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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Tywin gets tired of Olenna's firm resistance and triumphs her with Royal prerogatives; if she doesn't cave in Loras will be made a member of the celibate Kingsguard, meaning the Tyrell name will wither and fade, as Joffrey's sons would inherit instead.
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** Arya practicing with a bow refers back to his her establishing character moment in [[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E1WinterIsComing the first episode]]. She's skilled but in need of schooling, as she doesn't know the first thing about shooting in combat conditions.
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** On a lighter note, Tywin actually snarks back at Olenna, and seems to be hiding a smile for some of the conversation, suggesting that he is actually enjoying the game with a WorthyOpponent.
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** On a lighter note, Tywin actually snarks back at Olenna, and seems to be hiding a smile for some of the conversation, suggesting that he is actually enjoying the game with a WorthyOpponent.WorthyOpponent, until he's slightly thrown off guard by the mention of the twincest, which prompts him to stand up and refill his cup trying to conceal it, before finally relying on his usual stern approach.
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* CallBack: Arya's practicing with a bow refers back to his establishing character moment in [[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E1WinterIsComing the first episode]]. She's skilled but in need of schooling, as she doesn't know the first thing about shooting in combat conditions.
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* CallBack: Arya's CallBack:
** Arya practicing with a bow refers back to his establishing character moment in [[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E1WinterIsComing the first episode]]. She's skilled but in need of schooling, as she doesn't know the first thing about shooting in combatconditions.conditions.
** Littlefinger makes "good" on his promise about what happens to bad investments.
** Arya practicing with a bow refers back to his establishing character moment in [[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E1WinterIsComing the first episode]]. She's skilled but in need of schooling, as she doesn't know the first thing about shooting in combat
** Littlefinger makes "good" on his promise about what happens to bad investments.
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* ConflictingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Jon promised to Ygritte that he wouldn't turn traitor. Now he has two vows to keep.]]
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** [[spoiler:Jon promised to Ygritte that he wouldn't turn traitor. Now he has two vows to keep.]]
** [[spoiler:Jon promised to Ygritte that he wouldn't turn traitor. Now he has two vows to keep.]]
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* ForTheEvulz: The Boy says he's torturing Theon because it is fun, not for any higher purpose.
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* ForTheEvulz: ForTheEvulz:
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** The Boy says he's torturing Theon because it is fun, not for any higher purpose.
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* TeethClinchedTeamwork: Osha and Meera are at each other's throats. Bran demostrates that his lordship is not merely an honorary title by identifying the liabilty and quickly putting and end to it.
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* TeethClinchedTeamwork: Osha and Meera are at each other's throats. Bran demostrates demonstrates that his lordship is not merely an honorary title by identifying the liabilty and quickly putting and end to it.
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** Olenna considers Tywin one.
*** It's likely that he reciprocates; he actually joins in with her snark to some extent and he clearly has no illusions whatsoever about who really runs the Tyrells, as shown by the fact that he doesn't insult her by mentioning that he really ought to be negotiating with her son, who is technically the head of the family.
*** It's likely that he reciprocates; he actually joins in with her snark to some extent and he clearly has no illusions whatsoever about who really runs the Tyrells, as shown by the fact that he doesn't insult her by mentioning that he really ought to be negotiating with her son, who is technically the head of the family.
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** Olenna considers Tywin one.
*** It's likely thatone and obliquely tells him so at the end of their chat.
** Tywin knows he's fighting and equal in Olenna; hereciprocates; he actually joins in with her snark to some extent and he clearly has no illusions whatsoever about who really runs the Tyrells, as shown by the fact that he doesn't insult her by mentioning that he really ought to be negotiating with her son, who is technically the head of the family.
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** Tywin knows he's fighting and equal in Olenna; he
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* CallBack: Arya's practicing with a bow refers back to his establishing character moment in [[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E1WinterIsComing the first episode]]. She's skilled but in need of schooling, as she doesn't know the first thing about shooting in combat conditions.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: The climb refers to the ascension of The Wall and also to the chances taken by jumped-up upstarts like Littlefinger to climb the social ladder.
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* TakeMyHand: Jon saving Ygritte from falling. Said verbatim.
