Game of Thrones (season 3) | |
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Starring | See List of Game of Thrones cast |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Original release | March 31 – June 9, 2013 |
Season chronology | |
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List of Game of Thrones episodes |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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21 | 1 | 'Valar Dohaeris' | Daniel Minahan | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | March 31, 2013 | 4.37[4] | |
Some of the Night's Watchmen, including Samwell Tarly and Joer Mormont, survive the White Walkers' attack and pledge to return to the Wall to warn the Seven Kingdoms. Jon Snow is brought before Rayder, the 'King beyond the Wall', and pledges his loyalty to the Wildlings. A scarred Tyrion Lannister tries to get Casterly Rock from Tywin, who promises other things instead. Margaery Tyrell engages in charity work with the orphans of King's Landing. Petyr Baelish offers to help Sansa Stark escape King's Landing. Ros advises Shae not to trust him. Davos Seaworth is rescued by Saan, who does not want any more connections with Stannis Baratheon, and returns to Dragonstone, where he unsuccessfully tries to kill Melisandre, who blames him for convincing Stannis not to let her join the battle, and is imprisoned. In Essos, Daenerys Targaryen arrives in the city of Astapor to buy an army of brutally-trained slave soldiers, the 'Unsullied'. The warlocks of Qarth attempt to assassinate her, but she is saved by Selmy, the former Kingsguard commander, who pledges his loyalty. | |||||||
22 | 2 | 'Dark Wings, Dark Words' | Daniel Minahan | Vanessa Taylor | April 7, 2013 | 4.27[5] | |
Brienne of Tarth continues escorting Jaime Lannister across the Riverlands to King's Landing. He engages her in a fight, which is interrupted by Bolton soldiers. After receiving the news of the sack of Winterfell and the disappearance of his brothers Bran and Rickon, Robb Stark diverts his attention from the war against the Lannisters to attend Catelyn's father's funeral in Riverrun, angering Rickard Karstark, who seeks vengeance for his sons who were killed by the Lannisters. Arya Stark, Gendry and Hot Pie also make for Riverrun, but are waylaid by a rebel group, the 'Brotherhood without Banners', and are taken to an inn, where the captured Sandor Clegane reveals Arya's identity. Margaery and her grandmother Olenna, the 'Queen of Thorns', convince Sansa to tell them about Joffrey's flawed character. Theon Greyjoy is tortured by unknown captors. Bran, Rickon, Osha, and Hodor encounter the siblings Jojen and Meera, children of the Stark bannerman Howland Reed. Jojen, who has been sharing Bran's strange dreams, tells him that he is a warg, able to enter the minds of animals. | |||||||
23 | 3 | 'Walk of Punishment' | David Benioff | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | April 14, 2013 | 4.72[6] | |
Robb and Catelyn attend the funeral in Riverrun. Tywin decides to send Baelish to Lysa intending to have them married in order to secure her alliance, making Tyrion the new Master of Coin. While Hot Pie decides to stay at the inn, Arya and Gendry follow the Brotherhood. Learning of the massacre at the Fist of the First Men, Rayder sends Jon with a band of Wildlings to scale the Wall and attack the Watch while it is weakened. The surviving men of the Night's Watch arrive back at Craster's Keep, where Sam witnesses Gilly give birth to a son. Theon is freed from torture and captivity by an unknown man, who later rescues him again. Melisandre leaves Dragonstone for an unknown mission, stating that the blood of a King is required for victory. Daenerys agrees to buy all the 8,000 Unsullied and the translator Missandei for one of her dragons, against Selmy's and Jorah's advice. Jaime persuades his captor Locke not to let Brienne be raped, but Locke cuts off the former's sword hand. | |||||||
24 | 4 | 'And Now His Watch Is Ended' | Alex Graves | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | April 21, 2013 | 4.87[7] | |
