With no resources to take a hostage, the other rangers say she has to die, and it falls to Jon to do the deed. He and the other rangers ambush a small camp of wildlings, and discover that one of them is a pretty redheaded girl named Ygritte. Sorry, Hodor).Īn alternate universe version of the same scene plays out north of the Wall with Jon Snow, another pseudo-Stark son who has sworn allegiance to a power outside Winterfell. Now you are truly lost.” Lost, and about to lose even more as Osha manages to sneak Bran, Rickon, Hodor and their direwolves out of Winterfell in the middle of the night, robbing Theon of his most valuable hostages (and Hodor. It’s pretty sad, really.Įven Ser Rodrik agrees, using his last moment to give Theon a look of pity: “God help you, Theon Greyjoy.
Or, you know, profoundly betraying the only family he’s ever really known to curry favor with a band of murderous sociopaths who will never truly accept him. But as hard as he tries to act the part, all his men see is the same thing we do: an insecure little boy trying desperately to impress the bad kids in school by smoking cigarettes and cutting class. Theon hearing the word “respect” is a lot like a dog hearing a can opener, so although he is obviously reluctant to do the deed, he ultimately gives in and carries out the beheading personally - mimicking Ned Stark even as he betrays him.ĬHEAT SHEET: All you need to know about ‘Game of Thrones’Īnd that’s the saddest part, because you can tell that Theon doesn’t actually want to be vicious or cruel he wants the respect and love of his family, and he thinks this is the only way to win it.
Ser Rodrik, the Winterfell master-at-arms, spits on Theon in a righteous fury when he learns of the deception, which according to Iron Islands custom means that Theon needs to kill Rodrik if he ever hopes to have the respect of his men.
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