該集以發生在虛構的維斯特洛（Westeros）大陸上不同地點交錯的事件開場，其中大多數事件都發生在王國內部的臨冬城（Winterfell）。與維斯特洛大陸隔海峽相望的是潘托斯（Pentos），兩位維斯特洛前王室的成員流亡在這裡。

長城以北"集開始為三名守夜人——威瑪·羅伊斯爵士（Ser Waymar Royce）、威爾（Will）和蓋爾德（Gared）在長城以北偵查。在發現一些野人殘缺不全的屍體後，三名守夜人被超自然生物和不死的野人嚇壞了。兩名守夜人被這些怪物殺死，威爾僥倖逃脫。出於害怕，威爾當了逃兵。

君臨城:在國王這地，王后瑟曦和雙胞胎弟弟詹姆看著首相瓊恩·艾林的屍體，討論如果瓊恩·艾林將兩人的事說出去，他們早就被國王處決了，但現在這個秘密和首相已經長眠地下。

北境王國:北境王國的臨冬城史塔克（Stark）家族，族長奈德·史塔克、其妻子凱特琳·史塔克和他們的五個兒子：長子羅伯·史塔克、長女珊薩·史塔克、幼女艾雅·史塔克、十歲的兒子布蘭·史塔克和小兒子瑞肯·史塔克，以及奈德的私生子瓊恩·雪諾.

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拍攝地點為.北愛爾蘭.蘇格蘭.和摩洛哥. (外景) 戰爭場景至於內景戲份多數為電腦特製作,冰雪效果亦同,本電視劇集多數戰爭場景,廝殺,流血,暴力,甚至於色情鏡頭頗多....

Is winter really coming?

The science behind the weather in Game of Thrones.

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Winter is Coming“: the prophetic motto of House Stark. The meaning behind the motto is the warning of the darker days to come. The motto was first uttered by the late Ned Stark in the first episode of the first season of Game of Thrones. It is the pillar that holds the complex amalgamation of Game of Thrones‘ corrupt politics, brutal truths, allegiances, love, and sex. Lots of it. (Well, in the TV series that is.)

《權力遊戲》是根據喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻小說系列《冰與火之歌》改編的系列電視劇。

舞台設定以中世紀歐洲為基礎的虛構奇幻世界，存在著龍與魔法。
作品描繪圍繞著統治七王國的「鐵王座」而展開的眾多角色交錯的群像劇。

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"Winter Is Coming" is the series premiere of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones. The first episode of the first season, it was written by series creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, in an adaptation of the first chapters of George R. R. Martins book A Game of Thrones. The episode was directed by Tim Van Patten, redoing the work done by director Tom McCarthy in an unaired pilot.

As the first episode of the series, it introduces the setting and the main characters of the show. The episode centers on the Stark family, and how Ned Stark gets involved in the court politics after King Robert Baratheon chooses him to replace his recently deceased chief administrator ("Hand of the King"). The episode received largely positive reviews, with major praise going to the acting performances and production values, and was seen initially by 2.2 million viewers. A week before the episode first aired, HBO made the first 15 minutes available as an Internet preview.