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Game of Thrones Season 2 Episode 7

A Man Without Honor

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Game of Thrones: Talk It Out

Characters got under each others' skin this week in an episode that focused on a war of clashing words instead of a war of clashing steel.

By Tim Surette, May 15, 2012

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Disappointed

1.0

By cgacesa, Oct 02, 2012

I loved first few episodes but as the show goes on, I'm more and more disappointed. Too much brutality for me. I really didn't like this episode and I think I will not watch this show anymore.
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A Lannister family portray

9.0

By ionee24, May 27, 2012

From Tywin's very own version of "Dragon tales" to Jaime's particularly odd sense of humor, this episode was the Lannister family portray as seen by the eyes of the insider,even if said insider was Arya, the "commoner" Tywin has grown fond of, hiden in plain sight and sharing the legends of Harrenhal with the visible face of her enemy.

Yet, as a certain Lannister cousin may say, it's behind familiar faces where true enemies lie, or so he would've said if Jaime wouldn't have killed him as a diversion in order to escape. If, by any chance, this man without honor deludes himself with a mistaken sense of love or devotion, then the irony escapes him for his "beloved" regreats the first born they ever made as well as the relationship that spawn it.

It only seems fitting for Tyrion to witness Cercei's statement, as it's only fitting for the Hound to witness Sansa's rite of passage. A would be Lannister only by marriage, she nevertheless receives council from Cercei. For she may never love her husband, but she'll love each and every child she'll ever give to him.

Seems only fair that, just like Cercei had Jaime to stand between her and her King, Sansa has now Sandor Clegane to stand between her and Joffrey, much like Bran and Rickon only have Hodor and Osha to stand between them and the fate Theon has reserved for them.moreless
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Great Episode

9.5

By Shane747, May 21, 2012

This was one of the best Game of Thrones episodes yet. We get to see Jaime again, and the scenes with him are all very, very good. Still, its Tywin and Arya that steal the show here. They are both such awesome characters and their conversation once again is brilliant. The Qarth and Winterfell scenes were very suspenseful, and the Kings Landing ones interesting. My main complaint here is Jon's storyline. His journey with the wildling wasn't boring, it was actually funny, but it was just walking through the snow. I would have preferred if Jon had stayed with the other Night's Watch members rather than acting like an idiot like that.

Still, it was overall quite a nice episode indeed, and the cliffhangers really left you guessing.moreless
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Honor (Spoilers Ahead)

