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Game of Thrones (season 3)
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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 10
Release
Original network HBO
Original release March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31) – June 9, 2013 (2013-06-09)
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The third season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered in the United States on HBO on March 31, 2013, and concluded on June 9, 2013, consisting of 10 episodes.[1] HBO renewed the series for a third season on April 10, 2012, nine days after the second season's premiere. Production began in July 2012.[2]

Like the other seasons, the third season consists of ten episodes. It is based roughly on the first half of A Storm of Swords (the third of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin, of which the series is an adaptation).[3]

Plot

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See also: Synopsis of A Song of Ice and Fire

After defeating Stannis Baratheon at the Battle of the Blackwater, the Lannisters hold a firm grasp on the Iron Throne. They are threatened by their new ally House Tyrell, powerful and manipulative players of the game. Tyrion Lannister struggles with losing the power he had as Hand of the King, and feels his father doesn't appreciate the service he provided the family as Hand. Meanwhile, Jaime Lannister continues his attempt to return home, and begins to form a bond with his road companion, Brienne of Tarth.

The Starks find themselves losing the War. They have lost the support of Lord Walder Frey, after Robb Stark broke his vow to him by marrying Talisa Maegyr, and many members of Robb's army are losing faith in him. His relationship with his mother has also turned icy after her freeing of Jaime Lannister, though the reported deaths of her father and the younger Stark boys brings them closer. In reality, Bran and Rickon Stark are alive and continuing their journey north, with new strange allies in the Reed siblings. It was Theon Greyjoy who faked the Stark boys' deaths, and is now being physically tortured under an unknown person's command. However, a mysterious boy claiming to be sent by his sister plans to aid his escape. Arya Stark, on her journey home with companions Gendry and Hot Pie, finds herself entangled with The Brotherhood without Banners and Sandor "The Hound" Clegane. Sansa Stark remains in King's Landing a prisoner of the Lannisters, but is now being offered help by both the treacherous Petyr Baelish and the Tyrells.

At Dragonstone, Stannis Baratheon appears a broken man after being crushed at the Battle of the Blackwater. His advisor Ser Davos is imprisoned after attempting to kill Melisandre, who still believes her god, the Lord of Light, will help Stannis return to prominence.

Beyond the Wall, Jon Snow joins Mance Rayder's wildling army, but with hidden intentions. His vows are tested more than ever by a growing romance with wildling Ygritte, as he finds that he will have to choose between her and the Night's Watch. The latter has been largely decimated by a White Walker attack, and a group of them is making their way back to the Wall. However, many of the rangers find themselves also questioning their vows, putting Lord Commander Mormont's and Samwell Tarly's lives in danger.

Across the Narrow sea in Astapor, Daenerys Targaryen continues her quest to reclaim the seven kingdoms. She has a new companion in former King's Guard member Barristan Selmy, and is still advised by Jorah Mormont. She contemplates buying the Unsullied, an elite army of harshly trained eunuchs. They are controlled by a cruel master with an intelligent young translator, Missandei.