Theon is betrayed by the rescuer, who returns him to the prison for torture. After a failed escape attempt, Jaime believes that he is lost without his sword hand; but Brienne, knowing what he did for her, urges him not to give up hope. Varys tells Tyrion how he became a eunuch, and that he now has in his power the magician who castrated him, advising Tyrion to be patient for vengeance. At Craster's keep, the surviving Night's Watchmen, starving, come into conflict with their host. Craster and Mormont are slain in the struggle, and Sam flees with Gilly and her son. Arya and Gendry are taken to the secret cave of the Brotherhood, meeting their leader, Dondarrion, who later sentences Sandor to trial by combat with him. Margaery proposes marriage between Sansa and Loras. Daenerys meets with Kraznys to complete the trade of a dragon for the Unsullied army. She tests the Unsullied, then orders them to kill their former masters, reclaims her dragon and frees the Unsullied, who all decide to follow her freely. | |||||||
25 | 5 | 'Kissed by Fire' | Alex Graves | Bryan Cogman | April 28, 2013 | 5.35[8] | |
Tyrion convinces Olenna to pay for part of the royal wedding. Sansa tells Baelish about her decision to stay in King's Landing. The Lannisters discover the Tyrells' plot to marry off Sansa to Loras. To prevent the union, Tywin plans to marry Sansa to Tyrion, and Cersei to Loras, despite the siblings' protests. Stannis confesses his infidelity to his wife, Selyse, who then tells him she already knows and approves of it. His daughter, Shireen, sneaks into the dungeon to visit Davos and starts teaching him to read. Sandor kills Dondarrion and is released. However, Dondarrion is resurrected seemingly by the power of the Lord of Light. Gendry decides to stay with the Brotherhood, and Thoros and Dondarrion plan to ransom Arya to Robb. After being delivered to Bolton, Jaime confesses to Brienne why he killed Aerys. Robb executes Karstark after the latter murders two captive Lannister boys. With the Karstarks abandoning him, Robb plans to make a desperate alliance with Frey. Jon succumbs to Ygritte's seduction and breaks his vows. The Unsullied select a warrior called Grey Worm as their leader on Daenerys' order. | |||||||
26 | 6 | 'The Climb' | Alik Sakharov | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | May 5, 2013 | 5.50[9] | |
In King's Landing, Tywin coerces Olenna into agreeing to marry Loras to Cersei, who reveals to Tyrion that it was Joffrey who tried to have him killed during the siege. Tyrion confesses to Shae and Sansa about the upcoming marriage. Baelish tells Varys that he has caught Ros as Varys' informant and has given her to Joffrey, who kills her. In the Riverlands, Melisandre buys Gendry from the Brotherhood, foretelling that Arya will kill many people. Robb makes a new deal with Frey by agreeing to give him Harrenhal and marry his uncle Edmure to Frey's daughter, Roslin. Bolton plans to send Jaime to King's Landing, but refuses to send Brienne with him. At an unknown location, the mysterious man continues to torture Theon. In the North, tension arises between Osha and Meera. Beyond the Wall, Sam continues his flight with Gilly and her son, while Jon and Ygritte manage to climb the Wall with two other Wildlings. | |||||||
27 | 7 | 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair' | Michelle MacLaren | George R. R. Martin | May 12, 2013 | 4.84[10] | |
In the North, Jojen tells Bran they must go beyond the Wall to find the raven, to Osha's horror. Jon and Ygritte's relationship deepens, making fellow Wildling Orell angry. Theon is emasculated by his torturer. Talisa reveals to Robb that she is pregnant. Arya runs away from the Brotherhood, only to be captured by Sandor. Melisandre reveals to Gendry that his father was Robert. Shae tells Tyrion that she will not continue their relationship once he marries Sansa. Tywin counsels Joffrey and discusses Daenerys with the former dismissing the danger she might pose. Daenerys reaches the city of Yunkai and declares war on them. Bolton departs Harrenhal for Edmure's wedding while Jaime says farewell to Brienne and departs for King's Landing. On the road, he finds out that Locke refused Brienne's father's ransom. Jaime returns to Harrenhal to find Brienne in a pit fighting a bear. He leaps in and saves Brienne and departs once more, this time with her. | |||||||
28 | 8 | 'Second Sons' | Michelle MacLaren | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | May 19, 2013 | 5.13[11] | |
