A Man Without Honor

"A Man Without Honor" is the seventh episode of the second season of Game of Thrones. It is the seventeenth episode of the series overall. It premiered on May 13, 2012 on HBO. It was written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, and directed by David Nutter.
==Premise==
==Synopsis==
=== At Winterfell ===
At Winterfell, now held by the Ironborn, Theon Greyjoy awakens to find that Osha is gone and she has escaped with Hodor, Bran Stark, Rickon Stark and their direwolves. Theon berates Black Lorren for allowing them to escape. When Lorren counters that Theon is also to blame for sleeping with Osha and letting his guard down, Theon furiously beats him. Theon leads the Ironborn on horseback to hunt down the boys with hounds to track them. The search leads them to a shepherd's farm, but the farmer says that he hasn't seen anyone. Dagmer finds some walnut shells, so they know that Bran and Rickon were there, but the hounds can't get the scent. Theon tells them the hunt is over and to return Maester Luwin to Winterfell: he knows where they are, and his mercy has been exhausted.
Theon returns to Winterfell. He announces that he is going to show them what happens to those who are not loyal to him: he hoists two bodies of small children, burned black and beyond recognition, to either side of the main gate. Seeing them, Maester Luwin cries out in grief and anguish, believing Bran and Rickon have been killed.
=== At Harrenhal ===
At Harrenhal, Tywin Lannister is discussing the assassination of Amory Lorch with Ser Gregor Clegane. Tywin is convinced that it was an assassination attempt on himself, unaware that Jaqen H'ghar actually killed Lorch on the request of Arya Stark. Ser Gregor speculates that the Brotherhood Without Banners may have been responsible. Enraged, Tywin orders Gregor to burn out villages and farms in reprisal for this assassination attempt. Tywin later suspects that Arya is highborn, because she doesn't pronounce "m'lord" the way commoners do and says "my lord" instead, possessing an educated vocabulary. Arya makes the excuse that her mother, whom she said was a handmaiden for years to royalty, had taught her to speak properly like them.
=== In King's Landing ===
In King's Landing, Sansa Stark comes to thank Sandor "The Hound" Clegane for saving her life during the recent riot in the city and says that he was very brave. Sandor simply says that a dog doesn't need courage to fight off rats. Sansa is perturbed by his "hateful speech," but Sandor cautions that a day will come when his penchant for violence is all that stands between her and her "beloved" King Joffrey.
Sansa awakens in her bed from a nightmare, only to find the sheets covered in blood because she has had her first period. As she will be expected to marry and conceive a son with Joffrey when she begins menstruating, Sansa panics and frantically tries to get rid of the bloody sheets to remove the evidence. Shae tries to help Sansa hide the sheets but Sandor finds them.
Terrified of being brought to Joffrey, Sansa is instead brought before Queen Regent Cersei Lannister, who in her own way tries to comfort her. Cersei reveals that King Robert Baratheon had abandoned her to hunt as she birthed each of her children, but that her brother Jaime Lannister insisted on being by her side the whole time, noting that Sansa should never expect such devotion from Joffrey. Cersei says that while Sansa will never love Joffrey, she will love their children and advises Sansa to love no one but her children — whom a mother can't help but love — because "the more people you love, the weaker you are." When Sansa asks if she should not love Joffrey, Cersei only answers, "You can try, little dove." 
Privately, Cersei meets with Tyrion and expresses regret at having children with her own brother Jaime. She wonders if Joffrey's violent personality is the price of her and Jaime's sins. Tyrion earnestly points out that her other two children, Myrcella and Tommen, are good and decent children. Cersei and Tyrion share an odd moment of sympathy.
