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| airdates =2014
  
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| Episodes = 10{{HBOref|GOT4}}
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| production=8 July 2013 to late 2013
  
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| Premiere = "[[Two Swords]]"{{HBOref|GOT4}}
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| Finale = "[[The Children]]"{{HBOref|GOT4}}
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| previous =[[Season 3]]
  
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| Network = [[HBO]]{{HBOref|GOT}}
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| next =Season 5 (TBC)
  
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| First = April 6, 2014{{Listref|GOT}}
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| Final = June 15, 2014{{Listref|GOT}}
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| Runtime = 546 minutes{{Boxref|GOT4}}
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| Home = February 17, 2015{{Webref|name=Blu-ray |author=Cian Gaffney |date=July 15, 2014 |url=https://hbowatch.com/game-of-thrones-season-4-dvdblu-ray-release-date-confirmed/ |title=Game of Thrones Season 4 DVD/Blu-ray Release Date Confirmed |website=HBO Watch |access-date=December 15, 2023 }}
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| Starring = {{Collapse|[[Peter Dinklage]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Lena Headey]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Emilia Clarke]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Kit Harington]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Aidan Gillen]]{{Ref|GOT403}}<br>[[Charles Dance]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Natalie Dormer]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Liam Cunningham]]{{Ref|GOT402}}<br>[[Stephen Dillane]]{{Ref|GOT402}}<br>[[Carice van Houten]]{{Ref|GOT402}}<br>[[Alfie Allen]]{{Ref|GOT402}}<br>[[John Bradley]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Jack Gleeson]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Isaac Hempstead-Wright]]{{Ref|GOT402}}<br>[[Rory McCann]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Sophie Turner]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Maisie Williams]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Gwendoline Christie]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Jerome Flynn]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Conleth Hill]]{{Ref|GOT402}}<br>[[Kristofer Hivju]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Sibel Kekilli]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Rose Leslie]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Hannah Murray]]{{Ref|GOT403}}<br>[[Iwan Rheon]]{{Ref|GOT402}}<br>[[Iain Glen]]{{Ref|GOT401}}}}
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| Producers = [[David Benioff]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[D.B. Weiss]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Carolyn Strauss]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Frank Doelger]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Bernadette Caulfield]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br><br>'''Co-executive producers'''<br>[[Vince Gerardis]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[Guymon Casady]]{{Ref|GOT401}}<br>[[George R.R. Martin]]{{Ref|GOT401}}
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| Writers = David Benioff{{HBOref|GOT401}}<br>D.B. Weiss{{HBOref|GOT401}}<br>George R.R. Martin{{HBOref|GOT402}}<br>[[Bryan Cogman]]{{HBOref|GOT404}}
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| Directors = D.B. Weiss{{HBOref|GOT401}}<br>[[Alex Graves]]{{HBOref|GOT402}}<br>[[Michelle MacLaren]]{{HBOref|GOT404}}<br>[[Alik Sakharov]]{{HBOref|GOT406}}<br>[[Neil Marshall]]{{HBOref|GOT409}}
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| Production = July 8, 2013{{Cite}}
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| Wrapped = November 21, 2013{{Cite}}
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| Year = [[301 AC]]{{Dateref|Game of Thrones: Season 4}}
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| Previous = [[Game of Thrones: Season 3|Season 3]]{{HBOref|GOT}}
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| Next = [[Game of Thrones: Season 5|Season 5]]{{HBOref|GOT}}
 
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'''''Game of Thrones'': Season 4'''{{HBOref|GOT4}} is the fourth season of ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. It consists of ten episodes. It premiered with "[[Two Swords]]" on April 6, 2014 on [[HBO]], and concluded with "[[The Children]]" on June 15, 2014. It is based on the second half of ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'', the third novel of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' by [[George R.R. Martin]].
   
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==Premise==
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'''Season 4''' of ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' was formally commissioned by [[HBO]] on 2 April 2013, following a substantial increase in audience figures between the [[Season 2|second]] and [[Season 3|third]] seasons.<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/04/hbo-renews-game-of-thrones-for-a-fourth-season-2/ Winter is Coming]</ref> However, substantial pre-production work on the season had already taken place previously to this point, including the writing of at least six of the scripts (by March 2013)<ref>[http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/game-of-thrones/24679/charles-dance-accidentally-confirms-game-of-thrones-season-4 Den of Geek]</ref>, and the booking of some of the filming dates<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/03/game-of-thrones-to-return-to-dubrovnik-in-season-4/ Winter is Coming]</ref>. The season will again consist of ten episodes and will commence production on 8 July 2013, running late into the year.<ref>[http://www.wetpaint.com/game-of-thrones/articles/2013-05-30-season-4-when-start-filming Wetpaint.com]</ref> [[David Benioff]] and [[D.B. Weiss]] are to return as showrunners, having signed a new two-year contract with [[HBO]] prior to the commissioning of the [[Season 3|third season]].
  
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==Overview==
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The season will premiere in the first half of 2014.
  
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The [[War of the Five Kings]] is drawing to a close, but new intrigues and plots are in motion, and the surviving factions must contend with enemies not only outside their ranks, but within.
   
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[[King in the North]] [[Robb Stark]] is dead, betrayed by his own bannermen the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] and [[House Frey|Freys]] while he was a [[Guest right|guest]] under the Freys' [[Twins|roof]]. Robb's mother [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] and his wife [[Talisa Stark|Talisa]], along with most of the Northern leadership were also killed at the massacre now known as the [[Red Wedding]], along with the entire Northern army.
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Season 4 will be mostly based on the latter part of ''A Storm of Swords'', the third book in the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' series by [[George R.R. Martin]], but also some material may be added from the fourth and fifth books (which run concurrently alongside the end of the third book and each other).<ref>http://grrm.livejournal.com/318880.html?thread=17548704#t17548704 Not A Blog|Season Four!!!</ref>
  
   
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Having already defeated [[Stannis Baratheon]] at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and secured southern Westeros, [[House Lannister]] stands triumphant. The crazed boy-king [[Joffrey Baratheon]] gloats, though the victory truly belongs to his grandfather, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], [[Hand of the King]] and the real power behind the [[Iron Throne]]. As reward for their betrayal, Tywin has granted the Boltons rule of the [[North]], and the Freys with nominal rule of [[Riverrun]], though the castle remains under the command of [[Brynden Tully]].
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==Production==
  
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It has been confirmed that the production will return to [[wikipedia:Dubrovnik|Dubrovnik]] (King's Landing) in [[wikipedia:Croatia|Croatia]]<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/03/game-of-thrones-to-return-to-dubrovnik-in-season-4/ Winter is Coming]</ref> and [[wikipedia:Iceland|Iceland]]<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/06/confirmed-game-of-thrones-to-film-in-iceland-for-season-4/]</ref>, while it is assumed that filming will also continue in [[wikipedia:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]]. Whether filming would also resume in [[wikipedia:Morocco|Morocco]] (Slaver's Bay) is not yet known.
  
   
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Though the mainland of [[Westeros]] is mostly under Lannister control, there are still two factions defying them: the [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoys]] and the [[House Baratheon|Baratheons]]. Ironborn occupiers remaining in the North are being hunted down by [[Ramsay Bolton|Ramsay Snow]], bastard son of [[Roose Bolton]]. Ramsay holds [[Theon Greyjoy]] hostage, horribly torturing him at whim, but [[Balon Greyjoy]] considers his son as good as dead.
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It has also been announced that the coastal city of [[wikipedia:Split, Croatia|Split]], also in Croatia, has been added.<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/06/filming-dates-and-new-location-in-croatia-confirmed/]</ref>
  
   
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[[Stannis Baratheon]], as the rightful heir to his older brother King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]], still refuses to surrender, despite having only the remnants of an army. However, following the advice of [[Melisandre]], he has focused his attention of the threat of the [[Free Folk|wildlings]] marching against the [[Wall]].
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==Cast==
  
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===Returning===
  
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All [[Season 3 cast#Starring cast|regular cast]] members whose characters survive the events of Season 3 are expected to return for the fourth season.
  