King's Landing hosts Tyrion and Sansa's wedding. Cersei shows displeasure upon Margaery and Loras. At the wedding feast Tyrion gets drunk and causes a scene, with Tywin demanding he make a baby soon. In their bedroom, Tyrion tells Sansa that they will not consummate their marriage until she wants to. Sandor reveals to Arya that they are heading for the Twins to ransom her to Robb. Stannis releases Davos, demanding he respect Melisandre, who arrives in Dragonstone with Gendry, whom she seduces and extracts blood from with three leeches. In a magical ritual, Stannis casts them into a fire naming three usurpers: Robb, Balon and Joffrey. Daenerys finds out that Yunkai has employed a mercenary company called the 'Second Sons'. One of the lieutenants named Naharis kills the other leaders and pledges his and the company's loyalty to Daenerys. Sam and Gilly are attacked by a White Walker, whom the former destroys by the dragonglass dagger. | |||||||
29 | 9 | 'The Rains of Castamere' | David Nutter | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | June 2, 2013 | 5.22[12] | |
Sam, Gilly and her son arrive at the Wall. During a thunderstorm, Bran enters Hodor's mind to calm him down, an ability not possessed by any Wildling. Nearby, Jon refuses to kill a farmer, whom Ygritte kills before Jon is attacked by the other Wildlings. Bran uses his warg ability to save Jon, who kills Orell before escaping, leaving a furious Ygritte behind with chief Tormund. Osha, Rickon and his direwolf depart for the Last Hearth, while Bran and his remaining company plan to go beyond the Wall. Daenerys sends Jorah, Naharis and Grey Worm to infiltrate Yunkai and open the city gate for her army. Yunkai soon falls to her forces. Robb arrives at the Twins and apologizes to Walder, who appears to accept. Edmure marries Roslin and they leave to consummate before Walder's men murder Catelyn, Talisa and most of the Stark bannermen, while Bolton, revealed as a Lannister loyalist, kills Robb. Arya also arrives at the Twins and witnesses a part of the massacre, but Sandor knocks her unconscious and carries her to safety. | |||||||
30 | 10 | 'Mhysa' | David Nutter | David Benioff & D. B. Weiss | June 9, 2013 | 5.39[13] | |
The mastermind of the massacre is revealed to be Tywin, who rewards House Frey with the Seat of Riverrun and appoints Bolton Warden of the North. Theon learns he was surrendered by his men in return for safe passage from Winterfell and that his captor is Ramsay, Bolton's bastard. Against Balon's wishes, Yara decides to rescue Theon. Arya and Sandor kill some Frey soldiers mocking Robb's death. Arriving in the capital with Brienne, Jaime is reunited with Cersei. In the North, Tarly's party encounters Bran's and gives them the dragonglass weapons before arriving back at Castle Black, where he and Maester Aemon send ravens to alert the Seven Kingdoms about the White Walkers. Being hit several times, Jon still manages to escape from Ygritte and returns to Castle Black. In Dragonstone, Davos helps Gendry escape, while Stannis decides to head north and aid the Watch against the White Walker threat, forgiving the former and keeping him. In Essos, the freed slaves of Yunkai receive Daenerys as their 'mother'. |
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Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | AFI Awards | AFI TV Award | Game of Thrones | Won | [43] |
ASCAP Awards | Top Television Series | Ramin Djawadi | Won | [44] | |
EWwy Award | Best Supporting Actress, Drama | Natalie Dormer | Won | [45] | |
Artios Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series Drama | Nina Gold | Nominated | [46] | |
Young Hollywood Awards | Actor of the Year | Kit Harington | Won | [47] | |
3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Won | [48] | |
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Emilia Clarke | Nominated | |||
Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series | Diana Rigg | Nominated | |||
65th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [39] | |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Emilia Clarke | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for 'The Rains of Castamere' | Nominated | |||
