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Game of Thrones
Season 3
Region 1 DVD artwork
StarringSee List of Game of Thrones cast
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseMarch 31 (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. It was broadcast on Sunday at 9:00 pm in the United States, consisting of 10 episodes, each running approximately 50–60 minutes.[1] The season 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).[2] The series is adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. 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.[3] The show was filmed primarily in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Croatia, Iceland and Morocco.

The story takes place in a fictional world, primarily upon a continent called Westeros, with one storyline occurring on another continent to the east known as Essos. Like the novel, the season follows the climactic battle at Kings Landing. Season three like the previous season mainly centers around the war of the five kings; after the death of Renly Baratheon, all four kings in Westeros believe they have a claim to the Iron Throne, besides Robb Stark, who seeks vengeance for the death of his father, Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark.

Game of Thrones features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington. The season introduced a number of new cast members, including Diana Rigg, Ciarán Hinds, Nathalie Emmanuel and Iwan Rheon.

Critics praised the show's production values and cast. Viewership yet again rose compared to the previous season. It won 2 of the 16 Emmy Awards for which it was nominated, it received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Clarke) and Outstanding Drama Series. It also won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Series.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
211"Valar Dohaeris"Daniel MinahanDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissMarch 31, 2013 (2013-03-31)4.37[4]
222"Dark Wings, Dark Words"Daniel MinahanVanessa TaylorApril 7, 2013 (2013-04-07)4.27[5]
233"Walk of Punishment"David BenioffDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissApril 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)4.72[6]
244"And Now His Watch Is Ended"Alex GravesDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissApril 21, 2013 (2013-04-21)4.87[7]
255"Kissed by Fire"Alex GravesBryan CogmanApril 28, 2013 (2013-04-28)5.35[8]
266"The Climb"Alik SakharovDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissMay 5, 2013 (2013-05-05)5.50[9]
277"The Bear and the Maiden Fair"Michelle MacLarenGeorge R. R. MartinMay 12, 2013 (2013-05-12)4.84[10]
288"Second Sons"Michelle MacLarenDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissMay 19, 2013 (2013-05-19)5.13[11]
299"The Rains of Castamere"David NutterDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissJune 2, 2013 (2013-06-02)5.22[12]
3010"Mhysa"David NutterDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissJune 9, 2013 (2013-06-09)5.39[13]

Cast

Main cast

Guest cast

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

The musicians Will Champion of Coldplay and Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol made cameo appearances,[15] and Bart the Bear 2 (a.k.a. "Little Bart") was the bear that fought in the pit at Harrenhal.[16]

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,[17] HBO announced the show's renewal for a third season. Prior to that announcement, there had been rumors and reports[18] 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.[19]

The ten episodes of the third season are longer than the previous seasons', about 54 or 57 minutes as opposed to about 52.[20] The season's budget was reported to be around 50 million U.S. dollars.[21]

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.[22] 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.[19] 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.[19] 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.[23] 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,[3] and concluded with the wrap of the unit filming in Iceland on November 24, 2012.[24] Filming in Iceland, for scenes in five of the season's ten episodes, took place near Akureyri and Lake Mývatn. Dimmuborgir was used as the location for Mance Rayder's wildling army camp, and the Grjótagjá cave was used as establishing shot of Jon Snow and Ygrite in the cave although most of this scene was filmed in the studio.[25] The filming in Iceland lasted eight days, as opposed to nearly a month for season 2.[26] 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.[27]

The production was again based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and continued to receive support from the Northern Ireland Screen fund.[28] The production used various locations in Northern Ireland including Gosford Castle, which was used as the location for Tully House, 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,[3] 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.[29]

Music

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.[30]

The soundtrack for the season was released digitally on June 4, 2013, and on CD on July 2, 2013.[31]

Reception

Critical response

Review aggregator Metacritic has a score of 91 for season 3, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 25 reviews.[32] While the season 3 finale ("Mhysa") was generally well received,[33][34][35] 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.[36] On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season has a 97% approval rating from 43 critics with an average rating of 8.49 out of 10; the season also received a 96% average episode score. The site's critical consensus reads, "Game of Thrones continues to deliver top quality drama for adults, raising the stakes even higher and leaving viewers hungry for more."[37]


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

Season 3 (2013): Percentage of positive critics' reviews tracked by the website Rotten Tomatoes[37]

