Game: Of Thrones Season 1

Rating: ★★★★★ (Essential Viewing) Best Episode: “Baelor” (S1E9) Best Performance: Sean Bean (Ned Stark) Should you rewatch it? Immediately. But maybe skip the Red Wedding season if you need to smile today.

Then, on April 17, 2011, the opening notes of Ramin Djawadi’s haunting cello theme played over a bronze map of Westeros. And television never recovered. game of thrones season 1

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Season 1 is a self-contained tragedy about the death of honor. It’s Shakespeare’s Henry VI meets The Godfather . It’s a reminder that before the dragons grew huge, before the army of the dead marched, before the final throne was melted down… there was a simple story. Then, on April 17, 2011, the opening notes

A good man went south. He did the right thing. And he lost his head. It’s Shakespeare’s Henry VI meets The Godfather

The central tragedy is (Sean Bean). A man of absolute honor in a game designed for liars, schemers, and backstabbers. He believes that revealing the truth—that Cersei’s children are bastards born of incest—will save the realm. Instead, in Episode 9, “Baelor,” he is betrayed, branded a traitor, and beheaded on the steps of the Great Sept of Baelor.

— Fifteen years ago, HBO took a massive gamble. They adapted a sprawling, unfinished series of fantasy novels known for killing its heroes, inventing new curse words, and featuring more family trees than a botanical garden. Critics predicted a flop. Fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire held their breath.