Fire and Blood
Dinklage appears as Tyrion Lannister in the tenth episode of the first season, Fire and Blood, alongside Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister and Sibel Kekilli as his lover, Shae. The Lannister military commanders realize they are fighting a battle on two fronts, against armies led by the Stark noble house to the north and the Baratheon house to the south. Tywin is impressed when Tyrion correctly assesses that they will not be able to make peace with the Starks. He appoints Tyrion to act as Hand of the King for his nephew, Joffrey Baratheon, but says that he must leave Shae behind when he travels to King’s Landing.