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* LoudOfWar: The Boy wakes up Theon with a really loud horn.
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** Littlefinger is notably less genteel in this episode, showing how furious he is that Varys scuppered his plans to abscond with Sansa.
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** Littlefinger is notably less genteel in this episode, showing how furious he is that Varys scuppered his plans to abscond with Sansa. Varys also lets his SissyVillain persona slip when he threatens Littlefinger back.
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** Joffrey [[spoiler: apparently shot Ros full of arrows for fun, and possibly for sexual pleasure.]]
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Up North, Jon and the Wildlings are still climbing '''The Wall'''. An ice collapse drops a bunch of Wildlings to their deaths, and leaves Jon and Ygritte hanging. Just as the rope is about to be cut, Jon is able to swing them both to safety.
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Up North, Jon and the Wildlings are still climbing '''The Wall'''. An ice collapse drops a bunch of Wildlings to their deaths, and leaves Jon and Ygritte hanging. Despite Tormund's protests, Orell decides to cut the rope, declaring that Jon and Ygritte's weight will pull him and Tormund down. Just as the rope is about to be cut, Jon is able to swing them both to safety.
* ArrangedMarriage: Edmure is given one with a Frey girl whom he has never met. He complains, but everyone forces him to agree to it.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Ros]] is used as Joffrey's target practice.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Ros]] ForTheEvulz: The Boy says he's torturing Theon because it is used as Joffrey's target practice.fun, not for any higher purpose.
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* TheNothingAfterDeath: According to Dondarrion.
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* TheNothingAfterDeath: According to Dondarrion.Dondarrion, he only sees darkness before he comes back to life.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Boy mocks Theon by saying that he betrayed Robb just because the Starks didn't appreciate him enough and Balon Greyjoy didn't love him, and in his betrayal, he became nothing but a colossal failure. And since Theon told him that Bran and Rickon are alive, he's failed them too.
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** Varys and Littlefinger have their customary dialogue to this effect, though by the end of it [[spoiler: their FriendlyEnemy status appears to have been destroyed by Littlefinger's treatment of Ros and contemptuous refutation of Varys' principles.]]
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** Varys and Littlefinger have their customary dialogue to this effect, though by the end of it [[spoiler: their FriendlyEnemy status appears to have been destroyed by Littlefinger's treatment of Ros and contemptuous refutation of Varys' principles.]]]]
* WouldHurtAChild: The Boy says he plans to eventually hunt down and kill Bran and Rickon.
* WouldHurtAChild: The Boy says he plans to eventually hunt down and kill Bran and Rickon.
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* TitleDrop: Littlefinger refers to everyone's struggle to get to the top as "The Climb". Some fail and never rise again.
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* TitleDrop: Littlefinger refers to everyone's struggle to get to the top and reach their happy ending as "The Climb". Some fail and never rise again. However, in the end, there is no happy ending. The Climb is all that exists.
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* AnyOneCanDie: [[spoiler: Ros.]]
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* AnyOneCanDie: AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Ros.]]
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We start the episode '''Beyond The Wall''' where Samwell fails at making a campfire. Gilly helps him, and he tells her about the Wall and Castle Black. After admitting that he isn't a good singer, he helps sing to Gilly's son. He also shows her a black-glass dagger that he picked up at the Fist of The First Men, but surely that won't be importa-
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In the '''Riverlands''', Arya is pumping arrows into a target, reciting her "prayer" as she goes. As Thoros of Myr watches amused, Anguy gives her some shooting advice. Melisandre shows up, and she and Thoros chat in High Valyrian for a bit, mostly about how he had failed to convert Robert Baratheon, until he finally takes her to see Beric Dondarrion. Melisandre is somewhere between awed and horrified that Beric's been revived six times. She wonders how Thoros could have such power, but the priest clarifies that the power belongs to the Lord of Light. He give some backstory about how he had fallen into sin, and lost his faith, but found it again when the Mountain killed Beric. In his desperation, he had prayed to R'hllor to revive him, and the Lord answered. Now both he and Beric are His faithful servants. Melisandre begins to tell them what she needs, which is presumably the "King's Blood" she was talking about a few episodes ago, because in the next scene Gendry is put in chains. Arya protests that Gendry wanted to join the Brotherhood, and Melisandre replies that what he has in him puts him above them. After Red Priestess makes some cryptic comments about Arya's future we go to...