   
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The Lannisters only managed to win on the battlefield with the key support of [[House Tyrell]] of the [[Reach]], which they won through promising a marriage-alliance between King Joffrey and [[Margaery Tyrell]], daughter of Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]. Queen Regent Cersei fears - correctly - that just as the Baratheons became dependent on the Lannisters after [[Robert's Rebellion]], the Lannisters are starting to become dependent on the Tyrells, who are already insinuating themselves into positions of power at [[King's Landing]]. A royal wedding is to be held between Joffrey and Margaery, which will [[Purple Wedding|confirm the future of the realm]].
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Confirmed main cast members:
  
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* [[Carice van Houten]] as [[Melisandre]]<ref name="4.01">[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/07/the-season-4-premiere-script-revealed-sort-of/]</ref>
  
   
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The only two kingdoms which have remained entirely aloof from the war so far are the [[Vale of Arryn]] and [[Dorne]]. While [[Lysa Arryn]] chose to remain neutral, former [[Master of Coin]] and new [[Lord of Harrenhal]] [[Petyr Baelish]] has been sent by Lord Tywin to woo her with a marriage proposal, now that he's a high lord and a suitable match for the Lady Regent of the Vale. Nevertheless only Littlefinger knows what Littlefinger is plotting.
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====Recurring Cast====
  
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Confirmed recurring cast members:
  
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* [[Andy Beckwith]] as [[Rorge]]<ref name="S4returnees">[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/06/slynt-lysa-and-rorge-set-to-return-for-s4/]</ref>
  
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* [[Dominic Carter]] as Lord [[Janos Slynt]]<ref name="S4returnees"/>
  
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* [[Kate Dickie]] as Lady [[Lysa Arryn]], Lady Regent of the Vale<ref name="S4returnees"/>
  
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* [[Kerry Ingram]] as Princess [[Shireen Baratheon]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/Kerry_Ingram/status/347783389581037568]</ref>
  
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* [[Art Parkinson]] as Prince [[Rickon Stark]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/ArtRickonrockon/status/351788795399643138]</ref>
  
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* [[Daniel Portman]] as [[Podrick Payne]]<ref name="S4returnees"/>
  
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* [[Owen Teale]] as Ser [[Alliser Thorne]]<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/06/owen-teale-returning-for-season-4/]</ref>
  
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* [[Iwan Rheon]] as [[Ramsay Snow]]<ref>[http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/02/actor-iwan-rheon-my-game-of-thrones-character-ramsay-snow-is-a-right-scumbag-and-thats-fun-to-play-3864162/]</ref>
  
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* [[Kristian Nairn]] as [[Hodor]]<ref>http://winteriscoming.net/2013/07/game-of-owns-hodor-and-friends/</ref>
  
   
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For their own part, [[House Martell]] of [[Dorne]] has loathed the Lannisters ever since the [[Sack of King's Landing]], when Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] raped and killed [[Elia Martell]] - sister of [[Doran Martell]], the ruling [[Prince of Dorne]] - and Lord Tywin did nothing to punish him. During the War of the Five Kings [[Tyrion Lannister]] prevented Dorne from declaring for any of House Lannister's enemies by sending Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] to [[Sunspear]] as part of her betrothal to Prince [[Trystane Martell]], and in return, the Martells were promised a seat on the [[Small Council]]. To the consternation of the Lannisters, a large Dornish embassy arrives in King's Landing to claim their due - but instead of the elderly Prince Doran, his brash younger brother Prince [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]] comes to claim the council seat. Oberyn loves the ladies, he loves the boys, but most of all he loved his sister Elia, and the Lannisters aren't the only ones who pay their debts.
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* [[Pedro Pascal]] as Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], known as "the Red Viper of Dorne." Announced June 28 2013.<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/06/red-viper-cast/]</ref>
  
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* [[Octavia Alexandru]] as TBA. Announced July 2 2013<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/07/young-actress-cast-for-s4/ Young actress cast for S4]</ref>
  
   
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Meanwhile, across the [[Narrow Sea]] in [[Slaver's Bay]], perhaps the greatest threat to Lannister rule is rapidly growing in strength. [[Daenerys Targaryen]] now commands not just three live [[dragon]]s - who are starting to grow large enough to serve as decisive weapons of war - but also an army of eight thousand [[Unsullied]] warrior-eunuchs. For now, Queen Daenerys is carving a path through Slaver's Bay - not of conquest but of liberation. As functionally once a slave herself, Daenerys is determined to free the downtrodden [[Slavery|slaves]] of the region. First [[Astapor]] and then [[Yunkai]] fell before Daenerys's forces, and hundreds of thousands of freed slaves now flock to her banner. Yet Daenerys must now face the last and greatest of the slaver-cities, [[Meereen]] - and unlike her previous victories, they have had time to prepare for her arrival.
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Casting for season 4 is underway, as confirmed by [[George R. R. Martin]].<ref name="S4 Casting">[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/05/grrm-confirms-red-viper-mace-magnar-being-cast/], Winter is Coming.net, 28 May 2013</ref> Roles announced as being cast include:
  
   
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Far to the north, beyond the politics and meaningless feuds of the south, the [[Wall]] and the dwindling [[Night's Watch]] are all that stand between the Seven Kingdoms and the horrors beyond. The [[White Walkers]] have emerged in force, leading their armies of [[wight]]s. The [[Free Folk|wildlings]] have rallied behind [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]] [[Mance Rayder]] in an attempt to flee south, knowing that as the White Walkers advance, anyone who remain in the lands [[beyond the Wall]] will die and become part of the undead host. Mance's wildling army now numbers in the tens of thousands, and is determined to force its way through the Wall to reach the safety of the south. All that stands between the Seven Kingdoms and this barbarian invasion is the Night's Watch, whose numbers and leadership were recently devastated with the deaths of a third of their number and that of Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]]. [[Jon Snow]] and [[Samwell Tarly]] do what they can to prepare [[Castle Black]] for the [[Battle for the Wall|massive wildling attack]].
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* Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], the [[Lord of Highgarden]], [[Lord Paramount of the Reach]], and [[Warden of the South]]<ref name="S4 Casting"/>
  
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* [[Styr]], the Magnar of [[Thenn]]<ref name="S4 Casting"/><ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/05/leaked-audition-video-means-season-4-casting-underway/]</ref>
  
   
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Not only are the Night's Watch outnumbered and their remaining leadership fractured, but advanced raiding bands of wildlings have infiltrated ''behind'' the Wall by climbing over it, preparing to attack the weakly defended southern side of Castle Black. These warbands are led by [[Tormund]] and the fearsome [[Styr]], Magnar of [[Thenns|Thenn]] - as well as Jon Snow's ex-lover [[Ygritte]], whom he betrayed when he revealed his true loyalty and returned to the Night's Watch.
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==Crew==
  
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===Producers===
  
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* [[David Benioff]]: executive producer.
  
