Tyrion welcomes a guest to King's Landing. At Castle Black, Jon stands trial. Daenerys is pointed to Meereen, the mother of all slave cities. Arya runs into an old enemy.Tyrion welcomes a guest to King's Landing. At Castle Black, Jon stands trial. Daenerys is pointed to Meereen, the mother of all slave cities. Arya runs into an old enemy.Tyrion welcomes a guest to King's Landing. At Castle Black, Jon stands trial. Daenerys is pointed to Meereen, the mother of all slave cities. Arya runs into an old enemy.
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- TriviaDiana Rigg's surprised exclamation towards Gwendoline Christie's height, when the latter approached her table, was quite genuine. Rigg was aware that Gwendolyn was taller than most women, but was unprepared for just how tall. The producers kept it since it fit in so well with her character.
- GoofsThe process shown at the beginning of the episode is called casting, and cannot be used to make swords - they'd be too brittle; forging is a much more elaborate and lengthy process. If the secret of the steel is lost, as both Tywin and Jaime mention, it is impossible to just melt an old sword to make a new one. It is necessary to cut the old sword into parts and reforge it, and to know the exact method (i.e. "secret") to do that, and even then, it'd be a totally different steel.
- Quotes
Polliver: You know what? You should come with us.
[Polliver points at the innkeeper]
Polliver: His kind, they've always got something hidden away somewhere. Gold, silver, more daughters, always something if you know how to make 'em talk. And there's plenty of in-between here and King's Landing. You could do well for yourself. We certainly have been.
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: I'm not going to King's Landing.
Polliver: Think about it. We could do whatever we like, wherever we go.
[Polliver taps his surcoat]
Polliver: These are the king's colors. No one's standing in his way now, which means no one's standing in ours.
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: [leaning forward] Fuck the king.
[long, uncomfortable silence]
Polliver: When I heard that Joffrey's dog had tucked tail and run from the Battle of the Blackwater, I didn't believe it. But here you are.
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: Here I am. Bring me one of those chickens.
Polliver: You got money to pay for it?
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: YOU paid for it?
Polliver: [chuckles] No. But we're the king's men. So, you got money?
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: Not a penny. I'll still take that chicken.
Polliver: Tell you what: we'll trade you. One of our little chickens for one of yours.
[Polliver turns to look at Arya]
Polliver: Give us a go at your friend.
[Polliver turns and motions to one of his men at another table]
Polliver: Lowell there likes them a bit broken in.
[pause]
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: You're a talker. Listening to talkers makes me thirsty.
[the Hound reaches across the table, grabs Polliver's drink, and drains it]
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: And hungry. Think I'll take two chickens.
[Polliver turns and looks at his men, then turns back to the Hound]
Polliver: You don't seem to understand the situation.
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: I understand that if any more words come pouring out your cunt mouth, I'm gonna have to eat every fucking chicken in this room.
Polliver: You lived your life for the king. You gonna die for some chickens?
Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane: Someone is.
[another long pause, then everybody draws their weapons and a fight breaks out]
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I think of all the season premiere, this one might be my favorite outside the pilot! It makes it clear, that this season is gonna pay off some of the things we have seen in the previous seasons!
My favorite part of the episode, is my favorite part, as we see Arya finally get some pay back, as well as recovering something she had lost!
Overall this premiere is a great start to one of the best seasons! Its only gonna get better!
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- Runtime58 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1