65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series | Gemma Jackson, Frank Walsh, and Tina Jones for 'Valar Dohaeris' | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Nina Gold and Robert Sterne | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-camera Series | Rob McLachlan for 'Mhysa' | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Costumes for a Series | Michele Clapton, Alexander Fordham, and Chloe Aubry for 'Walk of Punishment' | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Diana Rigg for 'And Now His Watch Is Ended' | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series | Kevin Alexander, Candice Banks, Rosalia Culora, and Gary Machin for 'Second Sons' | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Interactive Program | Game of Thrones Season Three Enhanced Digital Experience | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) | Paul Engelen and Melissa Lackersteen for 'Kissed by Fire' | Won | |||
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Paul Engelen, Conor O'Sullivan, and Rob Trenton for 'Valar Dohaeris' | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Single-camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Oral Ottey for 'The Rains of Castamere' | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Peter Brown, Kira Roessler, Tim Hands, Paul Aulicino, Stephen P. Robinson, Vanessa Lapato, Brett Voss, James Moriana, Jeffrey Wilhoit, and David Klotz for 'And Now His Watch Is Ended' | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series (1 hour) | Matthew Waters, Onnalee Blank, Ronan Hill, and Mervyn Moore for 'And Now His Watch Is Ended' | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Doug Campbell, Rainer Gombos, Juri Stanossek, Sven Martin, Steve Kullback, Jan Fiedler, Chris Stenner, Tobias Mannewitz, Thilo Ewers, and Adam Chazen for 'Valar Dohaeris' | Won | |||
Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | Outstanding Color Grading – Television | Joe Finley for 'Kissed by Fire' | Nominated | [49] | |
Outstanding Sound – Television | Paula Fairfield, Brad Katona, Jed Dodge, Onnalee Blank and Mathew Waters for 'The Climb' | Won | |||
Outstanding Visual Effects – Television | Joe Bauer and Jabbar Raisani, Jörn Grosshans and Sven Martin, and Doug Campbell for 'Valar Dohaeris' | Won | |||
International Film Music Critics Association | Best Original Score for a Television Series | Ramin Djawadi | Nominated | [50] | |
29th TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Game of Thrones | Won | [41] | |
Program of the Year | Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
Gold Derby TV Awards 2013 | Best Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [51] | |
Best Drama Supporting Actor | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | |||
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Nominated | ||||
Best Drama Supporting Actress | Emilia Clarke | Nominated | |||
Michelle Fairley | Nominated | ||||
Best Drama Guest Actress | Diana Rigg | Won | |||
Best Drama Episode | 'The Rains of Castamere' | Won | |||
Ensemble of the Year | The cast of Game of Thrones | Won | |||
IGN Awards | Best TV Episode | The Rains of Castamere | Nominated | [52] | |
Best TV Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
Best TV Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
Best TV Villain | David Bradley as Walder Frey | Nominated | |||
Best TV Villain | Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon | Nominated | |||
IGN People's Choice Awards | Best TV Episode | The Rains of Castamere | Nominated | ||
Best TV Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
Best TV Drama Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | |||
Best TV Villain | David Bradley as Walder Frey | Nominated | |||
Best TV Villain | Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon | Won | |||
18th Satellite Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Nominated | [53] | |
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Emilia Clarke | Nominated | |||
Best Television Series – Genre | Game of Thrones | Won | |||
2014 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Premium Cable TV Show | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [54] |
Favorite TV Anti-Hero | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister | Nominated | |||
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress | Emilia Clarke | Nominated | |||
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards | Best Period and/or Character Makeup – Television | Paul Engelen, Melissa Lackersteen | Nominated | [55] | |
American Cinema Editors | Best Edited One-Hour Series For Non-Commercial Television | Oral Norrie Ottey for 'The Rains of Castamere' | Nominated | [56] | |
