The Three Presents

The Three Presents is the first episode of the first season of The Musketeers. It first aired on 17 June 2016. A 15-minute preview of the first episode was shown on 3 June 2017. The episode was written by executive producers David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and directed by Michael Slovis.

Gascony
D'Artagnan and his father engage in an exhausting sparring duel. The father shows his son a signature move, which ends with the point of the sword at his son's chest, and advises to use it in a fight only as a last resort. He gives the boy 15 crowns and a letter to the commander of the King's musketeers, then presents him a sword he and his own father used in the King's service. He leaves home on a huge yellow workhorse with his few belongings and a salve his mother advises him to rub into any wounds, and he strikes out for Paris to take his place as a musketeer.

The Inn of Jolly Miller
D'Artagnan nearly arrives in Paris, but stops at an inn, where he comes upon Rochefort, a tall man with a patch over one eye, who makes an offhanded remark to some companions about the newcomer's horse. Anxious to fight at any opportunity, as his father suggested, the young Gascon challenges Rochefort, only to have his sword struck in two. He is knocked out as his new enemy goes to meet an approaching carriage. Rochefort greets the passenger inside -- Milady DeWinter -- and tells her she must go to England to report on the Duke of Buckingham. The pair are spies for Cardinal Richelieu. D'Artagnan again tries to pick a fight but ends up falling in the mud.

Recap

 * Main: The Three Presents recap

A detailed recap of the episode scene by scene.

Appearances

 * Main: The Three Presents/Appearances


 * D'Artagnan
 * D'Artagnan's Father
 * D'Artagnan's Mother

In the books

 * See: Differences between books and TV series - Season 1


 * The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Game of Thrones
 * Chapter 1
 * Chapter 2
 * Chapter 3
 * Chapter 4
 * Chapter 5
 * Chapter 6
 * Chapter 7