A Man Without Honor

"A Man Without Honor"
Game of Thrones episode
Jaime gets captured after he tries to escape.
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 7
Directed by	David Nutter
Written by	David Benioff D.B. Weiss
Featured music	Ramin Djawadi
Cinematography by	Martin Kenzie
Editing by	Oral Norrie Ottey
Original air date	May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)
Running time	56 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Donald Sumpter as Maester Luwin Ian Hanmore as Pyat Pree Nicholas Blane as the Spice King Nonso Anozie as Xaro Xhoan Daxos Natalia Tena as Osha Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton Rose Leslie as Ygritte Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth Oona Chaplin as Talisa Ralph Ineson as Dagmer Cleftjaw Laura Pradelska as Quaithe John Stahl as Lord Rickard Karstark Karl Davies as Ser Alton Lannister Forbes KB as Black Lorren Kristian Nairn as Hodor Steven Cole as Kovarro Ian Whyte as Ser Gregor Clegane Art Parkinson as Rickon Stark Slavko Juraga as a member of the Thirteen Peter Balance as Farlen David Coakley as Drennan
Episode chronology
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"A Man Without Honor" is the seventh episode of the second season of HBO's medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones. The episode is written by series co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and directed, for the second time in this season, by David Nutter. It premiered on May 13, 2012.

The name of the episode comes from Catelyn Stark's assessment of Ser Jaime Lannister: "You are a man without honor," after he kills a member of his own family to attempt escape.

Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) thanks Sandor "the Hound" Clegane (Rory McCann) for saving her during the riots, but her thanks are met with a cold reception. Later, Sansa is awakened by a nightmare of the riots and discovers that she has bled, with the implication that she can now be wed to Joffrey Baratheon and bear his children. When Shae (Sibel Kekilli) discovers Sansa trying to cut the blood from her sheets, she begins to aid her, but they are discovered by one of the Queen's handmaidens, who rushes to tell Queen Cersei Lannister. Shae catches the maid in the hall and threatens her life should the maid tell anyone, but upon Shae's return, Shae discovers the Hound has seen the sheet as well. Cersei (Lena Headey) meets with Sansa to discuss her duty to Joffrey, but tells Sansa that it will be impossible to love Joffrey, so she should just focus on loving her children. Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) tells Cersei that Stannis Baratheon's fleet will be arriving in days and the king's plan to repel them might not work. Cersei implies that Jaime Lannister is the father of her children, and shares with Tyrion her belief that she is being punished with an uncontrollable Joffrey for committing incest.

Jon Snow (Kit Harington) continues to search for his companions with his prisoner, Ygritte (Rose Leslie), in tow. When Ygritte deduces that Jon has never been with a woman, and upon learning of his vow of celibacy, she is dumbfounded and tries to convince him that life would be better with the wildlings, under Mance Rayder. She also teases him about his lack of sexual experience, offering to show him how. Jon remains true to his vows and repeatedly rebuffs her advances. While crossing a muddy passage, Ygritte is able to slip away from Jon and make an escape. Jon pursues her but is unable to find her until she draws his attention by whistling to him, revealing herself and several wildlings that have been hiding nearby. More wildlings then emerge from nearby hiding places, revealing that Jon is surrounded.