Second Sons

"Second Sons"
Game of Thrones episode
Tyrion and Sansa at their wedding ceremony.
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 8
Directed by	Michelle MacLaren
Written by	David Benioff D. B. Weiss
Featured music	Ramin Djawadi
Cinematography by	Chris Seager
Editing by	Frances Parker
Original air date	May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19)
Running time	56 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle Ian McElhinney as Barristan Selmy Hannah Murray as Gilly Finn Jones as Loras Tyrell Ed Skrein as Daario Naharis Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei Mark Killeen as Mero Ramon Tikaram as Prendahl na Ghezn Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne Ian Beattie as Meryn Trant Paul Bentley as the High Septon Talitha Luke-Eardley as a Yunkai'i Whore Ross Mullan as a White Walker
Episode chronology
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"Second Sons" is the eighth episode of the third season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 28th episode of the series. The episode was written by executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Michelle MacLaren. It aired on May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19).

The episode is centered on the wedding of Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark in King's Landing, Gendry's arrival at Dragonstone and Daenerys' meeting with the mercenary company of the Second Sons before the walls of Yunkai.

With their wedding hours away, Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) visits Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) to ease her apprehension at the prospect of being his wife. In the Sept of Baelor, Queen Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) threatens Margaery Tyrell (Natalie Dormer) with the story of House Reyne, former Lannister vassals who her father Tywin (Charles Dance) exterminated when they rebelled against their liege lord. After arriving at the Sept, Sansa is walked down the aisle by King Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson). In an effort to embarrass Tyrion, Joffrey departs with the stepstool Tyrion was to use to cloak Sansa with the Lannister colors. After some snickering from the crowd, Tyrion gets Sansa to kneel, and they are married.

At their wedding feast, Tyrion gets very drunk, irritating both Sansa and Tywin, who counsels his son to stop drinking and begin trying to conceive a child with his new wife. Joffrey, after threatening to rape Sansa, calls for the traditional bedding ceremony to begin, but his plan is thwarted when Tyrion threatens to castrate an outraged Joffrey. Tywin defuses the situation, and Tyrion is able to avoid punishment, using his intoxication as an excuse. Tyrion departs the feast with Sansa, and though Tywin has ordered Tyrion to consummate his marriage, he tells Sansa he will not share her bed until she wants him to. Sansa asks what Tyrion will do if that never happens, and Tyrion jokes by saying a phrase from the Night's Watch vow, "And so my watch begins", meaning that he is resigned to never having sex again within their marriage.