Mother's Mercy 

Stannis arrives at Winterfell. Tyrion runs Meereen as Daario and Jorah go after Daenerys. Jaime and Myrcella leave Dorne. Jon sends Sam and Gilly to Oldtown. Arya challenges the Many-Faced God. Cersei confesses her sins.

Director:

David Nutter

Writers:

George R.R. Martin (based on "A Song of Ice and Fire" by), David Benioff (created by)

Stars:

Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Dinklage	...	Tyrion Lannister
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	...	Jaime Lannister
Lena Headey	...	Cersei Lannister
Emilia Clarke	...	Daenerys Targaryen
Kit Harington	...	Jon Snow
Stephen Dillane	...	Stannis Baratheon
Liam Cunningham	...	Davos Seaworth
Carice van Houten	...	Melisandre (as Carice Van Houten)
Indira Varma	...	Ellaria Sand
Maisie Williams	...	Arya Stark
Sophie Turner	...	Sansa Stark
John Bradley	...	Samwell Tarly
Hannah Murray	...	Gilly
Nathalie Emmanuel	...	Missandei
Michiel Huisman	...	Daario Naharis

Storyline

Stannis attacks Winterfell. Sansa and Theon find themselves on a difficult situation. Arya challenges the many face god. Daenerys is surrounded by acquaintances. Jaime and Myrcella leave Dorne. Cersei confesses. Sam goes to oldtown to become the new maester. Jon receives news about his uncle Benjen.

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Plot Keywords:

walk of shame | public nudity | dragon | man flashing | woman bathing a woman | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cersei's Walk of Antonement is her comeuppance for Margery's false arrest and imprisonment for adultery, as well as for her mistreatment of the people of King's Landing.

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Goofs

The gunk on Cersei's body during the "walk of atonement" visibly changes between shots (from the right clavicle to right deltoid and back again, for example). The changes often occur between faraway and close-up shots, because the faraway shots are actually the body of Rebecca Van Cleave, with Lena Headey's face very obviously CGI'ed over hers, whereas the closeup shots are Headey.

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Quotes

Sansa Stark: If I'm going to die, let it happen while there is still some of me left.

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Connections

Spoofed in Robot Chicken: Factory Where Nuts Are Handled (2018)

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Soundtracks

Main Title
(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Ramin Djawadi

User Reviews

The most underrated episode in the whole show

This might be the episode where the most things actually happen. The 9.1 rating as of now doesn't really make any sense to me. As of where I am now in the show (end of season 6) the only episode that comes close to this level of underratedness would be watchers on the wall (season 4 episode 9). This is probably in my top 5 episodes off the top of my head so far

Details

Release Date:

14 June 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mother's Mercy

Box Office

Budget:

GBP8,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Television 360, Startling, Bighead Littlehead

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos (Blu-ray release)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1