=== In the Westerlands ===
At King Robb Stark's army camp in the Westerlands, close to an unidentified keep, Alton Lannister returns as an envoy giving Queen Cersei's response to Robb's peace terms. Robb is unsurprised that she rejected them and imprisons Alton with his cousin Jaime Lannister. The nurse Talisa Maegyr discusses medical supplies she needs with Robb. Robb suggests she accompany him to the Crag to acquire the supplies she needs. That night, Jaime kills Alton to lure the guard, Torrhen Karstark, into his cell. Jaime strangles Torrhen and escapes but is soon recaptured. Torrhen was the son of Lord Rickard Karstark, one of the major nobles from the North. Lord Rickard demands Jaime's execution in revenge, regardless of his protected status as both a prisoner of war and a valuable political hostage. Catelyn is forced to argue for Jaime's life. Catelyn confronts Jaime and tells him that he has no honor. Jaime bitterly explains that his vows as a knight required him to defend the innocent and serve the king, but his king was slaughtering the innocent. Jaime considers concepts like "honor" and "loyalty" naïve at best and hypocritical at worst. Jaime asserts that he has only been with Cersei and begins to ridicule Eddard Stark, Catelyn's late husband, by bringing up the shame of Eddard fathering an illegitimate child with another woman. This brings Catelyn to breaking point and she asks for Brienne's sword.
===Beyond the Wall===
Jon Snow is still separated from the Night's Watch scouting group led by Qhorin. He attempts to locate them, traveling with his wildling prisoner Ygritte. She and Jon argue about freedom, his oaths, and who is invading whose lands. Jon tells Ygritte his father was Ned Stark and as Northman, he has the blood of the First Men just like she does, to which Ygritte asks Jon why the Watch fights the wildlings. She states that the animosity of the southerners toward the Wildlings is arbitrary, given that the Wildlings are only distinguished from them by living north of the Wall when it was constructed. She mocks Jon's sexual inexperience, surmising that he is a virgin. She taunts him by offering to teach him how to have sex. She escapes and leads him into an ambush. Ygritte says that Jon should have taken her when he had the chance.
===In Qarth===
Daenerys Targaryen is desperate to find her stolen dragons. Ser Jorah Mormont returns and she orders him to find them. Xaro Xhoan Daxos claims to be distressed at breaking his promise to protect her, fearing that his word will be publicly seen as worthless. Jorah questions Quaithe of Asshai. Quaithe knows that Jorah once betrayed Daenerys by spying on her. Quaithe warns Jorah that the man who stole the dragons is already with Daenerys. Jorah finds Daenerys, in the company of Kovarro, pleading with the council of the Thirteen to find her dragons. The warlock Pyat Pree confesses to stealing the dragons and declares Xaro the King of Qarth. Doubles of the warlock then magically appear behind the other members of the Thirteen and slit their throats, leaving only Pyat Pree and Xaro. Xaro secretly entered into an alliance with Pyat Pree to become king. Pyat Pree urges Daenerys to find her dragons at the House of the Undying as the three flee.
==Appearances==
===Firsts===
*Torrhen Karstark
*Billy
*Jack
*Bernadette
===Deaths===
*Ser Alton Lannister
*Torrhen Karstark
*11 of the Thirteen, including:
**The Spice King
**The Silk King
**The Copper King
*Winterfell shepherd
*Winterfell shepherd's wife
*Billy
*Jack
*At least 20 Lannister soldiers
==Cast==
===Starring===
*Peter Dinklage as Lord Tyrion Lannister
*Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister
*Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister
*Michelle Fairley as Lady Catelyn Stark
*Emilia Clarke as Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen
*Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont
*Kit Harington as Jon Snow
*Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister
*Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Prince 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
*Sibel Kekilli as Shae
*Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane
===Guest starring===
*Donald Sumpter as Maester Luwin
*Ian Hanmore as Pyat Pree
*Nicholas Blane as the Spice King
*Nonso Anozie as Xaro Xhoan Daxos
*Natalia Tena as Osha
*Michael McElhatton as Lord Roose Bolton
*Rose Leslie as Ygritte
*Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
*Oona Chaplin as Talisa Maegyr
*Ralph Ineson as Dagmer Cleftjaw
*Laura Pradelska as Quaithe
*John Stahl as Lord Rickard Karstark
*Karl Davies as Ser Alton Lannister
*Forbes KB as Black Lorren
*Kristian Nairn as Hodor
*Steven Cole as Kovarro
*Ian Whyte as Ser Gregor Clegane
*Art Parkinson as Prince Rickon Stark
*Donagh Deeney as a Winterfell shepherd
*Sara Dylan as a Bernadette
*Steve Wilson as Theon Greyjoy's master of hounds
*Slavko Juraga as the Silk King
*Tyrone McElhennon as Torrhen Karstark
*Neill Fleming as a Karstark soldier
*Peter Ballance as Farlen
*David Coakley as Drennan
*Paul Caddell as Jacks
*Duncan Lacroix as a Karstark soldier
*David Sheenan [sic] as a Stark guard
*Aidan Crowe as Quent
*Reg Wayment as a rioter
===Uncredited===
*Paul Monahan as Stark Guard
*Unknown as Palla
*Unknown as Billy
*Unknown as Jack
*Unknown as Malakho
*Unknown as a Stark guard
*Unknown as the Silk King
*Unknown as the Copper King
===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), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Stephen Dillane (Stannis Baratheon), Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Aidan Gillen (Petyr Baelish), Jack Gleeson (Joffrey Baratheon), Conleth Hill (Varys), and Carice van Houten (Melisandre) are not credited and do not appear in this episode.
