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May 6, 2012 · The Old Gods and the New: Directed by David Nutter. With Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Michelle Fairley, Emilia Clarke. Theon seizes control of Winterfell. Jon captures a wildling, named Ygritte.
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- David Nutter
- 2012-05-06
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"The Old Gods and the New" is the sixth episode of the second season of Game of Thrones. It is the sixteenth episode of the series overall. It premiered on May 6, 2012 on HBO. It was written by Vanessa Taylor and directed by David Nutter.
At Winterfell
At Winterfell, Maester Luwin frantically sends off a messenger raven. A band of raiders from House Greyjoy, led by Theon Greyjoy, take over the undefended castle. Theon had lured the defenders away with a feint at Torrhen's Square and then infiltrated the castle using grappling claws. Theon tells Bran Stark to surrender the castle to him to save his people. Bran submits in front of his assembled people. Ser Rodrik Cassel is captured by Theon's men as he is returning from Torrhen's Square. He spits in Theon's face, and Dagmer insists that Theon must kill him, or lose face in front of his Ironborn raiders. Theon botches the beheading of Ser Rodrik, requiring several hacks and a kick, horrifying the people of Winterfell. Later that night, Osha the wildling woman has sex with Theon, but then sneaks out of his room while he is asleep. Osha frees Bran, Rickon Stark, Hodor, and their direwolves (Summer and Shaggydog). She smuggles them out of the castle and kills one of Theon's guards in the process.
In the Westerlands
At King Robb Stark's army camp, Robb chats with Talisa, who has followed his forces on their campaign. Robb introduces Talisa to his mother Catelyn Stark, who has returned from the Stormlands along with Brienne of Tarth. They are interrupted when Lord Roose Bolton arrives with the terrible news sent by Luwin's last messenger raven. Furious at Theon's betrayal, Robb intends to march his army back to the North to repel the invasion. Roose advises that the few hundred soldiers left scattered in the North can be rallied by his bastard son, Ramsay Snow, who is in the North at the Dreadfort. They could overcome the small Ironborn invasion force. Roose warns that retreating the entire Northern army group would lose everything they have gained. Robb agrees, but insists that Bolton's men take Theon alive so Robb can look him in the eyes and ask "Why?" before personally executing him.
At Harrenhal
At Harrenhal, the main base camp for the House Lannister army in the Riverlands, Tywin Lannister berates Ser Amory Lorch for delivering a letter to their enemies instead of their allies, because he cannot read properly. He discovers that his cupbearer "Arry" (secretly Arya Stark) can read. Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish arrives at camp and meets with Tywin. Arya tries to hide her face to prevent Littlefinger from identifying her. Baelish discusses the assassination of Renly Baratheon and the subsequent rallying of the noble Houses from the Stormlands under the banner of his older brother Stannis Baratheon. However, House Tyrell of the Reach has retreated its large army back to their capital at Highgarden, and has not joined Stannis. Baelish discusses with Tywin the possibility of forming an alliance between House Lannister and House Tyrell. Later, Tywin questions Arya about her origins. While Tywin is distracted, Arya sees that a letter on his table is about her older brother Robb Stark, so she snatches it. After she asks Tywin about his own father, Tywin sends her to fetch more firewood. She takes this opportunity to read the letter, but unfortunately bumps into Amory Lorch who sees that she is carrying the letter and grows suspicious. Arya runs away and Amory heads to tell Tywin. Arya runs to find Jaqen H'ghar, telling him that Amory Lorch is the second name he owes her, and it must be now. Just as Amory Lorch reaches Tywin's quarters, he falls down dead with a poisoned dart lodged in his neck.