Episodes

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See also: List of Game of Thrones episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
21 1 "Valar Dohaeris" Daniel Minahan David Benioff & D. B. Weiss March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31) 4.37[4]
Some Night's Watch men, Samwell Tarly and Lord Commander Mormont among them, survive the White Walkers' attack and pledge to return to the Wall to warn the Seven Kingdoms. Jon Snow is brought before Mance Rayder, the "King beyond the Wall", and pledges his loyalty to the Wildlings. A scarred Tyrion Lannister unsuccessfully solicits recognition by his father Tywin, the new Hand of the King. Margaery Tyrell engages in charity work with the orphans of King's Landing. Ser Davos Seaworth is rescued by Salladhor Saan after the Battle of the Blackwater and returned to Dragonstone. There, he unsuccessfully tries to kill Melisandre so as to break her hold on Stannis Baratheon, and is imprisoned. Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen arrives in the city of Astapor to buy an army of brutally-trained slave soldiers, the "Unsullied". She is saved from an assassination attempt by the warlocks of Qarth by Ser Barristan Selmy, the former Kingsguard commander, who pledges his loyalty.
22 2 "Dark Wings, Dark Words" Daniel Minahan Vanessa Taylor April 7, 2013 (2013-04-07) 4.27[5]
Brienne escorts Jaime across the Riverlands to King's Landing. Seizing one of her swords, he engages her in a fight, which is interrupted by Bolton armsmen. After he receives the news of the sack of Winterfell and the disappearance of Bran and Rickon, Robb diverts his attentions from the war against the Lannisters to attend Catelyn's father's funeral in Riverrun, angering Lord Karstark, who seeks vengeance for his sons who were killed by Jaime. Arya, 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 Hound reveals Arya's identity. Margaery Tyrell 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 Reed, children of the Stark bannerman Howland Reed. Jojen, who has been sharing Bran's strange dreams, tells Bran 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 (2013-04-14) 4.72[6]
Robb and Catelyn attend her father Hoster Tully's funeral in Riverrun. Tywin Lannister sends Littlefinger to Lysa Arryn, Lady of the Vale and makes Tyrion the new Master of Coin. Arya and Gendry leave Hot Pie at the inn and follow the "Brotherhood without Banners". Learning of the massacre at the Fist of the First Men, Mance Rayder sends Jon Snow 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 giving birth to a son. Theon Greyjoy is freed from torture and captivity by an unnamed benefactor. Melisandre leaves Dragonstone for parts unknown. Daenerys agrees to buy all 8,000 Unsullied and the translator Missandei for one of her dragons, against Ser Barristan's and Ser Jorah's advice. Jaime persuades his captor Locke not to let Brienne be raped, but Locke cuts off Jaime's sword hand.
24 4 "And Now His Watch Is Ended" Alex Graves David Benioff & D. B. Weiss April 21, 2013 (2013-04-21) 4.87[7]
Theon Greyjoy is betrayed by the cleaning boy, who returns him to the prison for torture. After a failed escape attempt, Jaime realizes that without his sword hand, he is lost, but Brienne, knowing what he did for her, urges him to not give up hope. Varys tells Tyrion how he became a eunuch, and that he now has in his power the magician who castrated him. Bran, with the aid of Jojen Reed, continues to chase the three-eyed raven. At Craster's keep, the surviving Night's Watch, starving, comes into conflict with their host. Craster and Lord Commander 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 without Banners where they meet their leader, Beric Dondarrion, who later sentences the Hound to trial by combat with him. 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 freely to follow her as her new army.
25 5 "Kissed by Fire" Alex Graves Bryan Cogman April 28, 2013 (2013-04-28) 5.35[8]
With the help of Littlefinger, the Lannisters discover the Tyrells' plot to marry off Sansa Stark to Loras Tyrell. To prevent the union, Tywin Lannister plans to marry Sansa to Tyrion, and Cersei to Loras, despite Cersei and Tyrion's protests. Stannis confesses his infidelity to his wife, Selyse, who then tells him she has always known and approves of it. His daughter, Shireen, sneaks into the dungeon to visit Davos and teaches him to read. The Hound kills Lord Beric in trial by combat and is released. However, Beric is seemingly resurrected by the power of the Lord of Light. Gendry decides to stay with the Brotherhood, and Thoros and Beric plan to ransom Arya to her brother, Robb Stark. After being delivered to Roose Bolton, Jaime confesses to Brienne why he killed the Mad King. At Riverrun, despite many objections, Robb Stark executes Lord Karstark after Karstark murders two captive Lannister boys as payback for his sons. With the Karstarks abandoning him, Robb plans to make a desperate alliance with Walder Frey. Jon Snow struggles to earn the Wildlings' trust while holding back important information. Later, he and Ygritte have sex. While on the march, Daenerys Targaryen's Unsullied select Grey Worm as their leader.
26 6 "The Climb" Alik Sakharov David Benioff & D. B. Weiss May 5, 2013 (2013-05-05) 5.50[9]
In King's Landing, Tywin Lannister coerces Olena Tyrell into agreeing to marry Loras to Cersei. Sansa tries to get acquainted with an awkward Loras, while Tyrion and Cersei discuss the repercussions of their matches. 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 Riverlands, Melisandre buys Gendry from the brotherhood, to Arya's disgust. Robb Stark tries to appease Walder Frey by agreeing to Frey's demands and marry his uncle Edmure to Frey's daughter Roslin. Roose Bolton plans to send Jaime to King's Landing, but refuses to give up Brienne. At an unknown location, the mysterious boy continues to torture Theon Greyjoy. In the North, tension arises in Bran's company on their trek north. Beyond the Wall, Sam continues his flight with Gilly and her infant son, while Jon and Ygritte discuss their relationship and climb the Wall.
27 7 "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" Michelle MacLaren George R. R. Martin May 12, 2013 (2013-05-12) 4.84[10]
In the North, Jojen tells Bran they must go beyond the Wall to find the three-eyed raven, to Osha's horror. Jon and Ygritte's relationship deepens, much to Orell's displeasure. 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 the Hound. Melisandre reveals to Gendry that his father was Robert Baratheon. Margaery comforts Sansa about her upcoming marriage, while Tyrion and Bronn discuss the match. Later, Shae tells Tyrion that she will not continue their relationship once he marries Sansa. Tywin counsels Joffrey and discusses Daenerys, with Tywin dismissing the danger she might pose. Daenerys reaches the city of Yunkai and receives an emissary. Roose Bolton departs Harrenhall for the Twins, a heavily fortified pair of castles that serve as the seat of House Frey, while Jaime says farewell to Brienne and departs for King's Landing. On the road, Qyburn reveals why he lost his Maester's chain and informs Jaime that Locke refused Brienne's father's ransom. Jaime returns to Harrenhall 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 (2013-05-19) 5.13[11]
King's Landing hosts Tyrion and Sansa's wedding. Cersei intimidates Margaery in the Sept of Baelor, and Joffrey walks the bride down the aisle. At the wedding feast Tyrion gets drunk and causes a scene. In their bedroom, Tyrion tells Sansa they will not consummate their marriage until she wants to. The Hound reveals to Arya that they are heading for the Twins to ransom her to her brother. Stannis releases Davos. Melisandre and Gendry arrive at Dragonstone, where she seduces him and extracts blood from him with three leeches. In a magical ritual, Stannis casts them into the fire naming three usurpers: Robb Stark, Balon Greyjoy and Joffrey Baratheon. Daenerys finds out Yunkai has employed a mercenary company called the "Second Sons". One of the lieutenants, Daario 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 Sam unexpectedly destroys with the help of the dragonglass dagger.
29 9 "The Rains of Castamere" David Nutter David Benioff & D. B. Weiss June 2, 2013 (2013-06-02) 5.22[12]
Sam and Gilly arrive at the Wall. During a thunderstorm, Bran enters Hodor's mind to calm him down. Nearby, Jon refuses to kill an innocent man, so Tormund orders him killed. Bran uses his warg ability to save Jon, and Jon kills Orell then escapes, leaving a furious Ygritte behind. Osha, Rickon and his direwolf depart for the Last Hearth, while Bran and his remaining company plan to head beyond the Wall. Daenerys sends Jorah, Daario 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 Frey, who feigns acceptance. Edmure marries Roslin Frey, but during the wedding feast, Walder Frey's men murder Catelyn, Talisa and most of the Stark bannermen, while Roose Bolton kills Robb. Arya also arrives at the Twins and witnesses a part of the massacre, but the Hound knocks her unconscious and carries her to safety.
30 10 "Mhysa" David Nutter David Benioff & D. B. Weiss June 9, 2013 (2013-06-09) 5.39[13]
House Frey is awarded the Seat of Riverrun, and Roose Bolton is appointed Warden of the North. After witnessing Frey soldiers mock the death of Robb Stark, Arya marks her first kill, while the Hound eliminates the rest. Yara Greyjoy moves to rescue Theon, penectomized at Dreadfort by Ramsay Snow, who continues his torture. Tywin chastises Tyrion for failing to impregnate Sansa, and placing his own desires over the needs of family. Arriving in the capital with Brienne, Jaime is reunited with Cersei. In the North, Sam arrives back at Castle Black, where he and Maester Aemon send ravens to alert the Seven Kingdoms to the White Walkers. Full of arrows, Jon manages to escape from Ygritte and returns to Castle Black. At Dragonstone, Davos helps Gendry to escape, while Stannis decides to head north and aid the Watch against the White Walker threat. Across the Narrow Sea, the freed slaves of Yunkai receive Daenerys as their "mother".

