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Game of Thrones is an American fantasydrama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is A Game of Thrones. The show was both produced and filmed in Belfast and elsewhere in the United Kingdom. Filming locations also included Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, and Spain.^[1] The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and concluded on May 19, 2019, with 73 episodes broadcast over eight seasons.

Set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, Game of Thrones has several plots and a large ensemble cast and follows several story arcs. One arc is about the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms and follows a web of alliances and conflicts among the noble dynasties either vying to claim the throne or fighting for independence from it. Another focuses on the last descendant of the realm's deposed ruling dynasty, who has been exiled and is plotting a return to the throne, while another story arc follows the Night's Watch, a brotherhood defending the realm against the fierce peoples and legendary creatures of the North.

Game of Thrones attracted a record viewership on HBO and has a broad, active, and international fan base. It was acclaimed by critics for its acting, complex characters, story, scope, and production values, although its frequent use of nudity and violence (including sexual violence) was criticized. The series received 58 Primetime Emmy Awards, the most by a drama series, including Outstanding Drama Series in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019. Its other awards and nominations include three Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation (2012–2014), a 2011 Peabody Award, and five nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama (2012 and 2015–2018). In 2019, the show's final season established a new record for most Emmy nominations received in the same year by any regular series with 32, breaking the 25 years long record of 26 nominations established by NYPD Blue in 1994; it also established Game of Thrones as the drama series with the most overall Emmy nominations, with a total of 161.^[2]

Of the ensemble cast, Peter Dinklage has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2011, 2015, 2018, and 2019) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2012) for his performance as Tyrion Lannister. Alfie Allen, Gwendoline Christie, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Diana Rigg, Carice van Houten, Max von Sydow, and Maisie Williams have also received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for their performances.

• 1Background
• 3Production
• 4Availability
• 5Reception and achievements
  • 5.2Critical response
• 6Other media and products

Background

Setting

Game of Thrones is roughly based on the storylines of A Song of Ice and Fire,^[3][4] set in the fictional Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and the continent of Essos. The series chronicles the violent dynastic struggles among the realm's noble families for the Iron Throne, while other families fight for independence from it. It opens with additional threats in the icy North and Essos in the east.^[5]

Showrunner David Benioff jokingly suggested 'The Sopranos in Middle-earth' as Game of Thrones'tagline, referring to its intrigue-filled plot and dark tone in a fantasy setting of magic and dragons.^[6] In a 2012 study, out of 40 recent television drama shows, Game of Thrones ranked second in deaths per episode, averaging 14 deaths.^[7]

Themes

The series is generally praised for what is perceived as a sort of medieval realism.^[8][9] George R.R. Martin set out to make the story feel more like historical fiction than contemporary fantasy, with less emphasis on magic and sorcery and more on battles, political intrigue, and the characters, believing that magic should be used moderately in the epic fantasy genre.^[10][11][12] Martin has stated that 'the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.'^[13]

A common theme in the fantasy genre is the battle between good and evil, which Martin says does not mirror the real world.^[14] Just like people's capacity for good and for evil in real life, Martin explores the questions of redemption and character change.^[15] The series allows the audience to view different characters from their perspective, unlike in many other fantasies, and thus the supposed villains can provide their side of the story.^[12][16] Benioff said, 'George brought a measure of harsh realism to high fantasy. He introduced gray tones into a black-and-white universe.'^[12]

In early seasons, under the influence of the A Song of Ice and Fire books, main characters were regularly killed off, and this was credited with developing tension among viewers.^[17] In later seasons, critics pointed out that certain characters had developed 'plot armor' to survive in unlikely circumstances, and attributed this to Game of Thrones deviating from the novels to become more of a traditional television series.^[17] The series also reflects the substantial death rates in war.^[18][19]

Inspirations and derivations

Although the first season closely follows the events of the first novel, later seasons have made significant changes. According to David Benioff, the series is 'about adapting the series as a whole and following the map George laid out for us and hitting the major milestones, but not necessarily each of the stops along the way'.^[20]

The novels and their adaptations base aspects of their settings, characters, and plot on events in European history.^[21] Most of Westeros is reminiscent of high medieval Europe, from lands and cultures,^[22] to the palace intrigue, feudal system, castles, and knightly tournaments. A principal inspiration for the novels is the English Wars of the Roses^[23] (1455–1485) between the houses of Lancaster and York, reflected in Martin's houses of Lannister and Stark. The scheming Cersei Lannister evokes Isabella, the 'she-wolf of France' (1295–1358).^[21] She and her family, as portrayed in Maurice Druon's historical novel series, The Accursed Kings, were a main inspiration of Martin's.^[24]

Other historical antecedents of series elements include Hadrian's Wall (which becomes Martin's Wall), the Roman Empire, and the legend of Atlantis (ancient Valyria), Byzantine Greek fire ('wildfire'), Icelandic sagas of the Viking Age (the Ironborn), the Mongol hordes (the Dothraki), the Hundred Years' War, and the Italian Renaissance.^[21] The series' popularity has been attributed, in part, to Martin's skill at fusing these elements into a seamless, credible version of alternate history.^[21] Martin acknowledges, 'I take [history] and I file off the serial numbers and I turn it up to 11.'^[25]

Cast and characters

Game of Thrones has an ensemble cast estimated to be the largest on television;^[26] during its third season, 257 cast names were recorded.^[27] In 2014, several actor contracts were renegotiated to include a seventh-season option, with raises which reportedly made them among the highest-paid performers on cable television.^[28] In 2016, several actor contracts were again renegotiated, reportedly increasing the salary of five of the main cast members to $1 million per episode for the last two seasons, which would make them the highest paid actors on television.^[29] The main cast is listed below.^[30]

Lord Eddard 'Ned' Stark (Sean Bean) is the head of House Stark, whose members are involved in plotlines throughout most of the series. He and his wife, Catelyn Tully (Michelle Fairley), have five children: Robb (Richard Madden), the eldest; followed by Sansa (Sophie Turner), Arya (Maisie Williams), Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), and Rickon (Art Parkinson). Ned's illegitimate son Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and his friend Samwell Tarly (John Bradley) serve in the Night's Watch under Lord Commander Jeor Mormont (James Cosmo). The Wildlings living north of the Wall include the young Gilly (Hannah Murray), and the warriors Tormund Giantsbane (Kristofer Hivju) and Ygritte (Rose Leslie).^[31]

Others associated with House Stark include Ned's ward Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen), his vassalRoose Bolton (Michael McElhatton), and Bolton's bastard son Ramsay Snow (Iwan Rheon). Robb falls in love with the healer Talisa Maegyr (Oona Chaplin), and Arya befriends the blacksmith's apprentice Gendry (Joe Dempsie) and the assassin Jaqen H'ghar (Tom Wlaschiha). The tall warrior Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) serves Catelyn and, later, Sansa.^[31]

In King's Landing, the capital, Ned's friend King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy), shares a loveless marriage with Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey), who has taken her twin brother, the 'Kingslayer' Ser Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), as her lover. She loathes her younger brother, the dwarf Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), who is attended by his mistress Shae (Sibel Kekilli) and the sellswordBronn (Jerome Flynn). Cersei's father is Lord Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance), and she also has two young sons: Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) and Tommen (Dean-Charles Chapman). Joffrey is guarded by the scar-faced warrior Sandor 'the Hound' Clegane (Rory McCann).^[31]

The king's Small Council of advisors includes the crafty Master of Coin Lord Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish (Aidan Gillen) and the eunuch spymaster Lord Varys (Conleth Hill). Robert's brother Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) is advised by foreign priestess Melisandre (Carice van Houten) and former smuggler Ser Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham). The wealthy Tyrell family is represented at court by Margaery Tyrell (Natalie Dormer). The High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce) is the capital's religious leader. In the southern principality of Dorne, Ellaria Sand (Indira Varma) seeks vengeance against the Lannisters.^[31]

Across the Narrow Sea, siblings Viserys (Harry Lloyd) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) – the exiled children of the last king of the original ruling dynasty, who was overthrown by Robert Baratheon – are running for their lives and trying to win back the throne. Daenerys marries Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa), the leader of the nomadic Dothraki. Her retinue includes the exiled knight Ser Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen), her aide Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel), the sellsword Daario Naharis (Michiel Huisman), and Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson), who leads Daenerys' army of elite eunuch-warriors, the Unsullied.^[31]

Production

Conception and development

In January 2006, David Benioff had a phone conversation with George R. R. Martin's literary agent about the books he represented and became interested in A Song of Ice and Fire, as he had been a fan of fantasy fiction when young but had not read the books before. The literary agent then sent Benioff the series' first four books.^[32] Benioff read a few hundred pages of the first novel, A Game of Thrones, shared his enthusiasm with D. B. Weiss, and suggested that they adapt Martin's novels into a television series; Weiss finished the first novel in 'maybe 36 hours'.^[33] They pitched the series to HBO after a five-hour meeting with Martin (himself a veteran screenwriter) in a restaurant on Santa Monica Boulevard. According to Benioff, they won Martin over with their answer to his question, 'Who is Jon Snow's mother?'^[34]

—George R. R. Martin, author^[35]

Before being approached by Benioff and Weiss, Martin had had other meetings with other scriptwriters, most of whom wanted to adapt the series as a feature film. Martin, however, deemed it 'unfilmable' and impossible to be done as a feature film, stating that the size of one of his novels is as long as The Lord of the Rings, which had been adapted as three feature films.^[35] Similarly, Benioff also said that it would be impossible to turn the novels into a feature film as the scale of the novels is too big for a feature film, and dozens of characters would have to be discarded. Benioff added, 'a fantasy movie of this scope, financed by a major studio, would almost certainly need a PG-13 rating. That means no sex, no blood, no profanity. Fuck that.'^[12] Martin himself was pleased with the suggestion that they adapt it as an HBO series, saying that he 'never imagined it anywhere else'.^[36] 'I knew it couldn't be done as a network television series. It's too adult. The level of sex and violence would never have gone through.'^[35]

The series began development in January 2007.^[3] HBO acquired the television rights to the novels, with Benioff and Weiss as its executive producers, and Martin as a co-executive producer. The intention was for each novel to yield a season's worth of episodes.^[3] Initially, Martin would write one episode per season while Benioff and Weiss would write the rest of the episodes.^[3][37]Jane Espenson and Bryan Cogman were later added to write one episode apiece the first season.^[5]

The first and second drafts of the pilot script by Benioff and Weiss were submitted in August 2007^[38] and June 2008,^[39] respectively. Although HBO liked both drafts,^[39][40] a pilot was not ordered until November 2008;^[41] the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike may have delayed the process.^[40] The pilot episode, 'Winter Is Coming', was first shot in 2009; after a poor reception in a private viewing, HBO demanded an extensive re-shoot (about 90 percent of the episode, with cast and directorial changes).^[34][42]

The pilot reportedly cost HBO US$5–10million to produce,^[43] while the first season's budget was estimated at $50–60million.^[44] In the second season, the series received a 15-percent budget increase for the climactic battle in 'Blackwater' (which had an $8million budget).^[45][46] Between 2012 and 2015, the average budget per episode increased from $6million^[47] to 'at least' $8million.^[48] The sixth-season budget was over $10million per episode, for a season total of over $100million and a series record.^[49]

Casting

Nina Gold and Robert Sterne are the series' primary casting directors.^[50] Through a process of auditions and readings, the main cast was assembled. The only exceptions were Peter Dinklage and Sean Bean, whom the writers wanted from the start; they were announced as joining the pilot in 2009.^[51][52] Other actors signed for the pilot were Kit Harington as Jon Snow, Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon, Harry Lloyd as Viserys Targaryen, and Mark Addy as Robert Baratheon.^[52][53] Addy was, according to showrunners Benioff and Weiss, the easiest actor to cast for the series, due to his audition performance.^[54] Some of the characters in the pilot were recast for the first season: Catelyn Stark was initially played by Jennifer Ehle, but the role was recast with Michelle Fairley.^[55]Daenerys Targaryen was also recast, with Emilia Clarke replacing Tamzin Merchant.^[56][57] The rest of the first season's cast was filled in the second half of 2009.^[58]

Although many of the cast returned after the first season, the producers had many new characters to cast for each of the following seasons. Due to the large number of new characters, Benioff and Weiss postponed the introduction of several key characters in the second season and merged several characters into one or assigned plot functions to different characters.^[26] Some recurring characters were recast over the years; for example, Gregor Clegane was played by three different actors, while Dean-Charles Chapman who played Tommen Baratheon also played a minor Lannister character.^[59]

Writing

Game of Thrones used seven writers in six seasons. Series creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, the showrunners, write most of the episodes each season.^[60]

A Song of Ice and Fire author George R. R. Martin wrote one episode in each of the first four seasons. Martin did not write an episode for the later seasons, since he wanted to focus on completing the sixth novel (The Winds of Winter).^[61]Jane Espenson co-wrote one first-season episode as a freelance writer.^[62]

Bryan Cogman, initially a script coordinator for the series,^[62] was promoted to producer for the fifth season. Cogman, who wrote at least one episode for the first five seasons, is the only other writer in the writers' room with Benioff and Weiss. Before his promotion, Vanessa Taylor (a writer during the second and third seasons) worked closely with Benioff and Weiss. Dave Hill joined the writing staff for the fifth season after working as an assistant to Benioff and Weiss.^[63] Although Martin is not in the writers' room, he reads the script outlines and makes comments.^[60]

Benioff and Weiss sometimes assign characters to particular writers; for example, Cogman was assigned to Arya Stark for the fourth season. The writers spend several weeks writing a character outline, including what material from the novels to use and the overarching themes. After these individual outlines are complete, they spend another two to three weeks discussing each main character's individual arc and arranging them episode by episode.^[60]

A detailed outline is created, with each of the writers working on a portion to create a script for each episode. Cogman, who wrote two episodes for the fifth season, took a month and a half to complete both scripts. They are then read by Benioff and Weiss, who make notes, and parts of the script are rewritten. All ten episodes are written before filming begins since they are filmed out of order with two units in different countries.^[60]

Benioff and Weiss write each of their episodes together, with one of them writing the first half of the script and the other the second half. After that they begin with passing the drafts back and forth to make notes and rewrite parts of it.^[36]

Adaptation schedule and episodes

After Game of Thrones began outpacing the published novels in the sixth season, the series was based on a plot outline of the future novels provided by Martin^[64] and original content. In April 2016, the showrunners' plan was to shoot 13 more episodes after the sixth season: seven episodes in the seventh season and six episodes in the eighth.^[65] Later that month, the series was renewed for a seventh season with a seven-episode order.^[66][67] Eight seasons were ordered and filmed, adapting the novels at a rate of about 48 seconds per page for the first three seasons.^[68]

The first two seasons adapted one novel each. For the later seasons, its creators see Game of Thrones as an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire as a whole rather than the individual novels;^[91] this enables them to move events across novels, according to screen-adaptation requirements.^[92]

Filming

Principal photography for the first season was scheduled to begin on July 26, 2010,^[5] and the primary location was the Paint Hall Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.^[93] Exterior scenes in Northern Ireland were filmed at Sandy Brae in the Mourne Mountains (standing in for Vaes Dothrak), Castle Ward (Winterfell), Saintfield Estates (the Winterfell godswood), Tollymore Forest (outdoor scenes), Cairncastle (the execution site), the Magheramorne quarry (Castle Black), and Shane's Castle (the tourney grounds).^[94]Doune Castle in Stirling, Scotland, was also used in the original pilot episode for scenes at Winterfell.^[95] The producers initially considered filming the whole series in Scotland, but decided on Northern Ireland because of the availability of studio space.^[96]

The first season's southern scenes were filmed in Malta, a change in location from the pilot episode's Moroccan sets.^[5] The city of Mdina was used for King's Landing. Filming was also done at Fort Manoel (representing the Sept of Baelor), at the Azure Window on the island of Gozo (the Dothraki wedding site) and at San Anton Palace, Fort Ricasoli, Fort St. Angelo and St. Dominic monastery (all used for scenes in the Red Keep).^[94]

