One of the key dynamics
propelling everybody forward
in season two
is power abhors a vacuum.
Power resides where men
believe it resides.
All these different kings
are vying for the throne
because they see in the wake
of Robert Baratheon's death
the chance to seize power.
Stannis:
Joffrey, Renly,
Robb Stark--
they'll bend the knee
or I'll destroy them.
Season two is really building
towards a massive battle.
Loose!
( men shouting )
( whistling tune )
Lena Headey:
We're in a council meeting
and then out of nowhere
comes her favorite
brother Tyrion.
I come in with a note
from Daddy
that I'm being appointed
the Hand of the King
in his absence.
- What do you know
about warfare?
- Nothing.
But I know that
our enemies hate each other
almost as much
as they hate us.
Jack Gleeson:
In the throne room scene,
Joffrey prods a bit
into a certain curiosity
that's been boring in my mind.
I heard a disgusting lie
about Uncle Jaime.
And you.
( gasps )
What you just did
is punishable by death.
Headey:
She's got not an ounce
of control over her son
and that's horrifying to her.
Jaime:
King in the North.
In episode one we have
this nice little scene
between Robb and Jaime.
Stannis Baratheon sent
ravens to all the high
lords of Westeros.
King Joffrey Baratheon
is your bastard son.
That's the first time you see
Jaime a little worried.
At the beginning
of season two,
Catelyn is with Robb
and Sansa and Arya,
she hopes,
are safe in King's Landing.
You're here to answer
for your brother's
latest treasons.
This is a poor girl
whose father was executed.
She's sort of been left alone
with this monster.
Joffrey does it
very publicly.
He's not afraid to show
how he's treating Sansa.
But because he rules
by fear, no one's gonna
speak out about it.
( whimpers )
Tyrion:
What is the meaning of this?
She is to be your queen.
Have you no regard
for her honor?
Turner:
Tyrion is the only one that
speaks out against Joffrey
because he kind of can.
We're looking for
a boy named Gendry.
We'll be back
with more men.
I'm with Yoren on our way
to the Night's Watch,
but hopefully Yoren's
gonna try and drop me home
on the way there.
What do the gold cloaks
want with you?
No idea.
I thought they
were after you.
Why?
Did you kill someone
or is it just because
you're a girl?
- I'm not a girl.
- You think I'm as stupid
as the rest of them?
Bran and Rickon
are still at Winterfell
with Maester Luwin.
Bran:
Every night it's the same.
I'm running
through the godswood
sniffing the dirt,
howling.
These are dreams,
nothing more.
My dreams are different.
Mine are true.
Dany was in a much more
somber place
than where we left
in the end of season one.
- Does it ever end?
- Everything ends,
even the Red Waste.
So I took it upon myself
to send my Dothraki off
to try and find
a place that we could
try and survive.
The one Dothraki
that did come back
came back with tales
of a paradise in the middle
of the desert
that was intrigued
by the idea of dragons.
Xaro:
I will vouch for her,
her people, and her dragons.
Welcome to Qarth, my lady.
Season two begins
with Jon traveling
north of the Wall
and he's traveling north
with the other members
of the Night's Watch,
the Lord Commander,
and his friends Sam and Grenn.
The Night's Watch stop
at a rather horrible man's
house called Craster.
He's a quite
despicable character.
He marries his daughters
and they give him
more daughters.
Harington:
Sam does the one thing
he shouldn't do,
which is to fall in love
with one of Craster's
wives, Gilly.
I wanted
to give you something.
It belonged to my mother.
Keep it safe for me
till I come back.
One thing we definitely
need if we're going to take
King's Landing
is ships.
Robb thinks the best move
would be to send Theon
back to his father.
Catelyn's always had an issue
with the Greyjoys.
You don't want
Balon Greyjoy for an ally.
I need his ships.
They say he has 200.
Theon goes off with
these good intentions,
but when he gets back home,
he gets turned against me.
My fears have come true.
The Starks have
made you theirs.
Robb sent Catelyn
to Renly's camp
to persuade Renly
to join Robb.
Renly and Stannis
are both fighting to be king.
- The Iron Throne is mine.
- No one wants you
for their king.
Madden:
Stannis is obviously
next in line,
but Stannis is not
going to join a side.
Fairley:
Melisandre is a character
who arrives in season two.
