome".^[43]

Season five was nominated at the 2016 Golden World Awards for Best Drama Serial.^[44]

Flavour 5 won the 2015 Screen Actors Social club accolade for Outstanding Action Operation by a Stunt Ensemble in a One-act or Drama Series.^[45]

Flavour 5 won the 2016 Art Directors Social club Award for Art Direction in a One-60 minutes Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Serial - specifically nominated for art management in the episodes "Loftier Sparrow", "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken", and "Hardhome". The entire art direction team was nominated, and the award was accustomed by lead Production Designer Deborah Riley.^[46]

Season 5 won four Video Effects Club Awards, for different effects in "The Dance of Dragons", "Hardhome", and the broad shots of Volantis in "High Sparrow".^[47]

Media release

Season 5 DVD box fix contents on display.

Season five became available for directly digital download (via iTunes) starting on Baronial 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 Hard disk, and $28.99 for SD (in U.s. dollars).

Season v Blu-ray and DVD box sets were released on March xv, 2016. They are bachelor for pre-order from Amazon.com, which prices the Blu-ray set at $72.98 and the DVD set at $53.99.^[48]

Features on the DVD release include:^[49]

Beefcake of an Episode: "Female parent's Mercy"
The Real History Behind Game of Thrones – In a two-office serial, 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 sound commentaries with cast and crew:
- Episode ane: Michael Slovis, David Franco, Ciarán Hinds
- Episode 2: Daniel Portman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gwendoline Christie
- Episode three: Deborah Riley, Anette Haellmigk, Michele Clapton
- Episode four: Natalie Dormer, Dean-Charles Chapman, Dave Colina, Marker Mylod
- Episode five: Michael McElhatton, Iwan Rheon, Gregory Middleton, Jeremy Podeswa
- Episode vi: Maisie Williams, Tom Wlaschiha, Bryan Cogman
- Episode 7: -
- Episode 8:
  - Rowley Irlam, Kristofer Hivju, Kit Harington, Miguel Sapochnik
  - Steve Kullback, Joe Bauer, Christopher Newman
  - Fabian Wagner, Sean Savage, David Morgan
- Episode 9:
  - David Nutter, Iain Glen, Peter Dinklage
  - Robert McLachlan, David Worley, Ben Wilson, Bernadette Caulfield
- Episode 10: Lena Heady, David Nutter, D.B. Weiss, David Benioff

4 deleted scenes
The behind-the-scenes featurettes for Flavour five already released for costless online, including new character and location profiles, and the "A Solar day in the Life" product documentary.

The Blu-ray release with Digital Copy includes all of the features on the DVD gear up, plus:

A digital copy of the entire season
An "in-Episode Guide" will also be included (possibly a copy of the online version).
Histories & Lore Season 5 - the next installment in the serial of blithe featurettes exploring the mythology a
The Dance of Dragons - an "in-depth featurette" on the civil war that tore Westeros in half 170 years before the TV series, in which Targaryen fought Targaryen and dragon fought dragon (as Shireen explained in episode 5.9).nd backstory of Westeros and Essos. Consists of xiv separate videos.

The "Trip the light fantastic of Dragons" featurette is actually a super-sized animated featurette, like the regular "Histories & Lore" series, but 20 minutes long to summarize the entire narrative of the civil war. Moreover, numerous cast members whose characters died before Season 5 and didn't appear in it are returning to reprise their roles, providing in-universe voiceover narration:^[l]

Pedro Pascal as Prince Oberyn Martell
Harry Lloyd equally Viserys Targaryen
Mark Addy as King Robert Baratheon
Michelle Fairley as Catelyn Stark
Jack Gleeson as King Joffrey Baratheon
Kerry Ingram as Princess Shireen Baratheon

Deleted scenes

Four divide deleted scenes from Flavour 5 are included in the DVD box set release.^[51] None of them contain significantly new information, and have little to no impact on longer story arcs - with the exception of the longest of the 4, a scene from the Season v premiere betwixt Missandei and Grey Worm which provides substantially more setup for their ongoing romantic human relationship subplot.