Filming of the second season's southern scenes shifted from Malta to Croatia, where the city of Dubrovnik and nearby locations allowed exterior shots of a walled, coastal medieval city. The Walls of Dubrovnik and Fort Lovrijenac were used for scenes in King's Landing, though, exteriors of some local buildings, for example, the Red Keep and the Sept of Baelor, are computer-generated.^[97] The island of Lokrum, the St. Dominic monastery in the coastal town of Trogir, the Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik, and the Dubac quarry (a few kilometers east) were used for scenes set in Qarth. Scenes set north of the Wall, in the Frostfangs and at the Fist of the First Men, were filmed in November 2011 in Iceland: on the Vatnajökull glacier near Smyrlabjörg, the Svínafellsjökull glacier near Skaftafell and the Mýrdalsjökull glacier near Vik on Höfðabrekkuheiði.^[94][98]

Third-season production returned to Dubrovnik, with the Walls of Dubrovnik, Fort Lovrijenac and nearby locations again used for scenes in King's Landing and the Red Keep. Trsteno Arboretum, a new location, is the garden of the Tyrells in King's Landing. The third season also returned to Morocco (including the city of Essaouira) to film Daenerys' scenes in Essos.^[99]Dimmuborgir and the Grjótagjá cave in Iceland were used as well.^[98] One scene, with a live bear, was filmed in Los Angeles.^[100] The production used three units (Dragon, Wolf and Raven) filming in parallel, six directing teams, 257 cast members and 703 crew members.^[27]

The fourth season returned to Dubrovnik and included new locations, including Diocletian's Palace in Split, Klis Fortress north of Split, Perun quarry east of Split, the Mosor mountain range, and Baška Voda further south.^[101]Thingvellir National Park in Iceland was used for the fight between Brienne and the Hound.^[98] Filming took 136 days and ended on November 21, 2013.^[102] The fifth season added Seville, Spain, used for scenes of Dorne, as well as Córdoba.^[103]

The sixth season, which began filming in July 2015, returned to Spain and filmed in Navarra, Guadalajara, Seville, Almeria, Girona and Peniscola.^[104] Filming also returned to Dubrovnik, Croatia.^[105]

Filming of the seven episodes of season 7 began on August 31, 2016, at Titanic Studios in Belfast, with other filming in Iceland, Northern Ireland and many locations in Spain,^[106] including Seville, Cáceres, Almodovar del Rio, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo.^[107] The series also filmed in Dubrovnik, which is used for location of King's Landing.^[108] Filming continued until the end of February 2017 as necessary to ensure winter weather in some of the European locations.^[109]

Directing

Each ten-episode season of Game of Thrones has four to six directors, who usually direct back-to-back episodes. Alan Taylor has directed seven episodes, the most episodes of the series. Alex Graves, David Nutter, Mark Mylod, and Jeremy Podeswa have directed six each. Daniel Minahan directed five episodes, and Michelle MacLaren, Alik Sakharov, and Miguel Sapochnik directed four each; MacLaren is also the only female director in the entire series' run.^[110]Brian Kirk directed three episodes during the first season, and Tim Van Patten directed the series' first two episodes. Neil Marshall directed two episodes, both with large battle scenes: 'Blackwater' and 'The Watchers on the Wall'. Other directors have been Jack Bender, David Petrarca, Daniel Sackheim, Michael Slovis and Matt Shakman.^[111] David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have directed two episodes together but only credited one each episode, which was determined after a coin toss.^[31][63]

Technical aspects

Alik Sakharov was the pilot's cinematographer. The series has had a number of cinematographers,^[112] and has received seven Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series nominations.^[113]

Oral Norrey Ottey, Frances Parker, Martin Nicholson, Crispin Green, Tim Porter and Katie Weiland have edited the series for a varying number of episodes. Weiland received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series in 2015.^[113]

Costumes

Michele Clapton was costume designer for Game of Thrones' first five seasons before she was replaced by April Ferry.^[114] Clapton returned to the series as costume designer for the seventh season.^[115]

The costumes used in the series drew inspiration from a number of sources, such as Japanese and Persian armor. Dothraki dress resembles that of the Bedouin (one was made out of fish skins to resemble dragon scales), and the Wildlings wear animal skins like the Inuit.^[116] Wildling bone armor is made from molds of actual bones, and is assembled with string and latex resembling catgut.^[117] Although the extras who play Wildlings and the Night's Watch often wear hats (normal in a cold climate), members of the principal cast usually do not so viewers can recognize the main characters. Björk's Alexander McQueen high-neckline dresses inspired Margaery Tyrell's funnel-neck outfit, and prostitutes' dresses are designed for easy removal.^[116] All clothing used is aged for two weeks so it appears realistic on high-definition television.^[117]

About two dozen wigs are used for the actresses. Made of human hair and up to 61 centimetres (2 ft) in length, they cost up to $7,000 each and are washed and styled like real hair. Applying the wigs is time-consuming; Emilia Clarke, for example, requires about two hours to style her brunette hair with a platinum-blonde wig and braids. Other actors, such as Jack Gleeson and Sophie Turner, receive frequent hair coloring. For characters such as Daenerys (Clarke) and her Dothraki, their hair, wigs and costumes are processed to appear as if they have not been washed for weeks.^[116]

Makeup

For the first three seasons, Paul Engelen was Game of Thrones' main makeup designer and prosthetic makeup artist with Melissa Lackersteen, Conor O'Sullivan, and Rob Trenton. At the beginning of the fourth season Engelen's team was replaced by Jane Walker and her crew, composed of Ann McEwan and Barrie and Sarah Gower.^[113][118]

Visual effects

For the series' large number of visual effects, HBO hired British-based BlueBolt and Irish-based Screen Scene for season one. Most of the environment builds were done as 2.5D projections, giving viewers perspective while keeping the programming from being overwhelming.^[119] In 2011, the season-one finale, 'Fire and Blood', was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects.^[113]

Because the effects became more complex in subsequent seasons (including CGI creatures, fire, and water), German-based Pixomondo became the lead visual-effects producer; nine of its twelve facilities contributed to the project for season two, with Stuttgart the lead.^[120][121] Scenes were also produced by British-based Peanut FX, Canadian-based Spin VFX, and US-based Gradient Effects. 'Valar Morghulis' and 'Valar Dohaeris' earned Pixomondo Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in 2012 and 2013, respectively.^[113]

For season four, HBO added German-based Mackevision to the project.^[122] The season-four finale, 'The Children', won the 2014 Emmy Award for Visual Effects. Additional producers for season four included Canadian-based Rodeo FX, German-based Scanline VFX and US-based BAKED FX. The muscle and wing movements of the adolescent dragons in seasons four and five were based largely on those of a chicken. Pixomondo retained a team of 22 to 30 people which focused solely on visualizing Daenerys Targaryen's dragons, with the average production time per season of 20 to 22 weeks.^[123] For the fifth season, HBO added Canadian-based Image Engine and US-based Crazy Horse Effects to its list of main visual-effects producers.^[124][125]

Sound

Unusual for a television series, the sound team receives a rough cut of a full season and approaches it as a ten-hour feature film. Although seasons one and two had different sound teams, one team has been in charge of sound since then.^[126] For the series' blood-and-gore sounds, the team often uses a chamois. For dragon screams, mating tortoises and dolphin, seal, lion and bird sounds have been used.^[127]

Title sequence

The series' title sequence was created by production studio Elastic for HBO. Creative directorAngus Wall and his collaborators received the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Main Title Design for the sequence,^[128] which depicts a three-dimensional map of the series' fictional world. The map is projected on the inside of a sphere which is centrally lit by a small sun in an armillary sphere.^[129] As the camera moves across the map, focusing on the locations of the episode's events, clockwork mechanisms intertwine and allow buildings and other structures to emerge from the map. Accompanied by the title music, the names of the principal cast and creative staff appear. The sequence concludes after about 90 seconds with the title card and brief opening credits indicating the episode's writer(s) and director. Its composition changes as the story progresses, with new locations replacing those featuring less prominently or not at all.^{[129][130][131]}

Music

The music for the series was composed by Ramin Djawadi. The first season's soundtrack, written in about ten weeks before the premiere,^[132] was published by Varèse Sarabande in June 2011.^[133] Soundtrack albums for subsequent seasons have been released, with tracks by the National, the Hold Steady, and Sigur Rós.^[134] Djawadi has composed themes for each of the major houses and also for some of the main characters.^[135] The themes may evolve over time, as Daenerys Targaryen's theme started small and then became more powerful after each season. Her theme started first with a single instrument, a cello, and Djawadi later incorporated more instruments for it.^[135]

Language

The Westerosi characters of Game of Thrones speak British-accented English, often (but not consistently) with the accent of the English region corresponding to the character's Westerosi region. The Northerner Eddard Stark speaks in actor Sean Bean's native northern accent, and the southern lord Tywin Lannister speaks with a southern accent, while characters from Dorne speak English with a Spanish accent.^[136][137] Characters foreign to Westeros often have a non-British accent.^[138]

Although the common language of Westeros is represented as English, the producers charged linguist David J. Peterson with constructingDothraki and Valyrian languages based on the few words in the novels;^[139] Dothraki and Valyrian dialogue is often subtitled in English. It has been reported that during the series these fictional languages have been heard by more people than the Welsh, Irish, and Scots Gaelic languages combined.^[140]

Effect on location

Game of Thrones is funded by Northern Ireland Screen, a UK government agency financed by Invest NI and the European Regional Development Fund.^[141] As of April 2013, Northern Ireland Screen gave the series £9.25million ($14.37million); according to government estimates, this has benefited the Northern Ireland economy by £65million ($100.95million).^[142]

Tourism Ireland has a Game of Thrones-themed marketing campaign similar to New Zealand's Tolkien-related advertising.^[143][144] Invest NI and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board also expect the series to generate tourism revenue.^[142] According to Arlene Foster, the series has given Northern Ireland the most non-political publicity in its history.^[145] The production of Game of Thrones and other TV series also boosted Northern Ireland's creative industries, contributing to an estimated 12.4-percent growth in arts, entertainment, and recreation jobs between 2008 and 2013 (compared with 4.3percent in the rest of the UK during the same period).^[146] In September 2018, after the filming had finished, HBO announced plans to convert its filming locations in Northern Ireland into tourist attractions to be opened in 2019.^[147]

Tourism organizations elsewhere reported increases in bookings after their locations appeared in Game of Thrones. In 2012, bookings through LateRooms.com increased by 28 percent in Dubrovnik and 13 percent in Iceland. The following year, bookings doubled in Ouarzazate, Morocco (the location of Daenerys' season-three scenes).^[148]Game of Thrones has been attributed as a significant factor in the boom of tourism in Iceland that had a strong impact on its economy. Tourist numbers increased by 30% in 2015, followed by another 40% in 2016,^[149] with a final figure of 2.4million visitors expected for 2016, which is around seven times the population of the country.^[150] However, the increase in tourism to Dubrovnik, with Game of Thrones estimated to be responsible for half of its annual increase over many years, had led to concerns on 'over-tourism' and its mayor to impose limits on tourist number in the city.^[151][152]

Availability

Broadcast

Game of Thrones is broadcast by HBO in the United States and by its local subsidiaries or other pay television services in other countries, at the same time as in the US or weeks (or months) later. The series' broadcast in China on CCTV, begun in 2014, was heavily edited to remove scenes of sex and violence, in accordance with a Chinese practice of censoring Western television series to prevent what the People's Daily called 'negative effects and hidden security dangers'. This resulted in viewer complaints about the incoherence of what remained.^[153] Broadcasters carrying Game of Thrones include Showcase in Australia; HBO Canada, Super Écran, and Showcase in Canada; HBO Latin America in Latin America; SoHo and Prime in New Zealand, and Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom and Ireland.^[154]

Home media

The ten episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones were released as a DVD and Blu-raybox set on March 6, 2012. The box set includes extra background and behind-the-scenes material but no deleted scenes, since nearly all the footage shot for the first season was used.^[155] The box set sold over 350,000 copies in the first week after release, the largest first-week DVD sales ever for an HBO series, and the series set an HBO-series record for digital-download sales.^[156] A collector's-edition box set was released in November 2012, combining the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the first season with the first episode of season two. A paperweight in the shape of a dragon egg is included in the set.^[157]

DVD-Blu-ray box sets and digital downloads of the second season became available on February 19, 2013.^[158] First-day sales broke HBO records, with 241,000 box sets sold and 355,000 episodes downloaded.^[159] The third season was made available for purchase as a digital download on the Australian iTunes Store, parallel to the US premiere, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on February 18, 2014.^[160][161] The fourth season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 17, 2015,^[162] and the fifth season on March 15, 2016.^[163] The sixth season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 15, 2016.^[164] The seventh season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 12, 2017. Beginning in 2016, HBO began issuing Steelbook Blu-ray sets which include both Dolby TrueHD7.1 and Dolby Atmos audio options.^[165] In 2018, the first season was released in 4KHDR on Ultra HD Blu-ray.^[166]

Copyright infringement

Game of Thrones has been widely pirated, primarily outside the US.^[167] According to the file-sharing news website TorrentFreak, Game of Thrones has been the most pirated television series since 2012, which means it has held the record for six years in a row.^{[168][169][170][171][172][173]} Illegal downloads increased to about seven million in the first quarter of 2015, up 45 percent from 2014.^[167] An unnamed episode was downloaded about 4,280,000 times through public BitTorrent trackers in 2012, roughly equal to its number of broadcast viewers.^[174][175] Piracy rates were particularly high in Australia,^[176] and US Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich issued a statement condemning Australian piracy of the series in 2013.^[177]

Delays in availability apart from HBO and its affiliates^[178] before 2015 and the cost of subscriptions to these services have been cited as causes of the series' illegal distribution. According to TorrentFreak, a subscription to a service for Game of Thrones would cost up to $25 per month in the United States, up to £26 per episode in the UK and up to $52 per episode in Australia.^[179]

For 'combating piracy', HBO said in 2013 that it intended to make its content more widely available within a week of the US premiere (including HBO Go).^[180] In 2015, the fifth season was simulcast to 170 countries and to HBO Now users.^[167] On April 11, the day before the season premiere, screener copies of the first four episodes of the fifth season leaked to a number of file-sharing websites.^[181] Within a day of the leak, the files were downloaded over 800,000 times;^[182] in one week the illegal downloads reached 32million, with the season-five premiere alone ('The Wars to Come') pirated 13million times.^[183] The season-five finale ('Mother's Mercy') was the most simultaneously shared file in the history of the BitTorrent filesharing protocol, with over 250,000 simultaneous sharers and over 1.5million downloads in eight hours.^[184] For the sixth season, HBO did not send screeners to the press, to prevent the spread of unlicensed copies and spoilers.^[185]

Observers, including series director David Petrarca^[186] and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, said that illegal downloads did not hurt the series' prospects; it benefited from 'buzz' and social commentary, and the high piracy rate did not significantly translate to lost subscriptions. According to Polygon, HBO's relaxed attitude towards piracy and the sharing of login credentials amounted to a premium-television 'free-to-play' model.^[187] At a 2015 Oxford Union debate, series co-creator David Benioff said that he was just glad that people watched the series; illegally downloaded episodes sometimes interested viewers enough to buy a copy, especially in countries where Game of Thrones was not televised. Co-creator D. B. Weiss had mixed feelings, saying that the series was expensive to produce and 'if it doesn't make the money back, then it ceases to exist'. However, he was pleased that so many people 'enjoy the show so much they can't wait to get their hands on it.'^[188] In 2015, Guinness World Records called Game of Thrones the most pirated television program.^[189]

IMAX

Beginning on January 23, 2015, the last two episodes of season four were shown in 205 IMAX theaters across the United States; Game of Thrones is the first television series shown in this format.^[190] The show earned $686,000 at the box office on its opening day^[191] and $1.5million during its opening weekend;^[192] the week-long release grossed $1,896,092.^[193]

Reception and achievements

Game of Thrones was highly anticipated by fans before its premiere,^[194][195] and has become a critical and commercial success. According to The Guardian, by 2014 it was 'the biggest drama' and 'the most talked about show' on television.^[8] A 2015 The Hollywood Reporter survey of 2,800 actors, producers, directors, and other industry people named Game of Thrones as their #4 favorite show.^[196]