*Guest star David Sheehan's name is spelled incorrectly in the credits as David Sheenan.
*Toni Bobeta, Jonathan Cohen, Rob Cooper, Jamie Edgell, Dave Fisher, David Forman, James Grogan, Paul Herbert, Michelle McKeown, Sian Milne, Camilla Naprous, James O'Donnell, Martin Pemberton, Marcus Shakesheff, C.C. Smiff, Mark Southworth, Arran Topham, Leo Woodruff and Marcus Shakesheff were stunt performers in this episode.
==Quotes==
Sansa Stark: "I beg pardon, Ser. I should have come to you after, to thank you for saving me. You were so brave." 
The Hound: "Brave? A dog doesn't need courage to chase off rats." 
Sansa: "Does it give you joy to scare people?" 
The Hound: "No, it gives me joy to kill people. Spare me. You can't tell me Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell never killed a man." 
Sansa: "It was his duty. He never liked it."
The Hound: "Is that what he told you? He lied. Killing is the sweetest thing there is." 
Sansa: "Why are you always so hateful?" 
The Hound: "You'll be glad of the hateful things I do some day, when you're Queen and I'm all that stands between you and your beloved King."
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Theon Greyjoy: "I'm looking at spending the rest of my life being treated like a fool and a eunuch by my own people!"
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Cersei Lannister: [to Sansa] "Permit me to share some womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. The more people you love the weaker you are. You'll do things for them that you know you shouldn't do. You'll act the fool to make them happy, to keep them safe. Love no one but your children. On that front a mother has no choice."Sansa: "But shouldn't I love Joffrey, Your Grace?"Cersei: "You can try, Little Dove."
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Cersei: "Sometimes, I wonder..."
Tyrion Lannister: "What?"
Cersei: "If this is the price for what we've done. For our sins."
Tyrion: "Sins? The Targaryens..."
Cersei: "Wed brother and sister for hundreds of years, I know. It's what Jaime and I would say to each other in our moments of doubt. It's what I told Ned Stark when he was stupid enough to confront me. Half the Targaryens went mad, didn't they? What's the saying? 'Every time a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin.'"
Tyrion: "You've beaten the odds. Tommen and Myrcella are good, decent children, both of them."
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Rickard Karstark: "Any man who stands between a father and his vengeance asks for death!"
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Jaime Lannister: "Thank you for fighting on my behalf, Lady Stark. I would have come to your defense, but ..." 
Catelyn Stark: "Take him to the stockades. Bind him with every chain you can find!"
Jaime: "You've become a real she-wolf in your later years. There's not much fish left in you." 
Catelyn: "And gag him!"
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Catelyn: "You are no knight. You have forsaken every vow you ever took."
Jaime: "So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another. Where did you find this beast?"
Catelyn: "She is a truer knight than you will ever be, Kingslayer."
Jaime: "Kingslayer. And what a king he was! Here's to Aerys Targaryen, the second of his name, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, and to the sword I shoved in his back!"
Catelyn: "You are a man without honor."
Jaime: "Do you know I've never been with any woman but Cersei? So in my own way, I have more honor than poor old dead Ned. What was the name of the bastard he fathered?"
Catelyn: "Brienne."
Jaime: "No, that wasn't it. Snow, a bastard from the North. Now when- when good old Ned came home with some whore's baby, did you pretend to love it? No. You're not very good at pretending. You're an honest woman. You hated that boy, didn't you? How could you not hate him? The walking, talking reminder that the honorable Lord Eddard Stark fucked another woman."
