In terms of outstanding or memorable scenes, season 2 was probably one of the weakest of all seasons. The season started very slowly and gathered pace only during the last three episodes. Due to this, the last episode had so much in it that every scene felt cramped. The show runners could have given breathing space for those scenes by spreading it across two episodes.
Let’s revisit some of the best scenes in the second season of GOT.
10. Tyrion saves Sansa from Jeffory
When Robb wins his battle against the Lannister army and takes Jamie Lannister as a hostage, Joffrey is furious about the whole thing. He thus decides to hurt Sansa to send a message to Robb about what all he can do to his sister. Sansa begs him to forgive her brother and tells him that she has nothing to do with his actions. Joffrey does not care and asks Meryn to hurt her and even strip her. When Sansa is going through this ordeal, Tyrion and Bronn enter the room to intervene. Tyrion asks someone to cover Sansa with some cloth, to which the Hound responds by taking of his cloak to cover her. Tyrion scolds Joffrey, for doing this to his would-be wife. Joffrey retorts by saying that he, being a King, can do anything as he pleases. Tyrion reminds him of the Mad King and his fate. He educates his nephew on how to behave with women before leaving the room with Sansa. He asks Sansa if she wants to leave the wedlock to which Sansa says no.
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9. Arya and Tywin
Arya disguises herself as a boy and travels across the realm with a group headed to the Wall. She reaches Harrenhall. Tywin Lannister finds out that Arya is a girl posing as a boy. She tells him that she did so to survive. Tywin lauds her intelligence and makes her his cupbearer. Arya serves Tywin Lannister for a while and often eavesdrops during the council meetings to understand how they are plotting against Robb Stark. In one of the conversations, when Tywin asks his cupbearer about her thoughts on Robb Stark, she responds by saying telling a rumour about how Robb has a supernatural connection with his wolf and is thus invulnerable. When Tywin asks whether she believes in it, she simply says that anyone can be killed. This showed how Arya is good at playing mind games from a young age.
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8. Birth of the Shadow
Stannis, Davos and Melisandre go to a distant cave. Upon arrival, Melisandre and Davos strike a conversation about the Lord of Light, where Davos gets to know a few new things about the mysterious God. Upon reaching the cave, Melisandre takes off her clothes and spreads her legs to give birth to the baby. Right at this moment, the lamp they were carrying starts to shine brighter than ever and gradually a baby or a ghost like thing emerges out of Melisandre. Davos is left startled by this and is shocked to see the magic and power of the Lord of the Light and the Red Priestess herself.
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Melisandre Gives Birth to Shadow Demon
7. A shadow kills Renly Baratheon
Catelyn Stark and Renly Baratheon are discussing their possible truce. Brienne, the Lord Commander of Kingsguard to Renly’s army, stands beside him. Catelyn clarifies that Robb has no intentions to sit on the Iron Throne and hence, Renly should not attack him. Renly asks her to make Robb swore allegiance to him, just as Ned did to Robert. In return, Renly promises to defeat Stannis’s army and join hands with Robb to fight against their common enemy, the Lannisters. Catelyn asks him to reconsider this and make a truce with Stannis. Renly walks toward his mirror to take off his armour, with Brienne helping him. Right between all this, a screeching sound comes and then a form of black smoke enters the tent. It takes shape of a half-human with a face similar to Stannis, and stabs a smoke knife through Renly’s chest, killing him. An astounded Brienne stands there and screams. The other guards enter the tent and accuse Brienne of killing their King. Brienne fights off the soldiers and then leaves the camp with Catelyn Stark.
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Renly Baratheon’s Death
6. Brienne pledges to Lady Catelyn Stark
After Renly’s death, Brienne is full of regret because she could not keep her promise. She regrets fleeing the tent and wants to avenge Renly’s death by killing Stannis at the first given opportunity. Catelyn helps her understand that she should not make any rash decision and shouldn’t go alone in search of Stannis. Brienne then later asks Catelyn’s permission to serve her till she reaches home safe and not hold her back when she finds Stannis. Catelyn accepts, leading to Brienne pledging her services to Catelyn till she wants and to protect her at all cost.