Ratings

Accolades

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".[38] That episode also won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.[39] 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.[40] 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.[41]

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2013 AFI Awards AFI TV Award Game of Thrones Won [42]
ASCAP Awards Top Television Series Ramin Djawadi Won [43]
EWwy Award Best Supporting Actress, Drama Natalie Dormer Won [44]
Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series Drama Nina Gold Nominated [45]
Young Hollywood Awards Actor of the Year Kit Harington Won [46]
3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Drama Series Game of Thrones Won [47]
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 [38]
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 [48]
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 [49]
29th TCA Awards Outstanding Achievement in Drama Game of Thrones Won [40]
Program of the Year Game of Thrones Nominated
Gold Derby TV Awards 2013 Best Drama Series Game of Thrones Nominated [50]
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 [51]
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 [52]
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 [53]
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 [54]
American Cinema Editors Best Edited One-Hour Series For Non-Commercial Television Oral Norrie Ottey for "The Rains of Castamere" Nominated [55]
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award One-Hour Single Camera Television Series Gemma Jackson for "Valar Dohaeris" Won [56]
American Society of Cinematographers One-Hour Episodic Television Series Jonathan Freeman for "Valar Dohaeris" Won [57]
Anette Haellmigk "Kissed by Fire" Nominated
Costume Designers Guild Awards Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series Game of Thrones Nominated [58]
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 [59]
11th Irish Film & Television Awards Best Television Drama Game of Thrones Nominated [60]
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 [61]
Directors Guild of America Award Dramatic Series David Nutter for "The Rains of Castamere" Nominated [62]
Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing – Short Form Dialogue and ADR in Television Jed Dodge and Tim Hands for "The Rains of Castamere" Won [63]
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 [39]
Kerrang! Awards Best TV Show Game of Thrones Won [64]
Location Managers Guild Awards Outstanding Location Television Program Game of Thrones Won [65]
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 [66]
Royal Television Society International Program Game of Thrones Won [67]
Saturn Award Best Television Presentation Game of Thrones Nominated [68]
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 [41]
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 [69]
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 day after the third season premiered in the U.S., it premiered in the United Kingdom on Sky Atlantic,[70] in Australia on Foxtel,[71] and in New Zealand on SoHo.[72]

Home media

The third season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on February 18, 2014 (2014-02-18),[73] in region 2 on February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17)[74] and in region 4 on February 19, 2014 (2014-02-19).[75]

It was made available for purchase as a digital download on the iTunes store, in Australia only, in parallel to the U.S. premiere.[76] However, on May 14, 2013, Foxtel blocked the Australian iTunes store from making the episodes available soon after they screened in the U.S.[77] 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.[78]

Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season
Set details Special features
  • Format: AC-3, Blu-ray, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, French, Castilian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish
  • 16:9 aspect ratio
  • 5-disc set, 10 episodes
  • "A Gathering Storm": Look back at the stormy events of Season 3 in this 14-minute recap with cast and crew.
  • "The Politics of Marriage": Cast and crew examine the institution of marriage and its place in Game of Thrones.
  • "Inside the Wildlings": Go beyond the Wall with this introduction to the wildlings.
  • "New Characters": Meet the new faces in Season 3: Olenna Tyrell, Missandei, Mance Rayder, Tormund Giantsbane, Orell, Jojen & Meera Reed, Blackfish & Edmure Tully, Thoros of Myr, and Beric Dondarrion.
  • Deleted Scenes/Extended Scenes: Five deleted and extended scenes.
  • Twelve audio commentaries by, among others, Benioff, Weiss, Martin, Headey, Clarke, Fairley, Harington, Madden and more.

Blu-ray exclusive:

  • "In-Episode Guide": In-feature resource that provides background information about on-screen characters, locations, and relevant histories.
  • "Histories & Lore": Learn about the mythology of Westeros as told from the varying perspectives of the characters themselves.
  • "The Rains of Castamere Unveiled": Get an in-depth look at the creation of the most pivotal episode of Season 3 in this comprehensive exposé featuring cast and crew.
  • "Roots of Westeros":Explore the interconnected web of relationships, rivalries, and conflicts between the noble houses of Westeros with this interactive guide.[73][79]
DVD release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
February 18, 2014[73] February 17, 2014[74] February 19, 2014[75]

The third season of Game of Thrones was the most-pirated TV series in 2013.[80]

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