Game of Thrones (season 2) | |
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Starring | See List of Game of Thrones cast |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Original release | April 1 – June 3, 2012 |
Season chronology | |
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List of Game of Thrones episodes |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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11 | 1 | 'The North Remembers' | Alan Taylor | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | April 1, 2012 | 3.86[1] | |
To Cersei's dismay, Tyrion becomes acting Hand of the King at King's Landing. At Dragonstone, Stannis proclaims allegiance to Melisandre's God of Light, and publicly claims the Iron Throne. He also reveals Joffrey's bastardy. Joffrey orders King Robert's bastard sons to be slaughtered. One, Gendry, escapes King's Landing with Arya. Having won three victories, Robb offers the Lannisters peace in exchange for the North's independence and Sansa's safe return. He sends Theon to gain Balon Greyjoy's support, and Catelyn is to seek an alliance with Renly Baratheon, who also claims the throne. Beyond the Wall, the Night's Watch finds shelter with Craster and his daughters/wives. In Essos, as her people slowly die in the Red Waste, Daenerys dispatches riders to conduct reconnaissance. | |||||||
12 | 2 | 'The Night Lands' | Alan Taylor | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | April 8, 2012 | 3.76[2] | |
Returning to Pyke Island after nine years as the Starks' ward, Theon is reunited with his sister, Yara, and his father, Balon, who despises Theon's acquired Northern ways. Balon plots to win back his crown by force. Cersei rejects Robb's terms, and Tyrion exiles Slynt, head of the Gold Cloaks, to the Wall, and promotes Bronn to Commander of the Watch. On the road to the Wall, Arya, who has been pretending to be a boy, reveals her true identity to Gendry. North of the Wall, Samwell Tarly is approached by Gilly, one of Craster's daughters. Gilly fears for her unborn child if it is a boy; Jon Snow is reluctant to render help, despite Sam's pleas. In the Red Waste, a horse returns to Daenerys with its rider's severed head in a pouch, a message from her enemies. In Dragonstone, Davos, Stannis' henchman, recruits the pirate Salladhor Saan to Stannis' side. Stannis has sex with Melisandre, attempting to obtain the son his wife is unable to give him. Jon discovers that Craster sacrifices his sons to the White Walkers; Craster catches him spying and knocks Jon unconscious. | |||||||
13 | 3 | 'What Is Dead May Never Die' | Alik Sakharov | Bryan Cogman | April 15, 2012 | 3.77[3] | |
Catelyn arrives at Renly's camp to negotiate an alliance. The female warrior, Brienne of Tarth, wins the right to join Renly's king's guard through combat. Renly has recently wed Margaery Tyrell, Loras's sister. Renley avoids consummating his and Margaery's marriage due to his homosexuality and sexual relationship with Loras. In the Iron Islands, Balon plans an attack on the North, led by Yara. After burning a letter warning Robb of Balon's impending attack, Theon affirms his allegiance to House Greyjoy in a water-based ceremony. In King's Landing, Tyrion imprisons Pycelle after learning he is Cersei's informant. Tyrion appoints his lover, Shae, as Sansa's handmaiden, both to protect Shae and watch Sansa. Beyond the Wall, Craster demands the Night's Watchmen leave. Jon discovers that Jeor already knew about Craster's crimes. On the road to the wall, the band of Night's Watch recruits are attacked by Lannister soldiers searching for Gendry. Yoren is killed, and Arya is taken prisoner. To protect Gendry, Arya falsely states the soldiers have killed him. | |||||||
14 | 4 | 'Garden of Bones' | David Petrarca | Vanessa Taylor | April 22, 2012 | 3.65[4] | |
Catelyn attempts to convince the Baratheon brothers to unite against the Lannisters, but Stannis demands Renly's submission to his authority. Littlefinger visits Catelyn and offers to trade Jaime for her daughters. Davos witnesses Melisandre giving birth to a shadow creature. Joffrey abuses Sansa in revenge for Robb's victories. Tyrion intervenes, resulting in Joffrey retaliating by torturing the two prostitutes Tyrion had sent as 'gifts'. Tyrion releases Pycelle, but dismisses him from the Small Council. Tyrion discovers Cersei's and their cousin, Lancel's, incestuous relationship. He then blackmails Lancel into spying on Cersei, threatening to reveal the relationship to Joffrey. Arya and Gendry are taken to Harrenhal castle as captives. Prisoners are tortured to death until Tywin arrives and demands prisoners be used as labor. Recognizing Arya is a girl, he makes her his servant without knowing her true identity. After an exhausting journey through the desert, Daenerys and her caravan arrive at the prosperous city of Qarth. Daxos, a Council of Thirteen member, persuades fellow councilmen to allow Daenerys and her retinue to enter the city. | |||||||
15 | 5 | 'The Ghost of Harrenhal' | David Petrarca | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | April 29, 2012 | 3.90[5] | |
