"The North Remembers" is the second season premiere episode of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones. First aired on April 1, 2012, it was written by the show creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by returning director Alan Taylor.
Downhill Strand was used to represent a beach of the island of Dragonstone, where the statues of the Seven were burned
Joffrey's name day tourney was filmed at Fort Lovrijenac
Image: Stephen Dillane at Dinard 2012
Image: Carice van Houten by Gage Skidmore
The second season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered in the United States on HBO on April 1, 2012, and concluded on June 3, 2012. It consists of 10 episodes, each running approximately 50–60 minutes. The season mostly covers the events of A Clash of Kings, the second novel of the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. HBO ordered the second season on April 19, 2011, which began filming in July 2011, primarily in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Croatia and Iceland.
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Stephen Dillane (Stannis Baratheon)
Carice van Houten (Melisandre)
The walled city of Dubrovnik stands in for King's Landing in season 2