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In the '''Riverlands''', Arya is pumping arrows into a target, reciting her "prayer" as she goes. As Thoros of Myr watches amused, Anguy gives her some shooting advice. Melisandre shows up, and she and Thoros chat in High Valyrian for a bit, mostly about how he had failed to convert Robert Baratheon, until he finally takes her to see Beric Dondarrion. Melisandre is somewhere between awed and horrified that Beric's been revived six times. She wonders how Thoros could have such power, but the priest clarifies that the power belongs to the Lord of Light. He give gives some backstory about how he had fallen into sin, and lost his faith, but found it again when the Mountain killed Beric. In his desperation, he had prayed to R'hllor to revive him, and the Lord answered. Now both he and Beric are His faithful servants. Melisandre begins to tell them what she needs, which is presumably the "King's Blood" she was talking about a few episodes ago, because in the next scene Gendry is put in chains. Arya protests that Gendry wanted to join the Brotherhood, and Melisandre replies that what he has in him puts him above them. After Red Priestess makes some cryptic comments about Arya's future we go to...
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In '''Kings Landing''', Olenna Tyrell and Tywin Lannister haggle over whether Loras should marry Cersei. Because Olenna's a lovely lady and Tywin's a warm-hearted patriatch, comments implying Loras' homosexuality and Cersei's incest come out. Pointing out that neither of them of them wins if Joffrey isn't Robert's son, Tywin offers to put Loras in the Kingsguard.
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In '''Kings Landing''', Olenna Tyrell and Tywin Lannister haggle over whether Loras should marry Cersei. Because Olenna's a lovely lady and Tywin's a warm-hearted patriatch, patriarch, comments implying Loras' homosexuality and Cersei's incest come out. Pointing out that neither of them of them wins if Joffrey isn't Robert's son, Tywin offers to put Loras in the Kingsguard.
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Elsewhere, Littlefinger is sitting near the Iron Throne, just admiring it. Varys shows up to begin one of their little snarkfests, mentioning how Petyr must be sad to marry his second choice. Littlefinger then turns around and, like, totally ''wins the argument'' by mentioning how it was him who foiled Vary's scheme with Sansa, and how Ros is doomed. The Spider disgustedly says that he's trying to stop the country from falling into the pit of chaos, but Littlefinger responds that chaos isn't a pit, ''it's a ladder''. He then gets off a nice monologue that you've heard if you watched all the trailers ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTg20x7w2s here!]]).
And we end the episode with the climbers finally getting to the top of '''The Wall'''. Ygritte, who had spoken of how much she wanted to see to world from up top, takes in the view for all of three seconds before making out with Jon.
And we end the episode with the climbers finally getting to the top of '''The Wall'''. Ygritte, who had spoken of how much she wanted to see to world from up top, takes in the view for all of three seconds before making out with Jon.
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Elsewhere, Littlefinger is sitting near the Iron Throne, just admiring it. Varys shows up to begin one of their little snarkfests, mentioning how Petyr must be sad to marry his second choice. Littlefinger then turns around and, like, totally ''wins the argument'' by mentioning how it was him who foiled Vary's Varys' scheme with Sansa, and how Ros is doomed. The Spider disgustedly says that he's trying to stop the country from falling into the pit of chaos, but Littlefinger responds that chaos isn't a pit, ''it's a ladder''. He then gets off a nice monologue that you've heard if you watched all the trailers ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTg20x7w2s here!]]).
And we end the episode with the climbers finally getting to the top of '''The Wall'''. Ygritte, who had spoken of how much she wanted to seeto the world from up top, takes in the view for all of three seconds before making out with Jon.
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* BigDamnKiss: Jon and Ygritte as they stand at the top of the Wall, looking out over Westoros
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* BigDamnKiss: Jon and Ygritte as they stand at the top of the Wall, looking out over WestorosWestoros.
