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Game of Thrones
Valar Dohaeris
Directed by
Daniel Minahan
TV-MA
S3 • E1
Mar 31, 2013
55m
8.6
8.2
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Jon is tested by the wildling king; Tyrion asks for his reward; Dany sails to Slaver's Bay.
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Cast of Valar Dohaeris
Peter Dinklage
Tyrion 'The Halfman' Lannister
Kit Harington
Jon Snow
Richard Madden
Robb Stark
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
Lena Headey
Cersei Lannister
Michelle Fairley
Catelyn Stark
Emilia Clarke
Daenerys Targaryen
Liam Cunningham
Davos Seaworth
Maisie Williams
Arya Stark
Iain Glen
Sir Jorah Mormont
Isaac Hempstead Wright
Brandon 'Bran' Stark
Aidan Gillen
Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
Charles Dance
Tywin Lannister
Sophie Turner
Sansa Stark
Jerome Flynn
Bronn
John Bradley
Samwell 'Sam' Tarly
Rory McCann
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane
Joe Dempsie
Gendry
Alfie Allen
Theon Greyjoy
Conleth Hill
Lord Varys
Game of Thrones - S3 • E1 Ratings & Reviews
Processed Media
Randy Dankievitch
[A] solid opening considering the tall task it was handed of reintroducing and establishing the various characters in Westeros.
Pajiba
TK Burton
It was a deceptively quiet episode, more a gathering of forces and wills than an action-packed opener.
Uproxx
Alan Sepinwall
With even more characters and more locales than before, "Valar Dohaeris" is particularly full.
Brightest Young Things
Jeff Spross
"Valar Dohaeris" felt more like prep work than actual storytelling... Still, the episode was shot through with the darkly rich moral ecology we've come to expect from the books and HBO's adaptation.
The Mary Sue
Rebecca Pahle
Overall, this episode was a bit slow for me-it felt like 60 minutes of set-up, albeit setup for awesome things to come. I think I might've enjoyed it more had I not read the books and wasn't able to anticipate future plot points.
Flavorwire
Alison Herman
"Valar Dohaeris" did its job nicely: checking in on the series' main players and giving a few hints of what Season 3 has in store for them
indieWire
David Chute
A perfectly calibrated masterclass demonstration of how well these showrunners understand the material, its pull and its rhythms, and the patient dedication of the audience they have summoned to join them around the campfire.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Ed Cumming
That said, as with any series this complex, the first episode had to do a lot of narrative heavy lifting, and we will have to wait for the real climaxes. But there was much to whet the appetite.
Entertainment Weekly
James Hibberd
This is The Empire Strikes Back of the Thrones-verse - except on this show, the Empire always seems like it's striking back.
AV Club
Emily VanDerWerff
"Valar Dohaeris," an episode that's solid TV but also feels a bit too breathless in its attempt to catch viewers up with a good two-thirds of the cast.
Los Angeles Times
Alan Eyerly
Exciting stuff! Daenerys is shopping for an army and those three dragons are growing up fast. For Game of Thrones fans, it's been worth the long wait.
The Atlantic
Spencer Kornhaber
So yeah, a nice hour of television. A few things left me cold, though. I find it impossible to care about the Stannis Baretheon storyline.
Rolling Stone
Sean T. Collins
Game of Thrones literally roared back into life for its third season, it came back with a breezy confidence that belied the brutality, and made its ever-broadening canvas feel as limitless... as the white wasteland beyond the Wall itself.
Newark Star-Ledger
Brian Stitt
This wasn't the kind of episode fans will be clamoring to rewatch, but as a table-setter for the season it's aces, establishing plot and tone with expert craftsmanship.
Observer
Drew Grant and Noam Cohen
That's just life, isn't it? You live, you serve and then you die, hopefully not by zombies.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Nina Shen Rastogi
Last night's episode was primarily about winding the machine back up, reintroducing some key story lines, and retracing the lines of allegiance - letting us know who, for the moment, considers themselves brothers, or sisters.
Hollywood Reporter
James Hibberd
Thrones excels at two-actors-in-a-room match-ups. Everything about this next scene is awesome. Tyrion sits impatiently and watches his father scribble a letter to...someone...
Guardian
Sarah Hughes
Appropriately enough for a series opener, episode one was all about journeys... Thankfully, the scenes in King's Landing were as enjoyably malicious as ever.
Grantland
Andy Greenwald
The episode took on the air of the very best caper flicks: the clearing of throats, the setting of stages, and, most important, the reintroducing of the gang.
AV Club
David Sims
There's a lot to digest here, but it's all fun... The important thing is that Game Of Thrones is back, and it's hit the ground without missing a beat.
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