Mhysa

"**Mhysa**"
"Mhysa"
Game of Thrones episode
	Daenerys, center, is hailed by the freed Yunkish as their "mhysa", or mother, as the season closes. The uplifting scene received praise, as well as criticism for alleged colonialistic undertones.
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 10
Directed by	David Nutter
Written by	David Benioff; D. B. Weiss
Featured music	Ramin Djawadi
Cinematography by	Robert McLachlan
Editing by	Oral Norrie Ottey
Original air date	June 9, 2013
Running time	62 minutes
Guest appearances
	David Bradley as Walder Frey; Patrick Malahide as Balon Greyjoy; Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton; Peter Vaughan as Maester Aemon; Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle; Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth; Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Snow; Ian McElhinney as Barristan Selmy; Anton Lesser as Qyburn; Hannah Murray as Gilly; Thomas Brodie Sangster as Jojen Reed; Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed; Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy; Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne; Ed Skrein as Daario Naharis; Kristian Nairn as Hodor; Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei; Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm; Josef Altin as Pypar; Kerry Ingram as Shireen Baratheon; Ciaran O'Grady as a Frey soldier; Michael Liebmann as a Frey soldier; Alexander Mileman as a fruit vendor; Will O'Connell as Todder; Maro Drobnic as Lord Desmond Crakehall; Marin Tudor as a Yunkai'i slave; Roxanna Kadyrova as a Yunkai'i slave; Jamal Ouarraq as a Yunkai'i slave; El Hasani as a Yunkai'i slave; Mustapha Mekanassi as a Yunkai'i slave;
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"Mhysa" is the third season finale of the American medieval epic fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and its 30th episode overall. Written by executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by David Nutter, it originally aired on June 9, 2013 (2013-06-09) on HBO in the United States.^[5]

The episode revolves on the aftermath of the events instigated by "The Red Wedding," in which Tywin Lannister is revealed to be the mastermind behind the massacre — with Walder Frey and Roose Bolton having conspired with the Lannisters against the Starks. As a result, House Frey receives the Seat of Riverrun and Roose Bolton is appointed the new "Warden of the North". Elsewhere, House Greyjoy begins a new military campaign. In the North, Maester Aemon sends out ravens to alert the whole of Westeros about the arrival of the White Walkers. And across the narrow sea, the freed slaves of Yunkai hail Daenerys as their "mhysa", the Old Ghiscari language's word for "mother".^[6]

According to Nielsen Media Research, "Mhysa" was seen by 5.4 million household viewers in the United States, a twenty-eight percent increase compared to the second season finale, "Valar Morghulis". After its broadcast, the episode received generally positive reviews from television critics, with some of them addressing its anticlimactic closure of the series' third season, and its establishment of potential storylines for the fourth season, such as through the final scene's "glimmer of hope". The episode received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series at the 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.^[7]

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