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* [[D.B. Weiss]]: executive producer. Benioff and Weiss signed a two-year contract in 2012, indicating that they will stay with the show to at least the end of the fourth season.<ref>[http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00051148.html Ace Showbiz]</ref>
  
   
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In the Seven Kingdoms, while [[House Stark]] stands on the verge of extinction - and is believed to be just that by the realm at large - four "lone wolves" fight to survive: [[Sansa Stark]] remains a hostage of the Iron Throne and a forced marriage to [[Tyrion Lannister]], [[Rickon Stark]] seeks the safety of [[Last Hearth]] and the fiercely loyal [[House Umber]], [[Bran Stark]] and his companions [[Hodor]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed]] have crossed the [[Wall]] chasing a vision, and [[Arya Stark]], having lost everything and forced to rely on the protection of a [[Sandor Clegane|man she hates]], clings to survival and her thirst for vengeance.
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===Writers===
  
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* David Benioff & D.B. Weiss: episode 1<ref name="4.01"/>
  
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* [[George R.R. Martin]]: episode 2<ref>[http://grrm.livejournal.com/318880.html?thread=17543584#t17543584]</ref>
  
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===Directors===
  
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* [[Neil Marshall]]: episode 9,<ref>[http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/neil-marshall-to-helm-another-episode-nine-for-fourth-season-of-game-of-thrones-1200560481/ Variety]</ref> formerly reported as 10.<ref>[www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=38014 Empire Magazine]</ref>
  
   
 
==Episodes==
  
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| "[[Two Swords]]"{{HBOref|GOT401}}
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| Season 4, Episode 1.
  
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| "[[The Lion and the Rose]]"{{HBOref|GOT402}}
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| April 13, 2014{{Listref|GOT}}
 
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| "[[Breaker of Chains]]"{{HBOref|GOT403}}
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| Season 4, Episode 2.
  
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| April 20, 2014{{Listref|GOT}}
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| "[[Oathkeeper (episode)|Oathkeeper]]"{{HBOref|GOT404}}
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| April 27, 2014{{Listref|GOT}}
 
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| "[[First of His Name]]"{{HBOref|GOT405}}
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| Season 4, Episode 3
  
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| "[[The Laws of Gods and Men]]"{{HBOref|GOT406}}
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| May 11, 2014{{Listref|GOT}}
 