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Cultural influence

Although Game of Thrones was dismissed by some critics,^[8] its success has been credited with an increase in the popularity of the fantasy genre. On the eve of the second season's premiere, according to CNN, 'after this weekend, you may be hard pressed to find someone who isn't a fan of some form of epic fantasy' and cited Ian Bogost as saying that the series continues a trend of successful screen adaptations beginning with Peter Jackson's 2001 The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and the Harry Potter films establishing fantasy as a mass-market genre; they are 'gateway drugs to fantasy fan culture'.^[197] The success of the show led to a number of fantasy series being commissioned on television, including a retelling of the Lord of the Rings by Amazon Studios.^[198] According to Neil Gaiman, whose works Good Omens and American Gods were adapted for TV, Game of Thrones did help change attitudes towards fantasy on television, but mainly it made big budgets for fantasy series more acceptable.^[199] The success of the genre had been attributed by writers to a longing for escapism in popular culture, frequent female nudity and a skill in balancing lighthearted and serious topics (dragons and politics, for example) which provided it with a prestige enjoyed by conventional, top-tier drama series.^[8]

The series' popularity increased sales of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels (republished in tie-in editions), which remained at the top of bestseller lists for months. According to The Daily Beast, Game of Thrones was a favorite of sitcom writers and the series has been referred to in other TV series.^[200] With other fantasy series, it has been cited as a reason for an increase in the purchase (and abandonment) of huskies and other wolf-like dogs.^[201]

Game of Thrones has added to the popular vocabulary. A first season scene in which Petyr Baelish explains his motives (or background) while prostitutes have sex in the background gave rise to the word 'sexposition' for providing exposition with sex and nudity.^[202] 'Dothraki', the series' nomadic horsemen, was ranked fourth in a September 2012 Global Language Monitor list of words from television most used on the Internet.^[203] In 2012, the media used 'Game of Thrones' as a figure of speech or comparison for situations of intense conflict and deceit, such as US healthcare politics,^[204] the Syrian Civil War^[205] and the ousting of Bo Xilai from the Chinese government.^[206]

In 2019, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift told Entertainment Weekly that several songs on her 2017 album Reputation were inspired by characters and plots of Game of Thrones.^[207]

'Khaleesi' became more popular as a name for baby girls in the United States. In the novels and the TV series, 'khaleesi' is not a name, but the title of the wife of a khal (warlord) in the Dothraki language, held by Daenerys Targaryen.^[208]

Game of Thrones has also become a subject of scientific inquiry.^{[209][210][211]} In 2016, researchers published a paper analyzing emotional sentiment in online public discourse associated with the unfolding storyline during the fourth season.^[209] The analysis purported to be able to distinguish discussions about the storyline of an episode from media critiques or assessments of a specific actor's performance. In 2018, Australian scientists conducted a survival analysis and examined the mortality among 330 important characters during the first seven seasons of Game of Thrones.^[211] In 2019, the Australian branch of the Red Cross conducted a study using international human rights laws to determine which of the Game of Thrones' characters had committed the most war crimes during the first seven seasons of the show.^[212]

Critical response

General

Game of Thrones, particularly the first seven seasons, received critical acclaim, although the series' frequent use of nudity and violence has been criticized. Its seasons have appeared on annual 'best of' lists published by The Washington Post (2011), Time (2011 and 2012) and The Hollywood Reporter (2012).^{[229][230][231]}

The performances of the cast were praised. Peter Dinklage's 'charming, morally ambiguous, and self-aware'^[232] Tyrion, who earned him Emmy and Golden Globe awards, was particularly noted. 'In many ways, Game of Thrones belongs to Dinklage', wrote Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times before Tyrion became the series' central figure in season two.^[233][234] Several critics highlighted performances by actresses^[233] and children.^[235] Fourteen-year-old Maisie Williams, noted in the first season for her debut as Arya Stark, was singled out for her season-two work with veteran actor Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister).^[236]Stephen Dillane has received positive reviews for his performance as Stannis Baratheon, especially in the fifth season, with one critic noting 'Whether you like Stannis or not, you have to admit that Stephen Dillane delivered a monumental performance this season.'^[237]

The series has a rating of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.^[217]

First-season reviewers said the series had high production values, a fully realized world and compelling characters.^[238] According to Variety, 'There may be no show more profitable to its network than 'Game of Thrones' is to HBO. Fully produced by the pay cabler and already a global phenomenon after only one season, the fantasy skein was a gamble that has paid off handsomely'.^[239] The second season was also well received. Entertainment Weekly praised its 'vivid, vital, and just plain fun' storytelling^[240] and, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the series made a 'strong case for being one of TV's best series'; its seriousness made it the only drama comparable to Mad Men or Breaking Bad.^[241]The New York Times gave the series a mixed review, criticizing its number of characters, their lack of complexity and a meandering plot.^[242]

The third season was extremely well received by critics, with Metacritic giving it a score of 91 out of 100 (indicating 'universal acclaim').^[218] The fourth season was similarly praised; Metacritic gave it a score of 94 out of 100 based on 29 reviews, again indicating 'universal acclaim'.^[220] The fifth season was also well received by critics and has a score of 91 out of 100 (based on 29 reviews) on Metacritic.^[222] The sixth season was praised by critics, though not as highly as its predecessors. It has a score of 73 on Metacritic (based on nine reviews), indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.^[224] The seventh season scored 77 out of 100 (based on twelve reviews) and was praised for its action sequences and focused central characters,^[226] but received criticism for its breakneck pace and plot developments that 'defied logic.'^[225][243]

Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly gave the series a 'B' rating, stating that it was ultimately 'okay', with both 'transcendent moments' and 'miserable phases', it was 'beloved enough to be criticized by everyone for something'. Franich described seasons 3 and 4 as 'relentless', seasons 6's ending having a 'killer one-two punch', while seasons 7 and 8 were 'indifferent'.^[244]

Sex and violence

Despite its otherwise enthusiastic reception by critics, some have criticized the show for the amount of female nudity, violence, and sexual violence it depicts, and for the manner in which it depicts these themes. The Atlantic called the series' 'tendency to ramp up the sex, violence, and—especially—sexual violence' of the source material 'the defining weakness' of the adaptation.^[245] George R. R. Martin responded that he feels obliged to be truthful about history and human nature, and that rape and sexual violence are common in war; and that omitting them from the narrative would have rung false and undermined one of his novels' themes, its historical realism.^[13] HBO said that they 'fully support the vision and artistry of Dan and David's exceptional work and we feel this work speaks for itself.'^[13]

The amount of sex and nudity in the series, especially in scenes that are incidental to the plot, was the focus of much of the criticism aimed at the series in its first and second seasons. Stephen Dillane, who portrays Stannis Baratheon, likened the series' frequent explicit scenes to 'German porn from the 1970s'.^[246]Charlie Jane Anders wrote in io9 that while the first season was replete with light-hearted 'sexposition', the second season appeared to focus on distasteful, exploitative, and dehumanizing sex with little informational content.^[247]

According to The Washington Post's Anna Holmes, the nude scenes appeared to be aimed mainly at titillating heterosexual men, right down to the Brazilian waxes sported by the women in the series' faux-medieval setting, which made these scenes alienating to other viewers.^[248]The Huffington Post's Maureen Ryan likewise noted that Game of Thrones mostly presented women naked, rather than men, and that the excess of 'random boobage' undercut any aspirations the series might have to address the oppression of women in a feudal society.^[249]Saturday Night Live parodied this aspect of the adaptation in a sketch that portrayed the series as retaining a 13-year-old boy as a consultant whose main concern was showing as many breasts as possible.^[247][250]

In the third season, which saw Theon Greyjoy lengthily tortured and eventually emasculated, the series was also criticized for its use of torture.^[251]New York magazine called the scene 'torture porn.'^[252] Madeleine Davies of Jezebel agreed, saying, 'it's not uncommon that Game of Thrones gets accused of being torture porn—senseless, objectifying violence combined with senseless, objectifying sexual imagery.' According to Davies, although the series' violence tended to serve a narrative purpose, Theon's torture in 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair' was excessive.^[253]

A scene in the fourth season's episode 'Breaker of Chains', in which Jaime Lannister rapes his sister and lover Cersei, triggered a broad public discussion about the series' depiction of sexual violence against women. According to Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times, the scene caused outrage, in part because of comments by director Alex Graves that the scene became 'consensual by the end'. Itzkoff also wrote that critics fear that 'rape has become so pervasive in the drama that it is almost background noise: a routine and unshocking occurrence'.^[13] Sonia Saraiya of The A.V. Club wrote that the series' choice to portray this sexual act, and a similar one between Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo in the first season—both described as consensual in the source novels—as a rape appeared to be an act of 'exploitation for shock value'.^[254]

In the fifth season's episode 'Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken', Sansa Stark is raped by Ramsay Bolton. Most reviewers, including those from Vanity Fair, Salon, The Atlantic, and The Daily Beast, found the scene gratuitous and artistically unnecessary.^{[245][255][256][257]} For example, Joanna Robinson, writing for Vanity Fair, said that the scene 'undercuts all the agency that's been growing in Sansa since the end of last season.'^[258] In contrast, Sara Stewart of the New York Post wondered why viewers were not similarly upset about the many background and minor characters who'd undergone similar or worse treatment.^[259] In response to the scene, pop culture website The Mary Sue announced that it would cease coverage of the series because of the repeated use of rape as a plot device,^[260] and US Senator Claire McCaskill said that she would no longer watch it.^[261]

As the sixth and seventh seasons saw Daenerys, Sansa, and Cersei assume ruling positions, Alyssa Rosenberg of The Washington Post noted that the series could be seen as a 'long-arc revenge fantasy about what happens when women who have been brutalized and raped gain power'—namely, that their past leaves them too broken to do anything but commit brutal acts in their own turn, and that their personal liberation does not effect the social change needed to protect others from suffering.^[262]Time reported before the seventh season that 'Even if Benioff and Weiss don't always admit it, the show has changed. Scenes in which exposition is delivered in one brothel or another, for example, have been pared back'.^[263]

Lighting issues

The lighting, or lack of light, in darker scenes has been a recurring point of criticism since season 6 of the series.^{[264][265][266][267]} In 2016, Bustle's Caitlyn Callegari listed 31 examples of scenes where the lighting caused viewers problems ranging from not being able to tell a character's hair color to not being able to see what was going on.^[268] Some reviewers have noted this is part of a wider trend^[269] among shows that are made by people who have experience working primarily on films, suggesting they 'haven't grasped the nuances (or lack thereof)' of television as a medium, especially the differences between watching a scene on a television screen versus watching it on the big screen in a movie theater.^[270]

In a 2017 interview, Robert McLachlan, a cinematographer working on the show, explained the lack of lighting as an artistic choice: 'we're trying to be as naturalistic as possible'.^[271][272] The criticism reached a high point during 'The Long Night', the third episode of season 8.^[273][274] Barely minutes into the episode, viewers took to social media sites such as Twitter to express their discontent about the fact that they were having severe difficulties watching the battle and trying to figure out what was going on.^{[275][276][277][278]}

Fandom

A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones have a broad, active international fan base. In 2012 Vulture.com ranked the series' fans as the most devoted in popular culture, more so than Lady Gaga's, Justin Bieber's, Harry Potter's or Star Wars'.^[279] Fans include political leaders such as former US president Barack Obama,^[280][281] former British prime minister David Cameron,^[282] former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard^[283][284] and Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans, who framed European politics in quotes from Martin's novels in a 2013 speech.^[285]

BBC News said in 2013 that 'the passion and the extreme devotion of fans' had created a phenomenon unlike anything related to other popular TV series, manifesting itself in fan fiction,^[286]Game of Thrones-themed burlesque routines and parents naming their children after series characters; writers quoted attributed this success to the rich detail, moral ambiguity, sexual explicitness and epic scale of the series and novels.^[287] The previous year, 'Arya' was the fastest-rising girl's name in the US after it jumped in popularity from 711th to 413th place.^[288]

As of 2013, about 58 percent of series viewers were male and 42 percent female, and the average male viewer was 41 years old.^[289][290] According to SBS Broadcasting Group marketing director Helen Kellie, Game of Thrones has a high fan-engagement rate; 5.5 percent of the series' 2.9million Facebook fans talked online about the series in 2012, compared to 1.8percent of the more than ten million fans of True Blood (HBO's other fantasy series).^[291] Vulture.com cited Westeros.org and WinterIsComing.net (news and discussion forums), ToweroftheHand.com (which organizes communal readings of the novels) and Podcastoficeandfire.com as fan sites dedicated to the TV and novel series;^[279] and podcasts cover Game of Thrones.^[292]

Awards and accolades

Game of Thrones has won numerous of awards since it debuted as a series, including 58 Primetime Emmy Awards, 5 Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Peabody Award; it holds the Emmy-award records for both most wins for a scripted television series, surpassing the record of 37 wins held by Frasier since 2004, and for most nominations for a drama with 161.^{[113][293][294][295]} In 2013 the Writers Guild of America listed Game of Thrones as the 40th 'best written' series in television history.^[296] In 2015 The Hollywood Reporter placed it at number four on their 'best TV shows ever' list,^[297] while in 2016 the series was placed seventh on Empire's 'The 50 best TV shows ever'.^[298] The same year Rolling Stone named it the twelfth 'greatest TV Show of all time'.^[299]

Games Of Thrones Season 7 Episode 1

The 2011 first season received 13 Emmy nominations (including Outstanding Drama Series), and won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (given to Peter Dinklage for his portrayal of Tyrion Lannister) and Outstanding Main Title Design. Other nominations included Outstanding Directing ('Winter Is Coming') and Outstanding Writing ('Baelor').^[113] Dinklage was also named Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globe, Satellite and Scream Awards.^{[300][301][302]}

In 2012, the second season received six Emmy Awards from 11 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage).^[113]

The 2013 third season received 16 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Emilia Clarke), Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Diana Rigg) and Outstanding Writing ('The Rains of Castamere'), winning two Creative Arts Emmys.^[113]

In 2014, the fourth season received four Emmys from 19 nominations, which included Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Lena Headey), Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Rigg), Outstanding Directing ('The Watchers on the Wall') and Outstanding Writing ('The Children').^[113]

The 2015 fifth season won the most Primetime Emmy Awards for a series in a year (12 awards from 24 nominations), including Outstanding Drama Series; other wins included Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage), Outstanding Directing ('Mother's Mercy') and Outstanding Writing ('Mother's Mercy'), and eight were Creative Arts Emmy Awards.^[303]

In 2016, the sixth season received the most nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (23). It won for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Directing ('Battle of the Bastards'), Outstanding Writing ('Battle of the Bastards'), and nine Creative Arts Emmys. Nominations included Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage and Kit Harington), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Clarke, Headey and Maisie Williams), Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Max von Sydow) and Outstanding Directing ('The Door').^[304]

In 2018, the seventh season received the most nominations at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (22).^[305] It won for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Dinklage), and seven Creative Arts Emmys.^[306] Nominations included Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Lena Headey), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Diana Rigg), Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for 'The Dragon and the Wolf'), and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Jeremy Podeswa for 'The Dragon and the Wolf' and Alan Taylor for 'Beyond the Wall').^[307]

In 2019, the final season established a new record for most Emmy nominations received in the same year by any regular series with 32, breaking the 25 years long record previously held by NYPD Blue, which had scored 26 nominations for its first season in 1994.^[308][309] Those nominations included Outstanding Drama Series, three nominations for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and ten nominations for acting. Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington in the lead acting categories: Alfie Allen, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gwendoline Christie, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, and Maisie Williams in the supporting acting categories; and Carice van Houten in the guest acting category.^[310] The series eventually won twelve awards, becoming the first series to win Outstanding Drama Series for an eighth season and tying its own record (previously achieved for season five) for most Emmys won by a series in a single season. It also tied the record for most Outstanding Drama Series wins, becoming the fifth series to reach four wins after Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, The West Wing, and Mad Men; unlike all the other record holders, which had won for their first four seasons, Game of Thrones achieved the record with its final four seasons.^[311][312] Peter Dinklage broke the record for most wins in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category with his fourth win for the series; his nomination had also extended his record for most nominations in the category to eight (one for every season of the show).^[313][314]