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By Neksmater, May 16, 2012

Theon continues his hunt for Bran and Rickon and his search leads him to a farmhouse where two orphan boys that Bran sent to a farmer are. We see Bran, Rick, Osha, and Hodor go in there. When one of the Ironmen finds a walnut that Hodor had crushed earlier on his way to the farm Theon sends Maester Luwin away to do what we presume is dig out Bran and Rickon from the farmhouse since they're hidden there I guess. No Stannis or Davos this episode. Dany begins to doubt her quest to rule the seven kingdoms without her dragons and even the advice that Jorah gives her means little when he tells her that no one can survive without help in the world. Jorah goes to visit the masked woman Qaithe who is doing voodoo on a man's back who is travelling through Valyria. She says that the one who took her dragons is near which is taken to mean one of the thirteen presumably. Xaro promises that he will find the perpetrator and calls a meeting of the Thirteen of Qarth. I really like his bit about what people say about a man is all that matters of him. When Dany goes before the Thirteen to "accuse" them the Silk Lord calls her disrespectful. Pyat Pree, the priest/mage who can duplicate himself who had invited Dany to the House of the Undying a few episodes ago appears and tells them the Mother of Dragons will get her pets back at the House of the Undying before he claims that he serves the King of Qarth. Befuddled, Dany says that there is no King of Qarth but just then many Pyat Pree copies appear behind the 13 and slit their throats. Jorah and Dany try to flee but Pyat Pree catches up to them creepily saying that she must go to the House of the Undying to get her dragons back. Alton Lannister, the cousing of Jaime's who delivered Robb's conditions of peace to King's Landing, returns as he said he would and is locked up with Jaime due to lack of cell space. Lord Karstark, one of Robb's bannermen assigns his son to guard the two. Robb talks to the healing woman once again and she says that she needs medical supplies to treat the wounded of his men and he says that he is on his way to the Crag and he invites her along to take of the Crag's Maester's vault. The night he leaves Jaime and Alton bond over being squires and Jaime informs him of a way out of the cell but says that he must die and then kills Ser Alton and kills the Karstark boy by strangling him with his change and escapes the cell. He is captured by Robb's men and carried behind a horse and Lord Karstark demands his head for killing his son. Catelyn begs him to not kill him since he's such a valuable prisoner alive and that she has had a son crippled by Jaime as well and that Robb will resolve it when he returns. Jaime's retorts to Catelyn are witty but just asking for him to lose his head. Brienne responds to Karstark's soldiers' threats by drawing her sword and saying not to threaten her lady which is badass. Karstark agrees to her terms reluctantly until Robb returns and then he'll have Jaime's head. Catelyn talks to Jaime alone in his cell and calls him a Man without Honor. When he's called Kingslayer and not a knight Jaime talks of the futility of swearing so many oaths in his lifetime and why he killed King Aerys who murdered the innocent who he is sworn to protect, honor his father even though his father hates the King, and to honor his King even though he's killing the innocent. So many vows he's correct in saying that it's impossible to keep them straight. He even mentions his incest with Cersei as if he were talking of the weather and says that he has only ever been with her which in a way makes him more honorable than Ned Stark who fathered Jon Snow. North of the Wall Jon takes Ygritte with him to reconnect with Quorhin and the rest of the scout party. All the while she taunts him with the possibly of sex and how he's never done it before from her deductions. When she offers openly that she'll do it he hesitates but she escapes his rope bonds and runs up a slope where it's revealed that several wildlings surround them and she says that he should have taken her while he had the chance. In King's Landing Tyrion talks to a concerned Cersei and how there are reports that Stannis's navy is fast approaching and that they stand no chance with their fewer numbers. Cersei confesses that she thinks Joffrey's inability to be controlled, after Tyrion says that he has to behave more like a King, is a punishment from the Seven for him being born of incest. Tyrion comforts her in the first sincere moment they have between one another. Sansa's bleeds her moonblood for the first time and it is reported to the Queen that she can now bear Joffrey's children. We learn a bit about Robert and that he always went off hunting when she was in labor but that she didn't want him there anyway and that Sansa should only love her children since the more you love the weaker you are since caring makes you behave irrationally, poor dear Sansa. In Harrenhal Tywin and Arya speak of how this will be his last war and about his legacy he will leave behind. They speak of dragons and Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters who conquered Westeros and destroyed the impregnable Harrenhal three hundred years ago and how dragons changed the rules of warfare from that example. Tywin is also looking into the presumed attempt on his life when Amory Lorch was darted by Jaqen last week which is futile since he will remain hidden as we know. In the end the most depressing part happens, Theon displays the bodies of Bran and Rickon charred and hanging from rope, and a representation of how far he's slid off of the ladder of sanity. There's no turning back now. With Stannis's force fast approaching and Catelyn presumably killing Jaime after asking for Brienne's sword, and Theon hopefully going to get his, things are moving along swiftly and furiously with just three episodes left this season. Hope the good times keep on rollin'.moreless
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A Man Without Honor

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By TrueTvWatcher, May 16, 2012

A Man Without Honor was a superb episode of Game of Thrones. I really enjoyed watching because the story was engaging, full of character growth and plot development. There were a lot of cool scenes but I feel there could have been more. I do like that there are questions to be answered and I can't wait to find out how certain things play out. I liked when Arya was eating at the command of Tywin Lannister and the discussion they had. Ser Jorah Mormont returns to the service of Daenerys Targaryen who has lost her beloved Dragons. Some great stuff happened with her story line but I wanted more! I also enjoyed Tyrion and Cersei discussing how to control Joffrey. Poor Sansa had her first visit from Aunt Dot and she almost got away with hiding it thanks to Shea, but the Dog appeared. Jon Snow had some interesting interactions with the wildling woman. I wonder who exactly Theon really had. The plot thickens and I certainly look forward to watching what happens next!!!!!!!!!moreless
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- Jaime Lannister: (to Catelyn Stark) You've become a real she-wolf in your later years. There's not much fish left in you.
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- Cersei Lannister: Permit me to share some womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. The more people you love, the weaker you are. You'll do things for them that you know you shouldn't do. You'll act the fool to make them happy, to keep them safe. Love no one but your children. On that front a mother has no choice.
  Sansa Stark: But...shouldn't I love Joffrey, Your Grace?
  Cersei Lannister: You can try, little dove.
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- Sansa Stark: Why are you always so hateful?
  Sandor Clegane: You'll be glad of the hateful things I do someday when you're queen and I'm all that stands between you and your beloved king.
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- Ygritte: You could be free too. You don't need to live your whole life taking commands from old men. Wake up when you want to wake up. I could show you the streams to fish, the woods to hunt. Build yourself a cabin and find a woman to lie with in the night. You're a pretty lad. Girls would claw each other's eyes out to get naked with you.
  Jon Snow: Walk.
  Ygritte: I could teach you how to do it.
  Jon Snow: I know how to do it.
  Ygritte: You know nothing, Jon Snow.
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