Monthly Archives: February 2019

Synopsis: Craster returns to Mormont with Snow. Mormont chastises Snow for spying on Craster, and when Jon admits what he saw he realizes that Mormont knew. In the morning, the men of the Night’s Watch take their leave. Samwell gives Gilly a trinket that his mother had given him. At Winterfell, Bran confesses to Maester Luwin that in his dreams, he is seeing the world through his direwolf’s eyes, tasting the blood of his kills, howling. Renly has taken up residence in Stormlands and declared himself King. At a swordfight bout, Brienne of Tarth bests Loras and requests to be a member of Renly’s kingsguard, which he grants. Catelyn visits Renly to broker a deal, and he introduces his new wife, Margaery Tyrell, Loras’ sister. Theon chastises Yara for concealing her identity. Balon wants to attack the north while Robb and his men are focused on the Lannisters and King’s Landing. Balon entrusts the fleet to Yara, despite Theon’s objections. Theon dumps all his daddy issues out on Balon for giving him away to the Starks.

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Synopsis: Arya’s on the road to the night’s watch and meets one of their prisoners, Jaqen, who has an annoying way of talking about himself. When a couple men of the kingsguard catches up to the group, Arya is worried they are there for her, but turns out they are looking for Gendry. Yoren gets the men to leave, but everyone gives Gendry a side eye. Cersei receives word of Robb’s refusal to recognize Joffrey’s reign. The small council also get raven about potential trouble on the wall. Beyond the wall at Craster’s keep, Sam has a meetcute with Gilly after Ghost gives her a fright. The mixture of the men of the Night’s Watch and the Craster’s daughters may not be the best mixture. Gilly and Sam tell Jon that she is pregnant and she asks for their help in escaping from Craster. The Dothraki horde suffers from dehydration, starvation and an overall lack of direction in the Red Waste. A horse returns but without Rakaro, well, save for his head in a bag. This leadership thing is starting to be an issue for Dany.

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Synopsis: Yoren hides out with Arya, cutting her hair and reinforcing that she’s now a “boy.” Bran saw the three-eyed raven again in his dream, this time sending him to the crypt. He has Osha take him down there where Bran shares the history of his family. News of Ned’s demise hits Winterfell and Robb and Catelyn, who are both distraught. Joffrey forces Sansa to look at Ned’s head on a spike, thus destroying any last shred of interest she may have had in him. Robb’s team argues over who deserves to be on the throne and avow support for Robb as King. Catelyn takes on Jaime, who confesses to pushing Bran out the window. With Jaime away, Cersei has taken up with Lancel, another relative. Tywin sends Tyrion to King’s Landing to be the Hand of the King for Joffrey. Jorah tells Dany that her baby was stillborn, and that the baby was monstrous, scaled like a lizard. Dany finds her husband is healed, but lacks his faculties. She confronts the witch who admits she did this on purpose, to save the world from the Dothraki threat.

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Synopsis: Varys visits Ned in the dungeon, recounting how Sansa pleaded for his life and Robb going to war. He pleads with Ned to bend the knee to Joffrey to save the kingdom from war. Catelyn meets with Walder Frey to bargain with him to let Robb’s men through Frey’s gates. The elder Mormont gives Jon his family sword, made with Valyrian steel, as thanks for saving his life. Mormont says he sent Thorne to King’s Landing to share the news of the white walkers and the show him the hand they found. Catelyn rejoins Robb and tells him Frey’s demands to support them, which include Robb marrying one of Frey’s many daughters. Robb agrees. Maester Aemon reveals he is a Targaryen to Jon. Drogo’s injuries worsen. The other Dothraki blame the witch and want to kill her but Dany won’t hear of it. A very pregnant Dany promises the witch freedom if she can save Drogo. The witch says only life can save a life and calls for Drogo’s horse. Tywin tells Tyrion that he is to fight alongside the Stone Crows on the front line. Tyrion is less than enthused. In his tent, Tyrion meets Shae, a whore. Tyrion, Bronn and Shae bond over a game of I Never and later, Shae and Tyrion spend the night together.