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* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Melisandre takes Gendry away for her sacrifice, in place of Edric Storm]].
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* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Melisandre takes Gendry away for her sacrifice, in place of Edric Storm]].Storm.]]
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: There might be a subtle display of this when Tywin has his conversation with Olenna. He finishes his drink and needs a refil while she has barely touched hers. This could be interpreted as a slight sign of stress on Tywin's part, despite his outward calmness.
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* ILied: [[spoiler:The Boy admits this in telling Theon he had a chance at avoiding losing his little finger.]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: There might be a subtle display of this when Tywin has his conversation with Olenna. He finishes his drink and needs arefil refill while she has barely touched hers. This could be interpreted as a slight sign of stress on Tywin's part, despite his outward calmness.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: There might be a subtle display of this when Tywin has his conversation with Olenna. He finishes his drink and needs a
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** Littlefinger is notably less genteel in this episode, showing how furious he is that Varys scuppered his plans to abscond with Sansa.
** Littlefinger is notably less genteel in this episode, showing how furious he is that Varys scuppered his plans to abscond with Sansa.
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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: SnarkToSnarkCombat:
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** Tywin actually joins in with Olenna's PolitenessJudo / PassiveAggressiveKombat, making it clear that he respects her, and possibly even enjoys having a WorthyOpponent.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Arya and Gendry really let the Brotherhood have it for [[spoiler: giving him to Melisandre]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: Arya and Gendry really let the Brotherhood have it for [[spoiler: giving him to Melisandre]].Melisandre.]]
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* WorthyOpponent: Olenna considers Tywin one.
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** It's likely that he reciprocates; he actually joins in with her snark to some extent and he clearly has no illusions whatsoever about who really runs the Tyrells, as shown by the fact that he doesn't insult her by mentioning that he really ought to be negotiating with her son, who is technically the head of the family.
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* WorthyOpponent: WorthyOpponent:
** Olenna considers Tywin one.
** *** It's likely that he reciprocates; he actually joins in with her snark to some extent and he clearly has no illusions whatsoever about who really runs the Tyrells, as shown by the fact that he doesn't insult her by mentioning that he really ought to be negotiating with her son, who is technically the head of the family.
** Olenna considers Tywin one.
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** The Brotherhood clearly aren't happy about [[spoiler: giving Gendry to Melisandre]], but apparently they need gold more than they need him.
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** The members of the Brotherhood clearly aren't happy about [[spoiler: giving Gendry to Melisandre]], but apparently they need gold more than they need him.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: There might be a subtle display of this when Tywin has his conversation with Olenna. He finishes his drink and needs a refil while she has barely touched hers. This could be interpreted as a slight sign of stress on Tywin's part, despite his outward calmness.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Littlefinger is notably less genteel in this episode, showing how furious he is that Varys scuppered his plans to abscond with Sansa.
** On a lighter note, Tywin actually snarks back at Olenna, and seems to be hiding a smile for some of the conversation, suggesting that he is actually enjoying the game with a WorthyOpponent.
** Cersei and Tyrion have an uncharacteristically unguarded moment with each other, showing how upset they both are with their marriage plans. Cersei even admits openly that Tyrion did in fact save the city, and without him Stannis would have won before Tywin arrived.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Played with. Tywin claims to be disgusted by Loras' homosexuality, but whatever his personal feelings, it is clear he's only mentioning it to gain more leverage with Olenna. On the other hand, he calls Loras' tendencies an "affliction", which may be extremely homophobic by modern standards, but considering [[PityingPerversion homosexuality a mental illness rather than a moral sin]] was a ''massive'' step forward in the real world's attitude to it. He also shows himself to be perfectly willing to have Loras on the Kingsguard protecting Tywin's dynasty with his life, because he sincerely respects Loras' skill as a fighter.
* RefugeInAudacity: The only explanation for Olenna getting away with openly asking Tywin if he ever engaged in any gay behaviour.
** On a lighter note, Tywin actually snarks back at Olenna, and seems to be hiding a smile for some of the conversation, suggesting that he is actually enjoying the game with a WorthyOpponent.
