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Game of Thrones - The Wars to Come - Advance Preview + Dialogue Teasers

Apr 12, 2015

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We’ve been asked not to reveal too much before the episodes air, therefore my previews are going to be shorter than they normally are, though I will include my usual dialogue teasers where you are invited to guess the speakers. Lisa will also be reviewing the episodes after they air, which will include far more detail and raise talking points for you to discuss.

Season 5 is finally just around the corner, and like last year the premiere is airing simultaneously around the globe in over 170 countries through HBO’s various affiliated partners. The multitude of teaser clips and promos that have already hit the internet have made it clear that the remaining contenders for the Iron Throne are gathering their forces for the battles ahead. Players such as Varys, Tyrion and Littlefinger are also choosing which camp to back in the ‘games', while characters like Brienne or Arya are as resolute and tenacious as ever in their continuing missions.

As is usual with an opening episode there is a certain amount of catching up to be done to remind us where the characters are and what their next moves will be. It appears that this season, more so than any of the preceding ones, will be changing some of the source material from the novels - personally I haven’t found any of these particularly jarring, though I do tend to keep the two mediums as separate entities. Both the first and last scenes this week are examples of this.

It was revealed in reviews from last month’s Tower of London screening that we start with a young Cersei (Nell Williams) visiting the witch Maggy the Frog (Jodhi May) to receive her fortune, and end with Stannis (Stephen Dillane) requesting that Mance (Ciarán Hinds) bends the knee and accepts him as King of Westeros. Both are in the novels, sure, but there is a slight twist within each that causes them to deviate from their written counterpart. Both scenes could well be revisited later in the season - which would go some way towards explaining some of the subtleties that one of them appears to contain at least – but for now they are only the start of the alterations we will be experiencing this year.

You have probably seen Varys almost recite the title of the episode to Tyrion in one of the sneak peeks that have been released, but there is someone else who quotes the line verbatim too. The Spider is perhaps forgetting, or unaware, of the threat north of The Wall when he refers to the battles ahead in the fight for the Iron Throne. The White Walkers are biding their time, waiting for winter to fall before they make their move south. Whoever finally wins this game will have to fight wars on two fronts if they are to succeed and be the last man, or woman, standing and crown themselves ruler of the Seven Kingdoms.


The Wars to Come airs on Sunday April 12 from HBO, below are a few dialogue teasers to see you through until then. If you want to have a go at guessing who said what, I will fill in any correct answers before it airs. Don’t forget to come back and vote in our poll after the episode and let us know what you thought.


“Angry snakes lash out, makes chopping off their heads that much easier”

“The freedom to make my own mistakes was all I ever wanted”

“They said you were terrifying, with cat’s teeth and three eyes. You’re not terrifying, you’re boring.”

“We all must choose. Man or woman, young or old, lord or pheasant, our choices are the same.”

“We tried to do what was best for the realm by supporting a Targaryen restoration, and thus began the chain of mistakes that has led us both here” Varys to ?

“The gift of a great name. Sometimes, that’s all one needs”

“You think I want that woman married to my brother?” Margeary to ?

“They’re waiting in line to make sure he’s really dead, and as soon as they see the stones on his eyes they’ll set to work on tearing us apart” Jamie to ?

“Do you trust the carriage driver, or the knights escorting us?”

“I don’t want anyone following me, I’m not a leader. All I ever wanted was to fight for a lord I believed in” Brienne to Pod



The House of Black and White Teasers

“I crossed the narrow sea, I have nowhere else to go”

“You’ve never made anything better” Cersei to Jamie



About the Author - Sandi
Sandi is part of the Senior Staff at SpoilerTV having been a contributor from back in the Lost days of DarkUFO, and who now writes previews for Banshee, The Musketeers, Poldark, and other BBC shows. She also enjoys watching and commenting on other shows such as Reign, Hannibal, Game of Thrones and Elementary.
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31 comments:

  1. MYCROFT!


    Always a pleasure reading you, Sandi! :)

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  2. Cheers maplewhite! Hope that you enjoy the episode as much as I did :)

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  3. Thanks for the preview Sandi. I really enjoyed the episode. It was probably my favorite season premiere so far for the show, so much happened within it.


    I would guess the dialogue teasers, but I would be cheating ;)

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  4. I liked it a lot more than last year's opening episode, and would certainly put it on par with any of the others. It's a shame that not everyone is included in it, but with such a large cast that would be a mammoth task tbh! It did seem to zip by, which is always is a good sign of an engrossing episode imo, and I think any of the changes work for the better.


