History Recap / GameOfThronesS2E6TheOldGodsAndTheNew

** Amory Lorch's reading isn't very good, and he sends crucial information to the wrong people as a result. Tywin is not pleased.

** Likewise Osha's naked body is muscled and scarred, unlike Natalia Tena's soft curves.

* TheLadysFavor: Gender inverted when Sam gives Gilly his mother's thimble.

* MythologyGag: in the books, House Stark trace their lineage back to a semi-mythical boy named Brandon the Builder: it was he who raised the Wall; who positioned Winterfell over hot springs, so that warm water races through its walls like blood through veins; who built Storm's End, with stones so cunningly joined that there are no snags or pinnaces for the gales off Shipbreaker Bay to tear at. InUniverse, this is presumably where Arya got the idea of claiming her father was a stonemason.

* DeathByAdaptation: Poor Irri.

** Joffrey ordering the rioting peasants killed sounds identical to his ordering Ned's men killed upon Ned's attempted coup.

* ShapedLikeItself
-->'''Robb:''' This is Lady Talisa. She's been helping with the wounded, she's been very...helpful.

* EmpathicEnvironment: The rain turns from a drizzle to a downpour after Theon cuts of Ser Rodrick's head.

* GoryDiscretionShot:

* KnightInSourArmor: Halfhand

** Rodrick gives one to Theon, including spitting in his face, which is so vicious that Theon is forced to kill him to maintain his men's respect.

* WouldntHitAGirl: Why Jon Snow can't bring himself to execute Ygritte.

** Unsurprising, considering the show prettied up Osha and even ''Brienne'' in a sense.

** With Tywin at Harrenhal, Arya would look pretty stupid using up her second death on a childish whim. So instead Amory Lorch catches her stealing an order for a Lannister army, forcing her to use it on him.

* {{Angrish}}: Tywin gets (by his standards) very close to this when he finds out that Lorch's near-illiteracy caused him to send Tywin's instructions to the wrong man, and endangered Jaime's life as a result. While it would be a mild case by most people's standards, his composure is badly shaken and it shows in his speech.
--> '''Tywin:''' To whom does House Dormund owe allegiance?

--> '''Tywin:''' TO THE ''STARKS OF WINTERFELL!'' WHO HAVE ''THIRTY THOUSAND MEN '''AND MY SON!''''' I judged you might be good for something more than ''brutalizing peasants,'' but apparently I underestimated you. If you ever endanger my son's life again, I'll...

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Qhorin sheathes his sword without cleaning it off first; the blood and such is quite visible. Imagine what that gunk will do to the inside of the scabbard.

** Which is understandable as Theon isn't using an executioner's sword or even a normal two-handed one. His sword is designed for fighting, not beheading.

Sansa's... In a bit of trouble. She's been cornered by four men, and [[AttemptedRape you can guess what they have on their minds]]. They're holding her legs open and one of them's pulling his pants down when, suddenly, there's a NeckLift and his entrails come popping out. [[BigDamnHeroes It's the Hound]], who takes her to safery. Tyrion thanks him, but he brushes it off: "I didn't do it for you."

Sansa's... In a bit of trouble. She's been cornered by four men, and [[AttemptedRape you can guess what they have on their minds]]. They're holding her legs open and one of them's pulling his pants down when, suddenly, there's a NeckLift and his entrails come popping out. [[BigDamnHeroes It's the Hound.]] Tyrion thanks him, but he brushes it off: "I didn't do it for you."

Robb is not pleased with the contents of the message Maester Luwin got off, and even less with the updates Roose Bolton has received from Barrowton and the Dreadfort, which include Sir Rodrik's death. Robb is all for abandoning the war against the Lannisters and striking north at once, but Bolton convinces him to deputize Bolton's bastard son (name not given here, but in the books it's Ramsay Snow), who can mobilize enough men to retake Winterfell on his own. Robb consents.

Sansa's... In a bit of trouble. She's been cornered by four men, and [[AttemptedRape you can guess what they have on their minds]]. They're holding her legs open and one of them's pulling his pants down when, suddenly, there's a NeckLift and his entrails come popping out. [[BigDamHeroes It's the Hound.]] Tyrion thanks him, but he brushes it off: "I didn't do it for you."

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Tyrion delivers a well-deserved and immensely satisfying one to Joffrey. [[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E2TheKingsroad Again.]]

** Dany's dragons are stolen, a good idea given how she doesn't have much to do in book two.
** Osha just gets a huge one in general, getting Bran, Rickon and Hodor out safely.
* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the books Summer and Shaggydog are locked inside the godswood because Shaggydog attacks Little Walder so when the ironborn come, the wolves can't protect Bran and Rickon. In the episode there's no explanation why Summer and Shaggydog are not present.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "Theon...did you hate us the whole time?"

* NeckLift: The Hound does this to one of Sansa's would-be rapists, and then stabs him while still holding him in the air.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness
** Ygritte is described as having "a pug nose, and crooked white teeth". Rose Leslie can hardly be described that way.
*** Unsurprising, considering the show prettied up Osha and even ''Brienne'' in a sense.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Maester Luwin is bound to serve the Lord of Winterfell (regardless of whom that person might be). That said, he tries to ensure the safety of the Stark boys and the castle's residents.