Firsts
•Farlen •Palla •Ygritte •Jacks •Quent
Deaths
•Ser Rodrik Cassel •The High Septon •King's Landing rioter •Amory Lorch •Drennan •Irri •At least 3 wildlings •At least 4 Gold Cloaks •At least 6 King's Landing residents •Many Dothraki
Starring
•Peter Dinklage as Lord Tyrion Lannister •Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister •Michelle Fairley as Lady Catelyn Stark •Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen •Aidan Gillen as Lord Petyr Baelish •Kit Harington as Jon Snow •Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister •Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Bran Stark •Richard Madden as King Robb Stark •Sophie Turner as Princess Sansa Stark •Maisie Williams as Princess Arya Stark •Alfie Allen as Prince Theon Greyjoy •Jack Gleeson as King Joffrey Baratheon •Sibel Kekilli as Lady Shae •Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane
Guest starring
•Donald Sumpter as Luwin •Ron Donachie as Rodrik Cassel •Natalia Tena as Osha •Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton •Nonso Anozie as Xaro Xhoan Daxos •Nicholas Blane as the Spice King •Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar •Rose Leslie as Ygritte •Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth •Oona Chaplin as Talisa Maegyr •Simon Armstrong as Qhorin •Ralph Ineson as Dagmer •Ian Beattie as Meryn Trant •Fintan McKeown as Amory Lorch •Forbes KB as Black Lorren •Amrita Acharia as Irri •Kristian Nairn as Hodor •Steven Cole as Kovarro •David Verrey as the High Septon •Peter Ballance as Farlen •David Coakley as Drennan •Aimee Richardson as Myrcella Baratheon •Art Parkinson as Rickon Stark •Callum Wharry as Tommen Baratheon •Reg Wayment as a King's Landing rioter •Aiden Condron as a Lannister captain •Marko Juraga as a King's Landing rioter •Rea Separovic as a King's Landing rioter •Paul Caddell as Jacks •Aidan Crowe as Quent
Notes
•15 of 25 cast members for the second season appear in this episode. •Starring cast members John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), James Cosmo (Jeor Mormont), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Stephen Dillane (Stannis Baratheon), Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont), Conleth Hill (Varys), and Carice van Houten (Melisandre) are not credited and do not appear in this episode. •Jack Gleeson is credited after Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams when he was credited ahead of them when they last appeared together in "Garden of Bones." •In the opening titles, Jack Gleeson, who plays Joffrey Baratheon, has his sigil changed to a Stark direwolf, rather than a Baratheon stag. This was later corrected on the DVD and Blu-ray release. •Gary Arthurs, Toni Bobeta, Jonathan Cohen, Rob Cooper, Jamie Edgell, Dave Fisher, David Forman, Christine Korade Getos, James Grogan, Eduard Hendija, Paul Herbert, Antonio Ivanovic, Paul Kennington, Ivana Krile, Ivo Kristof, Zeljko Matovina, Michelle McKeown, Sian Milne, Camilla Naprous, Chris Newton, James O'Donnell, Nikola Oreskovic, Martin Pemberton, Matija Petrovic, Ivo Popovic, Marcus Shakesheff, C.C. Smiff, Sasa Vuk and Reg Wayment were stunt performers in this episode.
Black Lorren: "We caught this one on this way back from Torrhen's Square. Took out two of ours before I got his sword."
Prince Theon Greyjoy: "Ser Rodrik, it grieves me that we meet as foes."
Ser Rodrik Cassel: "It grieves me that you have less honor than a back-alley whore! You were raised here, under this roof! These people are your people!"
Theon: "They are not my people."
Rodrik: "King Robb thought of you as a brother!"
Theon: "My brothers are dead! They died fighting Stark men; men like you!"
•The title refers to the Old Gods worshiped primarily in the North and the Seven of the Faith of the Seven, also referred to as the new gods. In the series their oaths featured in the preceding episode "The Ghost of Harrenhal."
•The soundtrack playing over the credits is a rendition of Daenerys's theme. It did not appear on the official soundtrack release.
•The episode won a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Make-Up (Non-Prosthetic) in September 2012.
•When Tyrion admonishes Joffrey that if Sansa dies the Starks will kill his captive "uncle" Jaime, saying "You owe him quite a bit, you know!". This is a callback to the Season 2 premiere, "The North Remembers," in which Joffrey told Cersei that he'd heard of the "rumors" being spread by Stannis that Joffrey is really Jaime's bastard son; he just refused to believe they could be true. Joffrey scowls at Tyrion's insinuation about his relationship to Jaime.
•The first time that Sansa is called "little bird." Sandor "the Hound" Clegane is the only character who calls her by that nickname.
•The scenes depicting Jon and Qhorin beyond the Wall are filmed on-location in Iceland. The frozen landscape and glaciers in the background are real, not CGI or a matte painting.
•The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Clash of Kings:
•Chapter 34, Jon IV: Jon is unable to keep Ghost close to him.
•Chapter 36, Tyrion VIII: Littlefinger positions himself to negotiate with House Tyrell.
•Chapter 37, Theon III: A northerner captive spits in Theon's face, and is killed at the insistence of Theon's men.
•Chapter 38, Arya VIII: Arya orders a second murder from Jaqen.
•Chapter 39, Catelyn V: Catelyn returns from the Stormlands.
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