Cast

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See also: List of Game of Thrones characters
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Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister)
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)
Richard Madden (Robb Stark)
Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister)
Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell)
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Kit Harington (Jon Snow)
Maisie Williams (Arya Stark)
Rose Leslie (Ygritte)

Main cast

Guest cast

The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 3. They are listed in credit order by the region in which they first appear.

The musicians Will Champion of Coldplay and Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol made cameo appearances.[14]

Bart the Bear 2 (aka "Little Bart") was the bear that fought in the pit at Harrenhal.[15]

Production

Game of Thrones rapidly became a critical and commercial success after it started airing in April 2011. A few days after ratings for the second season's premiere, "The North Remembers", hit a series high of 8.3 million viewers,[16] HBO announced the show's renewal for a third season. Prior to that announcement, there had been rumors and reports[17] that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss planned to shoot seasons three and four simultaneously. Benioff said that this would be very efficient, but impossible to write.[18]

The ten episodes of the third season are longer than the previous seasons', about 54 or 57 minutes as opposed to about 52.[19] The season's budget was reported to be around 50 million U.S. dollars.[20]

Writing

The third season is based on the first half of the novel A Storm of Swords. Benioff had previously said that A Storm of Swords would need to be adapted in two seasons on account of its length.[21] Benioff and Weiss also noted that they thought of Game of Thrones as an adaptation of the series as a whole, rather than of individual novels, which gave them the liberty to move scenes back and forth across novels according to the requirements of the screen adaptation.[18] According to Benioff, the third season contains a particularly memorable scene from A Storm of Swords, the prospect of filming which was part of their motivation to adapt the novels for television in the first place.[18] The writing credits for the third season now state "Written for television by", instead of the usual "Written by" credit.

