History Recap / GameOfThronesS5E1TheWarsToCome

* BeardOfSorrow: Tyrion's beard has gone from stubble to full-on bushy.

* AbsenteeActor: Arya (Maisie Williams) doesn't appear, and she's presumably still on her way to Braavos.

* SeriesContinuityError: Young Cersei is told she will have three children, but that leaves out the child she mentioned to Catelyn in "The Kingsroad", who died of a fever. Since Cersei mentions this child again to Robert in "The Wolf and the Lion", it's clear she wasn't lying to Catelyn and the writers just messed up here.

** Tyrion upon learning that since there is no [[NoManOrWomanBorn man]] fit for the Iron Throne Varys has in mind he aid Daenerys.

* SeriesContinuityError: Young Cersei is told she will have three children, but that leaves out the child she mentioned to Catelyn in "The Kingsroad", who died of a fever. Since this child is never mentioned again by anyone, it is possible that Cersei was lying to Catelyn.

** Jon Snow training Olly in swordfighting, and Lord Robin being trained likewise. Olly also doesn't know much about the art (being a peasant boy) but is aggressive and determined to learn. Robin just whimpers pathetically.

* TheBusCameBack: Both Kevan and Lancel Lannister reappear after three whole seasons; Lancel in particular has a new look and a new found faith.

** In the books Cersei's friend Melara dies the very night Cersei and her consult their future with Maggy. In the show, nothing is seen of her one way or the other.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the books Cersei's friend Melara dies the very night Cersei and her consult their future with Maggy. In the show, nothing is seen of her one way or the other.

** When Loras gives his condolences to Cersei, all he can really say is how an intimidating and imposing figure Tywin was, rather than describe him as another noble ideal like wise, kind, or just.

* DistractedByTheSexy[=/=]NotDistractedByTheSexy: Margaery zigzags between these two when she walks in on her brother and Olyvar gettin' busy. While understandably she seems unfazed by her brother's nudity, [[EatingTheEyeCandy she does seem to appreciate Olyvar's butt]].

* DrowningMySorrows: Tyrion is drinking non-stop until he pukes, then ''immediately'' reloading. Though it's not difficult to see why, given how distraught he is over Tywin and Shae.

* IronicEcho: In the third season, Tyrion came across Varys opening a box with a person inside it. In this episode, Tyrion ''is'' the one in the box, and Varys is once again the one to open it.

* BrutalHonesty: Baelish gives Lord Royce his typical diplomatic sweet-talk about how he hopes Robyn will be a better warrior the next time they meet. Royce doesn't mince words about the matter: the boy sucks at fighting and that's not going to change much.

** Jon Snow training Olly in swordfighting, and Lord Robyn being trained likewise. Olly also doesn't know much about the art (being a peasant boy) but is aggressive and determined to learn. Robyn just whimpers pathetically.

* MythologyGag: Young Cersei tells Melara she needn't be afraid of her father. [[spoiler:In the novels it's implied that Cersei murdered her friend shortly after hearing the prophecy.]]

** This could also apply to [[spoiler: the Lord of Bones/Rattleshirt, since it actually was Mance that Melisandre burned instead of the glammered Lord of Bones.]]

* SeriesContinuityError: Young Cersei is told she will have three children, but that leaves out the child she mentioned to Catelyn in "The Kingsroad", who died of a fever.

** Danys gets distracted by her HotConsort playing with his [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar woman-shaped dagger]]. The next scene has them naked in her bedchamber.

We return to '''Meereen''', the enormous golden statue of the Ghiscari Harpy is yanked off the top of the Great Pyramid by tonnes of rope lines and dragged down the side on wooden scaffolding ramps until it crashes down at the base. A Captain of the Unsullied, after leading his men in the demolition, hits the red light district. Apparently, he's in the habit of paying the ladies of the oldest profession to lay next to him, singing lullabies. The appointment seems to be all calm and tender when, suddenly, a knife-wielding hand jumps into shot and slits his throat. The last thing he sees as he drowns in his own blood is the prostitute, standing smugly next to the anonymous slave-holder who killed him, who is wearing a rather disturbing golden mask. Barristan Selmy informs Queen Daenerys of the murder soon afterwards. The mask was left on her man's corpse as a message, marking it as the work of a shadow organization known as The Sons of the Harpy, who are very unhappy with the changes Dany has brought to the Gulf of Grief. She orders Grey Worm and Keyr to give the first fallen of her 8000, (White Rat), a public burial with honours in a Temple of the Grace's, hoping that this further rankling of their customs will draw out the sect so that they can be caught.

* CoordinatedClothes: Sansa and Littlefinger wear identical {{black cloak}}s, emphasizing how she's now his BastardUnderstudy.

* CoordinatedClothes: Sansa and Littlefinger wear identical black cloaks, emphasizing how she's now his BastardUnderstudy.

* CoordinatedClothes: Sansa and Littlefinger wear identical black cloaks, showing how she's now his BastardUnderstudy.

* FeetFirstIntroduction: The newly repentant Lancel, showing that he DoesNotLikeShoes.

* LawOfConservationOfDetail: Varys' clothing in Pentos is pretty much the same one worn by Illyrio and other Pentoshi magistrates in the show's premiere.

We begin our episode years before, with Teen!Cersei and her companion (Melara Hetherspoon) making their way through the woods near '''Lannisport'''. Cersei's friend really doesn't want to be there. Amusingly, she's less scared of being alone in the often bandit-infested forest and more scared of Tywin Lannister. Cersei cajoles her on anyhow. They eventually reach their destination, a creepy hut owned by a creepy soothsayer, Maggy The Frog. Cersei wakes the witch up and demands to be told her future. Maggy is reluctant to do so, telling her that most people who have their futures revealed to them come to regret it. But Cersei is not deterred and, already showing traces of that special loveliness, ''convinces'' Maggy to tell her her future. A drop of blood is all the woman needs, and Cersei is told that she will answer three questions. Cersei will not marry the prince, but a king and be queen for a time, but another, younger and more beautiful, will cast her down. Her royal husband will have twenty children, and she three. Gold will be their crowns, and gold their shrouds. Maggy starts laughing ominously after making the last prediction, and Cersei looks genuinely disturbed as a very anxious Melara begs her to leave the hovel...

** Maggy the Frog is described in the books as old, squat and warty, with crusty yellow eyes, no teeth, and pale green jowls. Here she's blond, young, and attractive despite her dirty appearance.
*** MythologyGag: Young!Cersei even lampshades the change.

* HotWitch: Young!Cersei is disappointed that Maggy [[WickedWitch isn't the hideous crone she's been described as]].

* MythologyGag: Young!Cersei tells Melara she needn't be afraid of her father. [[spoiler:In the novels it's implied that Cersei murdered her friend shortly after hearing the prophecy.]]

* CallBack: After Jon Snow kneels to King Stannis, the king silently beckons him to rise, just as King Robert did to Jon's father.