** Cersei and Tyrion have an uncharacteristically unguarded moment with each other, showing how upset they both are with their marriage plans. Cersei even admits openly that Tyrion did in fact save the city, and without him Stannis would have won before Tywin arrived.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Played with. Tywin claims to be disgusted by Loras' homosexuality, but whatever his personal feelings, it is clear he's only mentioning it to gain more leverage with Olenna. On the other hand, he calls Loras' tendencies an "affliction", which may be extremely homophobic by modern standards, but considering [[PityingPerversion homosexuality a mental illness rather than a moral sin]] was a ''massive'' step forward in the real world's attitude to it. He also shows himself to be perfectly willing to have Loras on the Kingsguard protecting Tywin's dynasty with his life, because he sincerely respects Loras' skill as a fighter.
* RefugeInAudacity: The only explanation for Olenna getting away with openly asking Tywin if he ever engaged in any gay behaviour.
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* SituationalSexuality: Olenna refers to the "boys surrounded by boys" version of this, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny when she asks if Tywin ever dabbled]].
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Tywin actually joins in with Olenna'sPolitenessJudo/PassiveAggressiveCombat, PolitenessJudo / PassiveAggressiveKombat, making it clear that he respects her, and possibly even enjoys having a WorthyOpponent.
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* TheStoic: Tywin's reaction to Olenna directly asking if he ever dabbled in homosexuality is very firm, but is not shocked or offended.
* WhatTheHellHero: Arya and Gendry reallylets let the Brotherhood have it for [[spoiler: giving him to Melisandre]].
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* [[spoiler: OrderVsChaos: By the end of the episode it's clear Varys and Littlefinger have this dynamic going on, with Varys wanting to keep order for the good of the realm while Littlefinger wants to incite chaos to produce more opportunities for himself.]]
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* Cold-BloodedTorture: [[spoiler: The Boy engages in some with Theon. He gleefully skins Theon's finger and promises that this is far from the end of what he has in store for Theon.]]
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* BeyondTheImpossible: According to Melisandre, bringing Beric back six times should be impossible, even for a Red Priest.
* CatFight: It's not over a man, but Osha and Meera's bitchiness to each other has all the marks of this. However, under the circumstances it's not particularly funny, as Bran points out how screwed they are if the two best fighters can't keep off each other's throats.
** The Brotherhood clearly aren't happy about [[spoiler: giving Gendry to Melisandre]], but apparently they need gold more than they need him.
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** It's likely that he reciprocates; he actually joins in with her snark to some extent and he clearly has no illusions whatsoever about who really runs the Tyrells, as shown by the fact that he doesn't insult her by mentioning that he really ought to be negotiating with her son, who is technically the head of the family.
** Varys and Littlefinger have their customary dialogue to this effect, though by the end of it [[spoiler: their FriendlyEnemy status appears to have been destroyed by Littlefinger's treatment of Ros and contemptuous refutation of Varys' principles.]]
** Varys and Littlefinger have their customary dialogue to this effect, though by the end of it [[spoiler: their FriendlyEnemy status appears to have been destroyed by Littlefinger's treatment of Ros and contemptuous refutation of Varys' principles.]]
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Elsewhere, Littlefinger is sitting near the Iron Throne, just admiring it. Varys shows up to begin one of their little snarkfests, mentioning how Petyr must be sad to marry his second choice. Littlefinger then turns around and, like, totally ''wins the argument'' by mentioning how it was him who foiled Vary's scheme with Sansa, and how Ros is doomed. The Spider disgustedly says that he's trying to stop the country from falling into the pit of chaos, but Littlefinger responds that chaos isn't a pit, ''it's a ladder''. He then gets off a nice monologue that you've heard if you watched all the trailers (it
s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTg20x7w2s here!]]).
And we end the episode with the climbers finally getting to the top of '''The Wall'''. Ygritte, who had spoken of how much she wanted to see to world from up top, takes in the view for all of three seconds before she starts making out with Jon.
s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTg20x7w2s here!]]).
