Game of Thrones picks up an Art Directors Guild Award on top of its SAG Award

Awards season is coming to an end, and Game of Thrones is still making its presence known. We already reported on its fortunes at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards: although Peter Dinklage lost the Best Male Actor award to Kevin Spacey on House of Cards and the cast lost the Best Ensemble award to Downton Abbey, the show nabbed the award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series. In other words, “Hardhome” was awesome.

A shout-out to the brave stunt-people who gave their lives fighting Drogon, as well.

Meanwhile, Game of Thrones picked up an award from the Art Directors Guild, which held a ceremony honoring the best in production design just last night. The show won in the ‘One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series’ category, beating out series like Downton Abbey, Gotham, and Mad Men. Congratulations to production designer Deborah O’Reilly!

The show was nominated specifically for episodes “High Sparrow,” “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken,” and “Hardhome.” It’s obvious why the ADG would mention “Hardhome,” but I’m glad to see that it also honored “High Sparrow,” probably for beautiful panoramas like this one…

…and “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken,” probably for the amazing sets, such as:

“Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” will probably always be remembered for the silliness down in Dorne and Sansa’s rape, but I do think it’s deserving of a production design award. As nasty as the aftermath was, Sansa’s wedding in the Winterfell godswood was stonking gorgeous, and the Hall of Faces in the House of Black and White was an awesome set.