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| "[[The Mountain and the Viper]]"{{HBOref|GOT408}}
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==Cast==
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{{Main|Game of Thrones: Season 4/Cast}}
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===Starring===
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*[[Peter Dinklage]] as [[Tyrion Lannister]] <small>(8 episodes)</small>
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*[[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as [[Jaime Lannister]] <small>(9 episodes)</small>
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*[[Lena Headey]] as [[Cersei Lannister]] <small>(9 episodes)</small>
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*[[Emilia Clarke]] as [[Daenerys Targaryen]] <small>(8 episodes)</small>
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*[[Kit Harington]] as [[Jon Snow]] <small>(8 episodes)</small>
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*[[Aidan Gillen]] as [[Petyr Baelish]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
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*[[Charles Dance]] as [[Tywin Lannister]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Natalie Dormer]] as [[Margaery Tyrell]] <small>(6 episodes)</small>
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*[[Liam Cunningham]] as [[Davos Seaworth]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Stephen Dillane]] as [[Stannis Baratheon]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Carice van Houten]] as [[Melisandre]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Alfie Allen]] as [[Theon Greyjoy]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[John Bradley]] as [[Samwell Tarly]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Jack Gleeson]] as [[Joffrey Baratheon]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Isaac Hempstead-Wright]] as [[Bran Stark]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Rory McCann]] as [[Sandor Clegane]] <small>(6 episodes)</small>
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*[[Sophie Turner]] as [[Sansa Stark]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Maisie Williams]] as [[Arya Stark]] <small>(6 episodes)</small>
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*[[Gwendoline Christie]] as [[Brienne of Tarth]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Jerome Flynn]] as [[Bronn]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Conleth Hill]] as [[Varys]] <small>(6 episodes)</small>
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*[[Kristofer Hivju]] as [[Tormund]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
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*[[Sibel Kekilli]] as [[Shae]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Rose Leslie]] as [[Ygritte]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
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*[[Hannah Murray]] as [[Gilly]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Iwan Rheon]] as [[Ramsay Bolton|Ramsay Snow]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*with [[Iain Glen]] as [[Jorah Mormont]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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===Guest starring===
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*[[Jacob Anderson]] as [[Grey Worm]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Ben Crompton]] as [[Eddison Tollett]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Nathalie Emmanuel]] as [[Missandei]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Ian McElhinney]] as [[Barristan Selmy]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Pedro Pascal]] as [[Oberyn Martell]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Daniel Portman]] as [[Podrick Payne]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Mark Stanley]] as [[Grenn]] <small>(7 episodes)</small>
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*[[Josef Altin]] as [[Pypar]] <small>(6 episodes)</small>
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*[[Dominic Carter]] as [[Janos Slynt]] <small>(6 episodes)</small>
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*[[Julian Glover]] as [[Pycelle]] <small>(6 episodes)</small>
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*[[Dean-Charles Chapman]] as [[Tommen Baratheon]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
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*[[Michiel Huisman]] as [[Daario Naharis]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
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*[[Brenock O'Connor]] as [[Olly]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
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*[[Owen Teale]] as [[Alliser Thorne]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
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*[[Roger Ashton-Griffiths]] as [[Mace Tyrell]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Ian Beattie]] as [[Meryn Trant]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Thomas Brodie-Sangster]] as [[Jojen Reed]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Ellie Kendrick]] as [[Meera Reed]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Yuri Kolokolnikov]] as [[Styr]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Kristian Nairn]] as [[Hodor]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Diana Rigg]] as [[Olenna Tyrell]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Indira Varma]] as [[Ellaria Sand]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Peter Vaughan]] as [[Aemon]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
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*[[Paul Bentley]] as the [[High Septon (Tommen)|High Septon]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson]] as [[Gregor Clegane]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Lino Facioli]] as [[Robin Arryn]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Tara Fitzgerald]] as [[Selyse Baratheon]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Kerry Ingram]] as [[Shireen Baratheon]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Finn Jones]] as [[Loras Tyrell]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Noah Taylor]] as [[Locke]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Tony Way]] as [[Dontos Hollard]] <small>(3 episodes)</small>
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*[[Kate Dickie]] as [[Lysa Arryn]] <small>(2 episodes)</small>
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*[[Joel Fry]] as [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] <small>(2 episodes)</small>
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*[[Burn Gorman]] as [[Karl Tanner]] <small>(2 episodes)</small>
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*[[Anton Lesser]] as [[Qyburn]] <small>(2 episodes)</small>
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*[[Michael McElhatton]] as [[Roose Bolton]] <small>(2 episodes)</small>
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*[[Luke Barnes]] as [[Rast]] <small>(2 episodes)</small>
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*[[Octavia Alexandru]] as [[Leaf]] <small>("The Children")</small>
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*[[Andy Beckwith]] as [[Rorge]] <small>("[[Mockingbird]]")</small>
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*[[Paola Dionisotti]] as [[Anya Waynwood]] <small>("[[The Mountain and the Viper]]")</small>
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*[[Mark Gatiss]] as [[Tycho Nestoris]] <small>("[[The Laws of Gods and Men]]")</small>
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*[[Ben Hawkey]] as [[Hot Pie]] <small>("Mockingbird")</small>
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*[[Ciarán Hinds]] as [[Mance Rayder]] <small>("[[The Children]]")</small>
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*[[Gerard Jordan]] as [[Biter]] <small>("Mockingbird")</small>
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*[[Andy Kellegher]] as [[Polliver]] <small>("[[Two Swords]]")</small>
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*[[Lucian Msamati]] as [[Salladhor Saan]] <small>("The Laws of Gods and Men")</small>
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*[[Struan Rodger]] as the [[Three-Eyed Raven]] <small>(2 episodes)</small>
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*[[Rupert Vansittart]] as [[Yohn Royce]] <small>("The Mountain and the Viper")</small>
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*[[Gemma Whelan]] as [[Yara Greyjoy]] <small>("The Laws of Gods and Men")</small>
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==Crew==
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===Producers===
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* [[David Benioff]]: executive producer, showrunner
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* [[D.B. Weiss]]: executive producer, showrunner
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* [[Bernadette Caulfield]]: executive producer
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* [[Frank Doelger]]: executive producer
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* [[Carolyn Strauss]]: executive producer
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* [[George R.R. Martin]]: co-executive producer
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* [[Vince Gerardis]]: co-executive producer
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* [[Guymon Casady]]: co-executive producer
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* [[Greg Spence]]: producer
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* [[Christopher Newman|Chris Newman]]: producer
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* [[Bryan Cogman]]: co producer
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* [[Michele Clapton]]: costume designer
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* [[Deborah Riley]]: production designer
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* [[Ramin Djawadi]]: composer
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* [[Nina Gold]]: casting director
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* [[Robert Sterne]]: casting director
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===Writers===
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* [[David Benioff]] and [[D.B. Weiss]]: episodes [[Two Swords|1]], [[Breaker of Chains|3]], [[First of His Name|5]], [[Mockingbird|7]], [[The Mountain and the Viper|8]], [[The Watchers on the Wall|9]], and [[The Children|10]]
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* [[George R.R. Martin]]: [[The Lion and the Rose|episode 2]]
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* [[Bryan Cogman]]: episodes [[Oathkeeper (episode)|4]] and [[The Laws of Gods and Men|6]]
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===Directors===
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* [[D.B. Weiss]]: [[Two Swords|episode 1]]
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* [[Alex Graves]]: episodes [[The Lion and the Rose|2]], [[Breaker of Chains|3]], [[The Mountain and the Viper|8]], and [[The Children|10]]
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* [[Michelle MacLaren]]: episodes [[Oathkeeper (episode)|4]] and [[First of His Name|5]]
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* [[Alik Sakharov]]: episodes [[The Laws of Gods and Men|6]] and [[Mockingbird|7]]
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* [[Neil Marshall]]: [[The Watchers on the Wall|episode 9]]
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==Production==
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===Adaptation===
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As [[David Benioff]] explained talking to EW.com, the producers were very excited to film Season 4, and the last three episodes in particular are scenes that - like the [[Red Wedding]] - they had been waiting to film since production on the first season began. Generally, the TV show has aimed to adapt roughly one book as one TV season, though the producers have also said they are adapting the story as a whole and thus parts will spill over into other seasons (i.e. Jaime Lannister didn't have much to do in the second novel, so they moved up some scenes he had from the beginning of the third novel into late Season 2). The third novel, ''A Storm of Swords'', was so long that the decision was made to split it into two seasons. One of the reasons the Red Wedding was so shocking to book readers was because it didn't happen near the end of the third novel, not at the point readers would expect such a climax. However the decision was made that Season 3 needed to have a climax and it would better suit their needs to make it the climax at the end (as opposed to putting in in the fifth episode out of ten, for shock value, similar to how abruptly [[Renly Baratheon]] died in the fifth episode of Season 2). Season 1's climax was Ned Stark's execution, Season 2's climax was the Battle of the Blackwater, thus the Red Wedding fit in as a good climactic point for the end of Season 3. Therefore, Season 3 was only the first half of the third novel, while Season 4 will adapt the second half - the half with the ''actual'' climaxes from the end of the third novel. Many storylines are left irrevocably changed by the end of the third novel.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/19/game-of-thrones-team-season-4-will-be-best-yet/ ]</ref>
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Although the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels were originally planned as a trilogy, to be titled ''A Game of Thrones'', ''A Dance with Dragons'' and ''The Winds of Winter'', eventually George R.R. Martin realized his plot of "book one" would have to be expanded into three novels (''A Game of Thrones'', ''A Clash of Kings'' and ''A Storm of Swords''), which effectively means the first three books are one very long novel. In fact, the climax of ''A Storm of Swords'' concludes many of the plotlines begun in ''A Game of Thrones''. Martin even initially planned to make a five-year time jump between the third and fourth novels, to emphasize how much of a chapter-break the climaxes of the third novel were to the overall story (though the time jump was later abandoned). Thus, David Benioff said he was very confident about Season 4, because it contains many climactic scenes which not only ended the third novel (to a ''greater extent'' than the Red Wedding), but concluded storylines begun in Season 1.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/19/game-of-thrones-team-season-4-will-be-best-yet/ ]</ref>
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===Filming===
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Primary filming for Season 4 continued in Northern Ireland.<ref>[http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/2013/9/25/get-ready-for-season-4.html Making Game of Thrones blog], Get Ready for Season 4, September 25th, 2013</ref>It has been confirmed that the production returned to [[wikipedia:Dubrovnik|Dubrovnik]] in [[wikipedia:Croatia|Croatia]],<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/03/game-of-thrones-to-return-to-dubrovnik-in-season-4/ Winter is Coming]</ref> as well as [[wikipedia:Iceland|Iceland]]<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/06/confirmed-game-of-thrones-to-film-in-iceland-for-season-4/]</ref>. Another filming location added to the Croatia production unit's schedule was the coastal city of [[wikipedia:Split, Croatia|Split]].<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/06/filming-dates-and-new-location-in-croatia-confirmed/]</ref>
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The ''Making Game of Thrones'' official production blog has confirmed that filming did not return to Morocco for Season 4. This decreases the number of countries that the TV series films in from four to three (Northern Ireland, Croatia, and Iceland).<ref>[http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/2013/12/20/across-the-narrow-sea.html ]</ref> Morocco was used for the location filming of Daenerys's Season 3 scenes set in [[Slaver's Bay]], specifically the cities of [[Astapor]] and [[Yunkai]]. Daenerys's storyline continues to take place in Slaver's Bay during Season 4, but other locations (apparently in Croatia) will be used to represent it.
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For Season 3, apparently due to the increased workload of concurrent filming in four countries, the number of production units was increased from two to three. The first two units, organized since the beginning of the TV series, are "Wolf" unit and "Dragon" unit. The new third production unit in Season 3 was called "Raven" unit.<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2012/10/mgot-three-filming-units-confirmed/ Winter is Coming]</ref> Filming in Iceland actually began in Season 2. However, a post on the official Making Game of Thrones blog on September 25th, 2013, revealed that Season 4 would switch back to having only two units, and the extra "Raven" unit would be disbanded.<ref>[http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/2013/9/25/get-ready-for-season-4.html Making Game of Thrones blog], Get Ready for Season 4, September 25th, 2013</ref>
