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What Is Dead May Never Die

"What Is Dead May Never Die" is the third episode of the second season of
Game of Thrones. It is the thirteenth episode of the series overall. It premiered What Is Dead May Never
on April 15, 2012. It was written by Bryan Cogman and directed by Alik Die
Sakharov.
Season 2 Episode 3

Contents [show]

Plot
At the Red Keep, Tyrion plots three alliances through the promise of marriage.
Catelyn arrives in the Stormlands to forge an alliance of her own. But King
Air date April 15, 2012
Renly, his new wife Margaery, and her brother Loras Tyrell have other plans in
Runtime 53 minutes
mind. Balon Greyjoy maps out his strategy of attack while, at Winterfell, Luwin
Written by Bryan Cogman
tries to decipher Bran's dreams.
Directed by Alik Sakharov

Episode Guide
Summary Previous Next

At Craster's Keep "The Night Lands" "Garden of Bones"

Craster drags his captive Jon Snow back to his keep. He had caught Jon
spying on him while he left a baby in the forest for the White Walkers and has beaten him bloody. Craster orders the men of the
Night's Watch out of his home, blaming Jon. Lord Commander Jeor Mormont questions Jon about his actions. Jon realizes that
Jeor has known all along that Craster is sacrificing his sons. However, Mormont considers Craster too valuable a contact to risk
offending, as he is one of their few sources of information and shelter beyond the Wall. Mormont himself is disgusted by
Craster's human sacrifices (not to mention his incestuous relationships with his own daughters), but he will not interfere, and
forbids Jon from doing so, as Craster has helped many members of the Night's Watch, among them, Benjen Stark. Jon reveals
seeing something take the child. Jeor predicts that whatever it was Jon will see it again.

Samwell Tarly gives Gilly a thimble that once belonged to his mother. He promises to come back for her when they make the
return journey to Castle Black.

At Winterfell
Bran Stark continues to experience strange dreams where he sees the world from the perspective of his direwolf Summer. He
follows Hodor into his own bedroom and looks down on himself sleeping. Later, he confides in Maester Luwin, who is dismissive
of their significance.

In the Stormlands
Catelyn Stark arrives in the camp of King Renly Baratheon during a tournament. She watches
Brienne of Tarth defeat Ser Loras Tyrell and claim a place in Renly's kingsguard. Renly
introduces Catelyn to his new wife, Margaery Tyrell. Renly shows off his 100,000 strong army.
Catelyn warns Renly to take the war seriously. Renly tries to initiate sex with his
lover Loras but is rebuffed. Loras reminds him of the importance of fathering an heir and goes
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to fetch his sister Queen Margaery. Margaery fails to seduce Renly. She is pragmatic about Catelyn is impressed with
his homosexuality, and suggests including her brother in their love making, asserting the Brienne.
importance of producing an heir.

In the Iron Islands

Theon Greyjoy is included in his father Balon's war council. Balon reveals his plan to attack
the lightly defended North while their armies are fighting against House Lannister. Theon is
fuming when he is assigned a single ship to raid the fishing villages of the Stony Shore while
his sister Yara is put in command of thirty ships and told to take Deepwood Motte. Theon
implores his father to reconsider, claiming that if the Greyjoys attack the North, they face the Renly tries to tempt Loras into
sex.
possibility of total destruction if they lose, but if they ally with the Starks and win, Balon will be
crowned King of the Iron Islands and House Greyjoy will be awarded Casterly Rock and
essentially the source of the Lannisters' wealth along with it, but Balon rebuffs Theon and chastises him for becoming loyal to the
Starks. Theon challenges his father's lack of faith in him and reminds him that he gave him up as a ward. Balon reacts by hitting
his son and storming out as Theon shouts at him from behind. Theon considers warning Robb about his father's actions, but
ultimately reaffirms his loyalty to his family by being baptised by a Drowned Priest.

