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Game of Thrones – Season 5, Episode 10 Mother's Mercy

Play trailer 0:35 Game of Thrones – Season 5, Episode 10 Mother's Mercy Aired Jun 14, 2015 Drama Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Stannis begins to march; Dany is surrounded by strangers; Cersei seeks forgiveness; Jon is challenged.
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Game of Thrones — Season 5, Episode 10

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"Mother's Mercy" wraps up a particularly dark Game of Thrones season with a finale that delivers strong character work and and a handful of appropriately bleak cliffhangers.

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Cast & Crew

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Peter Dinklage

Tyrion Lannister

Lena Headey

Queen Cersei Lannister

Emilia Clarke

Daenerys Targaryen

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Ser Jaime Lannister

Aidan Gillen

Petyr Baelish

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Myles McNutt AV Club 04/04/2019
B+
"Mother's Mercy" is a culmination of this narrative, a very typical finale for Game Of Thrones in its conscious look ahead to next season. Go to Full Review Alyssa Rosenberg Washington Post 04/04/2019
"Mother's Mercy," though, was a fitting end to a season that asked what we will do to the people we love, and where we go when even family can't save us. Go to Full Review Stephanie Merry Washington Post 04/04/2019
But this is "Game of Thrones!" Melisandre is around and there's a direwolf just waiting to be warged. Is he gone or isn't he? Let the debating begin. Go to Full Review Justine Smith Vague Visages 11/21/2023
Game of Thrones may disappear from the conversation for brief lulls, but it always returns with full force — it is doing something right. Go to Full Review Julie McDowall The Herald (Scotland) 08/05/2020
I don't object to violence on TV but I resent it when it's simply done for its own sake, rather than to advance a scene or shade a character. Go to Full Review Randy Dankievitch TV Over Mind 03/05/2020
"Mother's Mercy" is an important turning point for the series. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Stannis begins to march; Dany is surrounded by strangers; Cersei seeks forgiveness; Jon is challenged.
Director
David Nutter
Executive Producer
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, Ralph Vicinanza, George R.R. Martin
Screenwriter
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 14, 2015