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We start the episode '''Beyond The Wall''' where Samwell fails at making a campfire. Gilly helps him, and he tells her about the Wall and Castle Black. He also shows her a black-glass dagger that he picked up at the Fist of The First Men, but surely that won't be importa-
Then we're off to '''The North''', where Meera and Osha are trying to skin rabbits, and are about to skin each other. They get ''this'' close to starting when Bran orders them to stop. Jojen provides a distraction by having some sort of mid-sleep epileptic fit, which Meera explains is caused by his visions. The fit passes, and Jojen awakens to tell them that he saw Jon Snow, surrounded by enemies.
And speak of the devil, we go back '''Beyond The Wall''' where Jon and the Wildlings are preparing to make the climb. Ygritte trolls him for bit by openly discussing sex, before the conversation takes a serious turn. She knows that he's still loyal to the Watch, but won't snitch because she's his woman. They start to have a heartwarming moment when she tells him that they have no one to depend on except each other, but the effect is somewhat diluted when she tells him what precisely she's going to do if he betrays her. Tormund then shows up to give Jon some useful climbing advice - ''don't scream if you fall, it makes for crappy last words''.
In the '''Riverlands''', Arya is pumping arrows into a target, reciting her "prayer" as she goes. As Thoros of Myr watches amused, Anguy gives her some shooting advice. Melisandre shows up, and she and Thoros chat in High Valyrian for a bit, mostly about how he had failed to convert Robert Baratheon, until he finally takes her to see Beric Dondarrion. Melisandre is somewhere between awed and horrified that Beric's been revived six times. She wonders how Thoros could have such power, but the priest clarifies that the power belongs to the Lord of Light. He give some backstory about how he had fallen into sin, and lost his faith, but found it again when the Mountain killed Beric. In his desperation, he had prayed to R'hllor to revive him, and the Lord answered. Now both he and Beric are His faithful servants. Melisandre begins to tell them what she needs, which is presumably the "King's Blood" she was talking about a few episodes ago, because in the next scene Gendry is put in chains. Arya protests that Gendry wanted to join the Brotherhood, and Melisandre replies that what he has in him puts him above them. After Red Priestess makes some cryptic comments about Arya's future we go to...
...'''The Wall''', for all of five seconds, where we see Jon, Ygritte, and the Wildlings climbing it and then we're off...
... to '''Somewhere In The North''', where Theon's life sucks. The Boy starts to show off his crazy, on the off chance that there was anyone in the audience who didn't already work out that facet of his character. He proposes a game to his prisoner: Theon wins if he can guess who The Boy is, and The Boy wins if Theon begs him to cut off his little finger. Driving a knife into said little finger with each wrong answer, The Boy relents when Theon guesses Karstark. The Boy pretends that he had guessed right for a couple seconds. Then, dropping the act, his sets to work on the little finger in earnest, until Theon starts screaming for him to cut it off.
At '''Riverrun''', Robb meets with some Frey representatives. The King of the North is doing all that he can to placate them, but there's one thing they want that's not within his power to give - Edmure Tully's hand in marriage. The Lord of Riverrun balks at marrying a Frey girl sight unseen, but eventually caves under the Blackfish's threats, Catelyn's reproaches, and Robb's apologies. It's looks like they're all going to a wedding at The Twins!
At '''Harrenhal''', Jaime, Brienne, and Roose Bolton are having dinner. Jaime is about as good at left-handed eating as Samwell is at building campfires, but luckily he too gets help from the woman sitting next to him. He and Bolton have a back-and-forth about Roose's options, but once Jaime promises to say good things about him to Tywin, Bolton tells him that they are free to go. Or, more precisely, ''Jaime'' is free to go; Brienne, Catelyn's accomplice, isn't going anywhere. Jaime firmly tells Roose that Brienne has to go too, but Bolton dryly responds that one would think that Jaime, after all that's happened to him, would have learned not to overplay his... ''position''.
In '''Kings Landing''', Olenna Tyrell and Tywin Lannister haggle over whether Loras should marry Cersei. Because Olenna's a lovely lady and Tywin's a warm-hearted patriatch, comments implying Loras' homosexuality and Cersei's incest come out. Pointing out that neither of them of them wins if Joffrey isn't Robert's son, Tywin offers to put Loras in the Kingsguard.