In King's Landing
Shae complains to Tyrion Lannister about being confined to his chambers. He liaises with
Varys to find her a job that will give her some freedom. Cersei Lannister hosts an awkward
dinner for her children and her captive Sansa Stark. Sansa maintains her façade of loyalty to
her captors. Shae reports as Sansa's new handmaiden, allowing Sansa to vent some
frustration about her inexperience.
Myrcella and Tommen at dinner
Tyrion tests the loyalty of the small council by feeding them each a different plan for a with Sansa.
marriage alliance involving Princess Myrcella Baratheon. He uncovers Pycelle as an
informant to Cersei when Cersei confronts him about the plan he fed to Pycelle. Tyrion insists
on pursuing the exposed plan to marry Myrcella into House Martell of Dorne over Cersei's
protests. He has Bronn arrest Pycelle for his treachery. Petyr Baelish is furious about being
involved in Tyrion's deception. Tyrion placates him by offering him an opportunity to act as an
envoy to Renly and Catelyn.

In the Riverlands Theon's baptism.

Arya Stark struggles with insomnia and takes advice from Yoren about coping with her painful
memories. He tells her to focus on retribution. They are interrupted by the arrival of Ser
Amory Lorch with a force of Lannister men and Gold Cloaks. Yoren marshals the recruits for a
battle. He confronts Ser Amory and refuses to comply with his demands that he surrender the
royal bastard Gendry. Yoren dies fighting bravely but his recruits are overcome. During the
fight Arya rescues Jaqen H'ghar from a fire near the prisoner wagon. Lommy Greenhands
picks up Gendry's helmet and is wounded by a crossbow bolt. Arya is incapacitated by
Arya polishes Needle.
Polliver who takes Needle from her. Gendry and Hot Pie are also captured. Lommy begs
Polliver to carry him but Polliver stabs him in the throat with Needle instead. Arya convinces
her captors that Lommy was Gendry because he was carrying the helmet. Ser Amory orders the prisoners be taken to
Harrenhal.

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Recap

Main: What Is Dead May Never Die recap

A detailed recap of the episode scene by scene.

Appearances

Main: What Is Dead May Never Die/Appearances

First
Brienne of Tarth
Queen Margaery Tyrell
Ser Colen of Greenpools
Gerald
Drowned Priest
Ser Amory Lorch
Polliver

Deaths
Yoren
Lommy Greenhands
At least 3 unnamed Lannister soldiers
At least 2 unnamed men

Cast

Starring (in order of appearance) Guest starring

Kit Harington as Jon Snow Donald Sumpter as Maester Luwin

James Cosmo as Jeor Mormont Ron Donachie as Ser Rodrik Cassel
John Bradley as Samwell Tarly Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle
Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Prince Bran Stark Robert Pugh as Craster
Natalie Dormer as Queen Margaery Tyrell Patrick Malahide as King Balon Greyjoy
Michelle Fairley as Catelyn Tully Francis Magee as Yoren
Alfie Allen as Prince Theon Greyjoy Gethin Anthony as King Renly Baratheon
Peter Dinklage as Lord Tyrion Lannister Joe Dempsie as Gendry
Sibel Kekilli as Lady Shae Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar
Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
Sophie Turner as Princess Sansa Stark Finn Jones as Loras Tyrell
Aidan Gillen as Lord Petyr Baelish Ben Hawkey as Hot Pie
Conleth Hill as Lord Varys Eros Vlahos as Lommy Greenhands
Jerome Flynn as Ser Bronn Gemma Whelan as Princess Yara Greyjoy
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark Kristian Nairn as Hodor
Hannah Murray as Gilly

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Fintan McKeown as Amory Lorch

Andy Kellegher as Polliver
Andy Beckwith as Rorge
Gerard Jordan as Biter
Jonathan Ryan as a Drowned Priest
Aimee Richardson as Princess Myrcella Baratheon
Callum Wharry as Prince Tommen Baratheon
Maisie Dee as Daisy
Tobias Winter as Timett
Ken Fletcher as Gerald
Darren Killeen as Ser Colen of Greenpools
Sam Callis as a Gold Cloak on the Kingsroad