Viewer numbers

The first season averaged 2.5million viewers for its first Sunday-night screenings and a gross audience (including repeats and on-demand viewings) of 9.3million viewers per episode.^[315] For its second season, the series had an average gross audience of 11.6million viewers.^[316] The third season was seen by 14.2million viewers, making Game of Thrones the second-most-viewed HBO series (after The Sopranos).^[317][318] For the fourth season, HBO said that its average gross audience of 18.4million viewers (later adjusted to 18.6million) had passed The Sopranos for the record.^[319][320]

By the sixth season the average per-episode gross viewing figure had increased to over 25million, with nearly 40 percent of viewers watching on HBO digital platforms.^[321] In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook likes found that Game of Thrones was 'much more popular in cities than in the countryside, probably the only show involving zombies that is'.^[322] By season seven, average viewer numbers had increased to 32.8million per episode across all platforms.^[323][324]

The series set records on pay-television channels in the United Kingdom (with a 2016 average audience of more than five million on all platforms)^[325] and Australia (with a cumulative average audience of 1.2million).^[326]

Other media and products

Video games

The series has inspired several video games based on the TV series and novels. The strategy game Game of Thrones Ascent ties into the HBO series, making characters and settings available to players as they appear on television.^[328]Behaviour Interactive is developing a free-to-play strategy game based on the series for mobile devices.^[329]Reigns: Game of Thrones, a spin-off of the Reignsstrategy video game series, is in development by Nerial, published by Devolver Digital, and set to release in October 2018.^[330]

Merchandise and exhibition

HBO has licensed a variety of merchandise based on Game of Thrones, including games, replica weapons and armor, jewelry, bobblehead dolls by Funko, beer by Ommegang and apparel.^[331] High-end merchandise includes a $10,500 Ulysse Nardin wristwatch^[332] and a $30,000 resin replica of the Iron Throne.^[333] In 2013 and 2014, a traveling exhibition of costumes, props, armor and weapons from the series visited major cities in Europe and the Americas.^[334]

Accompanying material

Thronecast: The Official Guide to Game of Thrones, a series of podcasts presented by Geoff Lloyd and produced by Koink, has been released on the Sky Atlantic website and the UK iTunes store during the series' run; a new podcast, with analysis and cast interviews, is released after each episode.^[335] In 2014 and 2015 HBO commissioned Catch the Throne, two rap albums about the series.^[336][337]

A companion book, Inside HBO's Game of Thrones (ISBN978-1-4521-1010-3) by series writer Bryan Cogman, was published on September 27, 2012. The 192-page book, illustrated with concept art and behind-the-scenes photographs, covers the creation of the series' first two seasons and its principal characters and families.^[338]

After the Thrones is a liveaftershow in which hosts Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan discuss episodes of the series. It airs on HBO Now the Monday after each sixth-season episode.^[339] The Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience, a North American 28-city orchestral tour which performed the series' soundtrack with composer Ramin Djawadi, began February 2017 and concluded in April 2017.^[340][341] A second tour occurred in 2018 across cities in Europe and North America.^[342]

Each season's Blu-ray and DVD set contains several short animated sequences narrated by the cast as their characters as they detail events in the history of Westeros.^[343] For the seventh season, this is to include the animated prequel series Game of Thrones: Conquest & Rebellion, illustrated in a different animation style than previous videos. The series focuses on Aegon Targaryen's conquest of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.^[344]

Successor series

In May 2017, after years of speculation about possible successor series, HBO commissioned Max Borenstein, Jane Goldman, Brian Helgeland, Carly Wray, and Bryan Cogman^[345] to develop individual Game of Thrones successor series; all of the writers were to be working individually with George R. R. Martin, who also co-wrote two of the scripts.^[346] D. B. Weiss and David Benioff said that they would not be involved with any of the projects.^[347]

Martin said that all the concepts under discussion were prequels, although he believes the term 'successor show' applies better to these projects, as they are not Game of Thrones spin-offs in the traditional sense. He ruled out Robert's Rebellion (the overthrow of Daenerys' father by Robert Baratheon) as a possible idea and revealed that some may be set outside Westeros.^[348] Later, he stated: 'at least two of them are solidly based on material in Fire and Blood.'^[349]

On June 8, 2018, HBO commissioned a pilot to a Game of Thrones prequel series from Goldman as showrunner and Martin as co-creator.^[350] The accepted prequel will take place in the Age of Heroes, a period that begins roughly 10,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones. Notable events of that period include the foundation of powerful Houses, the Long Night when the White Walkers first descended upon Westeros, and the Andal Invasion when the Andals invaded from Essos and conquered most of Westeros.^[351] Writing in a blog post in June 2018, Martin suggested The Long Night as a title for the upcoming series.^[352] On May 13, 2019, it was reported that the show had already begun filming in Belfast, under the working title Bloodmoon.^[353]S. J. Clarkson has been announced to direct and executive produce the pilot,^[354] while Naomi Watts has been cast as the female lead playing 'a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret.'^[355] Other series regulars include: Josh Whitehouse, Toby Regbo, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Alex Sharp, Miranda Richardson, Marquis Rodriguez, John Simm, Richard McCabe, John Heffernan, and Dixie Egerickx.^[356] In September 2019, Martin claimed the pilot was in post-production.^[357]

Regarding the other four projects, HBO president of programming Casey Bloys said that some of them have been abandoned completely, while others remain as possibilities for the future.^[358] In April 2019, Cogman confirmed his prequel would not be moving forward, stating it 'is not happening and will not happen. HBO decided to go a different way.'^[359] In May 2019, Martin stated that two other projects were still in the script stage, but are 'edging closer'.^[360] In September 2019, Nellie Andreeva of Deadline Hollywood reported that a second prequel from Martin and Ryan Condal that 'tracks the beginning of the end for House Targaryen' was close to receiving a pilot order from HBO. The project is not considered an original sixth script, as it builds upon Cogman's idea from 2017.^[361]

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Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. The series is based on the series of George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of seven planned fantasy novels.

Dragonstone [7.01][edit]

Walder Frey: You're wondering why I brought you all here. After all, we just had a feast. Since when does old Walder give two feasts in a single fortnight? Well, it's no good being Lord of the Riverlands if you can't celebrate with your family, that's what I say! I've gathered every Frey that means anything so that I can tell you my plans for this Great House, now that winter has come. But first..a toast!

House Frey: Aye!

Walder Frey: No more of that Dornish horse-piss! This is the finest Arbor Gold. Proper wine for proper heroes!

House Frey: Hear, hear!

Walder Frey: Stand together!

House Frey: Stand together!

[They drink, but Walder halts his own cup inches from his lips, watching them. Kitty Frey attempts to take a cup and drink but Walder stops her.]

Walder Frey: Not you. I'm not wasting good wine on a damn woman. [To his men] Maybe I'm not the most pleasant man, I'll admit it. But I'm proud of you lot. You're my family. The men who helped me slaughter the Starks at the Red Wedding. [they all start cheering] Yes, yes. Cheer. Brave men, all of you. Butchered a woman, pregnant with her baby. Cut the throat of a mother of five. Slaughtered your guests after inviting them into your home.

[Several of the Freys begin to cough]

Walder Frey: But.. you didn't slaughter every one of the Starks. No, no- that was your mistake. You should've ripped them all out, root and stem!

[The Freys all begin choking, many of them vomiting blood and collapsing]

Walder Frey: Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe.

[As the last of the Freys collapse dead on the floor, Walder reaches up and removes his face, revealing that 'he' is actually Arya Stark, who turns to a terrified Kitty Frey.]

Arya Stark: When people ask you what happened here, tell them the North remembers. Tell them winter came for House Frey.

Jon Snow: You are my sister, but I am King, now.

Sansa Stark: Will you start wearing a crown?

Jon Snow: When you question my decisions in front of the other Lords and Ladies, you undermine me!

Sansa Stark: So I can't question your decisions anymore?!

Jon Snow: Of course you can! But-

Sansa Stark: Joffrey never let anyone question his authority. You think he was a good King?

Jon Snow: Do you think I'm Joffrey?

Sansa Stark: You're as far from Joffrey as anyone I've ever met.

Jon Snow: Thank you.

Sansa Stark: You're good at this, you know.

Jon Snow: At what?

Sansa Stark: At ruling.

Jon Snow: No.

Sansa Stark: You are! You are. They respect you, they really do, but.. [Jon smirks] Why are you laughing?

Jon Snow: What did Father use to say? 'Everything before the word 'but' is horse-shit.'

Sansa Stark: He never said that to me.

Jon Snow: No. No, he never cursed in front of his girls.

Sansa Stark: Because he was trying to protect us. He never wanted us to see how dirty the world really is, but.. Father couldn't protect me, and neither could you. So stop trying.

Jon Snow: All right. I'll stop trying to protect you, and you stop trying to undermine me.

Sansa Stark: I'm not trying to undermine you! You have to be smarter than Father. You need to be smarter than Robb. I loved them, I miss them both, but they made stupid mistakes, and they lost their heads for it!

Jon Snow: And how should I be smarter? By listening to you?

Sansa Stark: Would that be so terrible?

[Maester Wolkan approaches]

Maester Wolkan: A raven from King's Landing, Your Grace.

[Wolkan bows and leaves as Jon unrolls the scroll]

Jon Snow: 'Cersei of House Lannister, First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms..'

Sansa Stark: What does she want?

Jon Snow: 'Come to King's Landing. Bend the knee, or suffer the fate of all traitors.'

Sansa Stark: You've been so consumed with the enemy to the north that you've forgotten about the one to the south.

Jon Snow: I'm concerned with the Night King because I've seen him. And, believe me, you'd think of little else if you had, too.

Sansa Stark: We still have a Wall between us and the Night King; there's nothing between us and Cersei.

Jon Snow: There's a thousand miles between us and Cersei. Winter is here, the Lannisters are a southern army. They've never ranged this far North.

Sansa Stark: You're the military man but I know her. If you're her enemy, she'll never stop until she's destroyed you. Everyone who's ever crossed her, she's found a way to murder.

Jon Snow: You almost sound as if you admire her.

Sansa Stark: I learned a great deal from her.

[Cersei is having a floor-map of Westeros renewed. Jaime arrives and observes for a moment, then nods at the painter, who leaves]

Jaime Lannister: What is this?

Cersei Lannister: It's what we've been waiting for our whole lives. It's what Father trained us for, whether he knew it or not.

Jaime Lannister: He knew it. Made me memorize every damn city, town, lake, forest and mountain.

Cersei Lannister: It's ours now. We just have to take it. You've been quiet, since you came home. Are you angry with me?

Jaime Lannister: No, not angry.

Cersei Lannister: Are you afraid of me?

Jaime Lannister: Should I be?

Cersei Lannister: Daenerys Targaryen has chosen Tyrion to be her Hand. Right now, they're sailing across the Narrow Sea, hoping to take back her father's throne. Our little brother, the one you love so much. The one you set free. The one who murdered our father, and our firstborn son. Now, he stands beside our enemies and gives them counsel. He's out there, somewhere, at the head of an armada. Where will they land?

Jaime Lannister: Dragonstone. They have deep water ports for their ships. Stannis left the castle unoccupied, and that's where she was born.

Cersei Lannister: Enemies to the east. Enemies to the south, Ellaria Sand and her brood of bitches. Enemies to the west, Olenna, the old cunt, another traitor. Enemies to the North. Ned Stark's bastard has been named King in the North, and that murdering whore Sansa stands beside him. Enemies everywhere, we're surrounded by traitors. You're in command of the Lannister army, now how do we proceed?

Jaime Lannister: Winter is here. We can't win a war if we can't feed our men and our horses. The Tyrells have the grain, the Tyrells have the livestock.

Cersei Lannister: Will the Tyrell bannermen stand alongside a Dothraki horde, and Unsullied slave soldiers?

Jaime Lannister: If they think Daenerys will win. No one wants to fight on the losing side. Right now, we look like the losing side.

Cersei Lannister: I'm the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.

Jaime Lannister: Three Kingdoms, at best. I'm not sure you understand how much danger we're in.

Cersei Lannister: I understand we're in a war for survival. I understand whoever loses dies. I understand that whoever wins could launch a dynasty that could last a thousand years.

Jaime Lannister: A dynasty for whom?! Our children are dead. We're the last of us.

Cersei Lannister: A dynasty for us, then.

Jaime Lannister: We never talked about Tommen.

[Cersei hurriedly walks over to the wine and pours herself a glass]

Cersei Lannister: There's nothing to say.

Jaime Lannister: Our baby boy killed himself!

Cersei Lannister: He betrayed me! He betrayed us both. [Jaime shakes his head at her in disbelief] Should we spend our days mourning the dead- Mother, Father, and all our children?

Jaime Lannister: Cersei..

Cersei Lannister: I loved them! I did. But they're ashes now and we're still flesh and blood. We're the last Lannisters, the last ones who count.

Jaime Lannister: Even Lannisters can't survive without allies. Where are our allies now? You saw what happened to Walder Frey and his family.

Cersei Lannister: I heard. How could we ever trust a man like that?

Jaime Lannister: We couldn't. He was a useless, old coward but the Freys supported us! Now, they're all dead. Whoever killed them is no friend of ours. We need allies! Stronger, better allies. We can't win this war alone!

Cersei Lannister: You think I listened to Father for forty years, and learned nothing?

[Cersei and Jaime watch a fleet bearing the Greyjoy sigil approach King's Landing]

Jaime Lannister: You invited the Greyjoys to King's Landing?!

Cersei Lannister: Not all of them.

Jaime Lannister: Well it looks like all of them.

Cersei Lannister: I invited Euron Greyjoy, the new King of the Iron Islands. You said yourself we need stronger, better allies. There you are.

Jaime Lannister: How are they better allies?! How are they different from the Freys?! They both broke their promises and murdered their former friends as soon as it suited them!

Cersei Lannister: So does everyone, when it suits them. Unlike the Freys, they have ships, and they're good at killing.

Jaime Lannister: They're not good at anything! I know the Ironborn. They're bitter, angry little people. All they know how to do is steal the things they can't build or grow themselves.

Cersei Lannister: Euron Greyjoy didn't come here for that.

Jaime Lannister: What did he come here for, then?

Cersei Lannister: A Queen.

Euron Greyjoy: The moment I was chosen Lord of the Iron Islands, they turned on me, their own uncle! They stole my best ships and ran, sailed them right across the world and gave them to the Dragon Queen, so she could bring her armies here to attack you. It's nothing compared to the treason you've suffered at the hands of a family member, from what I hear, but still, it bothers me. Murdering them would make me feel a lot better..and since it appears that all our treasonous family members are fighting for the same side, I thought we rightful monarchs could murder them together!

Jaime Lannister: You're not a rightful monarch though, are you? The Greyjoys rebelled against the throne for the right to be monarchs, but as I recall, you were soundly defeated. Come to think of it, weren't you the one who started that rebellion by sailing to Casterly Rock and burning the Lannister fleet? You certainly caught us there. Very smart move on your part. Of course, we all made it to the Iron Islands anyway. I was there.

Euron Greyjoy: I remember very well; I saw you. I heard so much talk: 'The best in the world, no one can stop him'. I didn't believe it to be honest, but I must say, when you rushed through the breach and started cutting people down, it was glorious! Like a dance.

Jaime Lannister: The people I was cutting down were your own kin!

Euron Greyjoy: Place was getting crowded. I enjoyed watching it, I truly did.

Jaime Lannister: And I enjoyed killing Greyjoys.

Euron Greyjoy: A good thing for me. If you hadn't crushed us, I wouldn't have gone into exile, and if I hadn't done that, I wouldn't be the greatest captain on the fourteen seas!

Cersei Lannister: If not the most humble.