Up North, Jon and the Wildlings are still climbing '''The Wall'''. An ice collapse drops a bunch of Wildlings to their deaths, and leaves Jon and Ygritte hanging. Just as the rope is about to be cut, Jon is able to swing them both to safety.
Then we return to '''Kings Landing''' where Loras and Sansa are sitting by a fountain, having a sort-of date. Loras is all awkwardness, but Sansa's overjoyed to be finally getting the hell out of King's Landing. Tyrion and Cersei watch them from a window, wondering which one of the four has it worst. The conversation turns to the attempt on Tyrion's life during the Battle of The Blackwater. Although Cersei doesn't outright say it, Tyrion realizes that Joffrey was behind it, partially because it was pretty stupid to openly kill him in front of the army, rather than use poison. Cersei tells him that Joffrey wouldn't try anything with Tywin around, leading Tyrion to muse that all the Seven Kingdoms are united in fear of his father. In Sansa's quarters, she and Shae are discussing wedding dresses until Tyrion shows up to be the bearer of bad news.
Elsewhere, Littlefinger is sitting near the Iron Throne, just admiring it. Varys shows up to begin one of their little snarkfests, mentioning how Petyr must be sad to marry his second choice. Littlefinger then turns around and, like, totally ''wins the argument'' by mentioning how it was him who foiled Vary's scheme with Sansa, and how Ros is doomed. The Spider disgustedly says that he's trying to stop the country from falling into the pit of chaos, but Littlefinger responds that chaos isn't a pit, ''it's a ladder''. He then gets off a nice monologue that you've heard if you watched all the trailers (it
s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTg20x7w2s here!]]).
And we end the episode with the climbers finally getting to the top of '''The Wall'''. Ygritte, who had spoken of how much she wanted to see to world from up top, takes in the view for all of three seconds before she starts making out with Jon.
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Then we're off to '''The North''', where Meera and Osha are trying to skin rabbits, and are about to skin each other. They get ''this'' close to starting when Bran orders them to stop. Jojen provides a distraction by having some sort of mid-sleep epileptic fit, which Meera explains is caused by his visions. The fit passes, and Jojen awakens to tell them that he saw Jon Snow, surrounded by enemies.
And speak of the devil, we go back '''Beyond The Wall''' where Jon and the Wildlings are preparing to make the climb. Ygritte trolls him for bit by openly discussing sex, before the conversation takes a serious turn. She knows that he's still loyal to the Watch, but won't snitch because she's his woman. They start to have a heartwarming moment when she tells him that they have no one to depend on except each other, but the effect is somewhat diluted when she tells him what precisely she's going to do if he betrays her. Tormund then shows up to give Jon some useful climbing advice - ''don't scream if you fall, it makes for crappy last words''.
In the '''Riverlands''', Arya is pumping arrows into a target, reciting her "prayer" as she goes. As Thoros of Myr watches amused, Anguy gives her some shooting advice. Melisandre shows up, and she and Thoros chat in High Valyrian for a bit, mostly about how he had failed to convert Robert Baratheon, until he finally takes her to see Beric Dondarrion. Melisandre is somewhere between awed and horrified that Beric's been revived six times. She wonders how Thoros could have such power, but the priest clarifies that the power belongs to the Lord of Light. He give some backstory about how he had fallen into sin, and lost his faith, but found it again when the Mountain killed Beric. In his desperation, he had prayed to R'hllor to revive him, and the Lord answered. Now both he and Beric are His faithful servants. Melisandre begins to tell them what she needs, which is presumably the "King's Blood" she was talking about a few episodes ago, because in the next scene Gendry is put in chains. Arya protests that Gendry wanted to join the Brotherhood, and Melisandre replies that what he has in him puts him above them. After Red Priestess makes some cryptic comments about Arya's future we go to...
...'''The Wall''', for all of five seconds, where we see Jon, Ygritte, and the Wildlings climbing it and then we're off...