Uncredited

Dennis McKeever as Night's Watch Officer 2

Aaron Archer as Tyrell Soldier
Darran Watt as Soldier
Unknown as Night's Watch Officer

Cast notes
15 of 25 cast members for the second season appear in this episode.
Starring cast members Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Liam Cunningham
(Davos Seaworth), Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister), Stephen Dillane (Stannis Baratheon), Jack Gleeson (Joffrey
Baratheon), Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont), Richard Madden (Robb Stark), Rory McCann (Sandor Clegane), and Carice van
Houten (Melisandre) are not credited and do not appear in this episode.
Ron Donachie is credited as Rodrik Cassel but does not appear.
New main cast member Natalie Dormer is added to the opening credits.
John Bradley is credited ahead of Jerome Flynn and Conleth Hill when he was credited after them in "The Night Lands," he
was credited before them in "The North Remembers."
Alfie Allen is credited before Isaac Hempstead-Wright and Sophie Turner when he was credited after them when they last
appeared together in "The North Remembers."
Tobias Winter makes his first credited appearance as Timett, having previously played the character uncredited as a
featured extra.
Rob Cooper, Jamie Edgell, Dave Forman, Paul Herbert, Michelle McKeown, Camilla Naprous, Jimmy O'Dee and C.C.
Smiff were stunt performers in this episode.

Notes
This episode marks the first time that House Martell of Dorne is introduced into the narrative, as Tyrion is planning a
marriage-alliance with them. They were previously referred to in Season 1's "The Wolf and the Lion," but they were only
mentioned in passing during Bran Stark's geography lesson, and out of context viewers who haven't read the books
wouldn't have understood how important they are.
"What is dead may never die" is a common saying in the religion of the Drowned God on the Iron Islands. The answer to
the phrase is "But rises again harder and stronger." In the episode the phrase is begun by Theon Greyjoy during his
baptism and completed by the Drowned Priest conducting the ceremony.

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This episode is the first director credit for Alik Sakharov, who has previously worked on the series as a director of
photography.
Even though they are not featured in the episode, Dragonstone and Essos appear in the title sequence.
Renly's sexual relationship with Loras was implied in the books, but happened largely "off-screen." Author George R.R.
Martin has confirmed that they were lovers.
When Renly departs from Catelyn to share an intimate moment with Loras in his tent, he tells Catelyn that he is
retiring for the evening to "pray." In the books, this is an excuse which Renly and Loras frequently use to explain
away their romantic trysts.