Euron Greyjoy: You're not humble. [Cersei inclines her head, conceding the point] You're the Queen of a great nation. You don't care about the Iron Islands. There are nothing but rocks and bird shit there and a lot of very unattractive people. The Iron Fleet, on the other hand..that's something else entirely. It's the greatest armada Westeros has ever seen; with the Iron Fleet, you own the seas! You can defeat the invaders in the east and the pretenders in the north and south.

Cersei Lannister: What do you want in return?

Euron Greyjoy: Ever since I was a little boy, I wanted to grow up and marry the most beautiful woman in the world. So here I am, with a thousand ships..and two good hands!

Cersei Lannister: I decline your proposal.

Euron Greyjoy: Why?

Cersei Lannister: You're not trustworthy. You've broken promises to allies before and murdered them at the nearest opportunity. You murdered your own brother.

Euron Greyjoy: You should try it. It feels wonderful! I don't expect you to trust me outright. You need proof of my honest intentions. In my experience, the surest way to a woman's heart is with a gift, a priceless gift. I won't return to King's Landing until I have that for you.

Stormborn [7.02][edit]

Daenerys Targaryen: You served my father, didn't you, Lord Varys?

Varys: I did.

Daenerys Targaryen: And then you served the man who overthrew him?

Varys: I had a choice, Your Grace. Serve Robert Baratheon, or face the headsman's ax.

Daenerys Targaryen: But you didn't serve him long. You turned against him.

Varys: Robert was an improvement on your father, to be sure. There have been few rulers in history as cruel as the Mad King. Robert was neither mad nor cruel; he simply had no interest in being King.

Daenerys Targaryen: So, you took it upon yourself to find a better one?

Tyrion Lannister: Your Grace! When I was ready to drink myself into a small coffin, Lord Varys told me about a Queen in the East..

Daenerys Targaryen: Before I came to power, you favored my brother. All your spies, your little birds, did they tell you Viserys was cruel, stupid and weak? Would those qualities have made for a good King, in your learned opinion?

Varys: Until your marriage to Khal Drogo, Your Grace, I knew nothing about you, save your existence and that you were said to be beautiful.

Daenerys Targaryen: So, you and your friends traded me, like a prize horse, to the Dothraki?

Varys: Which you turned to your advantage.

Daenerys Targaryen: Who gave the order to kill me?

Varys: King Robert.

Daenerys Targaryen: Who hired the assassins? Who sent word to Essos to murder Daenerys Targaryen?

Varys: Your Grace, I did what had to be done..

Daenerys Targaryen: To keep yourself alive?

Tyrion Lannister: Lord Varys has proven himself a loyal servant.

Daenerys Targaryen: 'Proven himself loyal?' Quite the opposite. If he dislikes one monarch, he conspires to crown the next one. What kind of a servant is that?

Varys: The kind the Realm needs. Incompetence should not be rewarded with blind loyalty. As long as I have my eyes, I'll use them. I wasn't born into a Great House. I came from nothing. I was sold as a slave, and carved up as an offering. When I was a child I lived in alleys, gutters, abandoned houses. You wish to know where my loyalties lie? Not with any King or Queen, but with the people. The people who suffer under despots and prosper under just rule. The people whose hearts you aim to win! If you demand blind allegiance.. I respect your wishes. Grey Worm can behead me, or your dragons can devour me. But if you let me live, I will serve you well; I will dedicate myself to seeing you on the Iron Throne, because I choose you. Because I know that the people have no better chance than you.

Daenerys Targaryen: Swear this to me, Varys. If you ever think I'm failing the people, you won't conspire behind my back. You'll look me in the eye, as you have done today, and you'll tell me how I am failing them.

Varys: I swear it, my Queen.

Daenerys Targaryen: And I swear this: if you ever betray me, I'll burn you alive.

Varys: [smiles] I would expect nothing less from the Mother of Dragons.

Jaime Lannister: Thank you for coming. The other lords of the Reach look to you for guidance now more than ever; they might not have come if you hadn't.

Randyll Tarly: If my Queen summons me, I answer the call..and I've heard what she does to those who defy her.

Jaime Lannister: You ride for Horn Hill today?

Randyll Tarly: I have an army to mobilize. Won't be long before the fighting starts.

Jaime Lannister: And which side will you be fighting for? You were the only man to defeat Robert Baratheon in battle. Not even Rhaegar Targaryen could..

Randyll Tarly: It is a long ride back to the Reach, Ser Jaime. How may I serve?

Jaime Lannister: I want you to be my ranking general in the wars to come. I want you to swear allegiance to Cersei, and I want you to help me destroy her enemies. All her enemies.

Randyll Tarly: Including Olenna Tyrell? I'm a Tarly. That name means something. We're not oathbreakers, we're not schemers. We don't stab our rivals in the back or cut their throats at weddings! I swore an oath to House Tyrell.

Jaime Lannister: You swore an oath to the Crown as well, Lord Tarly.

Randyll Tarly: I've known Olenna since I was a child.

Jaime Lannister: She was a great woman once. Now, she's broken. She wants revenge so badly, she brought the Dothraki to our shores! The Dothraki! In Westeros, for the first time in history! I know you don't like my sister, but you have to make a choice. Do you fight with us, or with the foreign savages and eunuchs? When the war is won, the Queen will need a new Warden of the South. I can think of no better man than Randyll Tarly.

Yara Greyjoy: If you want the Iron Throne, take it! We have an army, a fleet and three dragons; we should hit King's Landing now, hard, with everything we have. The city will fall within a day.

Tyrion Lannister: If we turn the dragons loose, tens of thousands will die in the firestorms.

Ellaria Sand: It's called war. You don't have the stomach for it, scurry back into hiding!

Tyrion Lannister: I know how you wage war. We don't poison little girls here. Myrcella was innocent.

Ellaria Sand: She was a Lannister! There are no innocent Lannisters. My greatest regret is that Oberyn died fighting for you.

Daenerys Targaryen: That's enough! Lord Tyrion is Hand of the Queen; you will treat him with respect. I am not here to be queen of the ashes.

Olenna Tyrell: That's very nice to hear. Of course, I can't remember a queen who was better loved than my granddaughter. The common people loved her; the nobles loved her. And what is left of her now? Ashes. Commoners, nobles they're all just children, really. They won't obey you, unless they fear you.

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Daenerys Targaryen: I realize you're here out of hatred for Cersei, and not love for me. But I swear to you, she will pay for what she's done. And we will bring peace back to Westeros.

Olenna Tyrell: Peace. Do you think that's what we had under your father? Or his father, or his? Peace never lasts, my dear. Will you take a bit of advice from an old woman? [Daenerys nods] He's a clever man, your Hand. I've known a great many clever men. I've outlived them all. You know why? I ignored them. The Lords of Westeros are sheep. Are you a sheep? [Daenerys shakes her head.] No, you're a dragon. Be a dragon.

Jon Snow: You all crowned me your King. I never wanted it. I never asked for it. But I accepted it because the North is my home! It's part of me, and I will never stop fighting for it, no matter the odds! But the odds are against us. None of you have seen the Army of the Dead. None of you. We can never hope to defeat them alone. We need allies. Powerful allies. I know it's a risk, but I know I have to take it.

Sansa Stark: Then send an emmissary! Don't go yourself!

Jon Snow: Daenerys is a Queen. Only a King can convince her to help us. It has to be me.

Sansa Stark: You're abandoning your people! You're abandoning your home.

Jon Snow: I'm leaving both in good hands.

Sansa Stark: Whose?!

Jon Snow: Yours. You're my sister, you're the only Stark in Winterfell. Until I return, the North is yours.

The Queen's Justice [7.03][edit]

Tyrion Lannister: And Sansa? I hear she's alive and well.

Jon Snow: She is.

Tyrion Lannister: Does she miss me, terribly? [Jon scowls at him] A sham marriage.. and unconsummated.

Jon Snow: I didn't ask.

Tyrion Lannister: Well, it was. Wasn't. Anyway, she's much smarter than she lets on.

Jon Snow: She's starting to let on.

Tyrion Lannister: Good. At some point, I want to hear how a Night's Watch recruit became King in the North.

Jon Snow: As long as you tell me how a Lannister became Hand to Daenerys Targaryen.

Tyrion Lannister: A long and bloody tale. To be honest, I was drunk for most of it.

Jon Snow: My bannermen think I'm a fool for coming here.

Tyrion Lannister: Of course they do. If I was your Hand, I would've advised against it. General rule of thumb: Stark men don't fare well when they travel South.

Jon Snow: True.. but I'm not a Stark.

[Suddenly Drogon swoops right over their heads, roaring; Jon, Davos and the Northmen drop to the ground, staring up at him]

Tyrion Lannister: [helps Jon back to his feet] I'd say you get used to them.. but, you never really do. Come. Their mother is waiting for you.

Missandei: You stand in the presence of Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, rightful heir to the Iron Throne, rightful Queen of the Andals and the First Men, protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains.

[Jon looks to Ser Davos]

Davos Seaworth: ..This is Jon Snow. He is King in the North.

Daenerys Targaryen: Thank you for travelling so far, my lord. I hope the seas were not too rough.

Jon Snow: The winds were kind, your Grace.

Davos Seaworth: Apologies, I have a Flea Bottom accent, I know, but Jon Snow is King in the North, your Grace. He's not a lord.

Daenerys Targaryen: Forgive me..

Tyrion Lannister: Your Grace, this is Ser Davos Seaworth.

Daenerys Targaryen: Forgive me, Ser Davos, I never did receive a formal education, but I could have sworn I read the last King in the North was Torrhen Stark, who bent the knee to my ancestor, Aegon Targaryen. In exchange for his life and the lives of the Northmen, Torrhen Stark swore fealty to House Targaryen in perpetuity. Or do I have my facts wrong?

Davos Seaworth: I wasn't there, your Grace.

Daenerys Targaryen: No, of course not, but still an oath is an oath, and perpetuity means.. what does perpetuity mean, Lord Tyrion?

Tyrion Lannister: Forever.

Daenerys Targaryen: Forever. So I assume, my lord, you're here to bend the knee.

Jon Snow: I am not.

Daenerys Targaryen: Oh? Well that is unfortunate. You've traveled all this way to break faith with House Targaryen?

Jon Snow: Break faith? Your father burnt my grandfather alive. He burnt my uncle alive. He would have burned the Seven Kingdoms-

Daenerys Targaryen: My father..was an evil man. On behalf of House Targaryen, I ask your forgiveness for the crimes he committed against your family, and I ask you not to judge a daughter by the sins of her father. Our two Houses were allies for centuries, and those were the best centuries the Seven Kingdoms have ever known. Centuries of peace and prosperity, with a Targaryen sitting on the Iron Throne and a Stark serving as Warden of the North. I am the last Targaryen, Jon Snow. Honor the pledge your ancestor made to mine. Bend the knee and I will name you Warden of the North. Together, we will save this country from those who would destroy it.

Jon Snow: You're right. You're not guilty of your father's crimes, and I am not beholden to my ancestor's vows.

Daenerys Targaryen: Then why are you here?

Jon Snow: Because I need your help, and you need mine.

Daenerys Targaryen: Did you see three dragons flying overhead when you arrived?

Jon Snow: I did.

Daenerys Targaryen: And did you see the Dothraki, all of whom have sworn to kill for me?

Jon Snow: They're hard to miss.

Daenerys Targaryen: But still, I need your help?

Davos Seaworth: Not to defeat Cersei. You could storm King's Landing tomorrow and the city would fall. Hell, we almost took it and we didn't even have dragons!

Tyrion Lannister: Almost.

Jon Snow: But you haven't stormed King's Landing. Why not? The only reason I can see is you don't want to kill thousands of innocent people. It's the fastest way to win the war, but you won't do it..which means, at the very least, you're better than Cersei.

Daenerys Targaryen: Still, that doesn't explain why I need your help.

Jon Snow: Because right now, you and I and Cersei and everyone else, we're children playing at a game, screaming that the rules aren't fair.

Daenerys Targaryen: [to Tyrion] You told me you liked this man.

Tyrion Lannister: I do.

Daenerys Targaryen: In the time since he's met me, he's refused to call me Queen, he's refused to bow and now he's calling me a child!

Tyrion Lannister: I believe he's calling all of us children. Figure of speech.

Jon Snow: Your Grace, everyone you know will die before winter is over if we don't defeat the enemy to the north!

Daenerys Targaryen: As far as I can see, you are the enemy to the north!

Jon Snow: I am not your enemy! The dead are the enemy.

Daenerys Targaryen: The dead? Is that another figure of speech?

Jon Snow: The army of the dead is on the march.

Tyrion Lannister: The army of the dead?

Jon Snow: You don't know me well, my lord, but do you think I'm a liar, or a madman?

Tyrion Lannister: No, I don't think you're either of those things.

Jon Snow: The army of the dead is real. The White Walkers are real. The Night King is real. I've seen them. If they get past the Wall and we're squabbling amongst ourselves, we're finished.

Danerys Targaryen: I was born at Dragonstone, not that I can remember it. We fled before Robert's assassins could find us. Robert was your father's best friend, no? I wonder if your father knew his best friend sent assassins to murder a baby girl in her crib? Not that it matters now, of course. I spent my life in foreign lands. So many men have tried to kill me, I don't remember all their names. I have been sold like a brood mare. I've been chained and betrayed, raped and defiled. Do you know what kept me standing all those years in exile? Faith. Not in any gods, not in myths and legends. In myself. In Daenerys Targaryen! The world hadn't seen a dragon in centuries until my children were born. The Dothraki hadn't crossed the sea, any sea; they did for me. I was born to rule the Seven Kingdoms.. and I will.

Jon Snow: You'll be ruling over a graveyard if we don't defeat the Night King.

Tyrion Lannister: The war against my sister has already begun. You can't expect us to halt hostilities and join you in fighting..whatever you saw beyond the Wall.

Davos Seaworth: You don't believe him. I understand that. It sounds like nonsense. But if destiny has brought Daenerys Targaryen back to our shores, it has also made Jon Snow King in the North. You were the first to bring Dothraki to Westeros? He is the first to make allies with the wildlings and Northmen. He was named Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. He was named King in the North. Not because of his birthright. He has no birthright. He's a damn bastard. All those hard sons of bitches chose him as their leader..because they believe in him. All those things you don't believe in, he faced those things. He fought those things for the good of his people. He risked his life for his people. He took a knife in the heart for his people. He gave his own--

[Jon turns to Davos to stop his speech there]

Davos Seaworth: If we don't put aside our enmities and band together, we will die. And then it doesn't matter whose skeleton sits on the Iron Throne.

Tyrion Lannister: If it doesn't matter, then you might as well kneel. Swear your allegiance to Queen Daenerys. Help her to defeat my sister, and together, our armies will protect the North.

Jon Snow: There's no time for that. There's no time for any of this! While we stand here, debating--

Tyrion Lannister: It takes no time to bend the knee. Pledge your sword to her cause.

Jon Snow: And why would I do that? [to Daenerys] I mean no offense, Your Grace, but I don't know you. As far as I can tell, your claim to the throne rests entirely on your father's name, and my own father fought to overthrow the Mad King. The lords of the North placed their trust in me to lead them, and I will continue to do so as well as I can.

Danerys Targaryen: That's fair. It's also fair to point out that I'm the rightful Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. By declaring yourself king of the northernmost kingdom, you are in open rebellion.

[Cersei has a bound and gagged Ellaria and Tyene Sand captive in the dungeons of the Red Keep]

Cersei Lannister: I want you to know I understand. Even though we're enemies, you and I, I understand the fury that drives you. I was there that day when Ser Gregor crushed your lover's head. I close my eyes, I can hear the sound of Oberyn's skull breaking, the sound of your scream. I never heard a sound like that; I thought 'That's true love'. Oberyn looked beautiful that day, he really did. No one moved like him, no one had such skill with the spear, even Ser Gregor couldn't stop him. If only he hadn't taunted him: he could have walked away and left poor Ser Gregor to die. But that wasn't your lover's way, was it? Now he's buried somewhere, and here's Ser Gregor, stronger than ever. That must be difficult for you. When my daughter was taken from me, my only daughter..well, you can't imagine how that feels unless you've lost a child. I fed her at my own breast even though they told me to give her to the wet nurse; I couldn't bear to see her in another woman's arms. I never got to have a mother, but Myrcella did. [her voice breaks in anger] She was mine and you took her from me! Why did you do that?!