She believes in other gods.
You must give yourself
to the Lord of Light.
I've said the words.
Events take a sudden turn
when Catelyn is in the tent
trying to talk to Renly.
( moaning )
He is stabbed by some form
of evil spirit
which has been conjured up
by Melisandre.
Afraid that she is
actually going to get
accused of this murder,
Catelyn flees with Brienne.
In the name
of King Joffrey,
- drop your weapons.
- I don't think I will.
When Yoren goes down,
that's when everything starts
to get a bit scary.
( grunting )
Sweet boy,
help us!
She already knows
there's something a bit
strange about Jaqen.
And she sees the axe
and she gives him the axe.
Just leaves them
to get out.
Amory Lorch:
Round up any survivors.
We'll take them back
to Harrenhal.
They are just focusing
on staying alive.
And that's probably
the worst place to be
if you want to stay alive.
Unknowingly, Tywin Lannister
sort of saves Arya.
Get these prisoners to work.
Bring the girl.
I need a new cup bearer.
Look.
The Fist of the First Men
is where they were gonna meet
Qhorin Halfhand, who wants
to go on a ranging mission
to find out what
the wildlings are doing.
I'll need to move fast
and silent.
Harington:
There's wildlings
up on the pass.
Qhorin wants to go
and find out what Mance Rayder
is planning to do.
( groans )
He's left to kill
one of the wildlings,
Ygritte,
who he doesn't kill.
( grunts )
When Sam and Grenn
are digging through the snow
at the Fist of the First Men,
they find dragonglass
and we're not quite sure
what the significance
of dragonglass is.
But it's a curious thing
to find
buried underneath
the Fist of the First Men.
The wolf pup
has gone south.
The North is ripe
for the taking.
Theon completely
betrays me, and not only me,
but my whole family.
As any child,
any boy would want,
he wants
his father's approval.
They attack Winterfell
and they decimate it.
I've yielded Winterfell
to Prince Theon.
Betray me and you
will wish you hadn't.
Pyat Pree:
Mother of Dragons.
It would be an honor to host you
at the House of the Undying.
The Qarthian people
only wanted one thing,
and that was my dragons.
And that began the theme
throughout season two for Dany,
which is the fact that
she couldn't trust anyone.
It's a pretty horrific,
bloody scene that I return to.
And the dragons are gone.
Where are my dragons?!
The plan all along
was Pyat Pree
and Xaro Xhoan Daxos
would steal my dragons
and rule.
You have my dragons?
I will take you to
the House of the Undying
- where I have put them.
- ( dragons screeching )
You let a halfwit
escape with a cripple?
And Rickon, too?
The little one?
Theon basically
turns his back completely
on our family.
I told you what would happen
if you served me loyally
and what would happen
if you did not.
No!
He's really stabbed me
in the back completely.
Osha:
Got as far as the farm,
then doubled back.
Must have been
the farmer's boys.
Osha:
He killed them,
burned them,
and passed them off
as the little lords.
Fate has given us
this chance--
Have you lost your mind?
Get out!
The Lannisters are desperate
to get Jaime back.
So Littlefinger
deceives Catelyn.
Both girls are healthy
and safe for now.
Fairley:
He says to her
if you give us Jaime,
the Lannisters will return
your two girls to you.
He's been their captive
for a long time.
Man:
He killed Lord Karstark's
son when he escaped.
- The Kingslayer
won't last the night.
- Come.
When he meets Brienne
the first time,
- he's never seen
anyone like that.
- Is that a woman?
Coster-Waldau:
It's kind of the beginning
of a remarkable relationship.
Fairley:
Catelyn frees him
and instructs Brienne
to get him
to King's Landing.
Now he can't carry out
his duties as a king
because he'd have to kill
his own mother
and he's not going to do that,
so it makes him look weak.
You saved me
and the two I was with.
- Speak three names.
- I can name anyone
and you'll kill him?
She's a little bit
skeptical about it.
When the Tickler
turns out to be dead,
that's when she's like,
"This guy is a good sort
of contact to have."
Stannis two days
from the capital
and the wolf
at my doorstep.
We'll ride at nightfall.
She asks Jaqen
to kill Tywin.
- I need him dead right now.
- This a man cannot do.
Give a name, any name.
She decides to turn it
around a little bit.
- Jaqen H'ghar.
