S01.E09: Baelor

[Meredith Quill]

Episode Synopsis:

 

With Sansa's life in danger, Ned makes a fateful decision. Catelyn brokers an unsavory deal with the slippery Walder Frey. Tyrion acquires a mistress and is forced by his father to fight on the front lines. Robb wins his first major victory and captures a prized prisoner. Jon is rewarded for his valor and discovers a dark secret about Maester Aemon. As Drogo's wound festers, Dany defies her bloodrider Qotho and puts her trust in the enslaved witch Mirri Maz Duur.

 

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[Constantinople]

“The moral of the story is, I chose a half measure, when I should have gone all the way. I’ll never make that mistake again. No more half measures, Walter.” - Mike Ehrmantraut recounting a mistake he once made.

 

Sending Ned to the Night's Watch was a short-term fix to a long-term problem.

 

Good King Joff was right to execute that two-faced traitor.