Jaqen H'ghar, one of three caged prisoners Arya saved, pledges to kill any three people she chooses to repay his debt to her. Her first choice is the Tickler, the man who mortally tortures the captives. Renly is killed by Melisandre's shadowy assassin. Catelyn and Brienne are accused of the murder and flee the camp. Excluding the Tyrells, Renly's forces submit to Stannis. Brienne swears loyalty to Catelyn. Theon sails from Pyke, intending to prove he is a true Ironborn by capturing Winterfell during Robb's absence. Lancel tells Tyrion about wildfire, a mass-produced explosive substance intended to destroy Stannis' fleet and army during the impending siege. Tyrion takes control of the scheme. The Night's Watch arrives at an ancient fortress called the Fist of the First Men. Jeor allows Jon to join the team led by a veteran named Halfhand, to kill the enemy leader. In Qarth, Daxos proposes marriage to Daenerys in exchange for providing her his wealth to conquer the Seven Kingdoms. Jorah convinces her to instead gain the Westerosi peoples' support. | |||||||
16 | 6 | 'The Old Gods and the New' | David Nutter | Vanessa Taylor | May 6, 2012 | 3.88[6] | |
Myrcella, Jaime and Cersei's daughter, is sent to Dorne for protection. Theon takes Winterfell and executes Cassel, a henchman, for insulting him. Osha, the captured Wildling, helps Brandon and Rickon escape. Robb reunites with the healer Maegyr. At the Fist of the First Men, Jon captures a Wildling named Ygritte, but is separated from his patrol while pursuing her after she escapes. Joffrey incites a riot at King's Landing, in which he is nearly killed and Sansa almost raped. Tywin allows Littlefinger to seek the Tyrells' allegiance. Arya has H'ghar kill an officer who is suspicious of her. Robb receives news about Theon and sends men to retake Winterfell. At Qarth, Daenerys works to procure a ship to transport an army to Westeros, all the while keeping Daxos at bay. Daenerys' dragons are stolen. | |||||||
17 | 7 | 'A Man Without Honor' | David Nutter | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | May 13, 2012 | 3.69[7] | |
Theon pursues Brandon and Rickon. Tywin has Harrenhal searched for his officer's killer. Jon recaptures Ygritte, but she escapes again, leading him into a trap. Still shaken from the riot, Sansa is horrified that she has begun menstruating and can thus bear Joffrey's children. Cersei warns her to love no one but her children, not even Joffrey. In Robb's camp, a failed escape attempt by Jaime leaves a guard dead and some soldiers seeking retribution. In Qarth, the warlock Pree tells Daenerys that he stole her dragons; he offers her the opportunity to reunite with them before slaughtering the Council of Thirteen and establishing Daxos as the king. Theon presents the charred corpses of two farm boys to Luwin and his subjects, falsely claiming they are Brandon and Rickon. | |||||||
18 | 8 | 'The Prince of Winterfell' | Alan Taylor | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | May 20, 2012 | 3.86[8] | |
Robb learns that Catelyn secretly freed Jaime, who Brienne is escorting to ransom him for Sansa and Arya; Robb puts his mother under house arrest and sends men to find Jaime. Robb and Talisa become romantic. Yara arrives at Winterfell to return Theon to Pyke. She criticizes him for taking Winterfell which has no strategic advantage. Tywin leaves Harrenhal to attack Robb, which allows Arya, Gendry, and their friend, Hot Pie to escape with H'ghar's help. In King's Landing, Cersei attempts to blackmail Tyrion by abducting Ros, whom the former believes is his secret lover. En route to King's Landing, Stannis promises to make Davos his Hand of the King. Beyond the Wall, the Wildling leader, 'Rattleshirt', leads the captured Jon and Halfhand to his king, Mance Rayder. At the Fist of the First Men, the brothers of the Night's Watch find a hidden cache of dragonglass. In Qarth, Jorah agrees to accompany Daenerys into the House of the Undying to retrieve her dragons. Brandon and Rickon are revealed to be alive and hiding in Winterfell. | |||||||
19 | 9 | 'Blackwater' | Neil Marshall | George R. R. Martin | May 27, 2012 | 3.38[9] | |
Stannis' fleet assaults King's Landing. Leading the defense, Tyrion destroys many attacking ships with wildfire, forcing Stannis to attack on land. Sandor Clegane leads the defense outside the gate, but is defeated and retreats inside, denouncing Joffrey and leaving. Joffrey also escapes. Tyrion convinces the Gold Cloaks to fight with him. Stannis' forces enter the castle, but Tyrion leads his men behind the Stannis' forces via underground tunnels and mounts a rearguard attack. Cersei goes to the throne room with Tommen, intending to kill him before he can be captured. Shae convinces Sansa to go to her chamber. Sandor offers to take Sansa to Winterfell, but she decides to stay. As Tyrion lies wounded and Cersei is about to poison Tommen, Tywin's forces, joined by Loras, arrive and force Stannis to retreat. | |||||||
20 | 10 | 'Valar Morghulis' | Alan Taylor | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | June 3, 2012 | 4.20[10] | |