    Haha, yes, that would be cheating ;)

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  5. Game of Thrones probably has the biggest ensemble in all of television so I'm surprised even at how many characters they did include. (Even some minor characters were included)


    Episode 2 I thought was slightly better than the premiere, but both of them just flew by. It kind of sucks that we have to wait an additional two weeks for a new episode.

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  6. That's true, I think they work the locations and cast very well in order to get the story told in the way that they do tbh. It must be a logistics nightmare at times!


    I've seen the first four, so it's a months wait for me :( lol

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  7. I don't know if any of you can tell me this.. but does my favorite character appears in the premiere? (My favorite character is Arya :P)

    (If any of you can't tell, it's okay.. ;) )

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  8. She's not in this one I'm afraid, but as the title of the next episode probably gives away, she has a fair amount to do in that one :)

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  9. Yes, I figured that much.. Well, I'm sure that I will enjoy the episode anyway.. :P


    Thanks for the anwser.. ;)

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  10. I came looking for info on GoT's episode for Sunday, and who do I find writing it....lololol Honest @Sandi I'm not stalkin' ya ..... Thanks for a great preview. :))

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  11. Thanks shoe, hope you enjoy it :) Yeah, I have a bit of a busy one this next month with four shows going on, lol.

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  12. I'm sure you'll handle it in your usual stellar fashion. :))

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  13. Thanks again Sandi. Once again, you are a class act ;-) This and Banshee are my favorite shows

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  14. You're welcome jp, hope you enjoy the episode! :)

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  15. Just here for the dialogue teases. Not reading the preview. I can wait till Sunday.

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  16. The only teaser i might have right is the 10th. "I don't want anyone following me,I'm not a leader....that has to be Jon Snow.

    The first two i can see Tyrion saying but...?

    After seeing the official HBO promo i have been trying to stay away from any info about this season so forgive me for not reading your preview.

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  17. Hi Sandi. I'm on this one too. Love the GoT series. I can hold off on my guess' if you want me to..

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  18. “Angry snakes lash out, makes chopping off their heads that much easier” - Cersei

    “The freedom to make my own mistakes was all I ever wanted” - Tyrion

    “They said you were terrifying, with cat’s teeth and three eyes. You’re not terrifying, you’re boring.” - Illyrio

    “We all must choose. Man or woman, young or old, lord or peasant, our choices are the same.” - Stannis

    “We tried to do what was best for the realm by supporting a Targaryen restoration, and thus began the chain of mistakes that has led us both here” - Varys

    “The gift of a great name. Sometimes, that’s all one needs” - Varys

    “You think I want that woman married to my brother?” - Margeary

    “They’re waiting in line to make sure he’s really dead, and as soon as they see the stones on his eyes they’ll set to work on tearing us apart” - Jaime

    “Do you trust the carriage driver, or the knights escorting us?” - Cersei

    “I don’t want anyone following me, I’m not a leader. All I ever wanted was to fight for a lord I believed in” - Davos
    Those are my guesses

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  19. Hey there Laura :-) No worries, though there won't be much in my previews as we've been asked not to give much away before the episodes air, so these are very different to my normal type of preview. They will only cover stuff we have already seen really, the dialogue teasers are the only spoilers essentially.

    I'm afraid none of those guesses are correct hun.

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  20. I'm only on my tablet atm so will have to update the post later when I get home, but you had the fifth, seventh and eighth ones correct. Well done :-)

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  21. :D thank you, Here it goes. I'll do partial sentences to save reading space. I've excluded 5, 7, 8 as you confirmed the talker already. I hope I guess right on at least one lol
    1. Angry snakes; Ellaria
    2. The freedom to make ... Sansa
    3. They said you were terrifying... Arya
    4. We all must Choose...Littlefinger
    6. The gift of a great name..Varys
    9. Do you trust the carriage driver..Tyrion
    10. I don't want anyone to follow me... Brienne

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  22. You have number 10 correct, and Jamie is the one being spoken to in the last one so that's half right too :D

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  23. My goodness. My odds are not improving but at least 2 more down. To finish "You've never made anything better" Jamie to Cersei.

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  24. None right! See,that's the story of my life,lol!! ;)


    Glad to hear about your Previews,now I'll definitely be reading them!

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  25. Hehe, I guess it goes to show that you aren't too spoiled for the episode if you don't know who said which line though :)

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  26. Yep, it's Cersei talking to Jamie and Brienne to Pod. Well done :)

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  27. Yeah. Thank you, now to figure out the others in the 12 hours remaining until showtime.!

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  28. Random guess that the first teaser for the house of black and white is from Arya to whoever opens the door

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