Right after Renly agrees to make Brienne one of his Kingsguard, when Loras looks upset, Renly actually winks at Loras (it
is not easy to see because it is a wide shot).
Tyrion finds out which member of the small council is spying for his sister by giving each suspect a unique piece of
information, and then seeing which one his sister finds out about. This method, commonly known as a "Barium meal test,"
has been used in intelligence agencies for decades. In the novel Patriot Games, author Tom Clancy calls this a Canary
Trap. The film Patriot Games features cast member Sean Bean. An actual use of this method is performed in another of
Clancy's novels, Without Remorse.
In the books, Tyrion's three "interviews" to discover which of the Small Council members is secretly working for Cersei
happen sequentially, and involve a large amount of "inner monologue" from Tyrion's point of view as he contrasts each
interview with the previous one. The TV series instead intercuts each of the three interviews, showing each of the men's
reactions to Tyrion's questions.
In the books, Tyrion never considers Theon Greyjoy as one of the (fake) marriage-alliance proposals for Myrcella. In both
versions, Tyrion meets with Pycelle first, but in the books he met with Littlefinger second and Varys last (in the TV version,
Varys went second and Littlefinger went last). Instead of proposing to marry Myrcella to Theon, Tyrion tells Varys that he
intends send her brother Tommen to Dorne as a ward (and possibly for a later marriage alliance). Moreover, through his
spy network, Varys seems to be already aware that Tyrion told Littlefinger that he intended to marry off Myrcella to House
Arryn; rather than contradict this, Tyrion tells Varys that in addition he also intends to send Tommen to Dorne. Notice that,
in the TV version, Varys seems visibly confused when Tyrion says that he intends to marry off Myrcella to the Greyjoys; the
TV producers may be intentionally implying that - as in the books - Varys already knew of Tyrion's previously announced
marriage-alliance plans (in this case, telling Pycelle that he intended to marry her off to House Martell), and is confused
that Tyrion is informing him of a completely different plan.
Two strong men have to struggle with some difficulty to drag Pycelle out of his chambers when Tyrion orders him taken to
the black cells - a nod to the fact that in secret, Pycelle isn't nearly as weak and frail as he pretends to be in public, as
revealed in Season 1's "Fire and Blood." He makes some attempt to behave humbly during Tyrion's interrogation, but once
he sees that he can't appeal to Tyrion's mercy and is being sent to the dungeons, he drops the act.
Cersei becoming so angry with Tyrion about "selling" Myrcella into a marriage alliance that she shoves him, knocking him
down backwards against some steps, was not in the script. It was ad-libbed by actress Lena Headey on the spur of the
moment, and both she and Peter Dinklage just acted through it.[1]
As originally scripted, for the scene in which Tyrion and his guards burst into Pycelle's quarters to arrest him, Pycelle was
being pleasured by the prostitute Daisy, and Pycelle was entirely naked (except for his chain of office). Actor Julian Glover
objected to this, as did his wife (who said he would "be on Facebook in five minutes"), and ultimately the writers relented
and modified the scene so he is still wearing his robes while sitting in bed with the prostitute.[2]
Daenerys Targaryen and her associated storyline do not appear in this episode.
This episode marks the first time that Cersei's two younger children, Myrcella and Tommen, have significant dialogue.
Tommen never had any speaking lines before this episode. Myrcella had only one brief line in all of Season 1 (asking "Is
Bran going to die?" in "The Kingsroad"), and a brief line to Tyrion in the Season 2 premiere (saying "I'm glad you're not
dead"). Thus this episode marks the first time that either of them has multiple lines of dialogue exchanged back-and-forth
with other characters.

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The scene in which Margaery Tyrell tries to seduce her husband Renly Baratheon was the first scene that Natalie Dormer
shot for the TV series.[3]
Despite the fact that King Renly's camp is supposed to feature light-hearted "knights of summer" acting like war is a game
and holding a tournament, it is very dark and overcast during this scene. Due to production delays, filming of this scene
had to be pushed back to September 2011, even though it was originally intended to be filmed about a month earlier when
it was sunnier. Just then, the remnants of Hurricane Irene swept in across the Atlantic Ocean and battered Ireland, though
by that point it had degenerated into a front of severe storms. Even when it was not raining, the sky was filled with storm
clouds and cold winds blasted through the location. As they were already behind schedule, it was not possible to postpone
filming the scene any further, so they were forced to film the "knights of summer" scene in cold and stormy weather. This
was something of a problem for the cast, who were still wearing the summer clothing that their characters should have
been wearing in Renly's camp. Many cast members were at least wearing their armor, but Natalie Dormer (Margaery
Tyrell) was wearing a light summer gown with a plunging neckline, and as a result was freezing during the filming of this
sequence. Between takes, the costume department would rush to cover Dormer in blankets and give her hot water bottles.
Dormer recounted, "that tournament scene was just unfortunate."[3]
It is so cold that the breath of many of the cast members is visible in this scene, particularly when Margaery says
"you are very welcome here, Lady Stark."
At one point the high winds got so severe that the entire extras tent, a massive tent containing a thousand people and
all of their costumes, blew away into the air. Luckily, no one was significantly injured. Finn Jones (Loras Tyrell) said,
"It was actually terrifying with things swinging down and people getting knocked out. It was absolute chaos. So that
was a real disaster but luckily everyone was OK in the end."[4]

