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Baelor

Episode aired Jun 12, 2011
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57m

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9.6/10

47K

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Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones (2011)

Action Adventure Drama

Robb goes to war against the Lannisters. Jon finds himself struggling on deciding if his place is with Robb or the Night's Watch. Drogo has fallen ill from a fresh battle wound. Daenerys is ... Read allRobb goes to war against the Lannisters. Jon finds himself struggling on deciding if his place is with Robb or the Night's Watch. Drogo has fallen ill from a fresh battle wound. Daenerys is desperate to save him.Robb goes to war against the Lannisters. Jon finds himself struggling on deciding if his place is with Robb or the Night's Watch. Drogo has fallen ill from a fresh battle wound. Daenerys is desperate to save him.

IMDb RATING

9.6/10

47K

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Director
- Alan Taylor
Writers
- David Benioff
- D.B. Weiss
- George R.R. Martin(based on "A Song of Ice and Fire" by)
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Kit Harington and John Bradley in Game of Thrones (2011)

Peter Dinklage and Tobias Winter in Game of Thrones (2011)

Peter Dinklage and Jerome Flynn in Game of Thrones (2011)

Julian Glover and Rory McCann in Game of Thrones (2011)

Sean Bean, Jack Gleeson, Lena Headey, Conleth Hill, and Sophie Turner in Game of Thrones (2011)

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Trivia
This episode was Peter Dinklage's submission in the Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category in the 2011 Emmy Awards- the first Emmy win and nomination in his career.

Goofs
Robb comments about the intercepted raven message "It's a birthday message to his [Lord Frey's] grand-niece Walda". The correct Westerosi term is "nameday", not "birthday".

Quotes
Joffrey Baratheon: [announcing Eddard Stark's sentence] My mother wishes me to let Lord Eddard join the Night's Watch. Stripped of all titles and powers, he would serve the realm in permanent exile. And my Lady Sansa has begged mercy for her father. But they have the soft hearts of women. So long as I am your king, treason shall never go unpunished. Sir Ilyn, bring me his head!

Crazy credits
The cities and places featured in the opening credits change as the series progresses. For example, in the first episode, Pentos is shown whereas in later episodes, because it is not pertinent to the episode's narrative, it is not.

Connections
Edited into Honest Trailers: Lord of the Rings (2012)

Soundtracks
Main Title
(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Ramin Djawadi

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10/10

Baelor is a classic episode that is more frightening and dramatic

Baelor receives a perfect 10/10 from me. Why you may ask? Two reasons. 1) It raises the stakes and 2) The ending is not only well-written, but more frightening and dramatic possible. The first eight episodes were great, if not spectacular, but episode 9 is where things got real and it's a classic that engaged me from beginning to end.

The story is great, the writing is still perfect, the pacing is much more tighter and took it's time to develop the characters' motivations, the music score from Ramin Djawadi is still excellent, the dialog is well-written, and the performances excel with the episode's dramatic moments.

There are no problems that I have with this episode because I have never been blown away by an episode of a live-action TV show like this. Which is why I will tip my hat to the writers for doing a successful job in keeping engaged to what would happen to the Stark family and the Lannisters. So, overall, I'll say this once more, Baelor is a classic episode that is more frightening and dramatic. :)

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