Game of Thrones/Recap/S1/E07 You Win or You Die: Difference between revisions

* [[Bastard Bastard]]: Ned confronts Cersei with the evidence he gathered last episode, and she admits Joffrey is actually Jaime's, not Robert's. Possibly subverted, as no one tells Joffrey this (and {{spoiler|he and Robert still apparently believe they are related when Robert dies.}})

* [[Berserk Button]]: {{spoiler|If you ''try'' to lay a finger on Daenerys and her unborn child, Drogo will come to conquer your country, kill your men, rape your women, enslave your children, tear down your stone houses, and drag your broken gods back to Vaes Dothrak.}}

{{quote| '''Littlefinger:''' Slowly. You’re not fooling them, they just paid you. They know what you are. They know it’s all just an act. Your job is to make them forget what they know. And that takes time. You need to … ease into it. Well, go ahead. Ease into it. He’s winning you over in spite of yourself. You’re starting to like this. He wants to believe you. He’s enjoyed his cock since he was old enough to play with it, why shouldn’t you? He knows he’s better than other men. He’s always known it, deep down inside, now he has proof. He’s so good, he’s reaching something deep inside of you that no one even knew was there. Overcoming your very nature.}}

** If you still aren't sure, just replace the word 'cock' with 'honor,' and marvel at how well it describes his 'seduction' of Ned.

** [[Fridge Brilliance]] when you realize that Ned will not only not kneel because his honor prevents him, but ''physically can't because of his leg wound''.

* [[Large Ham]]: After being rather low-key for most of the series, Drogo gives an epically hamtastic [[Rousing Speech]] {{spoiler|in which he declares that he will conquer Westeros for his wife and son}}.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Khal Drogo swears one with the stars as witness.

* [[Rousing Speech]]:

** Khal Drogo gives one after {{spoiler|Robert's assassin tries to kill Dany}}

** Tywin's "We could establish a dynasty that will last a thousand years" speech does qualify.

* {{spoiler|[[Succession Crisis]]}}: The last scene is almost certainly the beginning of one.

* [[Squick]]: Tywin butchers an elk while he talks to his son, first removing a large and squishy pile of guts, then skinning it.

* [[Title Drop]]: Both the episode and the series in the same sentence! "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."

{{quote| '''Tywin''': ''[while skinning a stag]'' Attacking [Ned Stark] was stupid. Lannisters don't act like fools. ''[[[Beat]]. [[Deadpan Snarker|Jaime]] goes to open his mouth, but thinks better of it]'' You going to say something clever? Go on, say something clever.}}

* [[Wham Episode]]: Even advertised as "the episode everyone will be talking about" and MASSIVELY ramped up the [[HSQ]]. Count 'em:

** Despite Ned's best efforts, {{spoiler|Cersei gets Joffrey on the throne the instant of Robert's death.}}

** Robert rescinds the order for Daenerys' assassination, but he's too late; {{spoiler|the attempt fails, and Khal Drogo declares war on the Seven Kingdoms.}}

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