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Synopsis: Chaos erupts in the Red Keep as Arya trains with Syrio. When Meryn Trant and his men come for her Syrio holds them off as Arya escapes. The Hound comes for Sansa. Arya grabs needle but accidentally kills a stable boy as she runs. In the dungeon, Varys visits Ned. At Castle Black, the Nightswatch learn of the death of King Robert, as the threat of the white walkers becomes more ominous. Cersei forces Sansa to write a letter to Robb and Catelyn to swear fealty to King Joffrey. The letter reaches Robb, but rather than fealty, he decides to mobilize his troops against the new king. Catelyn asks her sister to support them in the coming war but Lysa will not send her knights.

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Synopsis: Our first introduction to the great Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance), and as befitting the character, his first scene is him skinning a stag (foreshadowing the episode’s big death?) while he shames Jaime. We then go back to King’s Landing where Ned confronts Cersei. He pulls a Maury and says he knows Jaime is the father of her children and not the King. She doesn’t deny it. Clear sexposition scene as Baelish coaches a couple of his naked whores on how to please men, while also explaining how deep his affection for Catelyn is. Theon taunts Osha before Luwin interrupts. Osha talks of the White Walkers, creatures that Luwin is sure have been dead for hundreds of years (but being dead and being a threat aren’t mutually exclusive, are they?). On the wall, Jon Snow bromances with Samwell, talking about girls until they see Benjen’s horse, sans Benjen. Renley finds Ned to tell him about Robert, he’s had a hunting accident. Robert, grumbling in bed, says goodbye to Joffrey as Ned arrives, Cersei and the others standing by. Robert sends everyone out, and has Ned take a letter, naming him the Lord Regent ruling in his stead until Joffrey comes of age, but sneaky Ned changes the language to read “rightful heir” instead, knowing that Joffrey is not legitimate.

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Synopsis: Ned wakes in his bed to find Cersei and Robert hovering over him. Cersei demands the return of her brother. Robert gives Ned his post back and says Ned has to sit on the throne while he is away on a hunt. Daenerys shows she’s impervious to heat. Bran has another dream of the three-eyed raven. Theon tries to get Robb to rally an army against the Lannisters. While off on his horse, Bran is found by some wildlings. Robb and Theon kill the wildlings except for Osha, whom they take prisoner. Arya and Syrio contine their lessons.

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Synopsis: Ned questions Ser Hugh’s death to Barristen Selmy. The King wants another joust so this time we get introduced to Loras Tyerll who challenges the Mountain. When the Mountain loses the joust he pulls out his sword, but the Hound protects Loras. Catelyn rides with her prisoner Tyrion. Bran is upset that Catelyn left him. Varys warns Ned that the King is in danger. Arya finds her way into the dungeons with dragon skulls. She overhears Varys and Illyrio having a secret discussion but isn’t quite sure what they mean, other than a threat against Ned. Baelish and Varys have a passive aggressive face off, both noting they are watching the other one. Yoren makes his way to King’s Landing and tells Ned that Catelyn has the imp.

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Synopsis: Bran’s first dream of a three-eyed raven. Tyrion returns to Winterfell and has a less than positive reception from Robb. Despite this, Tyrion shares plans for a system to let Bran ride a horse. Tyrion also has words with Theon, taunting him about his status as captor vs. Theon’s belief he’s part of the clan. Samwell Tarly joins the training at the wall, but doesn’t make a strong impression. He’s a coward, Tarly admits. Dany and the Dothraki continue their ride with Dany growing into her status as the bride of the leader, and Viserys not loving his station. Dany questions Jorah about the history of the seven kingdoms and her part in it. Sansa still holds a grudge against her father. Ned begins his investigation into the death of Jon Arryn, tracing his last steps, and discovering a genealogy book from Pycell that Arryn looked into shortly before his death. Pycell shares Arryn’s last words “the seed is strong,” but no one makes sense of it.

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