Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sean Bean | ... | Eddard 'Ned' Stark | |
Mark Addy | ... | Robert Baratheon | |
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | ... | Jaime Lannister | |
Michelle Fairley | ... | Catelyn Stark | |
Lena Headey | ... | Cersei Lannister | |
Emilia Clarke | ... | Daenerys Targaryen | |
Iain Glen | ... | Jorah Mormont | |
Harry Lloyd | ... | Viserys Targaryen | |
Kit Harington | ... | Jon Snow | |
Sophie Turner | ... | Sansa Stark | |
Maisie Williams | ... | Arya Stark | |
Richard Madden | ... | Robb Stark | |
Alfie Allen | ... | Theon Greyjoy | |
Isaac Hempstead Wright | ... | Bran Stark | |
Jack Gleeson | ... | Joffrey Baratheon |
Although his son Bran is lying in bed unconscious from his fall, Ned Stark must return with King Robert to King's Landing. His wife Catelyn stays behind in Winterfell, though there appears to be little hope of Bran's recovery. The King has agreed that his son Joffrey and Ned's daughter Sansa should marry, uniting their families forever. Problems arise when Joffrey challenges the butcher's boy who is out playing with Sansa's younger sister Arya. Joffrey is injured when Arya's pet wolf attacks him. The King's justice is swift but fair even if his wife Cersei doesn't agree. Meanwhile, Ned illegitimate son heads north to join the Night Watch. Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys is having some difficulty accommodating herself to married life. She turns to one of her servants, a slave whose job it once was to pleasure men, to learn how she could make her husband happy. Written by garykmcd
The Wall. And the Dothraki. And Nedd Stark as the Head of the King. And the nuances of a familiar story who is so far by you , being part from you. An episode about power and sacrifice, in which the delicacy of Daenerys and the greed of her brother are basic pillars to define a cruel, savage and , in bizarre way, Medieval world.