Game Of Thrones: S1E1

The introduction of supernatural creatures called ‘The White Walkers’ is what this epic TV show opens with. These are non-dead, zombie like things beyond the wall. Oh yes, there is a giant wall…The Wall…which separates the wildlings and whites and all sorts of raw things from the rest of the Westeros. And yes there is also Essos…and Pentos?!!

Let me back up a little… Game of thrones is a fantasy series which is set in times of Kings and Queens where there are two notable continents. One of them is called Westeros which spreads vertically from The Wall (and the things beyond the wall) in the North to Dorne(one of the Kingdoms) in the south. Essos (other continent) on the other hand spreads horizontally and is not part of all the political fight that is going on in Westeros. So Westeros has seven main kingdoms (with their capital at King’s Landing) and then their small allied houses. Lets get to these as and when needed otherwise you will go crazy.

Now lets get back to our story. So three members of The Night’s Watch (a group which is supposed to protect The Wall from things beyond The Wall) go beyond The Wall and see some strange supernatural action. Two of them die while one of them escapes.

On a parallel story, a young princess named Daenerys Stormborn (or Danny) of House Targaryn (one of the nobel houses which were originally from Essos but went on to go to Westeros and rule the seven kingdoms in the past and has been out of ruling since a long time now) is introduced to a leader of the Dothraki’s (some savage people!!) named Khal Drogo.(Khal=King) Prince Vicerys (Danny’s brother) wants the entire Dothraki army to invade Westeros in exchange of Danny and Drogo’s marriage (so Danny becomes Khaleesi=Queen). One of the pivotal scenes introduces two things to us. There is incest(a lot of it) in this series and that Danny is unaffected by steaming hot water (?!!) Danny weds Drogo and there’s that. Couple of other things to notice include nudity (and sex and Bo*bs) and the gifts Danny receives at her wedding. Drogo gives her a white horse (predictable), Ser Jorah gifts her books (Meh!) but Illyrio (Illyrio Mopatis is a wealthy magister in a free city of Pentos in Essos) gifts her 3 dragon eggs (Now that’s like a wedding gift!!!) More about this later.

Now back to Westeros, in King's Landing, we see Queen Cersei talking to her brother Jaime Lannister(who she loves... Like literally, sexually... Ewwww...) about the death of King’s Hand…I mean King’s previous Hand…who is now dead!

Remember the desserter of the Night’s Watch who saw white walkers? He is executed by Lord Eddard Stark (Ned) in front of his sons. So Ned has many children. Lets talk about them as and when required. So the King (Robert Baratheon) who just lost his hand needs a new one. So he decides to visit Winterfell (one of the nobel houses in the North) and make Ned (Lord of Winterfell) his new hand! (Yeah, thats a thing in Westeros!) However Ned’s wife Catelyn (Cat) doesn’t want Ned to go to King’s Landing to be the hand of the King. (Hand of the king is like the one person who rules over westeros in the king's absence so that king can freely invest his time in fuc*ing multiple whor*s at a time!) Then we see a big celebration and that Jon Snow (Ned’s basterd) not attending the party. Jon tells his uncle Benjen Stark (also a brother and first ranger in the Night's Watch) to take him with him to join the Night’s Watch. We also see Tyrion Lannister (Dwarf but smart and Cercei's other brother who she doesn't love) talking to Jon who advises Jon to wear his insults like an armour! Cat receives a letter from her sister Lysa (who was married to old hand Jon Arryn) that the old hand was killed by the Lannisters. Even after all of this, Ned decides to go to King’s Landing (Why Ned, Why??)

Bran Stark (one of Ned’s children) catches Cersei and Jaime in action and is pushed out from a tower by Jaime. Oh…the things that we do for love!

Is Bran dead? Wait for the second episode to find out...

Here’s a link to another blog article that I wrote about the season 1 episode 1 of Suits:

Suits Season 1 Episode 1 Explained

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