Joffrey sets Sansa aside to marry Margaery. Tyrion fears for his and Shae's safety now that Tywin has replaced him as Hand and relieved Bronn from his command. Melisandre gives Stannis a new hope. Brienne and Jaime are spotted by three Stark soldiers, whom she kills. Catelyn fails to dissuade Robb from marrying Talisa when he has promised to wed one of Walder Fray's daughters. In Qarth, Daenerys ventures into the House of the Undying and successfully retrieves her dragons, who kill Pree. She then seals Daxos and her devious servant inside his empty vault and claims his other possessions for herself. In Winterfell, Theon tries to convince his men to fight Robb's army, but they knock him unconscious and leave. A dying Maester Luwin convinces Brandon and Rickon to go to the Wall. Arya, having escaped Harrenhal with Hot Pie and Gendry, receives a valuable Bravos coin from H'ghar, who magically changes his face. North of the Wall, Halfhand forces Jon to kill him to prove his loyalty to the Wildlings. An army of White Walkers surrounds the Fist of the First Men, including Sam, who hides and watches them in horror. |
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Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | AFI Awards | AFI TV Award | Game of Thrones | Won | [69] |
Artios Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series Drama | Nina Gold | Nominated | [70] | |
ASCAP Awards | Top Television Series | Ramin Djawadi | Won | [71] | |
Portal Award | Best Actor | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | [72] | |
Best Actress | Lena Headey | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Aidan Gillen | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Michelle Fairley | Nominated | |||
Maisie Williams | Won | ||||
Best Episode | Ghost of Harrenhal | Nominated | |||
Best Series | Game of Thrones | Won | |||
Best Young Actor | Jack Gleeson | Nominated | |||
Maisie Williams | Won | ||||
EWwy Award | Best Supporting Actress, Drama | Lena Headey | Won | [73] | |
64th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, George R. R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor, Alan Taylor, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and Bernadette Caulfield | Nominated | [68] | |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series | Gemma Jackson, Frank Walsh, and Tina Jones for 'Garden of Bones', 'The Ghost of Harrenhal' and 'A Man Without Honor'[Nb 1] | Won | ||
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Nina Gold and Robert Sterne | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Costumes for a Series | Michele Clapton, Alexander Fordham, and Chloe Aubry for 'The Prince of Winterfell' | Won | |||
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media | HBO | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series | Kevin Alexander, Candice Banks, Rosalia Culora, and Gary Machin for 'The Old Gods and the New' | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) | Paul Engelen and Melissa Lackersteen for 'The Old Gods and the New' | Won | |||
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Paul Engelen, Conor O'Sullivan, and Rob Trenton for 'Valar Morghulis' | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Peter Brown, Kira Roessler, Tim Hands, Paul Aulicino, Stephen P. Robinson, Vanessa Lapato, Brett Voss, James Moriana, Jeffrey Wilhoit, and David Klotz for 'Blackwater' | Won | |||
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series (1 hour) | Matthew Waters, Onnalee Blank, Ronan Hill, and Mervyn Moore for 'Blackwater' | Won | |||
Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Rainer Gombos, Juri Stanossek, Sven Martin, Steve Kullback, Jan Fiedler, Chris Stenner, Tobias Mannewitz, Thilo Ewers, and Adam Chazen for 'Valar Morghulis' | Won | |||
2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [74] | |
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects – Television | 'The Prince of Winterfell' | Won | [75] | |
Golden Nymph awards | Outstanding International Producer | David Benioff, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss and D. B. Weiss | Won | [76] | |
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Emilia Clarke | Nominated | |||
Lena Headey | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
Kit Harington | Nominated | ||||
British Society of Cinematographers | Best Cinematography in a Television Drama | Sam McCurdy for 'Blackwater' | Nominated | [77] | |
17th Satellite Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | [78] | |
Best Television Series – Drama | Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
IGN Awards | Best TV Episode | Blackwater | Won | [79] | |
Best TV DVD or Blu-ray | For the complete first season on Blu-ray | Won | |||
Best TV Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
Best TV Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
Best TV Villain | Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon | Nominated | |||
IGN People's Choice Award | Best TV Episode | Blackwater | Won | ||
Best TV Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Won | |||
Best TV Villain | Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon | Won | |||
