The Game of Thrones season finale was brutal, taking out six characters in one episode. The first character to die was the fanatically religious queen Selyse Baratheon, but the most gruesome death was saved for Ser Meryn Trant.
Game of Thrones S5E10 “Mother’s Mercy” Video Roundup
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Just when you thought you had read the last of the recaps…comes your final Thursday video recap round-up for season 5! Time for some reflections on the finale and season 5 as a whole. We start with our favorite critic/hairdresser:
We will miss Jonathan Bianco’s salon in the hiatus but here is one more video before we part.
And the winner of the Hodor & Bran Dark Horse figure finale giveaway is…
We’ve reached the end of our Hodor and Bran Figure Giveaway Week, courtesy of Dark Horse! Thank you to all our readers who since last Monday have happily joined in the fun of the contests.
With the Game of Thrones season finale, it’s been chaotic but that’s over and now we can look forward to season 6, and with that, the return of Bran and Hodor! Perfect timing, with the Bran & Hodor double-figure available starting July 1st.
But one more lucky winner will win the toy figure! We’re choosing the winner of the giveaway finale today.
Who will it be?
The winner of the Bran & Hodor Figure Finale is…
Interviews galore; Yohn Royce confirmed to return in season 6
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With the Game of Thrones season 5 finale still fresh in everyone’s minds, we’re all once again struggling to grasp the reality that is the nine month wait for the next episode.
To help you along in the meantime, we’ve compiled some post-finale reviews.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau sat down with the folks behind the Making Game of Thrones blog, and set out to break down Jaime’s Dornish excursion:
As always with Jaime, he’s acting on impulse. He feels constrained in King’s Landing. He has to do something about it… The plan was reckless and maybe naïve. The whole trip hasn’t panned out the way he hoped it would.
White Walkers in London as fans react to the Game of Thrones finale
HBO UK organised a communal screening of Game of Thrones episode 510 “Mother’s Mercy” in London on Monday and gathered some expectation statements beforehand, as well as live audience reactions during the key moments of the series finale. The video below brings us the highlights of the evening – it’s a joy to watch.
Lena Headey and more discuss Cersei’s Walk and Myrcella in the Game of Thrones season finale
One of the major moments in this Sunday’s season finale of Game of Thrones was Cersei being subjected to a public walk of atonement. Lena Headey, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and David Nutter talk about the dramatic event in several interviews. The show writers also address the surprising death of Cersei’s daughter Myrcella.
“I don’t think anyone deserves that treatment,” Lena Headey tells EW, discussing her character’s public torment. “She’s been beaten and starved and humiliated. She thinks when she comes out and confesses that this is it—even when she’s on her knees [confessing to the High Sparrow], she’s partly lying. She thinks she’s good to go. She has no idea what’s coming when she walks out to the steps, or that they’re going to shave her hair off like Aslan,” referencing The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
Game of Thrones Season 5 Finale “Mother’s Mercy” Recap Round-Up
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After a truly epic finale to season 5, fans and critics alike are still buzzing with comments, questions, and discussion points. With so much given to us in the finale, it’s no surprise we’re still talking about it. So, without further ado: let’s get to it!
And of course, let’s not forget Watchers’ own Sullied and Unsullied recaps!
Game of Thrones S5 finale breaks 8 million and its previous viewership record!
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In terms of ratings, FWIW, the finale performed a fraction of a percentage lower than the premiere (4.14 vs 4.19 – which means that just over 4 % of all television sets in the country were set to HBO when Thrones was on).
Twitter’s Merciless
It really, really is.
And so we come to the Game of Thrones season finale; it’s been an interesting ride this year, and if we’re being honest – thoroughly polarizing.
Don’t take my word for it, however. Take Twitter’s! As per the norm, I, your amiable @Axechucker, went forth unto the Twittersphere and gathered tweets from high and low, near and far, some bearing the #GameOfThrones or the #MothersMercy ‘tags, others simply from the hysterical handful I already know and love.
And so I give you, my beloved unwashed plebes, this year’s final Twitter post!
John Bradley on Sam’s Goodbye to Jon; Ian Beattie on that Gory Scene with Arya
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Actor John Bradley who plays Sam the Slayer, spoke with Vulture about Sam/Jon’s Goodbye, Gilly, and Sam’s future in Oldtown.