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The original reason that production expanded to location-shoots in Iceland in Season 2 was apparently to accurately portray the rugged frozen vistas of the lands [[beyond the Wall]], i.e. when Jon Snow, Qhorin Halfhand, or Ygritte are walking on an actual frozen glacier with rugged mountains in the background, without the need for special effects shots to fill those details in (which it was feared would look fake). However, the location scouts found other areas in Iceland which they felt would be perfect for scenes from the other storylines. While scenes beyond the Wall were filmed in Iceland during the winter, they production team realized that during the summer melt, Iceland has many pristine landscapes and lush valleys suitable for filming other locations in Westeros. The wildling raiding party containing Ygritte and Tormund filmed in Iceland during the winter for their scenes north of the Wall: in Season 4 they have returned to Iceland but in the summer, to depict the somewhat warmer lands of the [[Gift]] immediately south of the Wall. Arya Stark and Sandor Clegane's storyline, as well as Brienne of Tarth's storyline, will also include some scenes filmed in Iceland (representing parts of the Riverlands, etc.).<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2014/02/game-of-thrones-explores-the-intensity-of-iceland/ Game of Thrones Season 4: Artisan Piece #2 - Intensity of Iceland]</ref>
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==Awards==
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''Game of Thrones'' Season 4 received 20 Emmy Award nominations, including:<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2014/07/10/game-thrones-picks-20-emmy-nominations/ Game of Thrones picks up 20 Emmy nominations!]</ref>
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*Outstanding Drama Series
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*Outstanding Supporting Actress – [[Lena Headey]] (Queen [[Cersei Lannister]])
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*Outstanding Supporting Actor – [[Peter Dinklage]] ([[Tyrion Lannister]])
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*Outstanding Guest Actress – [[Diana Rigg]] ([[Olenna Tyrell]])
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*Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – [[David Benioff]] and [[D.B. Weiss]] ("[[The Children]]")
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*Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series – [[Neil Marshall]] ("[[The Watchers on the Wall]]")
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*Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series - [[Nina Gold]] and Robert Sterne
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*Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) - [[Ramin Djawadi]]
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*Outstanding Art Direction For A Contemporary Or Fantasy Series (Single-Camera)
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*Outstanding Cinematography (2 nominations): Jonathan Freeman ("[[Two Swords]]") and Anette Haellmigk ("[[The Lion and the Rose]]")
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*Outstanding Costumes for a Series ("The Lion and the Rose") - [[Michele Clapton]]
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*Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series ("The Lion and the Rose")
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*Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series-Non-Prosthetic ("[[Oathkeeper (episode)|Oathkeeper]]")
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*Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special ("The Children")
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*Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series ("The Watchers on the Wall")
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*Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series – One Hour ("The Watchers on the Wall")
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*Outstanding Special and Visual Effects
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*Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Miniseries Or Movie
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*Outstanding Interactive Program – Game of Thrones Premiere : Facebook Live and Instagram
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The winners will be announced at the Emmy Awards ceremony on August 25th, 2014.
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The winners for several categories were announced at Emmy Creative Arts Awards on August 16th, 2014. ''Game of Thrones'' won the following awards:
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*Outstanding Art Direction For A Contemporary Or Fantasy Series (Single-Camera)
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*Outstanding Special and Visual Effects
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*Outstanding Costumes for a Series ("The Lion and the Rose") - [[Michele Clapton]]
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**This was Clapton's second Emmy award for costume design on ''Game of Thrones'', after her previous win for her work in [[Game of Thrones: Season 2|Season 2]]. She was also nominated for the costume design award in Season 1 and Season 3 but did not win.
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*Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special ("The Children")
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The TV series lost all of the other categories it was nominated for, including Dianna Rigg as Best Guest Actress.<ref>[http://watchersonthewall.com/game-thrones-competing-creative-arts-emmys-tonight/ Game of Thrones wins four Creative Arts Emmys]</ref>
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The winners for the remaining major categories that ''Game of Thrones'' is nominated in will be announced at the main Emmy Awards ceremony on August 25th, including:
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*Outstanding Drama Series
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*Outstanding Supporting Actress – [[Lena Headey]] (Queen [[Cersei Lannister]])
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*Outstanding Supporting Actor – [[Peter Dinklage]] ([[Tyrion Lannister]])
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*Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – [[David Benioff]] and [[D.B. Weiss]] ("[[The Children]]")
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*Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series – [[Neil Marshall]] ("[[The Watchers on the Wall]]")
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==Home video==
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Season 4 of ''Game of Thrones'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on February 17th, 2015. The set includes all ten episodes of the season and a number of extra features.<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2014/07/15/game-thrones-season-4-coming-blu-ray-dvd-february-17/ Game of Thrones Season 4 coming to Blu-ray and DVD on February 17]</ref>
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[[File:Gotseason4DVDart.jpg|thumb|The Season 4 DVD set]]
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Features on the DVD release include:
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*Behind the Battle for the Wall – a 30 minute documentary exploring the behind-the-scenes challenges the cast and crew faced putting together the [[battle for the Wall]].
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*The Fallen: A Roundtable – Writer Bryan Cogman sits down with a few of the many cast members who meet their demise in Season 4. From first learning of their deaths to shooting their final scenes, this 30-minute feature sheds light on what it's like to live-and die-in the Game of Thrones world.
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*The Politics of Power: A Look Back at Season 3 – a retrospective on the storylines of the first three seasons, leading up to Season 4.
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*Bastards of Westeros – Showrunners David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and author George R.R. Martin discuss the role bastards play in the Seven Kingdoms (this video has been released publicly).
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*Deleted/Extended Scenes – Two deleted scenes.
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*Audio Commentaries – Commentaries with cast and crew including showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' author George R.R. Martin, Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Pedro Pascal (Oberyn Martell), Aiden Gillen (Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish), and more.
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[[File:Gotseason4Blu-ray.jpg|thumb|300px|The Season 4 Blu-ray set]]
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The Blu-ray release with Digital Copy includes all of the features on the DVD set, plus:
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*In-Episode Guide – In-feature resource that provides background information about on-screen characters, locations and relevant histories.
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*''Histories & Lore'' – A full hour of animated featurettes explaining the mythology of Westeros as told from the varying perspectives of the characters themselves.
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While the first three TV seasons had an "In-Episode Guide" feature on the HBO GO service, this was discontinued for Season 4. Instead, starting in Season 4 all of the extras that used to appear in the In-Episode Guide started appearing in the HBO Viewer's Guide webpage for that episode (such as the bonus videos with the cast, crew, and writers) or on the MakingGameofThrones.com webpage (mostly the costume and props closeups). Therefore it isn't exactly clear what the "In-Episode Guide" on the Blu-ray release will contain, though it will probably be a combination of the Season 4 interviews and videos posted on the HBO Viewer's Guide and MakingGameOfThrones.com.<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2014/07/15/game-thrones-season-4-coming-blu-ray-dvd-february-17/#comment-423612 WinterIsComing.net], staffer "Ours is the Fury" confirms that there was no Season 4 In-Episode Guide on HBO GO.</ref>[[File:Season 4 Blu ray Martell cover.png|thumb|Season 4 will be the first release with an alternate cover depicting the Martell sigil.]]
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The Blu-ray box will come in several different variant covers, based on the different Great House sigils as in past seasons. Apart from the main Season 4 art design featuring an image of the [[Three-Eyed Raven]] from Bran's visions, other covers will include the Stark, Lannister, Tyrell, or Targaryen sigils. Also, for the first time the [[House Martell]] sigil will appear on one of the variant covers (a golden spear piercing a red sun, on an orange background), because the Martells are first prominently introduced in the storyline in Season 4.<ref>[http://watchersonthewall.com/game-thrones-season-4-dvd-pre-orders-available-now/ Game of Thrones Season 4 DVD Pre-Orders Available Now]</ref>
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===Deleted scenes===
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The Season 4 Blu-ray release contains two short deleted scenes. Neither includes particularly significant information or character interactions (in contrast with the Season 2 deleted scene that focused on Loras's mourning at Renly's death, or the Season 3 deleted scene in which the Lannister Small Council discusses the wildling army gathering at the Wall).<ref>[http://watchersonthewall.com/watch-two-deleted-scenes-game-thrones-season-4/ Watch two deleted scenes from Game of Thrones Season 4]</ref>
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*The first deleted scene is from "[[The Lion and the Rose]]" and is about 60 seconds long. It follows immediately after Tyrion breaks up with Shae and has Bronn take her away for a ship sailing to Pentos. After Bronn leaves with Shae, they are in the gardens outside of her chambers and she is still crying. He tries to comfort her by asking if she really thought her relationship with Tyrion would last forever, that "these people, even the good ones" use common people as they please, and when they're no longer any use they spit them out and find someone else they like. Bronn points out that there you don't see any old sellswords, new faster ones keep coming up, and you've got to adapt to new circumstances or perish. Shae ignores him, but then he gently urges that they have to get to her ship and they leave.
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*The second deleted scene is from "[[The Mountain and the Viper]]" and is about 45 seconds long. It follows immediately after Daenerys exiles Ser Jorah and he is seen riding away from the city. Later that night, Daenerys is on the balcony of her apartment at the top of the Great Pyramid, staring out at the horizon. Despite the anger that she showed in the courtroom when she exiled him, in private it is seen that she is in shock at his betrayal, and at having to lose him. Missandei arrives, sees she is upset, and asks if she can get her anything. Daenerys numbly mutters "never betray me", and continues to stare vacantly at the horizon that Jorah rode away into.
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==In the books==
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{{Main|Differences in adaptation/Game of Thrones: Season 4}}
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The season generally follows the second half of the third novel ''A Storm of Swords'', and also consists of scenes based on the second, the fourth and the fifth novels, and scenes based on sample chapters of the upcoming sixth novel.
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==Gallery==
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===Videos===
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====Trailers====
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Trailer 1 Announce Tease (HBO)
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"The War is Not Won:" Game of Thrones Season 4: Official Trailer (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Dany Dragon Tease (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Tyrion Dungeon Tease (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Stark Direwolf Tease (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Awaken Trailer (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: All Men Trailer (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Happy Father's Day (HBO)
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Game of Thrones: Season 4 DVD/Blu-ray Trailer
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Game of Thrones / Official Season 4 Recap Trailer (HBO)
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</gallery>
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====Behind the scenes====
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Game of Thrones Season 4: On the Set Featurette (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Ice and Fire: "A Foreshadowing" - Behind the Scenes Show Promo (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Viewer's Guide (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: New Characters & Locations (HBO)
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Tyrion Dancing and More Bloopers: Game of Thrones Season 4 (HBO)
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Game of Thrones: Blooper Reel 2 (HBO)
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Game of Thrones: Bastards of Westeros (HBO)
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====The Politics of Power====
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Game of Thrones Season 4: The Politics of Power - A Look Back at Season 3 Promo (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 3 Recap: Politics of Power (HBO)
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====The Buzz====
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The Buzz: Game of Thrones Exhibition at SXSW (HBO)
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The Buzz: Game of Thrones Season 4 Premiere (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Kristian Nairn Remembers the Fallen (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Gwendoline Christie Remembers the Fallen (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Maisie Williams Remembers the Fallen (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Gwendoline Christie on Why Brienne Should TakeTheThrone (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Maisie Williams on Why Arya Should TakeTheThrone (HBO)
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Game of Thrones Season 4: Kristian Nairn on Why Hodor Should TakeTheThrone (HBO)
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The Buzz: The Queen of England Visits the Set of Game of Thrones (HBO)
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===Images===
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====Promos====
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"All men must die"
―Tagline[src]

