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First Aired: Apr. 29, 2012 on HBO

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Season 2 » Episode #05 - The Ghost of Harrenhal

Game of Thrones - 02x05 The Ghost of Harrenhal

Summary: The end of the Baratheon rivalry drives Catelyn to flee and Littlefinger to act. At King’s Landing, Tyrion’s source alerts him to Joffrey’s flawed defense plan and a mysterious secret weapon. Theon sails to the Stony Shore to prove he’s worthy to be called Ironborn. In Harrenhal, Arya receives a promise from Jaqen H’ghar, one of three prisoners she saved from the Gold Cloaks. The Night’s Watch arrive at the Fist of the First Men, an ancient fortress where they hope to stem the advance of the wildling army.

Who appeared in this episode?

Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish	played by Aidan Gillen
Bran Stark	played by Isaac Hempstead Wright
Jeor Mormont	played by James Cosmo
Pyat Pree	played by Ian Hanmore
Jaqen H'ghar	played by Tom Wlaschiha
Gendry	played by Joe Dempsie
Qhorin Halfhand	played by Simon Armstrong
Loras Tyrell	played by Finn Jones

Episode Quotes

Protestor: Brother fornicate with sister in the bed of kings. Are we surprised when the fruit of their incest is rotten? Yes. A rotten king.
Tyrion Lannister: It's hard to argue with his assessment.
Bronn: Not after he did with your birthday present.
Tyrion Lannister: The king is a lost cause. It's the rest of us that I'm worried now.

Tyrion Lannister: I remember reading an old sailor's proverb. Piss on wildfire and your cock burns off.
Hallyne: Oh, I have not conducted this experiment. It could well be true.

Ser Jorah Mormont: [to Daenerys] You have a good claim: a title, a birthright. But you have something more than that: you may cover it up and deny it, but you have a gentle heart. You would be not only respected and feared, you would be loved. Someone who can rule and should rule. Centuries come and go without a person like that coming into the world. There are times that I look at you, and I still can't believe you're real.

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Trivia

According to the novel, it was not Davos but Lord Bryce Caron who dissuaded Stannis from bringing Melisandre to the battle of the Blackwater. He claimed that if Stannis won the battle - people would say that he owed his crown to Melisandre's spells.
There is no Reginald Lannister in the novels.
According to the novel, Loras Tyrell incorrectly believed that Brienne - not Stannis - was the one who had murdered Renly.
According to the novel, it was not Bran but Jojen Reed who had the dream about the sea flooding Winterfell. Rodrik was not one of the drowned people whom Jojen saw in his dream, but three other people: Alebelly the guard, Septon Chayle and Mikken the blacksmith.
There are no Harker and Borba in the novel. The two rangers that Qhorin chose for his scouting party, in addition to Stonesnake and Jon Snow, were called Ebben and Dalbridge.