Game of thrones s02e01

The districts of Westeros are in rebellion as TV's most epic drama returns. It's a dark time for the rebellion. Evil King Joffrey smirks on the Iron Throne. The noble Stark family is scattered to every corner of Westeros.

Written by David Benioff and D. Weiss Directed by Alan Taylor. King Joffrey Baratheon celebrates his nameday in King's Landing by ordering his knights to fight to the death for his entertainment. Sandor "The Hound" Clegane makes short work of his opponent, but when the next fighter, Ser Dontos Hollard, takes to the field drunk, Joffrey demands that he be drowned in wine. Sansa manages to save the man's life by suggesting Joffrey take him on as a court fool, but then the festivities are interrupted by the arrival of Tyrion Lannister. After greeting his newly crowned nephew, the dwarf heads straight to a meeting of the Small Council, where he presents a scroll declaring him acting Hand of the King in the absence of his father, Lord Tywin Lannister. His sister and queen regent, Cersei Baratheon, is furious and orders the council members from the room so she can talk to her brother.

Game of thrones s02e01

The episode begins in King's Landing with the Hound in a fight—that ends very quickly, as he knocks his opponent over the edge of the battlement they're fighting on. The opponent doesn't land so much as a splash on the courtyard below, and everyone claps. It's Joffrey's name day tournament. Remember what Joffrey was like last season? Well, now he's having a man drowned in wine for arriving to fight late and slightly drunk, isn't that nice? Sansa, thinking quickly, gets the tipsy Ser Dontos off the hook with a little help from Sandor, but it's clear everyone is taking care not to offend Joffrey. Except for Tyrion, who shows up out of the blue and also shows up Joffrey completely. Tyrion then proceeds to the meeting of the Small Council to show up Joffrey's mother as well. Tyrion is definitely not the brother Cersei would prefer to see right now, but she's stuck with him—he's filling in for Tywin as Hand of the King, after all. He suggests that Arya Stark would be a great bargaining chip in negotiations with Robb Stark, and is none too pleased when Cersei admits that she not only let Joffrey behead Ned Stark, she's lost his younger daughter as well.

Jeor reprimands Jon, noting that Craster may be disgusting, but the Night's Watch needs him.

Tyrion arrives at King's Landing to take his father's place as Hand of the King. Stannis Baratheon plans to take the Iron Throne for his own. Robb tries to decide his next move in the war. The Night's Watch arrive at the house of Craster. Jeor Mormont : [to Jon] You want to lead one day? Then learn how to follow. Sign In Sign In.

Written by David Benioff and D. Weiss Directed by Alan Taylor. King Joffrey Baratheon celebrates his nameday in King's Landing by ordering his knights to fight to the death for his entertainment. Sandor "The Hound" Clegane makes short work of his opponent, but when the next fighter, Ser Dontos Hollard, takes to the field drunk, Joffrey demands that he be drowned in wine. Sansa manages to save the man's life by suggesting Joffrey take him on as a court fool, but then the festivities are interrupted by the arrival of Tyrion Lannister. After greeting his newly crowned nephew, the dwarf heads straight to a meeting of the Small Council, where he presents a scroll declaring him acting Hand of the King in the absence of his father, Lord Tywin Lannister. His sister and queen regent, Cersei Baratheon, is furious and orders the council members from the room so she can talk to her brother. As the oldest Stark at Winterfell, Bran assumes the responsibility of ruling the family seat, listening to the many requests of his bannermen as Masester Luwin advises him.

Game of thrones s02e01

First aired on April 1, , it was written by the show creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. Weiss , and directed by returning director Alan Taylor. With a war on the horizon, the Seven Kingdoms are witnessing an ever-growing clash of kings. The boy king Joffrey Baratheon Jack Gleeson sits on the Iron Throne guided by cruelty and deceit, while his honorable counterpart Robb Stark Richard Madden of the North heads south to avenge his father's death. Meanwhile, the late king Robert Baratheon 's estranged brother Stannis Stephen Dillane emerges as yet another claimant to the throne. A frantic search for King Robert's bastard sons ensues, while the Queen sets to find the missing Arya Stark Maisie Williams in order to retrieve her lover and brother Jaime, now a captive to the Starks. The title refers to Robb Stark vowing revenge against the Lannisters for his father's murder. In the United States, the episode achieved a viewership of 3. It also featured a number of new locations, both fictional and real, most notably the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia , which served as the capital city of King's Landing.

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Adaptational Early Appearance : Jon's subplot is taken from much later in the book. Second of His Name 4. Cersei Lannister in season 2, episode 1 "The North Remembers. Hidden categories: Good articles Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Television episode articles with short description for single episodes Pages using infobox television episode with unnecessary list markup. Now, to the comments. Source material. Funny in spots, scary in others, never blinking away from the cruelty of this world and this war. A producer explained on the set that Tyrion is being deliberately theatrical by crashing the party while still wearing his armor, flanked by his warriors. Broken Bird : Sansa. Watch Daenerys with Her Dragon. Not that he's willing to doubt his own legitimacy; he's more concerned about the existence of Robert's bastard children, as he believes they would be an insult to his father's memory. Two chapters from the beginning of the book had already been included in season 1's finale, while Jon Snow's story is being pushed forward.

Tyrion arrives at King's Landing to take his father's place as Hand of the King. Stannis Baratheon plans to take the Iron Throne for his own. Robb tries to decide his next move in the war.

The Night's Watch arrive at the house of Craster. Craster claims that the wildlings' leader Mance Rayder is amassing an army to move south. If the Queen Regent and her son meet them, I'll give them peace. Better move quick to…. Bran's push suddenly looks mild by comparison. In the books, it is one of his underlings, a goldcloak named Allar Deem. A mockingbird pin! Alfie Allen Theon Greyjoy. Stephen Dillane Stannis Baratheon. Also, note Peter Dinklage now has top billing. Even Evil Has Standards : A Gold Cloak, who might have helped Littlefinger betray and capture Ned Stark, balks at the notion of killing an infant girl in front of her own mother. EW's editorial guidelines. And Joffrey's worried. Not because he thinks the rumors are true—he has way too high an opinion of himself to entertain the idea that he might not be the rightful king. Tommen Baratheon in "The North Remembers.