Game of Thrones: Season 4[1] is the fourth season of Game of Thrones. It consists of ten episodes. It premiered with "Two Swords" on April 6, 2014 on HBO, and concluded with "The Children" on June 15, 2014. It is based on the second half of A Storm of Swords, the third novel of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

Premise

The fourth season of HBO's smash-hit, Emmy Award-winning Best Drama Series Game of Thrones - an epic story of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honor, conquest and triumph.[1]

Overview

The War of the Five Kings is drawing to a close, but new intrigues and plots are in motion, and the surviving factions must contend with enemies not only outside their ranks, but within.

King in the North Robb Stark is dead, betrayed by his own bannermen the Boltons and Freys while he was a guest under the Freys' roof. Robb's mother Catelyn and his wife Talisa, along with most of the Northern leadership were also killed at the massacre now known as the Red Wedding, along with the entire Northern army.

Having already defeated Stannis Baratheon at the Battle of the Blackwater and secured southern Westeros, House Lannister stands triumphant. The crazed boy-king Joffrey Baratheon gloats, though the victory truly belongs to his grandfather, Lord Tywin Lannister, Hand of the King and the real power behind the Iron Throne. As reward for their betrayal, Tywin has granted the Boltons rule of the North, and the Freys with nominal rule of Riverrun, though the castle remains under the command of Brynden Tully.

Though the mainland of Westeros is mostly under Lannister control, there are still two factions defying them: the Greyjoys and the Baratheons. Ironborn occupiers remaining in the North are being hunted down by Ramsay Snow, bastard son of Roose Bolton. Ramsay holds Theon Greyjoy hostage, horribly torturing him at whim, but Balon Greyjoy considers his son as good as dead.

Stannis Baratheon, as the rightful heir to his older brother King Robert, still refuses to surrender, despite having only the remnants of an army. However, following the advice of Melisandre, he has focused his attention of the threat of the wildlings marching against the Wall.

The Lannisters only managed to win on the battlefield with the key support of House Tyrell of the Reach, which they won through promising a marriage-alliance between King Joffrey and Margaery Tyrell, daughter of Lord Mace Tyrell. Queen Regent Cersei fears - correctly - that just as the Baratheons became dependent on the Lannisters after Robert's Rebellion, the Lannisters are starting to become dependent on the Tyrells, who are already insinuating themselves into positions of power at King's Landing. A royal wedding is to be held between Joffrey and Margaery, which will confirm the future of the realm.

The only two kingdoms which have remained entirely aloof from the war so far are the Vale of Arryn and Dorne. While Lysa Arryn chose to remain neutral, former Master of Coin and new Lord of Harrenhal Petyr Baelish has been sent by Lord Tywin to woo her with a marriage proposal, now that he's a high lord and a suitable match for the Lady Regent of the Vale. Nevertheless only Littlefinger knows what Littlefinger is plotting.

For their own part, House Martell of Dorne has loathed the Lannisters ever since the Sack of King's Landing, when Ser Gregor Clegane raped and killed Elia Martell - sister of Doran Martell, the ruling Prince of Dorne - and Lord Tywin did nothing to punish him. During the War of the Five Kings Tyrion Lannister prevented Dorne from declaring for any of House Lannister's enemies by sending Princess Myrcella to Sunspear as part of her betrothal to Prince Trystane Martell, and in return, the Martells were promised a seat on the Small Council. To the consternation of the Lannisters, a large Dornish embassy arrives in King's Landing to claim their due - but instead of the elderly Prince Doran, his brash younger brother Prince Oberyn comes to claim the council seat. Oberyn loves the ladies, he loves the boys, but most of all he loved his sister Elia, and the Lannisters aren't the only ones who pay their debts.

Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea in Slaver's Bay, perhaps the greatest threat to Lannister rule is rapidly growing in strength. Daenerys Targaryen now commands not just three live dragons - who are starting to grow large enough to serve as decisive weapons of war - but also an army of eight thousand Unsullied warrior-eunuchs. For now, Queen Daenerys is carving a path through Slaver's Bay - not of conquest but of liberation. As functionally once a slave herself, Daenerys is determined to free the downtrodden slaves of the region. First Astapor and then Yunkai fell before Daenerys's forces, and hundreds of thousands of freed slaves now flock to her banner. Yet Daenerys must now face the last and greatest of the slaver-cities, Meereen - and unlike her previous victories, they have had time to prepare for her arrival.

Far to the north, beyond the politics and meaningless feuds of the south, the Wall and the dwindling Night's Watch are all that stand between the Seven Kingdoms and the horrors beyond. The White Walkers have emerged in force, leading their armies of wights. The wildlings have rallied behind King-Beyond-the-Wall Mance Rayder in an attempt to flee south, knowing that as the White Walkers advance, anyone who remain in the lands beyond the Wall will die and become part of the undead host. Mance's wildling army now numbers in the tens of thousands, and is determined to force its way through the Wall to reach the safety of the south. All that stands between the Seven Kingdoms and this barbarian invasion is the Night's Watch, whose numbers and leadership were recently devastated with the deaths of a third of their number and that of Lord Commander Jeor Mormont. Jon Snow and Samwell Tarly do what they can to prepare Castle Black for the massive wildling attack.

