Game Of Thrones S2 E6 - The Old Gods and the New (Uncut Reaction)
Added 2025-10-25 11:12:00 +0000 UTCThe Lannisters send Myrcella away from harm, Arya has a surprise visitor, Dany makes a vow, Robb and Catelyn receive crucial news and Jon gets a chance to prove himself.
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Ygritte and Jon are married in real life
Jimmy K
2025-09-28 06:32:38 +0000 UTCYeah I said similar in the outro on your first answer
Damon Richmond
2025-09-27 11:48:43 +0000 UTCWhy doesn't Littlefinger tell Tywin that his cupbearer is actually Arya Stark? I think Nick nailed it in the outro here. Littlefinger does things for himself alone. He didn't get to be where he is today by telling his secrets to the first person he sees who might want to know. Why give something away for free when you can hold onto it and find a way to use it to your own advantage? That's the way he thinks. Remember what he told Cersei: knowledge is power. It's the type of thing Petyr Baelish is best at, besides making profits, knowing things, collecting debts and cashing in favors. Also, the message found Robb because the raven was sent to the Dreadfort, (it's mentioned in the episode.) Roose Bolton, the man you've seen talking to Robb Stark in two episodes this season is lord of the Dreadfort and one of Robb's generals. He's the one who came in holding the message and also stated that the bird was sent to his castle, (where his bastard son currently resides). They talk about it in that very scene!
CutterKilgore
2025-09-27 11:47:20 +0000 UTCThe ravens finding Robb is confusing, once again, because of show writing lol. True, the birds would not be able to find Robb in the field but in the books Robb kind of sets up a homebase at his Grandfather's castle, The Tully castle, Riverrun. Typically the birds would be sent there and then a messenger would be sent out to Robb if he wasn't in the castle itself. There are usually a lot of messengers and scouts riding back and forth between these armies to keep everyone informed.
N. Y.
2025-09-27 06:22:53 +0000 UTCfrom memory, the vale is in ireland/NI, kings landing is in croatia, essos is morocco. not sure where places like the riverlands are.
Joe Brown
2025-09-27 00:06:01 +0000 UTCarya had amory lorch killed for no reason other than her own safety, but im sure if ned could see her that he'd be glad for justice to be done. ned was disgusted by the killings of the targaryen children during the sacking of king's landing, a deed carried out by amory lorch and gregor clegane. im sure the martells of sunspear (family of rhaegar's wife, killed along with her children) would be grateful to arya too. theon is in an interesting position right now. he holds winterfell and has requested reinforcements from yara while roose bolton sends his bastard to retake winterfell. meanwhile, theon still adjusts to his position of command and trying to secure the respect of his followers. his being a slimy villain but i also find i cant help but pity him to a degree, because he just seems so pathetic. i do think the show has a bit of a habit of adding things that add a bit too much of a hint to future twists. you predicted ned's death based on him saying to jon that they'd talk about jon's mother* the next time they saw each other, and i think you also predicted theon may not stay loyal to robb after swearing fealty to him. both ned's remark to jon there and theon's oath to robb were show additions, i guess added for tragedy value. *fun fact: when the showrunners met with george r r martin to discuss them potentially adapting his books, he asked them who they thought jon snow's mother was based on the books released at the time. their correct guess of this secret is said to be what made him decide to accept the deal of them adapting his books into the show. you guys are way too nice to the hound lol, did you forget when he murdered that kid in episode 2 of the show (not to mention all the poor people he killed in this episode for being rightfully enraged towards the tyrant letting them starve)?? this is a story where even the most evil people are still human and he still can do good things like clearly having sympathy for sansa, but hes still a terrible person lol.
Joe Brown
2025-09-26 23:12:20 +0000 UTCWhen Jon said he wanted to kill Ygritte, and Qhorin left him completely alone to do it without supervision, I'm at least 80% sure he misunderstood and assumed Jon wanted to r*pe the girl. I've had this argument a few times before since it doesn't make sense otherwise. Listen to the dialogue again, he announces "come on brothers, let's leave him to it!" and then he whispers to Jon "don't take too long" and leaves. That's a weird way to talk about just killing someone. Fight me if you want but that's 100% what the director wanted to imply. There's a lot of other weird stuff in this episode too.
