Inside the Episode: “And Now His Watch Is Ended”

Here is this week’s Inside the Episode video, where showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss analyze some of the key moments of the latest episode.

James Hibberd has interviewed the duo, as well as Emilia Clarke, on the pivotal episode finale. Here are two choice quotes:

I remember reading [Dany planning to give up Drogon to the slaver] and thinking, ‘Oh, this is kind of disappointing.’ When the real plan was revealed I think I even called [Weiss]. This was before we had met with George, when we were still trying to figure out if this show was possible. The culmination of that scene was one of those moments when we were like, ‘We got to make this f–king show.’ It was very gratifying seeing that wish fulfilled … I think it will be one of the most staggering things ever put on television.”

“Up until that moment, she’s relied on everybody else’s opinion to form her own because she didn’t know any better,” Clarke said. “She doesn’t have any experience to back up what she’s going to do, she just has her own gut. And everyone around her is assuming she will just give Drogon up — which is ridiculous for the mother of a child. It’s the biggest risk she’s ever taken in her entire life and there’s that moment of wondering whether the Unsullied are going to respect her. It’s the moment she becomes who she was always destined to be.”

• Published on 04/23/2013 at 2:07 PM CDT
• Last updated on 04/23/2013 at 2:07 PM CDT