Not only are the Night's Watch outnumbered and their remaining leadership fractured, but advanced raiding bands of wildlings have infiltrated behind the Wall by climbing over it, preparing to attack the weakly defended southern side of Castle Black. These warbands are led by Tormund and the fearsome Styr, Magnar of Thenn - as well as Jon Snow's ex-lover Ygritte, whom he betrayed when he revealed his true loyalty and returned to the Night's Watch.

In the Seven Kingdoms, while House Stark stands on the verge of extinction - and is believed to be just that by the realm at large - four "lone wolves" fight to survive: Sansa Stark remains a hostage of the Iron Throne and a forced marriage to Tyrion Lannister, Rickon Stark seeks the safety of Last Hearth and the fiercely loyal House Umber, Bran Stark and his companions Hodor, Jojen and Meera Reed have crossed the Wall chasing a vision, and Arya Stark, having lost everything and forced to rely on the protection of a man she hates, clings to survival and her thirst for vengeance.

Episodes

Episode Image Title Air date
1[9] Thrones S04E01 "Two Swords"[9] April 6, 2014[3]
2[10] Thrones S04E02 "The Lion and the Rose"[10] April 13, 2014[3]
3[14] Thrones S04E03 "Breaker of Chains"[14] April 20, 2014[3]
4[11] Thrones S04E04 "Oathkeeper"[11] April 27, 2014[3]
5[15] Thrones S04E05 "First of His Name"[15] May 4, 2014[3]
6[12] Thrones S04E06 "The Laws of Gods and Men"[12] May 11, 2014[3]
7[16] Thrones S04E07 "Mockingbird"[16] May 18, 2014[3]
8[17] Thrones S04E08 "The Mountain and the Viper"[17] June 1, 2014[3]
9[13] Thrones S04E09 "The Watchers on the Wall"[13] June 8, 2014[3]
10[18] Thrones S04E10 "The Children"[18] June 15, 2014[3]

Cast

Main page: Game of Thrones: Season 4/Cast

Starring

Guest starring

Crew

Producers

Writers

Directors

Production

Adaptation

As David Benioff explained talking to EW.com, the producers were very excited to film Season 4, and the last three episodes in particular are scenes that - like the Red Wedding - they had been waiting to film since production on the first season began. Generally, the TV show has aimed to adapt roughly one book as one TV season, though the producers have also said they are adapting the story as a whole and thus parts will spill over into other seasons (i.e. Jaime Lannister didn't have much to do in the second novel, so they moved up some scenes he had from the beginning of the third novel into late Season 2). The third novel, A Storm of Swords, was so long that the decision was made to split it into two seasons. One of the reasons the Red Wedding was so shocking to book readers was because it didn't happen near the end of the third novel, not at the point readers would expect such a climax. However the decision was made that Season 3 needed to have a climax and it would better suit their needs to make it the climax at the end (as opposed to putting in in the fifth episode out of ten, for shock value, similar to how abruptly Renly Baratheon died in the fifth episode of Season 2). Season 1's climax was Ned Stark's execution, Season 2's climax was the Battle of the Blackwater, thus the Red Wedding fit in as a good climactic point for the end of Season 3. Therefore, Season 3 was only the first half of the third novel, while Season 4 will adapt the second half - the half with the actual climaxes from the end of the third novel. Many storylines are left irrevocably changed by the end of the third novel.[19]

Although the A Song of Ice and Fire novels were originally planned as a trilogy, to be titled A Game of Thrones, A Dance with Dragons and The Winds of Winter, eventually George R.R. Martin realized his plot of "book one" would have to be expanded into three novels (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords), which effectively means the first three books are one very long novel. In fact, the climax of A Storm of Swords concludes many of the plotlines begun in A Game of Thrones. Martin even initially planned to make a five-year time jump between the third and fourth novels, to emphasize how much of a chapter-break the climaxes of the third novel were to the overall story (though the time jump was later abandoned). Thus, David Benioff said he was very confident about Season 4, because it contains many climactic scenes which not only ended the third novel (to a greater extent than the Red Wedding), but concluded storylines begun in Season 1.[20]

Filming

Primary filming for Season 4 continued in Northern Ireland.[21]It has been confirmed that the production returned to Dubrovnik in Croatia,[22] as well as Iceland[23]. Another filming location added to the Croatia production unit's schedule was the coastal city of Split.[24]

The Making Game of Thrones official production blog has confirmed that filming did not return to Morocco for Season 4. This decreases the number of countries that the TV series films in from four to three (Northern Ireland, Croatia, and Iceland).[25] Morocco was used for the location filming of Daenerys's Season 3 scenes set in Slaver's Bay, specifically the cities of Astapor and Yunkai. Daenerys's storyline continues to take place in Slaver's Bay during Season 4, but other locations (apparently in Croatia) will be used to represent it.

For Season 3, apparently due to the increased workload of concurrent filming in four countries, the number of production units was increased from two to three. The first two units, organized since the beginning of the TV series, are "Wolf" unit and "Dragon" unit. The new third production unit in Season 3 was called "Raven" unit.[26] Filming in Iceland actually began in Season 2. However, a post on the official Making Game of Thrones blog on September 25th, 2013, revealed that Season 4 would switch back to having only two units, and the extra "Raven" unit would be disbanded.[27]

The original reason that production expanded to location-shoots in Iceland in Season 2 was apparently to accurately portray the rugged frozen vistas of the lands beyond the Wall, i.e. when Jon Snow, Qhorin Halfhand, or Ygritte are walking on an actual frozen glacier with rugged mountains in the background, without the need for special effects shots to fill those details in (which it was feared would look fake). However, the location scouts found other areas in Iceland which they felt would be perfect for scenes from the other storylines. While scenes beyond the Wall were filmed in Iceland during the winter, they production team realized that during the summer melt, Iceland has many pristine landscapes and lush valleys suitable for filming other locations in Westeros. The wildling raiding party containing Ygritte and Tormund filmed in Iceland during the winter for their scenes north of the Wall: in Season 4 they have returned to Iceland but in the summer, to depict the somewhat warmer lands of the Gift immediately south of the Wall. Arya Stark and Sandor Clegane's storyline, as well as Brienne of Tarth's storyline, will also include some scenes filmed in Iceland (representing parts of the Riverlands, etc.).[28]

Awards

Game of Thrones Season 4 received 20 Emmy Award nominations, including:[29]

  • Outstanding Drama Series
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress – Lena Headey (Queen Cersei Lannister)
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor – Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister)
  • Outstanding Guest Actress – Diana Rigg (Olenna Tyrell)
  • Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – David Benioff and D.B. Weiss ("The Children")
  • Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series – Neil Marshall ("The Watchers on the Wall")
  • Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series - Nina Gold and Robert Sterne
  • Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) - Ramin Djawadi
  • Outstanding Art Direction For A Contemporary Or Fantasy Series (Single-Camera)
  • Outstanding Cinematography (2 nominations): Jonathan Freeman ("Two Swords") and Anette Haellmigk ("The Lion and the Rose")
  • Outstanding Costumes for a Series ("The Lion and the Rose") - Michele Clapton
  • Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series ("The Lion and the Rose")
  • Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series-Non-Prosthetic ("Oathkeeper")
  • Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special ("The Children")
  • Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series ("The Watchers on the Wall")
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series – One Hour ("The Watchers on the Wall")
  • Outstanding Special and Visual Effects
  • Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Miniseries Or Movie
  • Outstanding Interactive Program – Game of Thrones Premiere : Facebook Live and Instagram

The winners will be announced at the Emmy Awards ceremony on August 25th, 2014.