Season 3 saw the first significant use of the Valyrian languages, spoken in doomed Valyria and its former colonies in Essos. The constructed languages were developed by linguist David J. Peterson based on the few words Martin invented for the novels.[22] Peterson had previously developed the Dothraki language, used principally in season 1.

Casting

The third season adds previously recurring actors Oona Chaplin (Talisa Maegyr), Joe Dempsie (Gendry) and Rose Leslie (Ygritte) to the series' main cast.

After an absence of one season David Bradley returns as Walder Frey, Ian McElhinney as Barristan Selmy, Peter Vaughan as Maester Aemon, Josef Altin as Pypar and Luke McEwan as Rast.

Crew

David Benioff and D. B. Weiss serve as main writers and showrunners for the third season. They co-wrote seven out of ten episodes. The remaining three episodes were written by Bryan Cogman, Vanessa Taylor, and the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin.

Daniel Minahan, Alex Graves, Michelle MacLaren, and David Nutter each directed two episodes. One further episode was directed by previous series cinematographer, Alik Sakharov, whereas another was co-directed by Benioff and Weiss, both making their directorial debuts, although only Benioff is credited for directing the episode.

Filming

The filming of the third season began in early July 2012,[2] and concluded with the wrap of the unit filming in Iceland on November 24, 2012.[23] Filming in Iceland, for scenes in five of the season's ten episodes, took place near Akureyri and Lake Mývatn. It lasted eight days, as opposed to nearly a month for season 2.[24] Kit Harington (Jon Snow) broke an ankle in an accident in July, which required the Iceland shoots to be pushed back to give him time to heal, as well as the occasional use of a body double.[25]

The production was again based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and continued to receive support from the Northern Ireland Screen fund.[26] The production used various locations in Northern Ireland to film scenes in the North and the Riverlands. The production also returned to Dubrovnik in Croatia for scenes in King's Landing. Morocco, a new location,[2] was used to film Daenerys' scenes in Essos such as the city of Astapor, for which locations in Essaouira were used. A scene involving a live bear was filmed in Los Angeles.[27]

Music

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Main article: Music of Game of Thrones

The U.S. indie rock band The Hold Steady recorded "The Bear and the Maiden Fair", a ribald folk song from Martin's novels. The recording is played over the end credits of episode three, and the song is sung by Brienne and Jaime's captors in the same episode. Set to music by series composer Ramin Djawadi, the recording was released on a seven-inch record on Record Store Day, April 20, 2013.[28]

The soundtrack for the season was released digitally on June 4, 2013, and on CD on July 2, 2013.

Reception

Critical reception

Review aggregator Metacritic has a score of 91 for season 3, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 25 reviews.[29] While the season 3 finale ("Mhysa") was generally well received,[30][31][32] IGN's Matt Fowler stated, "Season 3 may have stumbled slightly with its finale, but up until then it was thrilling and traumatic." Overall, he gave season 3 a 9/10 rating.[33]

Game of Thrones (season 3): Critical reception by episode

Ratings

Game of Thrones: Viewers per episode (millions)
Ep. 1 Ep. 2 Ep. 3 Ep. 4 Ep. 5 Ep. 6 Ep. 7 Ep. 8 Ep. 9 Ep. 10 Average
Season 1 2.22 2.20 2.44 2.45 2.58 2.44 2.40 2.72 2.66 3.04 2.52[35]
Season 2 3.86 3.76 3.77 3.65 3.90 3.88 3.69 3.86 3.38 4.20 3.80[35]
Season 3 4.37 4.27 4.72 4.87 5.35 5.50 4.84 5.13 5.22 5.39 4.97[36]
Season 4 6.64 6.31 6.59 6.95 7.16 6.40 7.20 7.17 6.95 7.09 6.84[37]
Season 5 8.00 6.81 6.71 6.82 6.56 6.24 5.40 7.01 7.14 8.11 6.88[38]
Season 6 7.94 7.29 7.28 7.82 7.89 6.71 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Accolades

