--- description: We'll see what the Seven Kingdoms were like before everyone was constantly saying, "Winter is coming." title: 'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Will Feature a Flashback image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1d142e808c534ea/6986a36313c79f5782193dc1/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_ Season 5 Will Feature Show's First Flashback Scenes  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 16, 2014 8:12 PM CUT  HBO  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 16, 2014 8:12 PM CUT _Game of Thrones_ fans wondering what Westeros was like before Ned left the North will get a treat this season. Season five will feature the HBO show’s first-ever flashback scenes, [according to](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/16/game-of-thrones-flashback/ "undefined") _Entertainment Weekly_. Apparently show runners David Benioff and Dan Weiss had set a rule their first season not to include any prophecies, dreams or flashbacks. “We failed the first two and this season the third,” they told film students at a Q&A in Spain where they are currently shooting portions of the show. “So yes, this season will finally have flashbacks.” No word yet and what exactly the flashback will be or which characters it will include. \[[_EW_\]](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/16/game-of-thrones-flashback/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3513914/game-of-thrones-flashback/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3513914/game-of-thrones-flashback/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Season 5 Will Feature Show's First Flashback Scenes","datePublished":"2014-10-16T20:12:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:50:38.607Z","description":"We'll see what the Seven Kingdoms were like before everyone was constantly saying, \"Winter is coming.\"","url":"https://time.com/3513914/game-of-thrones-flashback/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1d142e808c534ea/6986a36313c79f5782193dc1/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1d142e808c534ea/6986a36313c79f5782193dc1/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game of Thrones","caption":"Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3513914/game-of-thrones-flashback/","name":"Game of Thrones Season 5 Will Feature Show's First Flashback Scenes"}}]}] ```