The scene of Samwell giving Gilly a thimble that belonged to his mother as a promise he'll return isn't from the novels, and
was added during re-writes. Cogman said he wrote a general "I'll be back for you" scene, but Benioff and Weiss told him to
re-write it and add more depth to it. Therefore Cogman tried to work in some of Samwell's backstory about how his father
hated him because he liked reading instead of combat and his mother tried to shelter him.[5]
This episode marks the first and only time the Children of the Forest were mentioned in the live-action TV episodes, before
they actually appeared in the Season 4 finale (though they were frequently mentioned in the animated "Histories & Lore"
Blu-ray featurettes since Season 1). On the reference Maester Luwin makes about them in the episode, Cogman later
remarked: "This is the series' first mention of the Children of the Forest. Slipped this one in here!"[6]
In Cogman's original script, the scene when Catelyn enters Renly's camp while he's holding a tournament would have
been held on horseback, and near Storm's End, as in the novels. Budget constraints made this impossible, however, so the
tournament was changed to just a melee on foot, and Storm's End wasn't introduced (as it would be an entire new major
location).[7]
The moment where Renly asks a servant in his army how his injured foot is doing was actor Gethin Anthony's idea, to
show that Renly is the kind of ruler who cares about his subordinates (i.e., unlike Joffrey).[8]
The set for the main hall of Pyke castle is a redress of the same set used as the main interior hall of Winterfell (the large
interior sets are designed to be modular for re-use).[9]
Cogman explained how the scenes with Shae and Sansa were moved around: "This Shae/Sansa scene was originally
towards the end of the episode. There's a deleted scene (you can find on the blu ray) that was supposed to directly follow
the dinner scene, with Sansa being accosted by the Hound in the corridor. A version of their scene in the first book. The
scene ends with Tyrion happening upon them and dismissing the Hound, seeing Sansa is in distress, attempting to comfort
her, and sparking the idea to potentially solve two problems by placing Shae with Sansa. I liked the scene, personally. Not
sure why it was cut in post, probably pacing issues? Anyway the episode flows well as it is, so maybe it was the right call.
But, again, the scene survives on the S2 blu ray, so you can judge for yourself...This Sansa/Shae scene is mainly written
by D&D [Dave and Dan], added in a later draft (after we’d decided to put Shae in the Red Keep)."[10]
For the three overlapping scenes of Tyrion playing his ruse on the Small Council members, Cogman originally wrote them
as happening in three separate locations, but was later convinced that it made more sense for the overlapping scenes to
happen in the same room, just at different times.[11]
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The scene of Theon burning the warning letter he was going to send to Robb wasn't in the original outline of the episode.
Originally, the scene was going to directly transition from Yara giving her "you have to pick a side" speech to Theon's
baptism. Later, Cogman realized that the story lacked a middle beat, so he added in the little scene of Theon burning the
letter, with no dialogue, filmed on a minimal set (one of the reasons why it is so dark). Cogman praised Allen's non-verbal
performance in the scene and felt it was ultimately one of the strongest moments from the finished episode.[12]
Director Alik Sakharov's camerawork during the scene of Theon's baptism, with quick shots of flapping banners, was
meant as a little tribute to the camerawork of legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.[13]
When Littlefinger arrives to confront him, Tyrion seems lost in thought - which was Peter Dinklage's idea. At this moment,
Tyrion has just figured out that Pycelle was Cersei's spy (and is about to confront him over it), so as Cogman originally
scripted it Tyrion would be feeling great about himself and satisfied that his plan worked. Dinklage, however, felt that Tyrion
would still feel some empathy for Cersei, because her daughter Myrcella is indeed going to be shipped away for a
marriage-alliance - so instead, Dinklage chose to play Tyrion as deep in troubled thought when Littlefinger interrupts him.
Cogman later said, "He was dead right and the scene is better for it."[14]
George R.R. Martin has said in the past that Varys's riddle asking what "power" truly is was one of the most important
speeches in the entire novel series, pointing out one of the main thematic questions. The TV writers knew this, but the
speech actually wasn't in Cogman's original outline for the episode and very nearly missed appearing in the show at all. As
Cogman explained, while he was writing he just happened to be thumbing through the books again, then checked the other
script outlines, and was horrified to realize that the speech wasn't in any of them - Cogman, Benioff, and Weiss all knew
how important the speech was, it's just that each of them assumed one of the other writers had handled fitting it into the
show. Thankfully Cogman managed to catch the mistake in time, and added it back into the script during re-writes.
Ultimately it was one of the most important scenes, used very prominently in trailers for Season 2.[15]
Cogman originally scripted the closing fight scene between Yoren's recruits and the Lannister guards as a much bigger
battle scene (the Lannister guards storming a castle, as in the novels) but it had to be cut down due to budget constraints.
The moment of Yoren explaining how he killed Willem, giving Arya the idea for her kill list/daily prayer, was a rewrite
inserted later by Benioff and Weiss. In Cogman's original version, that time was filled with a dialogue between Arya and
Hot Pie about Jon Snow (because they're heading to the Wall and Hot Pie might meet him there). Ultimately Cogman felt
that their final version was a much better choice.[16]
The moment of Polliver taunting and killing Lommy was originally outlined to occur in the next episode, so Vanessa Taylor
actually wrote that dialogue. It was moved back into this episode as the season was streamlined in post-production.[17]

