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  ===Crew===
  David Benioff and D. B. Weiss serve as main writers and showrunners for the second season. They co-wrote six out of ten episodes. The remaining four episodes were written by story editor Bryan Cogman, ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' author George R. R. Martin, and new series writer and co-executive producer Vanessa Taylor, who wrote two episodes.
  Alan Taylor was promoted to co-executive producer and directed four episodes, including the season premiere and finale. David Petrarca and David Nutter each directed two episodes, while series cinematographer Alik Sakharov and filmmaker Neil Marshall directed the remaining two.