--- ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Fans Wish HBO Would Stop the 'Previously On' Spoilers by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 15, 2015 1:26 AM UTC  HBO by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 15, 2015 1:26 AM UTC With such a vast cast of characters and labyrinthine storylines, _Game of Thrones_ viewers occasionally need reminders about the show’s many twists and turns. But fans have grown increasingly annoyed by the ‘previously on’ segments that roll before episodes, saying that the refreshers serve only to spoil what’s about to come. As Sunday’s season 5 finale kicked off, fans were especially peeved at reminders of past events, some of which happened so long ago in the series’ history that they seemed to be dead giveaways of plot points on the episode. Many took to social media to complain about the spoilers: > [](https://twitter.com/gregp524/status/610251310932164608) > [](https://twitter.com/brittrgibson/status/610251271874985984) > [](https://twitter.com/TeamGuaps/status/610251257027014656) > [](https://twitter.com/HitFixDaniel/status/610250987685543936) Maybe by next season, HBO will find a way to refresh viewers’ memories without giving away everything that’s to come. Game of Thrones Fans: 'Previously On' Spoilers ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3920697/game-of-thrones-previously-on/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3920697/game-of-thrones-previously-on/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Fans Wish HBO Would Stop the 'Previously On' Spoilers","datePublished":"2015-06-15T01:26:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:11:43.602Z","description":"Viewers lodged their complaints on Twitter as the season finale began","url":"https://time.com/3920697/game-of-thrones-previously-on/","keywords":["Television","HBO","game of thrones","twitter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb29aafb23d77588e/6988545ccd1bbae4316fbcbc/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb29aafb23d77588e/6988545ccd1bbae4316fbcbc/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":"","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/3920697/game-of-thrones-previously-on/","name":"Game of Thrones Fans Wish HBO Would Stop the 'Previously On' Spoilers"}}]}] ```