In the books

See: Differences between books and TV series - Season 2#What Is Dead May Never Die

The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Clash of Kings:

Chapter 3, Tyrion I: Varys tells Tyrion the riddle about what power truly is.
Chapter 11, Theon I: Theon is baptized
Chapter 14, Arya IV: Yoren's party is attacked by Ser Amory Lorch. Yoren is killed.
Chapter 17, Tyrion IV: Tyrion has Grand Maester Pycelle, Lord Petyr and Varys each convey an offer of alliance to a
great house.
Chapter 19, Arya V: Arya, Gendry and Hot Pie are captured by a Lannister servant. Lommy is killed by a Lannister
man-at-arms.
Chapter 20, Tyrion V: Tyrion placates Cersei as to his alliance offer to Dorne betrothing Myrcella to Doran Martell's
son Trystane.
Chapter 22, Catelyn II: Catelyn arrives at Renly's camp to discuss an alliance and meets Margaery Tyrell and Brienne
of Tarth.

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Chapter 23, Jon III: Sam promises to help Gilly escape when the Watch comes back through.
Chapter 24, Theon II: Balon reveals his plans for attacking the North to Theon and Yara while Robb is distracted
fighting the Lannisters.
Chapter 25, Tyrion VI: Tyrion comes up with a plan to free Jaime. He arrests Pycelle after he revealed to Cersei
about the marriage alliance with Dorne.
Chapter 28, Bran IV: Bran continues to experience strange dreams.
Chapter 44, Tyrion X: Tyrion and Varys try to find a place for Shae.

The episode is adapted from the following chapter of A Storm of Swords:

Chapter 58, Tyrion VII: Shae becomes Sansa's handmaiden.

Memorable quotes
Varys: "Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick, a shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very
large shadow."

[After a day of being tormented by Joffrey, Sansa Stark attends an awkward dinner with Cersei, and her younger children
Myrcella and Tommen. Everyone eats wordlessly until Myrcella finally breaks the awkward silence]
Princess Myrcella Baratheon: (to Cersei) "When will Joffrey and Sansa be married?"
Queen Cersei Lannister: "Soon darling, when the war is over."
Myrcella: (to Sansa) "Mother says I'll have a new gown for the ceremony, and another for the feast." (Quickly thinking of
something nice to say to Sansa) "But yours will be ivory, since you're the bride."
(Sansa sits in a stunned silence after being reminded that she will be forced to marry Joffrey)
Cersei: (to Sansa) "The princess just spoke to you."
Sansa Stark: (to Cersei) "Pardon, your grace." (to Myrcella) "I'm sure your dress will be beautiful, Myrcella. I'm counting the
days until the fighting's done, and I can pledge my love to the king in sight of the Gods."
Prince Tommen Baratheon: (to Cersei) "Is Joffrey going to kill Sansa's brother?"
Cersei: "He might. Would you like that?"
Tommen: (pausing to weigh the question) "No...I don't think so."
Cersei: (smiling coldly at Sansa) "Even if he does, Sansa will do her duty. Won't you, little dove?"

