Introduction

The fifth season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on 12 April 2014 and concluded on 14 June 2015.

It was broadcast on Sunday at 9:00 pm in the US, consisting of 10 episodes, each running approximately 50-60 minutes.

The season primarily adapts the storylines from A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons, the fourth and fifth novels in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, though it also uses the remaining elements from the third novel, A Storm of Swords, as well as the upcoming sixth novel The Winds of Winter. It also contains original content not found in Martin’s novels. The series is adapted for television by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

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Outline

Cersei’s uncle, Kevan, is appointed as the Hand of the King. Cersei is denied water to force a confession, but she refuses.

H’ghar tasks Arya to study a marine insurance vendor who has defrauded beneficiaries. Disguised as a shellfish peddler, she is to learn about the insurer and then poison him.

Theon tells Sansa that he faked killing her little brothers, Brandon and Rickon. Ramsay asks Roose for twenty men to attack Stannis’s camp.

In Meereen, Tyrion convinces Daenerys to spare Jorah’s life; she spares him but exiles him again. Jorah returns to Yezzan and asks to fight in the pits. Daenerys accepts Tyrion into her council.

Arriving in Hardhome, Jon and Tormund recruit five thousand Wildlings but an army of wights attacks them. Jon kills a White Walker with Longclaw, his Valyrian steel sword. As he, Tormund, and the other survivors escape by sea, they witness the Night King reanimating the dead Wildlings.

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Miguel Sapochnik.
• Writer(s): David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
• Release Date: 31 May 2015.
• Running time: 50-60 minutes (approximate, per episode).
• Rating: 15/18 (depends on season).
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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