Episode Report Card Montykins: A | 425 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Don't Lose the Hostages
By Montykins | Season 2 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2012.05.06
Tywin asks after Arya's father, and she says he was a stonemason who taught himself to read. And then he died. Tywin continues to exhibit interest: "Quite a man. What killed him?" "Loyalty." Tywin asks, "You're a sharp little thing, aren't you?" Arya starts to ask a question and then says she shouldn't. Tywin agrees, but lets her finish. She asks if he knew his father. He did! He grew up with him and watched him grow old. As he reminisces about how his father was a weak man who nearly destroyed the Lannisters, he sits down facing away from her -- the better to look wistful. Once he's turned away, she pockets the note. Then he says he's cold, so she's sent off to fetch wood.
In a nook in the castle, she reads the note. We can't see all of it (and you have no idea how much that bothers me), but here's what we can make out: "Marching ten thousand men on the tooth. Estimate to reach you by week's end. (SOMETHING) Robb Stark moving troops south by coast. Alert (SOMEONE) turn east at Silverhill." So it's something important! She runs downstairs, presumably to send an important message to Robb and runs into someone who wants to know where she's going. I don't actually recognize him, but I happen to know that it's Amory Lorch. She tells him she's on her way to the armory on Lord Tywin's orders. He's not particularly convinced. And he can see that she's trying to hide the note. She says that Tywin gave it to her. He doesn't buy it. She runs. There's a chase! She escapes, hiding behind a pillar.
She then runs through the castle, grabbing long-haired knights until she finds one that's Jaqen H'ghar. She shouts at him, "Amory Lorch!" Which is how I knew who it was. Jaqen acknowledges that she's named a second name. But she wants him to get right on it, because she needs Amory Lorch killed right away. Jaqen answers, philosophically, "A man cannot make a thing happen before its time." She insists that it happen right away. Jaqen sighs. She glares at him.
Tywin's door opens and it's Amory Lorch. Who falls down dead. Oops! Dart in your neck! Tywin is irritated by this, because even though it's annoying to be surrounded by incompetents, that doesn't mean you want them being assassinated right in the middle of your castle.
Robb strolls through his camp being called "Your Grace." He seems cheerful. He sees that medic, Lady Talisa. She's the one who seemed put out by his war causing young men to get their legs cut off. She questions the name "Lady Talisa" because she's not sure she's a lady. He admits it's hard to remember all the rules, but if she's of noble birth, that makes her a lady. And he's convinced she's of noble birth. She asks, hypothetically, what if she says not and he hypothetically calls her a liar. She wants to know if they'll be there long and he wisely chooses not to discuss troop movements. She says she's not a spy, but I think it's just a good idea not to discuss it. He asks her to dinner.