Brienne swears allegiance to Catelyn, who promises not to interfere with Brienne's vengeance against Stannis. Brienne, mistaken for the murderer, is forced to slay Renly's guards and escape with Catelyn. This episode marks the final appearance of Gethin Anthony ( Renly Baratheon).Īs Renly and Catelyn negotiate an alliance, Melisandre's shadow creature kills Renly and disappears. “The Ghost of Harrenhal” is how Arya Stark describes herself while at Harrenhal in A Clash of Kings, the novel on which the season is based, although the phrase is not heard in the episode. Weiss and directed by David Petrarca, his second episode this season. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. ' The Ghost of Harrenhal' is the fifth episode of the second season of HBO's medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones. Patrick Fitzsymons as Reginald Lannister.Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth.

The first Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, is expected to premiere on the channel in 2022.5th episode of the second season of Game of Thrones ' The Ghost of Harrenhal' But even as The Winds of Winter remains unpublished, he did get another fantasy series on HBO. So Martin didn’t get his extra seasons of Game of Thrones.

(According to Tinderbox, Martin was wary about some of Benioff and Weiss’ choices in the final seasons too, and would tell them “You’re not following my template,” when they would deviate from the intended plot lines of the unpublished novels.) And so Game of Thrones ended with that truncated seventh and eighth seasons, which were met with very mixed reactions from fans. But Benioff and Weiss were “tired,” according to Haas, and were ready to bring the show to an end so they could do other things. HBO obviously would have wanted more episodes too Game of Thrones was their biggest series, and one of the biggest shows in the history of cable. George would fly to New York to have lunch with Plepler, to beg him to do ten seasons of ten episodes because there was enough material for it and to tell him it would be a more satisfying and more entertaining experience. In this oral history of the cable channel (via Insider), Martin’s agent Paul Haas reveals that Martin himself personally lobbied HBO to continue Game of Thrones well beyond the eight season run. Haas said: That’s one of the scoops in the new book Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers by James Andrew Miller.

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