[Ellaria gives her a defiant, mocking grin in response]

Cersei Lannister: Doesn't matter now. Your daughter's a beauty too. Those brown eyes, those lips, perfect Dornish beauty. I imagine she's your favourite. I know, I know we're not supposed to have favourites, but still, we're only human. We love whom we love. [Ellaria makes muffled pleading sounds through her gag] I'm sorry, I can't understand you. The gag makes it impossible to understand what you're saying. Must be frustrating. We all make our choices. You chose to murder my daughter; you must have felt powerful when you made that choice. Do you feel powerful now? I don't sleep very well, not at all really. I lie in bed and I stare at the canopy and imagine ways of killing my enemies. How to destroy Ellaria Sand, the woman who murdered my only daughter?! I thought about having Ser Gregor crush your skull the way he did Oberyn's. It would be poetic, I suppose, but fast, too fast. [removing Tyene's gag] I thought about having him crush your daughter's skull. She's so beautiful. [caresses Tyene's face] The thought of this lovely face cracking open like a duck egg..no it's just not right!

[Cersei kisses Tyene full on the lips. Ellaria's eyes widen with horror as it dawns on her exactly what Cersei is doing]

Tyene Sand: Mama!

Cersei Lannister: Qyburn here is the cleverest man I know. Clever enough to learn what poison you used to murder Myrcella. The Long Goodbye, was that it?

Qyburn: The Long Farewell.

Cersei Lannister: That's the one. How long does the poison take?

Qyburn: Difficult to say. Hours, days, it depends on the subject's constitution.

Cersei Lannister: But death is certain?

Qyburn: Oh yes, Your Grace. Quite certain.

Cersei Lannister: [crouching down so she can look Ellaria in the eye] Your daughter will die here, in this cell and you'll be here watching when she does. You'll be here the rest of your days. If you refuse to eat, we'll force food down your throat. You will live to watch your daughter rot, to watch that beautiful face collapse to bone and dust, all the while contemplating the choices you've made. [addressing Qyburn, but without breaking eye contact with Ellaria] Make sure the guards change the torches every few hours. I don't want her to miss a thing.

[Jaime Lannister confronts Olenna Tyrell in the aftermath of Highgarden's conquest]

Olenna Tyrell: It's done?

Jaime Lannister: It is.

Olenna Tyrell: 'And now the rains weep o'er our halls.' Did we fight well?

Jaime Lannister: As well as could be expected.

Olenna Tyrell: It was never really our forte. Golden roses, indeed! Your brother and his new queen thought you would be defending Casterly Rock.

Jaime Lannister: The truth is Casterly Rock isn't worth much any more. Well, it is to me, but my fond childhood memories won't keep Cersei on the Iron Throne.

Olenna Tyrell: So you just let them take it?

Jaime Lannister: For now. They won't be able to hold it. Euron Greyjoy's navy burnt their ships, we emptied the larders before we left. Eventually, they'll be forced to abandon their position and march all the way across Westeros.

Olenna Tyrell: And you took your army, your real army and went where they weren't.

Jaime Lannister: As Robb Stark did to me at Whispering Wood. There are always lessons in failure.

Olenna Tyrell: Yes. You must be very wise by now.

Jaime Lannister: My father always said I was a slow learner.

Olenna Tyrell: If he was so clever, why didn't he take Highgarden the moment your gold mines ran dry? I suppose I'll be able to ask him myself soon enough. No more learning from my mistakes, eh? How will you do it? With that sword? That was Joffrey's, wasn't it? Not that he ever used it. What did he call it?

Jaime Lannister: Widow's Wail.

Olenna Tyrell: He really was a cunt, wasn't he? I did unspeakable things to protect my family, or watched them being done on my orders. I never lost a night's sleep over them; they were necessary and whatever I imagined necessary for the safety of House Tyrell, I did. But your sister has done things I wasn't capable of imagining. That was my prize mistake; a failure of imagination. She's a monster. You do know that?

Jaime Lannister: To you, I'm sure. To others as well. But after we've won, and there's no one left to oppose us, when people are living peacefully in the world she built, do you really think they'll wring their hands over the way she built it?

Olenna Tyrell: You love her. You really do love her. You poor fool. She'll be the end of you.

Jaime Lannister: Possibly. Not much to be gained from discussing it with you, is there?

Olenna Tyrell: What better person to discuss it with? What better guarantee do you have that the things you say will never leave this room? But perhaps you're right. If she's driven you this far, then it's gone beyond your control.

Jaime Lannister: Yes. It has.

Olenna Tyrell: She's a disease. I regret my role in spreading it. You will too.

Jaime Lannister: I think we're done here.

Olenna Tyrell: How will it happen?

Jaime Lannister: Cersei had several ideas. Whipping you through the streets and beheading you in front of the Red Keep. Flaying you alive and hanging you from the walls of King's Landing. I talked her out of those. [Jaime pours a vial of poison into a wine glass]

Olenna Tyrell: Will there be pain?

Jaime Lannister: No. I made sure of that.

Olenna Tyrell: That's good. [she drinks the poison] I'd hate to die like your son. Clawing at my neck, foam and bile spilling from my mouth, eyes blood-red, skin purple. Must have been horrible for you, as a Kingsguard, as a father. It was horrible enough for me, a shocking scene. Not at all what I intended. You see, I'd never seen the poison work before. Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me.

The Spoils of War [7.04][edit]

[Petyr walks in to see Bran Stark sitting by the fireside, where he presents to him a Valyrian dagger]

Petyr Baelish: This is for you. The last man who wielded it meant to cut your throat, but your mother fought him off.The other dagger, the one that took her life, I would have stopped that dagger with my own heart if I could have. I wasn't there for her when she needed me most. But I am here for her now to do what she would have done, to protect her children. Anything I can do for you, Brandon, you need only ask.

Bran Stark: [Inspects the dagger] Do you know who this belonged to?

Petyr Baelish: No. That very question was what started the War of the Five Kings. In a way, that dagger made you what you are today. Forced from your home, driven out to the wilds beyond the Wall. I imagine you've seen things most men wouldn't believe. To go through all of that and make your way home again only to find such chaos in the world, I can only imagine⁠—

Bran Stark: [glares at Petyr]Chaos is a ladder.

[Petyr reacts in surprise before he is interrupted by Meera Reed]

[Arya and Sansa meet at their father's tomb]

Arya Stark: Do I have to call you 'Lady Stark' now?

Sansa Stark: Yes. You shouldn't have run from the guards.

Arya Stark: I didn't run. You need better guards. It suits you: Lady Stark. Jon left you in charge?

Sansa Stark: He did. I hope he comes back soon. I remember how happy he was to see me. When he sees you, his heart will probably stop.

[They gaze at the statue of Ned Stark]

Arya Stark: It doesn't look like him. Should've been carved by someone who knew his face.

Sansa Stark: Everyone who knew his face is dead.

Arya Stark: We're not. They say you killed Joffrey. Did you?

Sansa Stark: I wish I had.

Arya Stark: Me, too. I was angry when I heard someone else had done it. However long my list got, he was always first.

Sansa Stark: Your list?

Arya Stark: Of people I'm going to kill.

[Sansa stares at her for a moment, then they both laugh]

Sansa Stark: How did you get back to Winterfell?

Arya Stark: It's a long story. I imagine yours is, too.

Sansa Stark: Yes. And not a very pleasant one.

Arya Stark: Mine, neither. But our stories aren't over yet.

Sansa Stark: No, they're not.

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[Jon and Daenerys explore a cave beneath Dragonstone. By torchlight, he shows her a series of cave paintings]

Jon Snow: The Children of the Forest made these.

Daenerys Targaryen: [awed] When?

Jon Snow: A very long time ago.

Daenerys Targaryen: They were right here, standing right where we're standing, before there were Targaryens or Starks or Lannisters. Maybe even before there were men.

Jon Snow: No. They were here together. The Children and the First Men.

Daenerys Targaryen: Doing what? Fighting each other?

Jon Snow: [shows her a cave painting depicting humans and White Walkers] They fought together, against their common enemy, despite their differences, despite their suspicions..together. We need to do the same if we're going to survive, 'cause the enemy is real. It's always been real.

Daenerys Targaryen: And you say you can't defeat them without my armies and my dragons?

Jon Snow: No, I don't think I can.

Daenerys Targaryen: I will fight for you. I will fight for the North..when you bend the knee.

Jon Snow: My people won't accept a southern ruler, not after everything they've suffered.

Daenerys Targaryen: They will if their King does. They chose you to lead them, they chose you to protect them. Isn't their survival more important than your pride?

[Daenerys has learned of the fall of Highgarden and the death of Olenna Tyrell from Tyrion and Varys]

Davos Seaworth: You'll want to discuss this amongst yourselves. Perhaps..

Daenerys Targaryen: You will stay! All my allies are gone. They've been taken from me while I've been sitting here on this island.

Tyrion Lannister: You still have the largest army.

Daenerys Targaryen: Who won't be able to eat because Cersei has taken all the food from the Reach!

Tyrion Lannister: Call Grey Worm and the Unsullied back. We still have enough ships to ferry the Dothraki to the mainland. Commit to the blockade of King's Landing. We still have a plan, it's the right plan.

Daenerys Targaryen: The right plan? Your strategy has lost us Dorne, the Iron Islands and the Reach!

Tyrion Lannister: If I have underestimated our enemies..

Daenerys Targaryen: Our enemies? Your family, you mean. Perhaps you don't want to hurt them after all. [Daenerys sees her dragons flying over the sea] Enough with the clever plans. I have three large dragons. I am going to fly them to the Red Keep.

Tyrion Lannister: We've discussed this.

Daenerys Targaryen: My enemies are in the Red Keep! What kind of queen am I if I'm not willing to risk my life to fight them?

Tyrion Lannister: A smart one.

[Daenerys turns to Jon]

Daenerys Targaryen: What do you think I should do?

Jon Snow: I would never presume to..

Daenerys Targaryen: I'm at war. I'm losing. What do you think I should do?

Jon Snow: I never thought that dragons would exist again. No one did. The people who follow you know that you made something impossible happen. Maybe that helps them believe that you can make other impossible things happen. Build a different world from the shit one they've always known. But if you use them to melt castles and burn cities, you're not different..you're just more of the same.

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Davos Seaworth: What do you think of her?

Jon Snow: Who?

Davos Seaworth: I believe you know of whom I speak.

Jon Snow: I think she has a good heart.

Davos Seaworth: A good heart? [teasing] I've noticed you staring at her good heart.

Jon Snow: There's no time for that. I saw the Night King, Davos; I stared into his eyes. How many men do we have in the North to fight him? Ten thousand? Less?

Davos Seaworth: Fewer.

Jon: What?

Davos Seaworth: Speaking of good hearts, Missandei of Naath! [Missandei turns to greet them]

Missandei: Ser Davos, Lord Snow.

Davos Seaworth: King Snow, isn't it? No, that doesn't sound right; King Jon?

Jon Snow: It doesn't matter.

Missandei: Forgive me, but may I ask a question?

Jon Snow: Of course.

Missandei: Your name is Jon Snow, but your father's name was Ned Stark?

Jon Snow: I'm a bastard. My mother and father weren't married.

Davos Seaworth: Is the custom different in Naath?

Missandei: We don't have marriage in Naath, so the concept of a bastard doesn't exist.

Davos Seaworth: That sounds..liberating.

Jon Snow: Why did you leave your homeland?

Missandei: I was stolen away by slavers.

Jon Snow: I'm sorry.

Davos Seaworth: If I may, how did a slave girl come to advise Daenerys Targaryen?

Missandei: She bought me from my master and set me free.

Davos Seaworth: That was good of her. Of course, you're serving her now, aren't you?

Missandei: I serve my Queen because I want to serve my Queen, because I believe in her.

Jon Snow: So if you wanted to sail home to Naath tomorrow?

Missandei: Then she would give me a ship and wish me good fortune.

Jon Snow: And you believe that?

Missandei: I know it. All of us who came with her from Essos, we believe in her. She's not our Queen because she's the daughter of some King we never knew: she's the Queen we chose.

Davos Seaworth: [to Jon] Will you forgive me if I switch sides?

Dickon Tarly: Ser Jaime.

Jaime Lannister: Rickon.

Dickon Tarly: Dickon. [Bronn snickers]

Jaime Lannister: I hear you fought bravely at Highgarden. Your first battle? [Dickon nods] And?

Dickon Tarly: It was glorious.

Bronn: Come on. Your father's not here.

Dickon Tarly: All my life, we've been pledged to House Tyrell. I knew some of those men. I hunted with them.

Jaime Lannister: They didn't deserve to die. But Lady Olenna chose to betray her Queen and support the Targaryen girl, so here we are.

Dickon Tarly: I didn't expect it to smell like that.

Bronn: Men shit themselves when they die. Didn't they teach you that at fancy-lad school? Well, I learnt it when I was five.

[Bronn stops and frowns in concentration]

Jaime Lannister: What?

Bronn: Listen.

[They all hear the sound of approaching cavalry in the distance]

Jaime Lannister: Spears and shields! Spears and shields!

Bronn: Get in line!

Jaime Lannister: Spears and shields! Spears and shields!

Bronn: Get in line now!

Randyll Tarly: Form up! Come on, lads! Guard those wagons! Form a line!

Jaime Lannister: Fill the gaps!

[A horde of screaming Dothraki warriors rides over the hill and charges towards them]

Randyll Tarly: Spears out!

Jaime Lannister: Spears out!

Bronn: Get back to King's Landing.

Jaime Lannister: I'm not abandoning my army!

Bronn: You're the commander, not a damn infantryman! Those fuckers are about to swamp us!

Jaime Lannister: We can hold them off!

[At that moment, they hear a roar and look up in shock as Drogon comes flying towards them with Daenerys on his back]

Daenerys Targaryen: Dracarys!

Eastwatch [7.05][edit]

[Bronn drags Jaime out of the river after the Battle of the Goldroad]

Jaime Lannister: You could've killed me.

Bronn: The fuck were you doing back there?!

Jaime Lannister: Ending the war. Killing her.

Bronn: You saw the dragon, between you and her? And? Listen to me, cunt: till I get what I'm owed, a dragon doesn't get to kill you. You don't get to kill you! Only I get to kill you!

Jaime Lannister: That was only one of them. She has two more. If she decides to use them, to really use them..

Bronn: You're fucked.

Jaime Lannister: Don't you mean 'we're' fucked?

Bronn: No, I do not. Dragons are where our partnership ends. I'm not gonna be around when those things start spittin' fire on King's Landing!

Jaime Lannister: I have to tell Cersei.

Bronn: Might as well jump back in that river.

Daenerys Targaryen: [to Lannister and Tarly soldiers] I know what Cersei has told you: that I have come to destroy your cities, burn down your homes, murder you and orphan your children. That's Cersei Lannister, not me. I'm not here to murder, and all I want to destroy is the wheel that has rolled over everyone both rich and poor, to the benefit of no-one but the Cersei Lannisters of the world. I offer you a choice - bend the knee and join me. Together we will leave the world a better place than we found it. Or refuse..and die.

[Some kneel in submission. Drogon roars, and more men follow, leaving only a handful of others still standing.]

Daenerys Targaryen: Step forward, my lord.

[Randyll approaches Daenerys]

Daenerys Targaryen: You will not kneel?

Randyll Tarly: I already have a queen.

Tyrion Lannister: My sister. She wasn't your queen until recently though, was she? When she murdered your rightful queen and destroyed House Tyrell for all time. So it appears your allegiances are somewhat flexible.

Randyll Tarly: There are no easy choices in war. Say what you will about your sister, she was born in Westeros. She's lived here all her life. You, on the other hand..you murdered your own father, then chose to support a foreign invader, one with no ties to this land. With an army of savages at her back.

Daenerys Targaryen: You will not trade your honor for your life. I respect that.

