Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is a splendid actor and plays Jaime with a well-balanced blend of arrogance, wit, deadliness, and intelligence. As they reminisce about the joust, it is obvious that Alton worships Jaime.
Alton once served as Jaime’s squire at a joust. I would have been useless as anything else.” Jaime LannisterĪlton Lannister is captured by Robb Stark’s men and is put into the same cell as Jaime.
Tyrion does his best to make her feel better – pointing out how sweet and good Myrcella and Tommen are. She is sorrowfully resigned to the fact that Joffrey is a monster. During this conversation, Cersei’s demeanor toward Tyrion is completely different than the hostility and loathing she showered on him as Myrcella left Dorne. Tyrion implores Cersei to help him control Joffrey.
Later Cersei and Tyrion discuss the fact that Stannis and his troops will be at Kings Landing in four or five days and the difficulty of controlling Joffrey. Makes one weak and vulnerable and that Sansa should only love her children. “A dog doesn’t need courage to scare off some rats.” The Hound “You may never love the King, but you will love his children,” explains Cersei. She warns Sansa not to expect any such devotion from Joffrey. She shares how King Robert Baratheon would head off to hunt when she was in labor but Jaime was by her side in the birthing room. Cersei discovers that Sansa has menstruated and soon shall be about the business of bearing “little princes and princesses.” She assumes (as best she can) the maternal duties of explaining to Sansa the messy business of giving birth. Through conversations with Sansa and Tyrion, Cersei also shares some incredibly personal information. “There’s just you, me and Joffrey.” Tyrion Lannister Win or lose.” Those two simple sentences say so much: Tywin is feeling his mortality and that he is not convinced of the outcome of the war with Robb Stark. I believe he is sharing something deeply personal (and perhaps something he has shared with no one else) when he tells Arya, “This will be my last war. We also learn that legacy is much on the mind of Tywin. While he tells Arya that she reminds him of his daughter, I can’t help but feel that perhaps Arya is getting more attention from Tywin than Cersei ever did in her childhood. Since Tywin rode into Harrenhal on his white horse, there have been wonderful scenes with him and Arya, and those interactions continue in ‘A Man Without Honor.’ Here is a man who doesn’t have a high regard for women, but is nonetheless fond of his northern, girl cupbearer. This episode delves deep into the heart of the Lannister family. The great vastness of the ‘beyond the wall,’ the colors of Qarth, the enormity of The Wall, the novelty of the dragons all contribute greatly to overall excellent presentation that Game of Thrones is – but doesn’t (for me) inspire the most interesting discussions. The great things about scenes with Jon Snow and Deanerys is that they are usually the most visually spectacular. It’s not that scenes with Jon Snow or Daenerys aren’t interesting – they are. What are they up to? What has made them what they are? What regrets do they have? They make me curious and as a result, I tend to write about them more. The most interesting characters are not so predictable and I would put The Hound, Ser Petyr Baelish, and Lord Varys in with the Lannisters when it comes to interesting story lines. It’s easy to imagine what Sansa, Jon Snow, Catelyn, Daenerys, or Stannis will do in a certain situation – but not so much with the Lannisters (except maybe Joffrey). They certainly are the most complex and faceted. I t’s hard to completely despise the Lannisters when they are the most interesting people in the Seven Kingdoms.