The winners for several categories were announced at Emmy Creative Arts Awards on August 16th, 2014. Game of Thrones won the following awards:

  • Outstanding Art Direction For A Contemporary Or Fantasy Series (Single-Camera)
  • Outstanding Special and Visual Effects
  • Outstanding Costumes for a Series ("The Lion and the Rose") - Michele Clapton
    • This was Clapton's second Emmy award for costume design on Game of Thrones, after her previous win for her work in Season 2. She was also nominated for the costume design award in Season 1 and Season 3 but did not win.
  • Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special ("The Children")

The TV series lost all of the other categories it was nominated for, including Dianna Rigg as Best Guest Actress.[30]

The winners for the remaining major categories that Game of Thrones is nominated in will be announced at the main Emmy Awards ceremony on August 25th, including:

Home video

Season 4 of Game of Thrones was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on February 17th, 2015. The set includes all ten episodes of the season and a number of extra features.[31]

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The Season 4 DVD set

Features on the DVD release include:

  • Behind the Battle for the Wall – a 30 minute documentary exploring the behind-the-scenes challenges the cast and crew faced putting together the battle for the Wall.
  • The Fallen: A Roundtable – Writer Bryan Cogman sits down with a few of the many cast members who meet their demise in Season 4. From first learning of their deaths to shooting their final scenes, this 30-minute feature sheds light on what it's like to live-and die-in the Game of Thrones world.
  • The Politics of Power: A Look Back at Season 3 – a retrospective on the storylines of the first three seasons, leading up to Season 4.
  • Bastards of Westeros – Showrunners David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and author George R.R. Martin discuss the role bastards play in the Seven Kingdoms (this video has been released publicly).
  • Deleted/Extended Scenes – Two deleted scenes.
  • Audio Commentaries – Commentaries with cast and crew including showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin, Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Pedro Pascal (Oberyn Martell), Aiden Gillen (Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish), and more.
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The Season 4 Blu-ray set

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

  • In-Episode Guide – In-feature resource that provides background information about on-screen characters, locations and relevant histories.
  • Histories & Lore – A full hour of animated featurettes explaining the mythology of Westeros as told from the varying perspectives of the characters themselves.

While the first three TV seasons had an "In-Episode Guide" feature on the HBO GO service, this was discontinued for Season 4. Instead, starting in Season 4 all of the extras that used to appear in the In-Episode Guide started appearing in the HBO Viewer's Guide webpage for that episode (such as the bonus videos with the cast, crew, and writers) or on the MakingGameofThrones.com webpage (mostly the costume and props closeups). Therefore it isn't exactly clear what the "In-Episode Guide" on the Blu-ray release will contain, though it will probably be a combination of the Season 4 interviews and videos posted on the HBO Viewer's Guide and MakingGameOfThrones.com.[32]

Season 4 Blu ray Martell cover

Season 4 will be the first release with an alternate cover depicting the Martell sigil.

The Blu-ray box will come in several different variant covers, based on the different Great House sigils as in past seasons. Apart from the main Season 4 art design featuring an image of the Three-Eyed Raven from Bran's visions, other covers will include the Stark, Lannister, Tyrell, or Targaryen sigils. Also, for the first time the House Martell sigil will appear on one of the variant covers (a golden spear piercing a red sun, on an orange background), because the Martells are first prominently introduced in the storyline in Season 4.[33]

Deleted scenes

The Season 4 Blu-ray release contains two short deleted scenes. Neither includes particularly significant information or character interactions (in contrast with the Season 2 deleted scene that focused on Loras's mourning at Renly's death, or the Season 3 deleted scene in which the Lannister Small Council discusses the wildling army gathering at the Wall).[34]

  • The first deleted scene is from "The Lion and the Rose" and is about 60 seconds long. It follows immediately after Tyrion breaks up with Shae and has Bronn take her away for a ship sailing to Pentos. After Bronn leaves with Shae, they are in the gardens outside of her chambers and she is still crying. He tries to comfort her by asking if she really thought her relationship with Tyrion would last forever, that "these people, even the good ones" use common people as they please, and when they're no longer any use they spit them out and find someone else they like. Bronn points out that there you don't see any old sellswords, new faster ones keep coming up, and you've got to adapt to new circumstances or perish. Shae ignores him, but then he gently urges that they have to get to her ship and they leave.
  • The second deleted scene is from "The Mountain and the Viper" and is about 45 seconds long. It follows immediately after Daenerys exiles Ser Jorah and he is seen riding away from the city. Later that night, Daenerys is on the balcony of her apartment at the top of the Great Pyramid, staring out at the horizon. Despite the anger that she showed in the courtroom when she exiled him, in private it is seen that she is in shock at his betrayal, and at having to lose him. Missandei arrives, sees she is upset, and asks if she can get her anything. Daenerys numbly mutters "never betray me", and continues to stare vacantly at the horizon that Jorah rode away into.

In the books

Main page: Differences in adaptation/Game of Thrones: Season 4

The season generally follows the second half of the third novel A Storm of Swords, and also consists of scenes based on the second, the fourth and the fifth novels, and scenes based on sample chapters of the upcoming sixth novel.

Gallery

Videos

Trailers

Behind the scenes

The Politics of Power

The Buzz

Images

Promos

Posters

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Game of Thrones: Season 4. HBO. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Game of Thrones. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 GAME OF THRONES (HBO). The Futon Critic. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  4. ↑ Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season (2015).
  5. ↑ Cian Gaffney (July 15, 2014). Game of Thrones Season 4 DVD/Blu-ray Release Date Confirmed. HBO Watch. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 Game of Thrones: Season 4, Episode 1: "Two Swords" (2014).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Game of Thrones: Season 4, Episode 3: "Breaker of Chains" (2014).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Game of Thrones: Season 4, Episode 2: "The Lion and the Rose" (2014).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Two Swords. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 The Lion and the Rose. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Oathkeeper. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 The Laws of Gods and Men. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 The Watchers on the Wall. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Breaker of Chains. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 First of His Name. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Mockingbird. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 The Mountain and the Viper. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 The Children. HBO. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  19. ↑ [1]
  20. ↑ [2]
  21. ↑ Making Game of Thrones blog, Get Ready for Season 4, September 25th, 2013
  22. ↑ Winter is Coming
  23. ↑ [3]
  24. ↑ [4]
  25. ↑ [5]
  26. ↑ Winter is Coming
  27. ↑ Making Game of Thrones blog, Get Ready for Season 4, September 25th, 2013
  28. ↑ Game of Thrones Season 4: Artisan Piece #2 - Intensity of Iceland
  29. ↑ Game of Thrones picks up 20 Emmy nominations!
  30. ↑ Game of Thrones wins four Creative Arts Emmys
  31. ↑ Game of Thrones Season 4 coming to Blu-ray and DVD on February 17
  32. ↑ WinterIsComing.net, staffer "Ours is the Fury" confirms that there was no Season 4 In-Episode Guide on HBO GO.
  33. ↑ Game of Thrones Season 4 DVD Pre-Orders Available Now
  34. ↑ Watch two deleted scenes from Game of Thrones Season 4

Notes

  1. ↑ In "Winter Is Coming," which takes place in 298 AC, Sansa Stark tells Cersei Lannister that she is 13 years old and Bran Stark tells Jaime Lannister that he is 10 years old. Arya Stark was born between Sansa and Bran, making her either 11 or 12 in Season 1. The rest of the Stark children have been aged up by 2 years from their book ages, so it can be assumed that she is 11 in Season 1. Arya is 18 in Season 8 according to HBO, which means at least 7 years occur in the span of the series; therefore, each season of Game of Thrones must roughly correspond to a year in-universe, placing the events of Season 4 in 301 AC.

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