==Behind the scenes==
*The title of the episode comes from a line by Catelyn Stark to Jaime Lannister, the Kingslayer: "You are a man without honor."
* The soundtrack playing over the credits is a rendition of the House Greyjoy theme. It did not appear in the official soundtrack release.
*Tywin Lannister states that the current civil war in the Seven Kingdoms is being called "the War of Five Kings." This is the first time that the conflict has been named on-screen - though the formal name is ultimately the "War of the Five Kings." It is referred to in dialogue as the "War of the Five Kings" in Season 4 episode "The Lion and the Rose".
*Tywin claims that every child alive still knows Aegon the Conqueror's name 300 years after his death. This is incorrect because at that point of the show, the year is 299 AC, and Aegon died on 37 AC, thus 262 years passed since his death. Note that the years in Westeros are counted from Aegon's conquering of the realm, not from the year he died.
*In the "ThronesCast" interview series, actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (who plays Jaime Lannister) mysteriously refers to a scene in this episode as his favorite moment in the series and his favorite scene he's ever acted in. He later explained in the HBO featurette for this episode that he was referring to the scene between Jaime and Alton Lannister."A Man Without Honor" HBO featurette
*Tyrion made comments similar to Ygritte's back in Season 1 when he visited the Wall, pointing out that the "wildlings" are basically just those people whose ancestors were unfortunate enough to happen to be living north of the Wall when it was built. Both the inhabitants of the North (south of the Wall, ruled by the Starks) and the wildlings are descended from the First Men. They have much closer ethnic ties to each other than the foreign Andal invaders who now dominate all of southern Westeros. Both groups even have the same religion, worshiping the Old Gods, as Osha pointed out in Season 1.
*According to episode director David Nutter, the episode was filmed not long after the footage of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's death was circulating heavily in the news, during which Gaddafi was surrounded by a frenzied mob eager to exact "eye for an eye" vengeance. Nutter said that he was loosely inspired by the visual energy of this footage when he was shooting the scene in which Jaime Lannister has been recaptured after killing Rickard Karstark's son, and is dragged back into camp by an angry mob of Northern soldiers who want to immediately kill him."A Man Without Honor" HBO featurette
*Daenerys says that Viserys "would have let 1,000 men rape me if it had got him the crown". Actually, his words were much nastier: "I would let his [Drogo's] whole tribe fuck you, all 40,000 men and their horses too, if that's what it took" ("Winter Is Coming").
==In the books==
* The episode is adapted from the following chapter of A Game of Thrones:
** Chapter 63, Catelyn X: Torrhen Karstark is killed by Jaime.
* The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Clash of Kings:
** Chapter 20, Tyrion IV: Cersei breaks down about the safety of her children.
** Chapter 26, Arya VI: Arya recalls the burning of Harrenhal.
** Chapter 30, Arya VII: Arya recalls the burning of Harrenhal.
** Chapter 39, Catelyn V: Jaime makes an escape attempt.
** Chapter 40, Daenerys III: Daenerys considers the invitation to the House of the Undying.
** Chapter 45, Catelyn VI: Catelyn questions the returning envoy about peace terms.
** Chapter 50, Theon IV: Theon sleeps with someone. The escape of Bran and Rickon is reported to him and he mounts a hunt. He eventually loses the scent and decides to kill them if he finds them. A subordinate suggests that they are hiding nearby.
** Chapter 51, Jon VI: Jon speaks with Ygritte as his captive.
** Chapter 52, Sansa IV: Sansa thanks Sandor for saving her during the riots. She has her first period and is brought to talk to Cersei.
** Chapter 55, Catelyn VII: Catelyn speaks with Jaime, in Brienne's presence. 
** Chapter 56, Theon V: Theon has displayed the tarred corpses of two children at Winterfell, claiming that they are Bran and Rickon.
** Chapter 68, Jon VIII: Jon is captured by the wildlings.
* The episode is adapted from the following chapter of A Storm of Swords:
**Chapter 2o, Catelyn III: Rickard Karstark states in Catelyn's presence "Any man who steps between a father and his vengeance asks for death" and "How can it be treason to kill Lannisters?".
* The episode is adapted from the following chapter of A Dance with Dragons:
**Chapter 32, Reek III: A lord instructs his servant to say "m'lord" instead of "my lord", in order to pose as a commoner.
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