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award | One-Hour Single Camera Television Series | Gemma Jackson for 'Valar Dohaeris' | Won | [57] | |
American Society of Cinematographers | One-Hour Episodic Television Series | Jonathan Freeman for 'Valar Dohaeris' | Won | [58] | |
Anette Haellmigk 'Kissed by Fire' | Nominated | ||||
Costume Designers Guild Awards | Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [59] | |
Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – Television Series – One Hour | Ronan Hill, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, and Brett Voss for 'The Rains of Castamere' | Won | [60] | |
11th Irish Film & Television Awards | Best Television Drama | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [61] | |
Actor in a Supporting Role – Television | Liam Cunningham | Nominated | |||
Aidan Gillen | Nominated | ||||
Actress in a Supporting Role – Television | Michelle Fairley | Won | |||
Best Sound | Ronan Hill | Won | |||
Astra Awards | Favourite Program – International Drama | Game of Thrones | Won | [62] | |
Directors Guild of America Award | Dramatic Series | David Nutter for 'The Rains of Castamere' | Nominated | [63] | |
Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing – Short Form Dialogue and ADR in Television | Jed Dodge and Tim Hands for 'The Rains of Castamere' | Won | [64] | |
Best Sound Editing – Short Form Music | David Klotz for 'The Rains of Castamere' | Won | |||
Best Sound Editing – Short Form Sound Effects and Foley | Tim Kimmel for 'The Rains of Castamere' | Nominated | |||
Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | David Benioff, David Nutter, and D. B. Weiss for 'The Rains of Castamere' | Won | [40] | |
Kerrang! Awards | Best TV Show | Game of Thrones | Won | [65] | |
Location Managers Guild Awards | Outstanding Location Television Program | Game of Thrones | Won | [66] | |
Outstanding Achievement by a Location Professional – TV Program | Robert Boake | Won | |||
Producers Guild Awards | 'The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama' | David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, Christopher Newman, Greg Spence, Carolyn Strauss, and D. B. Weiss | Nominated | [67] | |
Royal Television Society | International Program | Game of Thrones | Won | [68] | |
Saturn Award | Best Television Presentation | Game of Thrones | Nominated | [69] | |
Best Performance by a Younger Actor on Television | Jack Gleeson | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor on Television | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress on Television | Gwendoline Christie | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress on Television | Michelle Fairley | Nominated | |||
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Peter Dinklage | Nominated | [42] | |
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Alfie Allen, John Bradley, Oona Chaplin, Gwendoline Christie, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Mackenzie Crook, Charles Dance, Joe Dempsie, Peter Dinklage, Natalie Dormer, Nathali Emmanuel, Michelle Fairley, Jack Gleeson, Iain Glen, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Kristofer Hivju, Paul Kaye, Sibel Kekilli, Rose Leslie, Richard Madden, Rory McCann, Michael McElhatton, Ian McElhinney, Philip McGinley, Hannah Murray, Iwan Rheon, Sophie Turner, Carice Van Houten, Maisie Williams | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series | Rachelle Beinart, Richard Bradshaw, Ben Dimmock, Levan Doran, Jamie Edgell, Bradley Farmer, Jozsef Fodor, Dave Forman, Paul Herbert, Paul Howell, Daniel Naprous, Florian Robin, CC Smiff, Roy Taylor | Won | |||
Visual Effects Society | Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast | Philip Meyer, Ingo Schachner, Travis Nobles, Florian Friedmann for 'Raising the Dragons' | Nominated | [70] | |
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program | Kirk Brillon, Steve Gordon, Geoff Sayer, Winston Lee for 'The Climb' | Won | |||
Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program | Patrick Zentis, Mayur Patel, Nitin Singh, Tim Alexander for 'The Climb' | Won | |||
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program | Steve Kullback, Joe Bauer, Jörn Großhans, Sven Martin for 'Valar Dohaeris' | Won |
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