Game of Thrones Season 1 Episode 4 Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things
Game of Thrones Season 1 Episode 4 Cripples, Bastards,
and Broken Things
Story –
Episode - 04: Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things
A raven flies through the gates of Winterfell, swooping past
Bran Stark, who's standing in the courtyard practicing his archery. He walks
after the bird, and when he catches up to it, sees that the raven has three
eyes. Bran wakens from the dream and finds himself in bed with his wolf Summer
- still unable to walk. Theon Greyjoy enters the room with Hodor, a large and
simpleminded stable boy, who carries Bran downstairs to meet some guests.
In the Great Hall, Robb Stark meets with Tyrion
Lannister, who has stopped at Winterfell on his return to King's Landing.
Tyrion is a bit surprised by Robb's lack of courtesy, though that doesn't stop
him from offering Bran a gift: drawings of a special saddle that will allow the
crippled boy to ride. Tyrion leaves the castle to spend the night in a brothel,
and Theon follows him to the gate. "Your loyalty to your captors is
touching," Tyrion tells the ward of House Stark.
Jon Snow practices sword-fighting with Grenn and Pyp in
Castle Black's courtyard, coaching them along. The combat stops, however, when
Samwell Tarly - a soft, fat lordling from the south - arrives to join them. Ser
Alliser Thorne orders Rast to attack Sam, which the mean-spirited young man
does with relish. Sam falls to the ground, unwilling and unable to defend
himself, and Jon steps in to stop the beating.
At night, Jon and Sam stand watch on the Wall, and the
new boy isn't any better at guard duty than he is at fighting. He tells Jon why
he's come to the Night's Watch: His father told him he's not worthy of the
family's land and title and gave him the choice to either join the Watch or
have an "accident" while hunting.
The next day in the mess hall of Castle Black, Jon tells
Grenn and Pyp that they're going to protect Sam in the training yard. Rast
overhears and laughs at Jon, saying that he'll "slice off a side of
bacon" from Sam. But that night, Jon and his friends sneak into Rast's
bunk and threaten him with his snarling wolf, Ghost. The next day in the yard,
no one attacks Sam.
Thorne is not amused with the soft treatment, and later,
while Sam and Jon clean the castle, Thorne tells Jon what he's really doing by
shielding Sam's cowardice: Creating weakness in the ranks that will kill good
men.
“You’ve woken the dragon.”
The Dothraki horde travels through the Horse Gate and
into the city of Vaes Dothrak. Daenerys Targaryen asks Ser Jorah Mormont if her
brother would be able to lead the Dothraki to take the Seven Kingdoms. Jorah
tells her that the king's advisors are wise enough to stop King Robert
Baratheon from meeting the Dothraki in open combat.
Inside a Dothraki hut, the handmaiden Doreah from the
pleasure houses bathes with Viserys Targaryen. He tells her of the dragons that
allowed his family to conquer Westeros as she tends to his needs. When he says
that Robert likely had the dragon skulls decorating King's Landing destroyed,
Doreah finds it sad. "What did I buy you for," he asks her, "to
make me sad?" She replies that he wanted her to teach Dany to be a better
lover for Khal Drogo, which angers Viserys even more.
Viserys drags Doreah into Dany's tent by her hair, raging
that his sister dare give him "commands." Dany says she only sent an
invitation because she has a gift for her brother, but Viserys is consumed with
anger and strikes his sister. Out of instinct, she hits him back, surprising
herself but also realizing how powerless he is. "The next time you raise a
hand to me," she tells him, "will be the last time you have
hands." Later, Dany tells Jorah about the fight with her brother - and
that she's realized that Viserys will never retake their homeland.
Lord Ned Stark presides over a Small Council meeting in
which Janos Slynt, commander of the City Watch, explains that the Hand's
Tournament has caused chaos throughout King's Landing. Ned tasks Littlefinger
with finding gold to pay for more guards to keep the city safe and offers up
men from his own household retinue to help.