Tyrion Lannister: Perhaps he could take the black, Your Grace. Whatever else he is, he is a true soldier; he'll be invaluable at the Wall.

Randyll Tarly: You cannot send me to the Wall. You are not my queen.

Dickon Tarly: You will have to kill me too.

Randyll Tarly: Step back and shut your mouth!

Daenerys Targaryen: Who are you?

Randyll Tarly: A stupid boy.

Dickon Tarly: I'm Dickon Tarly, son of Randyll Tarly.

Tyrion Lannister: You are the future of your house! This war has already wiped one great house from the world. Don't let it happen again, bend the knee!

Dickon Tarly: I will not.

Tyrion Lannister: Your Grace. Nothing scrubs bold notions from a man's head like a few weeks in a dark cell.

Daenerys Targaryen: I meant what I said. I'm not here to put them in chains. If that becomes an option, many will take it. I gave them a choice, they made it.

Tyrion Lannister: Your Grace, you start beheading entire families..

Daenerys Targaryen: I'm not beheading anyone.

[Tyrion follows her gaze to Drogon]

Tyrion Lannister: Your Grace!

Daenerys Targaryen: Lord Randyll Tarly. Dickon Tarly. I, Daenerys Targaryen, first of my name, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons, sentence you to die. Dracarys.

[Drogon incinerates them, leaving behind nothing but two small piles of smoldering armor and flesh. All the remaining prisoners kneel.]

[Tyrion and Varys talk over the battle's aftermath at Dragonstone]

Tyrion Lannister: All rulers demand people bend the knee; it's why they're rulers. She gave Tarly a choice. A man who had taken up arms against her. What else could she do?

Varys: Not burn him alive alongside his son?

Tyrion Lannister: I am her Hand, not her head. I can't make her decisions for her.

Varys: That's what I used to tell myself about her father. I found the traitors, but I wasn't the one burning them alive. I was only a purveyor of information. It's what I told myself when I watched them beg for mercy. 'I'm not the one doing it'. And the pitch of their screams rose higher..'I'm not the one doing it'. When their hair caught fire and the smell of their burning flesh filled the throne room, 'I'm not the one doing it'.

Tyrion Lannister: Daenerys is not her father.

Varys: And she never will be..with the right counsel. You need to find a way to make her listen.

[Jaime has returned to King's Landing and confronts Cersei]

Cersei Lannister: How many men did we lose?

Jaime Lannister: We haven't done a full accounting.

Cersei Lannister: It's not only armies that win wars. We have the Tyrell gold, we have the Iron Bank behind us; we can buy mercenaries. Not the same as our men, but they'll fight if they're well-paid, which they will be.

Jaime Lannister: I just saw the Dothraki fight. They'll beat any mercenary army. They'll beat any army I've ever seen. Killing our men wasn't war for them, it was sport! Her dragon burnt a thousand wagons! Qyburn's scorpion fired bolts bigger than you, they couldn't stop it and she has three of them! This isn't a war we can win.

Cersei Lannister: So what do we do? Sue for peace? I sit on her father's throne, the father you betrayed and murdered! And in her mind, she's winning! What sort of offer do you think she'd make? Maybe we can count on Tyrion to intercede on our behalf? By way of apology for murdering our father and son..

Jaime Lannister: He didn't.

Cersei Lannister: You saw the crossbow, you saw his body.

Jaime Lannister: I'm not talking about Father. Tyrion didn't kill Joffrey, he had nothing to do with it.

Cersei Lannister: After all this time, it still amazes me that you..

Jaime Lannister: It was Olenna. She confessed before she died.

Cersei Lannister: And was this before or after she drank the poison you so kindly provided for her?!

Jaime Lannister: After.

Cersei Lannister: And you believed her?

Jaime Lannister: If you were Olenna, would you rather have seen your granddaughter married to Joffrey or Tommen? Which one would Margaery have been better able to control? Which one would have made Olenna the true ruler of the Seven Kingdoms? She was telling the truth. [Cersei's smug expression twists into one of fury as she realises Jaime is right]

Cersei Lannister: I shouldn't have listened to you. She should have died screaming.

Jaime Lannister: She's dead, like her son, like her grandchildren, her whole House. And if we don't find a way out of this war, we'll follow them.

Cersei Lannister: So we fight and die or we submit and die; I know my choice. A soldier should know his.

Jon Snow: I thought Arya was dead. I thought Bran was dead.

Daenerys Targaryen: I'm happy for you. You don't look happy.

Jon Snow: Bran saw the Night King and his army marching towards Eastwatch. If they make it past the Wall..

Varys: The Wall has kept them out for thousands of years, presumably.

Jon Snow: I need to go home.

Daenerys Targaryen: You said you don't have enough men.

Jon Snow: We'll fight with the men we have, unless you'll join us.

Daenerys Targaryen: And give the country to Cersei? As soon as I march away, she marches in.

Tyrion Lannister: Perhaps not. Cersei thinks the army of the dead is nothing but a story, made up by wet nurses to frighten children. What if we prove her wrong?

Jon Snow: I don't think she'll come see the dead at my invitation!

Tyrion Lannister: So bring the dead to her.

Daenerys Targaryen: I thought that was what we were trying to avoid.

Tyrion Lannister: We don't have to bring the whole army; only one soldier.

Davos Seaworth: Is that possible?

Jon Snow: The first wight I ever saw was brought back into Castle Black from beyond the Wall.

Tyrion Lannister: Bring one of these things down to King's Landing and show her the truth.

Varys: Anything you bring back will be useless unless Cersei grants us an audience and is somehow convinced not to murder us the moment we set foot in the capital!

Tyrion Lannister: The only person she listens to is Jaime. He might listen to me.

Daenerys Targaryen: And how would you get into King's Landing? [everyone looks at Davos]

Davos Seaworth: I can smuggle you in, but if the Gold Cloaks were to recognise you, I'm warning you, I'm not a fighter.

Daenerys Targaryen: Well, it'll all be for nothing if we don't have one of these dead men.

Varys: Fair point. How do you propose to find one?

Jorah Mormont: With the Queen's permission, I'll go north and take one. [Daenerys looks round at him] You asked me to find a cure so I could serve you. Allow me to serve you.

Jon Snow: The Free Folk'll help us. They know the real north better than anyone.

Davos Seaworth: They won't follow Ser Jorah.

Jon Snow: They won't have to.

Davos Seaworth: You can't lead a raid beyond the Wall! You're not in the Night's Watch anymore; you're King in the North!

Jon Snow: I'm the only one here who's fought them. I'm the only one here who knows them.

Daenerys Targaryen: I haven't given you permission to leave.

Jon Snow: With respect, Your Grace, I don't need your permission: I am a King! Now I came here, knowing that you could have your men behead me or your dragons burn me alive. I put my trust in you, a stranger, because I knew it was the best chance for my people⁠—for all our people. Now I'm asking you to trust in a stranger, because it's our best chance.

Beyond The Wall [7.06][edit]

Note: This episode is 70 minutes long.

Daenerys Targaryen: So, if all goes well, I'll finally get to meet your sister. From everything you've told me about her, she'd rather murder me than speak with me.

Tyrion Lannister: Oh, first she'd torture you in some horrible way; then she'd murder you. Nobody trusts my sister less than I do, believe me. But if we go to the capitol, we'll go with two armies, we'll go with three dragons, and if anyone touches you, King's Landing burns down to the foundation stones.

Daenerys Targaryen: And right now, she's thinking about how to set a trap?

Tyrion Lannister: Of course she is.. and she's wondering what trap you're laying for her.

Daenerys Targaryen: Are we? Laying any traps?

Tyrion Lannister: If we want to create a new and better world.. I'm not sure deceit and mass murder is the best way to start.

Daenerys Targaryen: Which war was won without deceit and mass murder?

Tyrion Lannister: Yes, you'll need to be ruthless if you're going to win the throne. You need to inspire a degree of fear, but fear is all Cersei has. It's all my father had, and Joffrey. It makes their power brittle, because everyone beneath them longs to see them dead.

Daenerys Targaryen: Aegon Targaryen got quite a long way on fear.

Tyrion Lannister: He did. But you once spoke to me about breaking the wheel. Aegon built the wheel. If that's the kind of Queen you want to be, how are you different from all the other tyrants that came before you?

Daenerys Targaryen: So we walk into the lion's den?

Tyrion Lannister: My brother promised me he'd keep a grip on the Lannister forces.

Daenerys Targaryen: Forgive me, but I don't care about any Lannister promises.. except yours.

Tyrion Lannister: And I promised him I'd keep you from doing anything impulsive.

Daenerys Targaryen: 'Impulsive?'

Tyrion Lannister: This will be a difficult negotiation. We're sitting down with people who want to see us both headless. My sister's likely to say something provocative.

Daenerys Targaryen: And?

Tyrion Lannister: And you have been known to lose your temper, from time to time, as all great leaders do.

Daenerys Targaryen: When have I lost my temper?

Tyrion Lannister: Burning the Tarlys, for instance.

Daenerys Targaryen: That was not impulsive! That was necessary.

Tyrion Lannister: Perhaps.

Daenerys Targaryen: 'Perhaps?'

Tyrion Lannister: Perhaps the father needed to die, and not the son. Perhaps they both needed time to contemplate their mistakes in the solitude of a cold cell. We had no time to discuss the possibilities before you ended their possibilities!

Daenerys Targaryen: One could be forgiven for thinking you're taking your family's side in this debate!

Tyrion Lannister: I am taking their side! You need to take your enemy's side, if you're going to see things the way they do! And you need to see things the way they do if you're going to anticipate their actions, respond effectively and beat them! Which I want you to do very much, because I believe in you, and in the world you want to build. But the world you want to build doesn't get built all at once, probably not in a single lifetime. How do we make sure your vision endures? After we break the wheel, how do we make sure it stays broken?

Daenerys Targaryen: You want to know who sits on the Iron Throne after I'm dead? Is that it?

Tyrion Lannister: You say you can't have children, but there are other ways of choosing a successor. The Night's Watch has one method; the Ironborn, for all their flaws, have another.

Daenerys Targaryen: We will discuss the succession after I wear the Crown.

Tyrion Lannister: Your Grace, I saw hundreds of arrows fly towards you when you fought on the Blackwater Rush, and I saw hundreds of arrows miss. But any one of them could have found your heart and..

Daenerys Targaryen: You've been thinking about my death quite a bit, haven't you? Is this one of the 'items' you discussed with your brother in King's Landing?

Tyrion Lannister: I'm trying to serve you by planning for the long term!

Daenerys Targaryen: Perhaps if you'd planned for the short term, we wouldn't have lost Dorne and Highgarden! We will discuss the succession after I wear the crown.

Jon Snow: You all right?

Gendry: [nods] Mmm.

Tormund Giantsbane: Never been North before?

Gendry: Never seen snow before.

Tormund Giantsbane: Beautiful, eh? I can breathe again. Down south, the air smells like pig shit.

Jon Snow: You've never been down south.

Tormund Giantsbane: I've been to Winterfell.

Jon Snow: That's the North.

[Tormund scoffs]

Gendry: How d'you live up here? How d'you keep your balls from freezing off?

Tormund Giantsbane: Got to keep moving, that's the secret. Walking's good, fighting's better, fucking's best.

Jon Snow: There's not a living woman within a hundred miles of here.

Tormund Giantsbane: [smirks] We have to make do with what we've got. [Gendry walks away] This one's maybe not so smart.

Jon Snow: Davos says he's a strong fighter.

Tormund Giantsbane: Good. That's more important than being smart. Smart people don't come up here, looking for the dead. So, you met this Dragon Queen, huh? And?

Jon Snow: And she'll only fight beside us if I bend the knee.

Tormund Giantsbane: You spent too much time with the Free Folk; now, you don't like kneeling. Mance Rayder was a great man, a proud man. The King-Beyond-the-Wall, who never bent the knee. How many of his people died for his pride?

Tormund Giantsbane: Did you trip into the fire when you were a baby?

Sandor Clegane: I didn't trip, I was pushed.

Tormund Giantsbane: And ever since, you've been mean.

Sandor Clegane: Will you fuck off?

Tormund Giantsbane: I don't think you're truly mean. You have sad eyes.

Sandor Clegane: You want to suck my dick, is that it?

Tormund Giantsbane: Dick?

Sandor Clegane: Cock.

Tormund Giantsbane: Ah, dick. I like it.

Sandor Clegane: I bet you do.

Tormund Giantsbane: Nope, it's pussy for me. I have a beauty waiting for me back in Winterfell. If I ever get back there. Yellow hair, blue eyes, the tallest woman you've ever seen. Almost as tall as you.

Sandor Clegane: Brienne of Tarth.

Tormund Giantsbane: You know her?

Sandor Clegane: You're with Brienne of fucking Tarth?

Tormund Giantsbane: Well, not with her yet. But I see the way she looks at me.

Sandor Clegane: How does she look at you? Like she wants to carve you up and eat your liver?

Tormund Giantsbane: You do know her.

Sandor Clegane: We've met.

Tormund Giantsbane: I want to make babies with her. Think of them - great big monsters. They'd conquer the world.

Sandor Clegane: How did a mad fucker like you live this long?

Tormund Giantsbane: I'm good at killing people.

[Sansa finds the faces of some of the Freys Arya killed]

Arya Stark: Not what you're looking for?

Sansa Stark: I have hundreds of men here at Winterfell, all loyal to me.

Arya Stark: They're not here now.

Sansa Stark: What are these?

Arya Stark: My faces.

Sansa Stark: Where did you get them?

Arya Stark: In Braavos. While I was training to be a Faceless Man.

Sansa Stark: What does that mean?

Arya Stark: Back in Braavos, before I got my first face, there was a game I used to play. The Game of Faces. It's simple: I ask you a question about yourself, and you try to make lies sound like the truth. If you fool me, you win. If I catch a lie, you lose. Let's play.

Sansa Stark: I don't want to play.

Arya Stark: How do you feel about Jon being King? Is there someone else you think should rule the North instead of him?

Sansa Stark: Those faces, what are they?

Arya Stark: You want to do the asking? Are you sure? The Game of Faces didn't turn out so well for the last person who asked me questions.

Sansa Stark: Tell me what they are!

Arya Stark: We both wanted to be other people when we were younger. You wanted to be a Queen, to sit next to a handsome Prince on the Iron Throne. I wanted to be a knight: to pick up a sword, like Father, and go off to battle. Neither of us got to be the other person, did we? The world doesn't just let girls decide what they're going to be. But I can, now. With the Faces, I can choose.. I can become someone else. Speak in their voice, live in their skin. I could even become you.

[She picks up the Valyrian-steel dagger from the table and walks towards a shocked Sansa]

Arya Stark: I wonder what it would feel like? To wear those pretty dresses. To be the Lady of Winterfell. All I'd need, to find out.. is your face.

[She suddenly reverses the dagger and hands it to Sansa, then leaves]

[Thoros of Myr has frozen to death overnight]

Beric Dondarrion: Thoros? Thoros?

[Thoros doesn't respond, and Beric sadly places a cloak over Thoros's face]

Sandor Clegane: They say it's one of the better ways to go.

[Takes Thoros's flask and drinks]

Beric Dondarrion: Lord of Light, show us the Way. Come to us in our darkness, and lead your servant into the light.

Jon Snow: We have to burn his body.

[Grabs the flask from Sandor and pours the liquor over the body]

Tormund Giantsbane: We'll all be close behind him, unless the Lord of Light is kind enough to send us a bit of fire.

[Beric ignites his sword, then burns Thoros's body]

Beric Dondarrion: Lord of Light, come to us in our darkness. For the night is dark, and full of terrors.

Jorah Mormont: [to Jon] We'll all freeze, soon. When you killed the White Walker.. almost all the dead that followed it fell. Why?

Jon Snow: Maybe he was the one who turned them.

Jorah Mormont: We can go for the Walkers; maybe we'll stand a chance.

Jon Snow: No. [Indicating their captured wight] We need to take that thing back with us. There's a raven flying for Dragonstone now. Daenerys is our only chance.

Beric Dondarrion: No. There's another. [points his sword at the Night King] Kill him. He turned them all.

