| "Mother's Mercy" | |||||
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| Original air date | June 14, 2015 | ||||
| Running time | 60 minutes | ||||
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| Directed by | David Nutter | ||||
| Written by | David Benioff & D.B. Weiss | ||||
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"Mother's Mercy" is the tenth and final episode of the fifth season of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 50th episode of the series. Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and directed by David Nutter, it first aired on June 14th, 2015.
Official synopsis
Stannis marches. Dany is surrounded by strangers. Cersei seeks forgiveness. Jon is challenged.[1]
Plot
Stannis marches. Dany is surrounded by strangers. Cersei seeks forgiveness. Jon is challenged.
Production
Writing
"Mother's Mercy" was written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, based on the original series by George R. R. Martin.
The episode is adapted or uses elements from the following chapters of A Song of Ice and Fire: Samwell I and Cat of the Canals from A Feast for Crows, Jon II, The Watcher, The Blind Girl, Theon I, Cersei I, The Queensguard, Cersei II, Jon XIII and Daenerys X from A Dance with Dragons, and Mercy from The Winds of Winter.
Regular cast memberss
- Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister
- Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister
- Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
- Kit Harrington as Jon Snow
- Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon
- Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth
- Carice van Houten as Melisandre
- Indirma Varma as Ellaria Sand
- Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
- Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
- John Bradley as Samwell Tarly
- Hannah Murray as Gilly
- Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei
- Michiel Huisman as Daario Naharis
- Conleth Hill as Varys
- Jerome Flynn as Bronn
- Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy
- Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton
- Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
- Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar
- Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont
Twenty-two out of twenty-seven cast members appeared in this episode. Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell), Aiden Gillen (Petyr Baelish), Kristofer Hiviu (Tormund), Dean-Charles Chapman (Tommen Baratheon) and Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton) are not credited and do not appear.
Guest cast
- Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow
- Owen Teale as Alliser Thorne
- Tara Fitzgerald as Selyse Baratheon
- Ian Beattie as Meryn Trant
- Anton Lesser as Qyburn
- Julian Glover as Pycelle
- Alexander Siddig as Doran Martell
- Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm
- Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne
- Faye Marsay as the waif
- DeObia Oparei as Areo Hotah
- Keisha Castle-Hughes as Obara Sand
- Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Tyene Sand
- Jessica Henwick as Nymeria Sand
- Brenock O'Connor as Olly
- Charlotte Hope as Myranda
- Ian Gelder as Kevan Lannister
- Nell Tiger Free as Myrcella Baratheon
- Toby Sebastian as Trystane Martell
- Hannah Waddingham as Septa Unella
- Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Gregor Clegane
- Brian Fortune as Othell Yarwyck
- Michael Condron as Bowen Marsh
- Nigel O’Neill as a Baratheon general
- Maggie Hayes as Septa Moelle
- Mary Jordan as Septa Scolera
- Hattie Gotobed as Ghita
- Ella Tweed as a Braavosi brothel child
- Isabelle Jones as a Braavosi brothel child
- David Fennelly as a Baratheon soldier
- Jason McLaughlin as a Baratheon soldier
- Tristan McConnell as Gordy
- Laurence O’Fuarain as Simpson
- Ralph R. Clemente as a woodcutter
- Anthony John Crocker as a King's Landing drunkard
- Kristy Nicholls as a King's Landing whore
- Munro Graham as a naked Kinglander
- Ben Kelly as a naked Kinglander
- Rebecca van Cleave as Queen Cersei Lannister (body double)
References
- ↑ HBO.com: Game of Thrones: Season 5