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*[[Arya Stark]], [[House Bolton]], and [[House Martell]] do not appear in this episode. |
*[[Arya Stark]], [[House Bolton]], and [[House Martell]] do not appear in this episode. |
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*The producers and actors have confirmed that [[Bran Stark]], [[Hodor]] and [[Meera Reed]] will not be appearing at any point in Season 5: Their storyline caught up with its current point in the books, and was at a very sensible stopping point, so it was decided to stop filming for a year, and return in [[Season 6]]. Bran is spending all of Season 5 off-screen training with the [[Three-eyed raven]] to hone his powers. |
*The producers and actors have confirmed that [[Bran Stark]], [[Hodor]] and [[Meera Reed]] will not be appearing at any point in Season 5: Their storyline caught up with its current point in the books, and was at a very sensible stopping point, so it was decided to stop filming for a year, and return in [[Season 6]]. Bran is spending all of Season 5 off-screen training with the [[Three-eyed raven]] to hone his powers. |
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| − | *Young Cersei is played by [[Nell Williams]], who worked very hard to copy [[Lena Headey]]'s mannerisms in order to portray her |
+ | *Young Cersei is played by [[Nell Williams]], who worked very hard to copy [[Lena Headey]]'s mannerisms in order to portray her accurately. |
*The Young Cersei flashback in the Prologue to Season 5 at the beginning of this episode marks the very first time that the TV series has ever used a flashback. The novels make extensive use of flashbacks - or rather, characters within their own POV chapters will recall events that happened earlier, through vivid narration (the narrative itself doesn't shift an entire chapter to past events). The [[Pilot episode|unaired pilot episode]] included several flashbacks, but the showrunners were left with a very negative impression from the experience, feeling that the use of flashbacks was too confusing for audiences already trying to keep track of several dozen characters in the present. |
*The Young Cersei flashback in the Prologue to Season 5 at the beginning of this episode marks the very first time that the TV series has ever used a flashback. The novels make extensive use of flashbacks - or rather, characters within their own POV chapters will recall events that happened earlier, through vivid narration (the narrative itself doesn't shift an entire chapter to past events). The [[Pilot episode|unaired pilot episode]] included several flashbacks, but the showrunners were left with a very negative impression from the experience, feeling that the use of flashbacks was too confusing for audiences already trying to keep track of several dozen characters in the present. |
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*[[Charles Dance]] returns in this episode to "play" the corpse of [[Tywin Lannister]], just as [[Jack Gleeson]] returned in "[[Breaker of Chains]]" - the episode ''after'' his character died - in order to "play" his corpse. |
*[[Charles Dance]] returns in this episode to "play" the corpse of [[Tywin Lannister]], just as [[Jack Gleeson]] returned in "[[Breaker of Chains]]" - the episode ''after'' his character died - in order to "play" his corpse. |
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Revision as of 14:14, 10 April 2015
"The Wars to Come"[1] is the first episode of the fifth season of Game of Thrones. It is the forty-first episode of the series overall. It will premiere on April 12, 2015. It was directed by Michael Slovis.
Plot
Template:S05E01 Synopsis
Summary
Appearances
First
Deaths
Production
Cast
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Cast notes
Notes
- Arya Stark, House Bolton, and House Martell do not appear in this episode.
- The producers and actors have confirmed that Bran Stark, Hodor and Meera Reed will not be appearing at any point in Season 5: Their storyline caught up with its current point in the books, and was at a very sensible stopping point, so it was decided to stop filming for a year, and return in Season 6. Bran is spending all of Season 5 off-screen training with the Three-eyed raven to hone his powers.
- Young Cersei is played by Nell Williams, who worked very hard to copy Lena Headey's mannerisms in order to portray her accurately.
- The Young Cersei flashback in the Prologue to Season 5 at the beginning of this episode marks the very first time that the TV series has ever used a flashback. The novels make extensive use of flashbacks - or rather, characters within their own POV chapters will recall events that happened earlier, through vivid narration (the narrative itself doesn't shift an entire chapter to past events). The unaired pilot episode included several flashbacks, but the showrunners were left with a very negative impression from the experience, feeling that the use of flashbacks was too confusing for audiences already trying to keep track of several dozen characters in the present.
- Charles Dance returns in this episode to "play" the corpse of Tywin Lannister, just as Jack Gleeson returned in "Breaker of Chains" - the episode after his character died - in order to "play" his corpse.
- Kevan Lannister and his son Lancel return in this episode, who first appeared in Season 1 but have not been seen since Season 2 ended. Lancel's absence is explainable, as in the books the arrow wound he took at the Battle of the Blackwater developed a life-threatening infection, and he spent all of the time between then and Tywin's death half-alive in sickbed, only really regaining the ability to walk under his own power by Tywin's funeral (earlier he was briefly carried out to Joffrey's wedding). Kevan, however, apparently did not reappear in Seasons 3 and 4 because the actor was unavailable, though he was present at all of Tywin's councils in corresponding sections of the novels.
Image gallery
Young Cersei in the Prologue flashback
Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish, his ward "Alayne" (Sansa Stark), and Lord Yohn Royce inspect Vale soldiers.