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Brienne Pledges To Catelyn
5. Jon vs the Half-hand
When Jon and his brothers from the Night’s Watch go beyond the wall, they are made captives by the Wildlings. However, they create a distraction and thus help some of the men escape. However, Jon and Qhorin Halfhand cannot escape and continue the journey as their captives. Later, when they understand that Mance may kill them anyway, Halfhand starts a fight against Jon. He loses the battle quite easily, sacrifices himself and let Jon win so that Mance takes Jon as someone who hates the Night’s Watch. This actually works and helps save Jon from Mance Rayder’s wrath.
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4. Jaqen H’ghar gives Arya the passport to Braavos
Jaqen H’ghar tries to lure Arya to go with him to Braavos to learn the art of killing. Arya responds by saying that her dancing master, Syrio Forel, was from Braavos as well. Jaqen smiles and says that being a dancing master is a special art but being a Faceless Man like him is an altogether different thing. He tells her that to kill the people in her ‘List’, she needs to learn the art of killing without leaving any hints and for that, she has to come to Braavos. However, Arya declines the offer, as she wants to look for her family members. Jaqen does not say much but gives Arya a Braavosi coin. He asks her to show it to a person from the land of Braavos and say ‘Valar Morghulis’, if she ever wants to visit him. This later proves to be vital, as it takes Arya on a new journey.
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3. Death of Pyat Pree
When Dany reaches the House of Undying while looking for her dragons, the sorcerer Pyat Pree meets her. He multiplies into many images and each one of his forms strike up a conversation with Dany, telling her about how she is going to die there along with her dragons. Pyat ties her up and raises the chains, ready to kill her. Dany with her raised arms, looks at her dragons and says, “Dracarys”. The baby dragons spit fire one by one, torching Pyat alive and saving their mother. Dany frees herself and leaves the house of Undying with her baby dragons.
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2. Three Blasts for the first time in a Millennium
When Sam, Grenn and Edd are collecting dung for the fuel beyond the wall, they hear the three blasts coming from the Wall, which indicates the arrival of White Walkers. No one has ever heard the three blasts in over a thousand years. All three run for their lives but Sam is left behind. He hides behind a rock but by then, the army of the dead and a White Walker have already arrived. The White Walker looks at Sam but moves on. It is still a mystery why they let Sam go and did not kill him.
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1. Battle of Blackwater Bay
The Battle of Blackwater Bay is the first big battle in the show and it does not disappoint one bit. The battle starts with Tyrion using wildfire to burn the fleet of ships belonging to Stannis Baratheon. This kills a huge number of men in Stannis’s army. Unperturbed, he arrives with the rest of his army on smaller boats and starts slaughtering the Lannister army. Sandor Clagane, who is leading the troops, manages to kill a few Baratheon men but goes back to the castle when he sees fire, as he is afraid of it. When Tyrion and Joffrey ask him to go back to the field, he refuses and leaves the battle immediately. When the Lannisters are about to lose the battle, Joffrey flees the battlefield too and goes back to the Red Keep to his mother, Cersei Lannister.
From here on, Tyrion, the Hand to the King, takes full command of the Battle and motivates his men to fight for their lives and the kingdom. During the war, a Lannister soldier tries to kill Tyrion but just when he swings his sword, Podrick kills the soldier from behind. However, the sword does flash across Tyrion’s face, leaving him unconscious on the ground and with a wound on his face. When the Lannisters are about to lose the battle, Tywin Lannister arrives with his army, killing a huge number of Baratheon men. Some of them, including Stannis, flee the battle, hence ending the Battle of Blackwater in favour of the Lannisters.
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Battle of Blackwater Bay
There, you have it. Did you like our picks for the top 10 scenes of season 2 of Game of thrones? What is your favourite scene from the 2nd season. Let us know in the comments.