Best TV DVD or Blu-ray | For the complete first season on Blu-ray | Won | |||
Best TV Series | Game of Thrones | Won | |||
28th TCA Awards | Program of the Year | Game of Thrones | Won | [80] | |
Individual Achievement in Drama | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
Gold Derby TV Awards 2012 | Best Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [81] | |
Best Drama Supporting Actor | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
Best Drama Supporting Actress | Lena Headey | Nominated | |||
Breakthrough Performer of the Year | Maisie Williams | Nominated | |||
Ensemble of the Year | The cast of Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
2013 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Thriller Show | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [82] |
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award | One-Hour Single Camera Television Series | Gemma Jackson for 'The Ghost of Harrenhal' | Won | [83] | |
American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in One-Hour Episodic Television Series | Kramer Morgenthau for 'The North Remembers' | Won | [84] | |
SFX Awards | Best Actress | Emilia Clarke | Won | [85] | |
Best Actress | Lena Headey | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
NewNowNext Awards | Cause You’re Hot | Richard Madden | Nominated | [86] | |
British Academy Television Awards | International | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [87] | |
Radio Times Audience Award | Game of Thrones | Won | |||
Costume Designers Guild Awards | Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [88] | |
Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – Television Series – One Hour | Ronan Hill, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, and Brett Voss for 'Blackwater' | Nominated | [89] | |
Dorian Awards | TV Drama of the Year | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [90] | |
10th Irish Film & Television Awards | Best Television Drama | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [91] | |
Best Director of Photography | P.J. Dillon | Nominated | |||
Best Sound | Ronan Hill, Mervyn Moore | Nominated | |||
Astra Awards | Favourite Program – International Drama | Game of Thrones | Won | [92] | |
Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing – Long Form Dialogue and ADR in Television | Game of Thrones for 'Valar Morghulis' | Won | [93] | |
Best Sound Editing – Long Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television | Game of Thrones for 'Valar Morghulis' | Won | |||
Best Sound Editing — Short Form Dialogue and ADR in Television | Game of Thrones for 'Blackwater' | Nominated | |||
Best Sound Editing – Short Form Music in Television | Game of Thrones for 'Blackwater' | Nominated | |||
Best Sound Editing – Short Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television | Game of Thrones for 'Blackwater' | Nominated | |||
Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Neil Marshall (director) and George R. R. Martin (writer) for 'Blackwater' | Won | [94] | |
Producers Guild Awards | 'The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama' | David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, Carolyn Strauss, D. B. Weiss | Nominated | [95] | |
Saturn Award | Best Television Presentation | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [96] | |
19th Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series | Rob Cooper, Jamie Edgell, Dave Fisher, Dave Forman, Paul Herbert, Michelle McKeown, Sian Miline, Jimmy O’Dee, Domonkos Pardanyi, Marcus Shakesheff, CC Smiff, and Mark Southworth | Won | [97] | |
Visual Effects Society | Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial or Broadcast Program | Irfan Celik, Florian Friedmann, Ingo Schachner, Chris Stenner for 'Training the Dragons' | Won | [98] | |
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program | Falk Boje, Esther Engel, Alexey Kuchinsky, Klaus Wuchta for 'White Walker Army' | Won | |||
Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial or Broadcast Program | Rene Borst, Thilo Ewers, Adam Figielski, Jonas Stuckenbrock for 'Pyke' | Won | |||
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program | Rainer Gombos, Steve Kullback, Sven Martin, Juri Stanossek for 'Valar Morghulis' | Won | |||
Writers Guild of America Awards | Television Drama Series | David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R. R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor, D. B. Weiss | Nominated | [99] | |
Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actor | Isaac Hempstead-Wright | Nominated | [100] | |
Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress | Sophie Turner | Nominated | |||
Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress | Maisie Williams | Nominated | |||
IGN Awards | Best TV DVD or Blu-ray | For the complete second season on Blu-ray | Nominated | [101] |
Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season | |||||
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February 19, 2013[106] | March 4, 2013[107] | March 6, 2013[108] |