Jon Snow: You don't understand.

Beric Dondarrion: The Lord brought you back, and he brought me back. No one else, just us. Did he do it to watch us freeze to death?

Sandor Clegane: Careful, Beric. You lost your priest. This is your last life.

Beric Dondarrion: I've been waiting for the end for a long time. Maybe the Lord brought me here to find it.

Sandor Clegane: Every lord I've ever met's been a cunt. Don't see why the Lord of Light should be any different.

[Jon faces Daenerys for the first time since the loss of her dragon Viserion.]

Jon Snow: I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I wish I could take it back. I wish we'd never gone.

Daenerys Targaryen: I don't. If we hadn't gone, I wouldn't have seen. You have to see it to know. Now I know. [tearful] The dragons are my children. They're the only children I'll ever have, do you understand? We are going to destroy the Night King and his army..and we'll do it together. You have my word.

Jon Snow: Thank you, Dany.

Daenerys Targaryen: Dany? [chuckles] Who was the last person who called me that? I'm not sure. Was it my brother? Not the company you want to keep.

Jon Snow: Alright, not Dany. How about 'My Queen'? I'd, uh, bend the knee, but-

Daenerys Targaryen: What about those who swore allegiance to you?

Jon Snow: They'll all come to see you for what you are.

Daenerys Targaryen: I hope I deserve it.

Jon Snow: You do.

[Daenerys squeezes his hand for a few moments, then lets go]

Daenerys Targaryen: You should rest.

The Dragon and the Wolf [7.07][edit]

Note: This episode is 80 minutes in length.

Tyrion Lannister: We are a group of people who do not like each other, as this demonstration has shown. We have suffered at each other's hands. We've lost people we love at each other's hands. If all we wanted was more of the same, there would be no need for this gathering. We are entirely capable of waging war with each other without meeting face to face.

Cersei Lannister: So instead we should settle our differences and live together in harmony for the rest of our days?

Tyrion Lannister: We all know that will never happen.

Cersei Lannister: Then why are we here?

Jon Snow: This isn't about living in harmony; it's just about living. The same thing is coming for all of us; a general you can't negotiate with, an army that doesn't leave corpses behind on the battlefield. Lord Tyrion tells me a million people live in this city..they're about to become a million more soldiers in the army of the dead.

Cersei Lannister: I imagine for most of them, that would be an improvement.

Jon Snow: This is serious! I wouldn't be here if it weren't.

Cersei Lannister: I don't think it's serious at all. I think it's another bad joke. If my brother Jaime has informed me correctly, you're asking for a truce?

Daenerys Targaryen: Yes. That's all.

Cersei Lannister: 'That's all?' Pull back my armies and stand down while you go on your monster hunt? Or while you solidify and expand your position? Hard to know which it is with my armies pulled back until you return and march on my capital with four times the men!

Daenerys Targaryen: Your capital will be safe until the Northern threat is dealt with. You have my word.

Cersei Lannister: The word of a would-be usurper!

Tyrion Lannister: There is no conversation that will erase the last fifty years. We have something to show you.

[A wight is released from a crate and it charges forward. Sandor Clegane pulls it back before it can reach Cersei, and when it turns to attack him, he severs its legs and one of its arms. Jon sets the arm alight]

Jon Snow: We can destroy them by burning them, and we can destroy them with dragonglass. [Jon draws a dragonglass dagger and stabs the wight in the heart, killing it] If we don't win this fight, then that is the fate of every person in the world! There is only one war that matters. The Great War..and it is here!

Cersei Lannister: [about Daenerys] I shouldn't be surprised, I suppose. She's your kind of woman: a foreign whore who doesn't know her place.

Tyrion Lannister: A foreign whore you can't abduct, beat or intimidate. That must be difficult for you.

Cersei Lannister: So you bring her here, with her pet Northerner, whom you have convinced to bow down before her?

Tyrion Lannister: I didn't know about that.

Cersei Lannister: And now you've got them both working towards the same goal, the goal you've worked towards your entire life.

Tyrion Lannister: Cersei, I didn't know!

Cersei Lannister: The destruction of this family.

Tyrion Lannister: I am the one preventing that from happening. Daenerys didn't want to debate and negotiate, she didn't want to bring you words! She wanted to bring you fire and blood until I advised her otherwise! I don't want to destroy our family, I never have.

Cersei Lannister: You killed our father.

Tyrion Lannister: After he sentenced me to death for a crime I didn't commit. Yes, I killed him. Hate me for it, if you want; I hate myself for it, in spite of what he was, in spite of what he did to me.

Cersei Lannister: Oh, poor little man, your papa was mean to you. Do you have any idea what you did when you fired that crossbow? You left us open. You laid us bare for the vultures, and the vultures came and tore us apart. You may not have killed Joffrey, but you killed Myrcella, you killed Tommen! No one would have touched them if Father was here, no one would have dared!

Tyrion Lannister: I have never been more sorry about anything..

Cersei Lannister: I won't hear it, not from you. I will NOT hear it!

Tyrion Lannister: All right. You love your family, and I have destroyed it. I will always be a threat. So, put an end to me. If it weren't for me, you'd have a mother, if it weren't for me, you'd have a father. If it weren't for me, you'd have two beautiful children! I've thought about killing you more times than I can count! DO IT! Say the word.

[Ser Gregor half-draws his blade; Cersei pauses, then sighs impatiently and looks away.]

Tyrion Lannister: I am more sorry about the children than you can ever know.

Cersei Lannister: I will not..

Tyrion Lannister: I don't care! I loved them. You know I did. You know it in your heart, if there's anything left of it.

Cersei Lannister: Doesn't matter. Your love doesn't matter, your feelings don't matter. I don't care why you did what you did, I only care what it cost us. It cost us our future.

Tyrion Lannister: If there's no future, then why are we here? Why did you allow me to come?

Cersei Lannister: Not to help my enemies collaborate in my destruction.

Tyrion Lannister: Yes, I know, not what you hoped for, but you must have hoped for something!

Cersei Lannister: What did you hope for? To make Jon Snow submit to your Queen?

Tyrion Lannister: Not like this.

Cersei Lannister: But, eventually, you want everyone to bend the knee to her.

Tyrion Lannister: Yes.

Cersei Lannister: Why?

Tyrion Lannister: Because I think she will make the world a better place.

Cersei Lannister: You said she'd destroy King's Landing.

Tyrion Lannister: She knows herself. She chose an adviser who would check her worst impulses, instead of feeding them. That's the difference between you.

Cersei Lannister: I don't care about checking my worst impulses. I don't care about making the world a better place. Hang the world. [rubs her belly] That thing you dragged here, I know what it is, I know what it means. And when it came at me, I didn't think about the world, not at all. As soon as it opened its mouth, the world disappeared for me, right down its black throat. All I could think about was keeping those gnashing teeth away from the ones who matter most, away from my family. Maybe Euron Greyjoy had the right idea: get on a boat, take those who matter—

Tyrion Lannister: You're pregnant.

[At the Dragonpit]

Jon Snow: No one's less happy about this than I am.

Daenerys Targaryen: I know. I respect what you did. Wish you hadn't done it, but I respect it. This place was the beginning of the end for my family. Zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor. 'A dragon is not a slave'. They were terrifying, extraordinary. They filled people with wonder and awe, and we locked them in here. They wasted away. They grew small. And we grew small, as well. We weren't extraordinary without them. We were just like everyone else.

Jon Snow: You're not like everyone else. And your family hasn't seen its end. You're still here.

Daenerys Targaryen: I can't have children.

Jon Snow: Who told you that?

Daenerys Targaryen: The witch who murdered my husband.

Jon Snow: Has it occurred to you she might not've been a reliable source of information?

Daenerys Targaryen: You were right, from the beginning. If I'd trusted you, everything would've been different.

Jon Snow: So, what now?

Daenerys Targaryen: I can't forget what I saw, North of the Wall. And I can't pretend that Cersei won't take back half the country the moment I march North.

Jon Snow: It appears that Tyrion's assessment was correct. We're fucked.

Arya Stark: Are you sure you want to do this?

Sansa Stark: It's not what I want, it's what honor demands.

Arya Stark: And what does honor demand?

Sansa Stark: That I defend my family from those who would harm us. That I defend the North from those who would betray us.

Arya Stark: All right, then. Get on with it.

Sansa Stark: [seeming to speak to Arya] You stand accused of murder, you stand accused of treason. How do you answer these charges..[glancing over at Petyr Baelish] Lord Baelish?

Petyr Baelish: Lady Sansa, I have known you since you were a girl. I have protected you..

Sansa Stark: Protected me? By selling me to the Boltons?

Petyr Baelish: If we could speak alone, I can explain everything..

Sansa Stark: [quoting Petyr] 'Sometimes, when I'm trying to understand a person's motives, I play a little game. I assume the worst.' What's the worst reason you have, for turning me against my sister? That's what you do, isn't it? That's what you've always done. Turn family against family, turn sister against sister. That's what you did to our mother and Aunt Lysa, and that's what you tried to do to us.

Petyr Baelish: Sansa, please.

Sansa Stark: I'm a slow learner, it's true. But I learn.

Petyr Baelish: Give me a chance to defend myself. I deserve that. [to Yohn Royce] I am Lord Protector of the Vale and I command you to escort me safely back to the Eyrie.

Yohn Royce: I think not.

Petyr Baelish: [kneels before Sansa] Sansa, I beg you! I loved your mother since I was a boy!

Sansa Stark: And yet, you betrayed her.

Petyr Baelish: I loved you. More than anyone.

Sansa Stark: And yet, you betrayed me. When you brought me back to Winterfell, you told me 'there's no justice in the world, not unless we make it.' Thank you for all your many lessons, Lord Baelish. I will never forget them.

[Arya steps towards Littlefinger]

Petyr Baelish: Sansa--

[Arya slits his throat, killing him]

Cersei Lannister: What are you doing?

Jaime Lannister: Preparing the expedition north.

Cersei Lannister: Expedition north? I always knew you were the stupidest Lannister. [Jaime looks at her in astonishment] The Starks and Targaryens have united against us and you want to fight alongside them. Are you a traitor, or an idiot?

Jaime Lannister: You pledged our forces to fight our common enemy.

Cersei Lannister: I'll say whatever I need to say to ensure the survival of our house. You expect me to trust the man who murdered our father? You expect me to command our troops to fight beside foreign scum? To fight for the Dragon Queen?

Jaime Lannister: You saw it with your own eyes, you saw a dead man trying to kill us!

Cersei Lannister: And I saw it burn. If dragons can't stop them, if Dothraki and Unsullied and Northmen can't stop them, how will our armies make a difference?

Jaime Lannister: This isn't about noble houses, this is about the living and the dead!

Cersei Lannister: And I intend to stay amongst the living. Let the Stark boy and his new queen defend the North. We'll stay here where we've always been.

Jaime Lannister: I made a promise.

Cersei Lannister: Our child will rule Westeros.

Jaime Lannister: Our child will never be born if the dead come south.

Cersei Lannister: The monsters are real. The White Walkers, the dragons, the Dothraki screamers. All the frightening stories we heard when we were young, they're all real, so be it. Let the monsters kill each other, and while they battle in the North we take back the lands that belong to us.

Jaime Lannister: And then what?

Cersei Lannister: And then we rule.

Jaime Lannister: When the fighting in the North is over, someone wins; you understand that, don't you? If the dead win, they march south and kill us all. If the living win, and we've betrayed them, they march south and kill us all!

Cersei Lannister: The Targaryens and the Starks already want to kill us all. Most of them will die in the North.

Jaime Lannister: I faced them in the field. We can't beat them, we can't beat their dragons!

Cersei Lannister: How many dragons did you see at the pit?

Jaime Lannister: Two.

Cersei Lannister: What happened to the third?

Jaime Lannister: For all we know, it's guarding her fleet!

Cersei Lannister: She came here with her dragons and her Dothraki and her Unsullied, she came here to show us all her power. No, something happened; the dragons are vulnerable.

Jaime Lannister: We can't beat the Dothraki! We don't have the numbers, we don't have the support of the other houses!

Cersei Lannister: No, we have something better - we have the Iron Bank. You should have listened more when Father spoke about the importance of gold. Oh, I know it was boring for you. You just wanted to hunt and ride and fight. But I listened, I learned. Highgarden bought us the most powerful army in Essos - the Golden Company. 20,000 men, horses, elephants, I believe.

Jaime Lannister: The Golden Company is not here; they're in Essos. How is a mercenary company in Essos going to help us?!

Cersei Lannister: Do you really think Euron Greyjoy turned tail and sailed back to the Iron Islands? Do you think he abandoned the chance to marry the Queen? No one walks away from me. He's sailing with his fleet to Essos, he's going to ferry the Golden Company back here to help us win the war for Westeros.

Jaime Lannister: You plotted with Euron Greyjoy without telling me, the commander of your armies?

Cersei Lannister: And you conspired with Tyrion, the man who murdered our father, without telling me, your Queen.

Jaime Lannister: I didn't conspire with..

Cersei Lannister: You met with him in secret without my consent. You planned to promote my enemy's interests! That is the definition of conspiracy.

Jaime Lannister: I pledged to ride north. I intend to honor that pledge.

Cersei Lannister: Then that will be treason.

Jaime Lannister: Treason?!

Cersei Lannister: Disobeying your queen's command, fighting with her enemies - what would you call it?

Jaime Lannister: Doesn't matter what I'd call it.

[Jaime moves to leave, but Ser Gregor blocks his path]

Cersei Lannister: I told you: no one walks away from me.

Jaime Lannister: Are you going to order him to kill me?! I'm the only one you have left. Our children are gone, our father is gone, it's just me and you now.

Cersei Lannister: There's one more yet to come.

Jaime Lannister: Give the order, then.

[Cersei pauses and nods. Ser Gregor draws his blade, but no order is given.]

Jaime Lannister: I don't believe you.

[Jaime walks away, disgusted]

Bran Stark: Come in. [Sam enters] Samwell Tarly.

Samwell Tarly: I wasn't sure if you'd remember me.

Bran Stark: I remember everything. You helped us get beyond the Wall. You're a good man.

Samwell Tarly: Oh. Well, thank you, but, um, I'm not sure that I am. What happened to you beyond the Wall?

Bran Stark: I became the Three-Eyed Raven.

Samwell Tarly: Oh. I don't know what that means.

Bran Stark: I can see things that happened in the past. I can see things happening now, all over the world. Why did you come to Winterfell?

Samwell Tarly: Jon's the one to lead the fight against the dead. I know he is. But he can't do it alone. So I've come here to help him.

Bran Stark: He's on his way back to Winterfell.. with Daenerys Targaryen.

Samwell Tarly: Y-you saw this.. in a vision? [Bran holds up a scroll] Oh.

Bran Stark: He needs to know the truth.

Samwell Tarly: The truth about what?

Bran Stark: About himself. No one knows, no one but me. Jon isn't really my father's son. He's the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and my aunt, Lyanna Stark. He was born in a tower in Dorne. His last name isn't really Snow, it's Sand.

Samwell Tarly: He's not.

Bran Stark: Dornish bastards are named 'Sand'.

Samwell Tarly: At the Citadel, I transcribed a High Septon's diary. He annulled Rhaegar's marriage to Elia. He wed Rhaegar and Lyanna in a secret ceremony!

Bran Stark: Are you certain?

Samwell Tarly: It's what the High Septon wrote in his private diary. I don't know why he'd lie. Is there something you can see?

[Bran has a vision of Lyanna and Rhaegar's wedding]

Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark: Father, Smith, Warrior. Mother, Maiden, Crone. Stranger. I am hers/his, and she/he is mine, from this day until the end of my days.

Bran Stark: Robert's rebellion was built on a lie. Rhaegar didn't kidnap my aunt, or rape her. He loved her. And she loved him. And Jon.. Jon's real name..

Lyanna Stark: [to Ned Stark, in flashback] His name..is Aegon Targaryen. You have to protect him. Promise me, Ned.

Bran Stark: He's never been a bastard. He's the heir to the Iron Throne. He needs to know. We need to tell him.