Game of Thrones returns on Sunday, and oh dear has a lot happened since the show first aired in 2011. If you haven’t made time or had the emotional fortitude to sit through six seasons of gut-wrenching deaths, shocks, and scheming, again, HBO has you covered. The show’s official YouTube channel has released a handy, five-minute video that recaps the last six seasons of the show in regards to the its major (remaining) players.
Refresh your memory of Game of Thrones’ tangled story with this five-minute recap
Ah, those innocent early days
Ah, those innocent early days
There’s been a lot of turmoil within and without the seven kingdoms, and each character’s journey has taken them far from where they began. Families have been formed, murdered, and torn apart; rulers rise and crumble rapidly. It’s also a nice look at how much the wigs have improved over the last six years (Tyrion, did you get a perm? It’s working for you), as well as a reminder of how sweet and unmarred by tragedy those Stark kids used to be. Oh, how I miss the days when incest was the biggest scandal around.
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