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| preceded by = [[Game of Thrones/Recap/S2/E07 A Man Without Honor|A Man Without Honor]]
| followed by = [[Game of Thrones/Recap/S2/E09 Blackwater|Blackwater]]
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Theon looks grimly over a pile of messenger ravens, shot down by his archers to keep the North ''incommunicado'', and is further pleased when his sister Yara arrives from Deepwood Motte with reinforcements. ...Or, so he thinks. It's actually just her escort, and she's taking them all when she leaves again. Yara begs him to return to the Iron Islands as well: Winterfell is hundreds of miles inland, making it an impactical conquest for a seagoing people, and Theon killed any hope of holding the North peacefully along with Bran and Rickon. But Theon, the [[Title Drop|Prince of Winterfell]], isn't giving up his conquest without a fight, and Yara sadly leaves him to it.
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As the wildlings march Jon Snow and Qhorin Halfhand up into the Frostfangs, the older ranger gives Jon some orders: stick with the wildlings, ride with them, turn his cloak and become a [[Double Agent]] to help Mormont defend the Wall. To aid in this, he starts yelling at Jon for being a traitor, and knocks him down an embankment. The others, particularly Ygritte, look on with some sympathy.
Tyrion and Bronn are trying to find a way to defend King's Landing. Tyrion pores over some huge [[
Up at the Fist of the First Men, Grenn, Sam and Dolorous Edd are digging latrine ditches. Grenn comes across a stone marked with the insignia of the First Men, and upends it to find a black cloak of the Night's Watch wrapped around a cache of spearheads and arrowheads made of dragonglass, or what the maesters call "obsidian." Dolorous Edd concludes that somebody--presumably a crow--wanted this cache to be found, but nobody is able to figure out ''why''.
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Cersei has invited Tyrion over for dinner again, where they discuss the oncoming battle. Joffrey has decided to make an appearance, which will be good for morale but which awakens all of Cersei's [[Mama Bear]] instincts. Soon enough, though, she turns the conversation to its real topic: cocks. Varys, she claims, is dangerous precisely because he doesn't have one--as is Cersei. "You, on the other hand, are as big a fool as every other man. That little worm between your legs does [[All Men Are Perverts|half your thinking]]." ("It's not ''that'' little," Tyrion replies.) Finally she drops her bombshell: "''[[I Have Your Wife|I have your little whore]].''" This is her revenge, evidently, for Tyrion stealing her daughter. She'll be treated well, she promises... "Unless Joffrey is hurt, and then every wound he suffers she'll suffer too." Tyrion, who has somehow managed to keep his poker face on through all of this, demands proof that she's alive, and Cersei orders Ser Mandon Moore to bring in the whore.
And here we get real proof of Cersei's [[Small Name, Big Ego|utter incompetence]], because [[Mistaken Identity|it's not Shae]]. In the books, it's Alayaya, a whore Tyrion ''pretended'' to visit as a cover story, [[Properly Paranoid|just in case something like this should happen]], but she isn't present here on TV, so it's obviously not her either. It's ''[[Canon Foreigner|Ros]]'', whom Cersei seized on the grounds of a trinket Tyrion gave to her in the first episode of last season, and who hasn't seen him (nor he seen her) ever since. Just about the only way Cersei could've got it more wrong is if she'd trotted [[Harry Potter|Hermione Granger]] in.
Tyrion shows his true mettle, keeping his poker face on and playing it out as though Cersei had the right person (though there's obviously a bit of [[Reality Subtext]] behind his apology and her request to make darned sure nothing happens to her). After that he turns to Cersei, who can barely contain her glee, and puts out a calm, utterly ominous [[Badass Boast]]:
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Then he runs back to his own chambers and buries himself in Shae's arms. He begs her to never leave him, and she promises him: "I'm yours, and you are mine." And that's enough for Tyrion--the next time we see her, she actually still has her clothes on. Now ''that's'' love.
Robb Stark and Roose Bolton try to strategize what to do about Winterfell, what little they ''can'' do when giving orders by proxy to Ramsay Snow. But, as usual, whenever Bolton tries to talk to Robb, Lady Talisa glides in. (Seriously, it's like she just waits.) With her, Robb has a chance to unburden himself and be Robb the boy, not Lord Stark the King, and Talisa gives some more of her [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: she was once a [[Proper Lady]] in Volantis, but one day swimming with her friends and family, her younger brother drowned. A slave charged in to give [[Clean Pretty Reliable|CPR]], even though [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right|touching a Volantene noble is grounds for death]], and on that day her [[Freudian Excuse]] was sealed: she decided to become a [[Combat Medic]], and to never live in a slave city again. This leads to an [[Anguished Declaration of Love]], and despite her reminders that he needs that bridge, they giggle and do it on the floor. It's actually rather sweet.
Arya, Hot Pie and Gendry are surveilling the gate at Harrenhal, which looks pretty-well guarded. Jaqen implied he was going to do something about them, but they're still there... or so it appears, until Arya screws up her courage and goes, and discovers that they're all dead and propped up against casual onlookers. Unchallenged, the three head out into the riverlands.
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* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Tyrion and Varys seem to have moved beyond mere [[Worthy Opponent]] level and into this trope.
* [[Glasgow Grin]]: Joffrey boasts that he will place one on the notoriously dour Stannis. Tyrion and Varys are not impressed.
* [[I Owe You My Life]]: In a manner of speaking. Lady Talisa watches as a fishing boat slave saves her brother's life with some [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]] (shoving her out of the way to do it, which could have cost his life). She decides to learn healing arts, which is why she's a [[Combat Medic]], and never to live in a slave city again, which is why she's in Westeros.
* [[Mistaken Identity]]: Cersei decides to go after Tyrion's whore in order to punish him for sending off Myrcella. (Un)fortunately, the woman Cersei has captured and beaten is not Shae.
* [[The Mole]]: Qhorin starts setting Jon up to become one, berating him for his stupidity getting men killed so the Wildings might buy that he wants to defect.
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** The Greyjoys have thus far been portrayed as ruthless bastards, but Yara gains sympathy through her praise for the Stark boys' bravery, her revulsion at Theon's deeds, and the dutiful family love she nonetheless attempts to extend to her brother.
* [[The Promise]]: Of the unfriendly variety.
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* [[Revenge
* [[Right Under Their Noses]]: Bran, Rickon, Osha and Hodor doubled back after the farm and are hiding in the crypts of Winterfell.
* [[Spoiler Opening]]: Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who plays Bran, is still in the opening credits. Guess whether Bran's still alive. No, really, guess. First two don't count.
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* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Tyrion is quite chilling when he threatens Cersei, to the point that her [[Smug Smiler]] composure noticeably cracks.
* [[Uriah Gambit]]: Cersei accuses Tyrion of this being his motive behind letting Joffrey fight in the upcoming battle. YMMV on whether she's right; Tyrion doesn't actually deny it, and it's pretty clear from past episodes that he would not be the slightest bit upset if Joffrey did get himself killed, but it's debatable whether he's actually planning this.
* [[We ARE Struggling Together!]]: Tyrion tries to get Cersei to understand that with Stannis bearing down on them, this is not the time to be fighting each other. She laughs at him, apparently still unable to understand that Tyrion's role as [[The Strategist]] compensates for his lack of personal skill in battle.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Catelyn gets this from everyone for releasing Jaime, and Robb orders her to be arrested.
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Robb and Lady Talisa finally resolve their [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]], at the expense of Robb's [[Arranged Marriage]] to an unseen and implied-to-be-hideous Frey daughter.
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