[At Pyke, Balon Greyjoy looks over a map with Yara and Theon.]
Lord Balon Greyjoy: "The wolf pup has gone south with the entirety of the northern army at his back. While he's tangling with
the lion in the Westerlands, the North is ripe for the taking. The ironborn will reave and pillage as it was in the old days all along
the northern coast. We'll spread out dominion across the green lands securing the Neck and everything above. Every stronghold
will fall to us one by one."

Balon: "What are our words? Our words?"

Theon Greyjoy: "'We Do Not Sow.'"

Balon: "'We Do Not Sow.' We are Ironborn. We're not subjects, we're not slaves. We do not plow the fields or toil in the mines.
We take what is ours. Your time with the wolves has made you weak."
Theon: "You act as if I volunteered to go. You gave me away if you remember. The day you bent the knee to Robert Baratheon.
After he crushed you! Did you take what was yours then?" [Balon slaps Theon and strides away.] "You gave me away! Your boy!
Your last boy! You gave me away like I was some dog you didn't want anymore! And now you curse me because I've come
home!"

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[Balon strides away while Yara approaches her brother.]

Yara Greyjoy: "You'd have our father bow down to your other family?"
Theon: "I have no other family!"
Yara : "Don't you?" [Yara turns to leave as well.] "Make your choice, Theon, and do it quickly! Our ships sail with or without you."

Cersei: "You monster! Myrcella is my only daughter. Do you really think I will let you sell her like a common whore!?"

Tyrion Lannister: "Myrcella is a princess! Some would say she was born for this!"
Cersei: "I will not let you ship her off to Dorne as I was shipped off to Robert Baratheon!"
Tyrion: "Dorne is the safest place for her."
Cersei: "Are you mad? The Martells loathe us!"
Tyrion: "That's why we need to seduce them. We're going to need their support in the war your son started!"
Cersei: "She'll be a hostage!"
Tyrion: "A guest."
Cersei: "You won't get away with this! You think the piece of paper father gave you keeps you safe? Ned Stark had a piece of
paper too."

Tyrion: "You disappoint me, Grand Maester."

Pycelle: "I am your loyal servant."

Tyrion: "So loyal that you told the queen about my plans to send Myrcella to Dorne."
Pycelle: "No, never! It's a falsehood, I swear it! It wasn't me. Ah, Varys! It was Varys, the Spider..."
Tyrion: "See, I told Varys that I was giving the princess to the Greyjoys. I told Littlefinger that I planned to wed her to Robin
Arryn. I told no one that I was offering her to the Dornish. No one but you."

Tyrion Lannister: "Cut off his manhood and feed it to the goats."

Timett: "There are no goats, halfman!"

Tyrion: "Well, make do!"

Tyrion: "How many Hands have you betrayed, Pycelle? Eddard Stark, Jon Arryn..."

Pycelle: "Lord Arryn! He knew, he knew the tr-truth abou-about the Queen and he planned to act, to tell King Robert!"
Tyrion: "So you poisoned him?"
Pycelle: "No! Never!"
Tyrion: "But you let him die! Made sure he succumbed!"
Pycelle: "Lannister, I've always served Lannister!"
Tyrion: "Get him out of my sight! Throw him in one of the black cells!"

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References
1. ↑ Game of Thrones Season 2 Blu-ray - "Inner Circle" 9. ↑ [5]
featurette 10. ↑ [6]
2. ↑ FlicksAndTheCity Julian Gl over interview 11. ↑ [7]
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Seattle Post Intelligencer article on filming 12. ↑ [8]
season 2 and the interference of Hurricane Irene 13. ↑ [9]
4. ↑ Finn Jones Q&A 14. ↑ [10]
5. ↑ [1] 15. ↑ [11]
6. ↑ [2] 16. ↑ [12]
7. ↑ [3] 17. ↑ [13]
8. ↑ [4]
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