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| Original air date | June 15th, 2014 | ||||
| Running time | 65 minutes | ||||
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| Directed by | Alex Graves | ||||
| Written by | David Bennioff & D.B. Weiss | ||||
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"The Children" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 40th overall. The episode was written by David Bennioff and D.B. Weiss and directed by Alex Graves. It first aired on June 15th, 2014.
Official synopsis
Dany faces some harsh realities. Tyrion sees the truth of his situation.[1]
Plot
Circumstances change after an unexpected arrival from north of the Wall. Daenerys must face harsh realities. Bran learns more about his destiny. Tyrion sees the truth about his situation.
Production
Writing
"The Children" was written by David Bennioff and D.B. Weiss, based on the original series by George R. R. Martin.
The episode is adapted from the following chapters from the A Song of Ice and Fire series: Jon X, Arya XIII, Jon XI and Tyrion XI from A Storm of Swords, Cersei II, Brienne III, Brienne VI and Brienne VII from A Feast for Crows, and Tyrion I, Daenerys I, Daenerys II and Bran II from A Dance with Dragons.
Regular cast members
- Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister
- Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister
- Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen
- Kit Harington as Jon Snow
- Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister
- Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth
- Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon
- Carice van Houten as Melisandre
- John Bradley as Samwell Tarly
- Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Bran Stark
- Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
- Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane
- Rose Leslie as Ygritte
- Kristofer Hivju as Tormund
- Gwendoline Christie as Brienne
- Conleth Hill as Varys
- Sibel Kekilli as Shae
Eighteen out of twenty-six members for the fourth season appeared in this episode. Alfie Allen (Reek),Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Aidan Gillen (Petyr Baelish), Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont), Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton) and Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) are not credited and do not appear in this episode.
Guest cast
- Ciaran Hinds as Mance Rayder
- Peter Vaughan as Maester Aemon
- Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle
- Anton Lesser as Qyburn
- Ian McElhinney as Barristan Selmy
- Struan Rodger as the three-eyed raven
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Jojen Reed
- Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed
- Kristian Nairn as Hodor
- Tara Gitzgerald as Selyse Baratheon
- Dominic Carter as Janos Slynt
- Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm
- Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei
- Mark Stanley as Grenn
- Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett
- Josed Altin as Pypar
- Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne
- Trevor Allan Davies as Fennesz
- Brenock O'Connor as Olly
- Kerry Ingram as Shireen Baratheon
- Octavia Selena Alexandru as Leaf
- Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Gregor Clegane
- Darren Kent as a goatherd
- Gary Oliver as Ternesio Terys
- Ian Whyte as a giant
- Alice Hewkin as a child of the forest
References
- ↑ HBO.com: Game of Thrones: Season 4
External links
- "The Children" at HBO
- "The Children" on the Wiki of Westeros
- "The Children" on IMDb
- "The Children" on Wikipedia