The 'Game of Thrones' Cast Explains the Show in 30 Seconds in New Video

Ethan Alter
·Senior Writer, Yahoo Entertainment
Updated

Impatiently awaiting the April 12 return of Game of Thrones? Here’s a fun game you can play at home on Sunday nights until the blockbuster HBO series flickers back to life. Try summarizing all four seasons of the show in a mere 30 seconds. Sounds like a snap? Tell that to the cast, because they sure struggle to pull it off for Entertainment Weekly in this new video.

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EW cornered four of the show’s stars — Maisie Williams, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, and Emilia Clarke — and got them to offer up their synopses of the show. Not surprisingly, Dinklage went for sarcasm (“Tyrion is a science chemistry teacher at a high school”), while Williams kept it simple (“Death, death, death, revenge”) and Harington devoted a few precious seconds to explaining his character’s perpetually glum expression (“Jon Snow gets progressively more upset”). But Clarke provided the most succinct response, saying “Daenerys wins!” while flashing a thumbs-up sign. Wait… does that count as a spoiler?  

Season 5 of Game of Thrones premieres April 12 at 9 p.m. on HBO.