After the meeting, Ned approaches Grand Maester Pycelle
about the events preceding Lord Jon Arryn's death. Pycelle says that the Lord's
sickness came swiftly, and his death followed soon after. Before the end, Arryn
came to Pycelle to read a book of lineages that lists the traits of all the
noble families of Westeros. Arryn kept repeating the same phrase: "The seed
is strong."
Littlefinger approaches Ned to tell him that he's heard
about the book of lineages that Pycelle gave him. Littlefinger also points out
that Jon Arryn's squire, Ser Hugh of the Vale, was knighted shortly after his
Lord's death. He suggests that Ned speak with a local armorer whom Arryn
visited before his death. Ned goes to see the man and meets his dark-haired
apprentice - Robert's bastard son.
Later, Cersei visits Ned in his chambers and suggests
they put their disagreements on the Kingsroad behind them. Ned is suspicious of
her visit and says that his job is to serve the king and the realm. But she is
not impressed, telling him that he's only good for following orders.
“Have at him.”
Sansa and Arya Stark, along with the king and all his court
arrive to watch the jousts at the Hand's Tournament. In the first match, the
massive Ser Gregor Clegane - brother to the Hound - tilts against Ser Hugh of
the Vale. But the contest goes violently wrong when Clegane's lance hits Ser
Hugh in the throat, publicly ending the young knight's life with a fit of
bloody gurgles.
As Sansa sits, shocked by the violence, Littlefinger
whispers in her ear the story of how the Hound received the horrible burns on
his face. When they were boys, Gregor caught his brother playing with one of
his toys and held the child's face to the hot coals of a fire. "Not many
people know that story," Littlefinger tells her.
Ser Rodrik Cassel and Lady Catelyn Stark stop for rest at
the Inn at the Crossroads. Their meal is interrupted by Tyrion's arrival. When
the dwarf notices Catelyn, she stands and calls out to the bannermen of her
father who are gathered in the room. "This man came into my house as a
guest," she tells the room, "and there conspired to murder my
son." At her words, the men in the room draw their swords and surround the
dwarf.
Important Points –
1- First mention of the Greyjoy Rebellion.
2-First mention of Lord Walder Frey, Lord Jonos Bracken and Lady Whent of Harrenhal.
3-During the Tourney of the Hand, the banners of several noble houses are present. Besides the Stark direwolf, the Lannister lion and the Baratheon crowned stag, the black bear on green of House Mormont, the white sunburst on black of the Karstarks, the three black hounds of House Clegane and the counter charged black and white swans of House Swann can be clearly spotted.
4-Besides the entry on House Baratheon, The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms lists Houses Umber and Blackfyre as well.
Best Quotes –
1-
Daenerys Targaryen: "I am a Khaleesi of the Dothraki. I am the wife of the great Khal and I carry his son inside me. The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands."
2-
Jorah Mormont: "The common people pray for rain, health and a summer that never ends. They don't care what games the high lords play."
Daenerys: "What do you pray for, Ser Jorah?"
Jorah Mormont: "Home."
Important Points –
1- First mention of the Greyjoy Rebellion.
2-First mention of Lord Walder Frey, Lord Jonos Bracken and Lady Whent of Harrenhal.
3-During the Tourney of the Hand, the banners of several noble houses are present. Besides the Stark direwolf, the Lannister lion and the Baratheon crowned stag, the black bear on green of House Mormont, the white sunburst on black of the Karstarks, the three black hounds of House Clegane and the counter charged black and white swans of House Swann can be clearly spotted.
4-Besides the entry on House Baratheon, The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms lists Houses Umber and Blackfyre as well.
Best Quotes –
1-
Daenerys Targaryen: "I am a Khaleesi of the Dothraki. I am the wife of the great Khal and I carry his son inside me. The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands."
2-
Jorah Mormont: "The common people pray for rain, health and a summer that never ends. They don't care what games the high lords play."
Daenerys: "What do you pray for, Ser Jorah?"
Jorah Mormont: "Home."
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Bastards, and Broken Things
