Game of Thrones
Winter is Coming
TV Flash files “Winter is Coming” as the hour the catalog opens — Game of Thrones (2011–2019) on HBO, season 1, episode 1, aired 2011-04-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 73 in the Game of Thrones guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2011-04-17 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “The Kingsroad” (S01E02).
Winter is Coming sells the map and the warning. Watch it as the tone contract the later tags would put on trial — not as a safe first chapter.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Lord Eddard Stark, ruler of the North, is summoned to court by his old friend, King Robert Baratheon, to serve as the King's Hand. Eddard reluctantly agrees after learning of a possible threat to the King's life. Eddard's bastard son Jon Snow must make a painful decision about his own future, while in the distant east Viserys Targaryen plots to reclaim his father's throne, usurped by Robert, by selling his sister in marriage.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Winter is Coming sit in the Game of Thrones guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 73 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Game of Thrones S01E01 air?
Winter is Coming aired 2011-04-17 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start if I never watched?
Episode one. This is not an anthology and not a skip-to-the-dragons situation. The first season is the contract: scale, warning, and the spoiler lesson the rest of the run will keep teaching.
In the series
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