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Game of Thrones – Season 4, Episode 3 Breaker of Chains

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Game of Thrones – Season 4, Episode 3

Breaker of Chains

Aired Apr 20, 2014

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Fantasy

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Tyrion considers his options; Tywin extends an olive branch; Sam questions the safety of Castle Black; Jon proposes a plan; the Hound teaches Arya; Dany chooses her champion.

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While "Breaker of Chains" is a letdown after the Purple Wedding, the episode expertly weaves together a number of necessary plot points -- and still manages to deliver a very memorable scene.

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Peter Dinklage

Tyrion Lannister

Lena Headey

Queen Cersei Lannister

Emilia Clarke

Daenerys Targaryen

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Ser Jaime Lannister

Aidan Gillen

Petyr Baelish

Iain Glen

Ser Jorah Mormont

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Alan Sepinwall

Uproxx

04/02/2019

Tywin moves very swiftly throughout the episode to shore up his power base.

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Tom Chivers

Daily Telegraph (UK)

03/30/2019

The whole episode had a morning-after-the-night-before feel, shocked and raw and tender. But it had a few moments of its own.

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Allison Keene

Collider

03/30/2019

A Storm of Swords is an excellent book, and the episode sticking so close to the source material made it an episode filled with necessary world-building, history and purpose.

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Randy Dankievitch

TV Over Mind

02/26/2020

As the best hours of Game of Thrones do, "Breakers and Chains" doesn't just juggle numerous stories, but finds a common thread running through all of them.

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Alex Mullane

Digital Spy

04/09/2019

This week's episode features perhaps the most controversial scene that Game of Thrones has ever filmed. And that's saying something.

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Jeff Spross

Brightest Young Things

04/09/2019

The show's most reliable source of moral decency is Sam.

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Synopsis

Tyrion considers his options; Tywin extends an olive branch; Sam questions the safety of Castle Black; Jon proposes a plan; the Hound teaches Arya; Dany chooses her champion.

Director: Alex Graves
Executive Producer: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, Ralph Vicinanza, George R.R. Martin
Screenwriter: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Apr 20, 2014