Emi Wan
2025-09-26 20:00:27 +0000 UTCY'all had me cracking up in this one, lol!!! N - "He's gonna spoon her!" D - "Oh Jon, how you've ended up!" -- Winterfell: We open on a tense scene of Maester Luwin writing a frantic letter as fast as possible, grabbing a raven and setting it free just milliseconds before the Iron Islanders burst in and stop him. Theon then goes into Bran's bedroom and acts all high and mighty in front of a 10-year-old paralyzed boy, which is just so ridiculous and sad but perfectly shows what frame of mind Theon is currently in. Trusting what Theon said about keeping everyone in the castle safe, Bran agrees to yield Winterfell to him, but Theon immediately goes back on his word by beheading Rodrik (TERRIBLY by the way!) All of this is because of what Dagmer said about how no one would respect him if he didn't - if he was truly self-confident, he'd say "to hell with you guys, I'm not killing him, that would be really stupid," but because he has *such* an inferiority complex, he is so easily manipulated and of course he went along with it. Interestingly, all of this is metaphorically what happened in Bran's previous dream/vision. -- North of the Wall: Qhorin tries to speak some sense into Jon, not only about the Wildlings and what it takes to track them, but also about how important it is to understand how much more the Wildlings know about their territory than the Night's Watch do. They also talk somewhat philosophically about the nature of the Night's Watch in general and how they live and die without anyone else in the entire Kingdoms taking much notice of them at all. They find a wildling woman named Ygritte and Qhorin and the others leave Jon to kill her. If anyone of the group knew Jon at all, they would know what a terrible idea hat was. Maybe it was a test, but if so, they were putting all their lives at risk for a test. After they get lost, the scene of Jon and Ygritte having to cuddle up for warmth had me giggling and kicking my feet. -- Harrenhal: Arya continues to get some good information while in Tywin's employ, but unfortunately that means Tywin also continues to find out more about her. Luckily it seems he isn't paying her much mind for now. Littlefinger, on the other hand, definitely seemed to be staring at her a little too much for my liking - that scene was so tense! Later, Arya gets caught stealing a letter from Tywin's room, but luckily her hit man genie is able to take out the messenger right before he can tell Tywin. Two down, one to go! In the Harrenhal scenes, Tywin also talks about how he sat Jamie down for hours every day when he was young, forcing him to improve his reading - from what he described, it sounds like Jamie is dyslexic. With so much emphasis placed on his studying, it seems to me like Tywin wanted a more cerebral job for Jamie than for him to wind up as a Kings Guard. -- King's Landing: Myrcella leaves for Dorne, where she has been promised to marry the prince (all because Pycelle happened to be the member of the small council who blabbed first - if Varys or Littlefinger had instead, she would be marrying someone else). Joffrey's disdain for his younger brother Tommen for crying, then his disdain for Sansa for speaking, then his disdain for the entire city for daring to want to not starve to death just weighs so heavy on his poor little kingly head its a wonder he can even stand upright. After the cow dung gets thrown, which is one of the funniest things anyone could do to Joffrey, everyone absolutely loses their minds and there is a full blown riot and my poor sweet Sansa gets saved just in the nick of time. I've always been interested in the Hound (he's an interesting person), but when he saves Sansa I really start to genuinely like him. Later, back in the castle, Shae tells her, "Never trust anyone - it's easier that way." -- Qarth: Daenerys and Xaro are made to wait for the spice merchant for a long time, just for him to come in and deny her request to use any of his ships. I like their interaction because of how much of an attitude she gets, and even though he's amused, he kind of ignores her. "I will take what is mine, with fire and blood, I will take it!" "Yes my lady, but not with my ships." -- Stark Camp: Robb keeps flirting with Talisa and even brings up how good she is at amputations (thinking back fondly on their romantic first meeting I guess?) When Catelyn shows up, she gives Robb a knowing look and tells him she wishes he hadn't had to make the promise to marry one of the Frey girls but he needs to remember that he did. Roose Bolton then shows up to tell them they received the raven from Maester Luwin. Catelyn and Robb are completely devastated about Theon's betrayal, Rodrik's death, and the unknown fate of Bran and Rickon. Robb is about to march back to Winterfell until Roose comes up with a faster plan - he will send word to his bastard son to set out from the Dreadfort, the home of House Bolton, go to Winterfell, retake the castle and kill all the Ironborn. Robb corrects him and says that Bran and Rickon's safety is the most important thing. He also wants Theon kept alive so he can ask him himself why he betrayed him. -- Winterfell: Osha is able to trick Theon, who has to be the single most gullible man on the planet, and she sneaks out of Winterfell with Hodor, Rickon, Bran, Shaggydog, and Summer. -- Qarth: After visiting the "spice king," Daenerys visits every other person in town who is in possession of ships but has no more luck with any of them. When she returns to where she is staying, almost all of the Dothraki that were still with her had been slaughtered, including Irri, Doreah is missing, and so are all 3 of her dragons, who we then see being carried away by an unknown person. Jorah is still off finding a "sound ship with a good captain" to take Dany back to Westeros, like they decided in the last episode. ** Filming took place in so many different countries and locations that some actors never saw each other or didn't see each other for seasons at a time!
Kristin Carter
2025-09-26 03:57:35 +0000 UTCTheon and Joffrey stabbing each other at the same time!!! πππ Also, the budding relationship between Tywin and Arya is one of my favorite things of the season - those two (Charles Dance and Maisie Williams) are so good together - by the way, that is a pure show invention, in the books Tywin is not even there when Arya is at Harrenhal. BTW, Jorah was sent by Daenerys to find a ship and a captain. That is why he is not with Dany at present.
Calu
2025-09-26 03:43:50 +0000 UTCPrimary filming for scenes north of the Wall were in Iceland fairly certain. Northern Ireland around Belfast was also a major filming location along with Croatia and Spain for the rest of the show.
Kevin Steinhelper
2025-09-26 02:01:44 +0000 UTCNorth of the wall was filmed in Iceland, I believe. And Nick, if Damo gives you a hard time about your naming convention in your notes, remind him he has Aryaβs death squad guy labeled as βman from cageβ lol.
Jodycnd
2025-09-26 02:00:17 +0000 UTC