... to '''Somewhere In The North''', where Theon's life sucks. The Boy starts to show off his crazy, on the off chance that there was anyone in the audience who didn't already work out that facet of his character. He proposes a game to his prisoner: Theon wins if he can guess who The Boy is, and The Boy wins if Theon begs him to cut off his little finger. Driving a knife into said little finger with each wrong answer, The Boy relents when Theon guesses Karstark. The Boy pretends that he had guessed right for a couple seconds. Then, dropping the act, his sets to work on the little finger in earnest, until Theon starts screaming for him to cut it off.
At '''Riverrun''', Robb meets with some Frey representatives. The King of the North is doing all that he can to placate them, but there's one thing they want that's not within his power to give - Edmure Tully's hand in marriage. The Lord of Riverrun balks at marrying a Frey girl sight unseen, but eventually caves under the Blackfish's threats, Catelyn's reproaches, and Robb's apologies. It's looks like they're all going to a wedding at The Twins!
At '''Harrenhal''', Jaime, Brienne, and Roose Bolton are having dinner. Jaime is about as good at left-handed eating as Samwell is at building campfires, but luckily he too gets help from the woman sitting next to him. He and Bolton have a back-and-forth about Roose's options, but once Jaime promises to say good things about him to Tywin, Bolton tells him that they are free to go. Or, more precisely, ''Jaime'' is free to go; Brienne, Catelyn's accomplice, isn't going anywhere. Jaime firmly tells Roose that Brienne has to go too, but Bolton dryly responds that one would think that Jaime, after all that's happened to him, would have learned not to overplay his... ''position''.
In '''Kings Landing''', Olenna Tyrell and Tywin Lannister haggle over whether Loras should marry Cersei. Because Olenna's a lovely lady and Tywin's a warm-hearted patriatch, comments implying Loras' homosexuality and Cersei's incest come out. Pointing out that neither of them of them wins if Joffrey isn't Robert's son, Tywin offers to put Loras in the Kingsguard.
Up North, Jon and the Wildlings are still climbing '''The Wall'''. An ice collapse drops a bunch of Wildlings to their deaths, and leaves Jon and Ygritte hanging. Just as the rope is about to be cut, Jon is able to swing them both to safety.
Then we return to '''Kings Landing''' where Loras and Sansa are sitting by a fountain, having a sort-of date. Loras is all awkwardness, but Sansa's overjoyed to be finally getting the hell out of King's Landing. Tyrion and Cersei watch them from a window, wondering which one of the four has it worst. The conversation turns to the attempt on Tyrion's life during the Battle of The Blackwater. Although Cersei doesn't outright say it, Tyrion realizes that Joffrey was behind it, partially because it was pretty stupid to openly kill him in front of the army, rather than use poison. Cersei tells him that Joffrey wouldn't try anything with Tywin around, leading Tyrion to muse that all the Seven Kingdoms are united in fear of his father. In Sansa's quarters, she and Shae are discussing wedding dresses until Tyrion shows up to be the bearer of bad news.
Elsewhere, Littlefinger is sitting near the Iron Throne, just admiring it. Varys shows up to begin one of their little snarkfests, mentioning how Petyr must be sad to marry his second choice. Littlefinger then turns around and, like, totally ''wins the argument'' by mentioning how it was him who foiled Vary's scheme with Sansa, and how Ros is doomed. The Spider disgustedly says that he's trying to stop the country from falling into the pit of chaos, but Littlefinger responds that chaos isn't a pit, ''it's a ladder''. He then gets off a nice monologue that you've heard if you watched all the trailers (it
s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTg20x7w2s here!]]).
And we end the episode with the climbers finally getting to the top of '''The Wall'''. Ygritte, who had spoken of how much she wanted to see to world from up top, takes in the view for all of three seconds before she starts making out with Jon.
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* TheNothingAfterDeath: According to Dondarrion.
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* [[spoiler: [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Blade]]: Samwell keeps the obsidian blade because he thought it looks pretty.]]
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* BlessedWithSuck: Jojen's visions come with seizures.
* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Melisandre takes Gendry away for her sacrifice, in place of Edric Storm]].
* ConflictingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Jon promised to Ygritte that he wouldn't turn traitor. Now he has two vows to keep.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Ros]] is used as Joffrey's target practice.
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* WorthyOpponent: Olenna considers Tywin one.
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