- A girl gives the man
his own name?
I'll unname you if you help
me and my friends escape.
If he's not gonna kill Tywin,
then she's gonna make him
kill more than one person
to help him escape.
I don't want to marry
the Frey girl.
This woman has the potential
to break the vow
that Catelyn made
to Walder Frey.
I don't want you
to marry her.
Walder Frey is a man
you do not mess with.
- I am hers and she is mine.
- I am his and he is mine.
We die today, brothers.
Aye!
They kill men that Theon
grew up with.
Let's go home.
They destroy Winterfell.
Bran:
They burned it down.
Everything.
What she doesn't know
when she finds out
is her two youngest
are still alive.
They may come back.
Go north to the Wall, to Jon.
What do you think
they'll say when they
hear about you and me?
Nothing happened
between you and me.
She's very wily, Ygritte.
She mocks him
and mocks him and mocks him.
And you think she's just doing
this for her own fun,
but actually she's playing
the long game.
( grunts )
( whistles )
Should have took me
while you had the chance.
Harington:
When Jon becomes a captive
of the wildlings,
he discovers
that Qhorin Halfhand
has been captured as well.
The Halfhand realizes the only
good that can come out of this
is one of them becoming a spy
amongst Mance Rayder's camp.
- They'll never trust me.
- They might,
- if you do what needs
to be done.
- What?
Come along, Jon Snow.
Time to meet
the King-beyond-the-Wall.
If my dragons are in
the House of the Undying,
then take me there.
That's what
the warlock wants.
It's here that I walk
into unknown magic.
- His magic is strong.
- And what of my magic?
And she is tested
with everything that
means most to her.
Khaleesi!
Tyrion:
Stannis Baratheon
is coming for us
sooner rather than later.
Dinklage:
Tyrion and Cersei
have a lot in common,
and I think that's why
they're at such odds
with each other.
They are going
to attack us.
We need to be ready.
The king is taking personal
charge of siege preparations.
Davos:
If the wind holds, we'll reach
King's Landing in a day.
- Will it hold?
- Can't make promises
for the wind, Your Grace.
Joffrey:
They say Stannis never smiles.
I'll give him a red smile.
Gleeson:
The threat from Stannis is
the most terrifying for Joffrey
and the most real,
I suppose.
The Mud Gate.
That's where he'll land.
And if Stannis does
attack the Mud Gate,
what is our plan?
Dinklage:
There's all this wildfire down
in the basement's basement.
He gets together
with this pyromancer
and figures out a way
to stop them.
When Joffrey realizes
that the whole fleet
hasn't been destroyed,
you see that he is most
certainly a coward.
They're coming ashore.
They're too many.
The Hound goes out there
and he realizes that
we're outnumbered.
Half the men that arrive
on the shore are burning.
That's the one fear
of the Hound.
He doesn't do fire.
It only takes one burning man
running towards you.
When the Hound comes back in
from fighting,
he abandons the king,
and that is a massive blow
to Joffrey.
He just bolts and leaves
the responsibility to Tyrion.
Those are brave men
knocking at our door.
- Let's go kill them.
- ( cheering )
I get pretty banged up.
It could have
been worse, though.
My squire Podrick
saves me.
And then Father comes
and saves the day,
so he gets
all the recognition.
The king won't give you
any honors,
but we will not forget.
Gleeson:
With the great aid the Tyrells
gave to the battle,
the deal was struck to marry
Margaery to Joffrey.
Cersei thinks she's won because
she's gonna upset Sansa.
She couldn't be happier.
And then Littlefinger
kind of crushes her hopes.
- If he's not marrying me--
- He'll let you go home?
Joffrey's not the sort of boy
who gives away his toys.
Welcome home,
Daenerys Stormborn.
My home is across the sea
where my people are waiting.
They will be waiting
a long time.
He thinks that he's got her,
but, of course,
the dragons had learnt
how to breathe fire.
Dracarys.
( screaming )
Jon hasn't returned
when he should
to the Fist of the First Men
and Sam's getting nervous.
( horn blows )
It's Jon and the Halfhand.
They're back.
At the end of season two,
we leave Sam
in rather
a perilous situation.
( horn blows )
Two blasts is wildlings.
- ( horn blows )
- And three horns
is white walkers.
Run!
( roaring )
( music playing )