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See also: List of awards and nominations received by Game of Thrones

For the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, the third season received 16 nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, Peter Dinklage for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Emilia Clarke for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Diana Rigg for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, and David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the episode "The Rains of Castamere".[39] That episode also won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.[40] Game of Thrones won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama for the 29th TCA Awards, and also received a nomination for Program of the Year.[41] For the 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, the cast was nominated for Best Drama Ensemble, Peter Dinklage was nominated for Best Drama Actor, and the series won for Best Stunt Team.[42]

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result
2013 AFI Awards AFI TV Award Game of Thrones Won
ASCAP Awards Top Television Series Ramin Djawadi Won
EWwy Award Best Supporting Actress, Drama Natalie Dormer Won
Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series Drama Nina Gold Nominated
Young Hollywood Awards Actor of the Year Kit Harington Won
3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Drama Series Game of Thrones Won
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
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
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
29th TCA Awards Outstanding Achievement in Drama Game of Thrones Won
Program of the Year Game of Thrones Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Award Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Peter Dinklage Nominated
Best Ensemble In a Drama Series The cast of Game of Thrones Won
Best Supporting Actress In a Drama Series Emilia Clarke Won
Lena Headey Nominated
Best Guest Actor In a Drama Series David Bradley Nominated
Ciaran Hinds Nominated
Best Guest Actress In a Drama Series Diana Rigg Won
Best Direction In a Drama Series Game of Thrones Won
Best Writing In a Drama Series Game of Thrones Nominated
Best Music In a Series Ramin Djawadi Won
Best Editing In a Series Game of Thrones Won
Best Cinematography In a Series Game of Thrones Won
Best Production Design In a Series Game of Thrones Won
Best Costume Design In a Series Game of Thrones Won
Best Makeup/Hairstyling In a Series Game of Thrones Won
Best Sound In a Series Game of Thrones Won
Best Visual Effects In a Series Game of Thrones Won
Best Drama Series Game of Thrones Nominated
IGN 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 Nominated
18th Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Nominated
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
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
American Cinema Editors Best Edited One-Hour Series For Non-Commercial Television Oral Norrie Ottey for "The Rains of Castamere" Nominated
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award One-Hour Single Camera Television Series Gemma Jackson for "Valar Dohaeris" Won
American Society of Cinematographers One-Hour Episodic Television Series Jonathan Freeman for "Valar Dohaeris" Won
Anette Haellmigk "Kissed by Fire" Nominated
Costume Designers Guild Awards Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series Game of Thrones Nominated
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
11th Irish Film & Television Awards Best Television Drama Game of Thrones Nominated
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
Directors Guild of America Award Dramatic Series David Nutter for "The Rains of Castamere" Nominated
Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing — Short Form Dialogue and ADR in Television Jed Dodge and Tim Hands for "The Rains of Castamere" Won
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
Kerrang! Awards Best TV Show Game of Thrones Won
Location Managers Guild Awards Outstanding Location Television Program Game of Thrones Won
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
Royal Television Society International Program Game of Thrones Won
Saturn Award Best Television Presentation Game of Thrones Nominated
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
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
TV Choice Awards Best International Show Game of Thrones Won
Visual Effects Society Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Philip Meyer, Ingo Schachner, Travis Nobles, Florian Friedmann for "Raising the Dragons" Nominated
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

Release

Broadcast

The third season premiered on March 31, 2013 in North America on HBO, in Mexico and the rest of Latin America on HBO Latin America and in Brazil on HBO Brasil.[43] The day after, it premiered in the United Kingdom on Sky Atlantic,[44] in the Netherlands on HBO Netherlands,[45] in Australia on Foxtel,[46] in New Zealand on SoHo,[47] in the Nordic countries on C More[48] and on HBO Nordic, in France on Orange Cinéma Séries,[49] as well as in Hungary on HBO Hungary and Romania on HBO Romania. The third season premiered in India on HBO Defined on April 8, 2013.[50] In Greece and in Cyprus, the third season premiered on NovaCinema 1, NovaCinemaHD on April 2, 2013.

Home media

The third season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on February 18, 2014 (2014-02-18),[51] in region 2 on February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17)[52] and in region 4 on February 19, 2014 (2014-02-19).[53]

It was made available for purchase as a digital download on the iTunes store, in Australia only, in parallel to the U.S. premiere.[54] However, on May 14, 2013, Foxtel blocked the Australian iTunes store from making the episodes available soon after they screened in the U.S.[55] Season 3 was reported to be the most infringed TV show via torrents during spring 2013, estimated to be 5.2 million downloads via BitTorrent.[56]

References

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