Missandei tells Grey Worm she fears for his rubber (1 minute thirty seconds long) - an extended version of the scene from episode v.1 "The Wars to Come" in which Missandei talks to Grey Worm while he's suiting upwardly in his armor with the other Unsullied, it fits in between when Missandei says "I wanted to speak to you" (then the other Unsullied leave) and she says that White Rat'due south torso was establish in a brothel. Missandei cautions Greyness Worm that the Unsullied are trained not to feel fear, but the Sons of the Harpy are insurgents who habiliment masks, ambushing from the shadows and so retreating to the shadows so they don't fifty-fifty have to face the Unsullied's combat prowess. She urges that she is afraid for his life, that he will be killed in a random set on. They exchange many knowing looks throughout, their common allure unspoken through the bad-mannered words they exchange. Missandei tells Grey Worm he must be careful and fight to protect himself: he looks concerned merely he says he fights for Queen Daenerys. And so the scene continues every bit in the aired version, she asks why many Unsullied like White Rat have been visiting brothels (as they are eunuchs), only he says he doesn't know and leaves.
Daario mocks Grey Worm (1 infinitesimal long) - from episode 5.2 "The Business firm of Black and White": Daario Naharis had merely returned to Meereen and is joining Gray Worm and some of his Unsullied in the narrow alleys of the city. Daario asks if he's happy to see him and Grey Worm admits yes, he tin aid them patrol the streets. Daario so begins lightly mocking Grey Worm by asking how Missandei is doing, and given Grey Worm'south condition as a eunuch, implies that he'd have problems satisfying her sexually - just equally a friend, Daario would always be willing to step in to fulfill her needs which Grayness Worm cannot satisfy. Grey Worm pauses and glares at him as the other Unsullied stop, only Daario finally gets the hint that his joking isn't funny, so he sheepishly changes the subject area and says yep, information technology is good that the queen has him and his men dorsum helping the Unsullied. The scene then proceeds to the portion that actually aired, with Daario saying that the Unsullied to too conspicuous for rooting out an insurgency in a city, they're meant for pitched battles, and their lack of fright ways they aren't proficient at guessing where frightened rebels would attempt to hide.
Jaime and Bronn en route to Dorne (1 minute long) - A longer version of the scene from episode 5.4 "Sons of the Harpy" in which Jaime Lannister and Bronn are discussing their mission. Instead of starting with Bronn asking "Why are we on a merchant transport?", information technology starts with Bronn cleaning his sword when Jaime comes below. Jaime criticizes that Bronn isn't being thorough enough and the blade needs more oil, only Bronn says a lowly sellsword similar him isn't commonly in a position to exist sentimental almost weapons; he says he one time saw a man in the Stormlands become back onto the battlefield to remember his lucky sword and he got an arrow through the eye for his troubles. Jaime counters that Bronn would care more if he had a proper loftier quality sword. Bronn sardonically agrees that yes, if he were wealthy plenty to afford an expensive sword, he'southward probably focus more than fourth dimension on caring for it - which he finally was on the verge of being rich, living at Castle Stokeworth, before Jaime dragged him along on this voyage. Jaime insists that a man like Bronn would get bored with a life of leisure and no fighting: Bronn says that's easy for Jaime to say, merely he was rather looking forward to having a life of leisure. The scene then proceeds as it did in the aired version, with Bronn irresolute the subject field to inquire why they're on a merchant ship, and Jaime explaining they will get out the send by rowboat in the night to sneak in to Dorne equally it passes.
Tormund and Alliser Thorne meet once more (i minute long) - evidently from episode five.5 "Kill the Male child", a stillshot of the scene was actually released as a promo paradigm for that episode when it aired. The scene follows upwards on how Tormund almost killed Ser Alliser Thorne during the Battle of Castle Black. Now, Tormund is being pb in chains through the courtyard of Castle Blackness. Every bit Ser Alliser Thorne walks by he coldly confronts him. Alliser scornfully notes that they're keeping him live, giving him food and a roof over his head, and asks Tormund if he knows what they'd be doing to Tormund if information technology were his decision. Tormund dryly guesses it would be something unpleasant - but because that isn't happening, Thorne must not be in charge anymore. Alliser silently looks annoyed and then leaves.^[52]

In the books

Main article: Differences betwixt books and Television receiver series/Game of Thrones Season v

The flavour generally follows the fourth and 5th novels A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons, and also contains scenes based on the concluding chapters of the 3rd novel A Tempest of Swords, and a few scenes based on the first novel A Game of Thrones and on sample chapters of the upcoming sixth novel.

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