Game of Thrones Memory Lane 204: Garden of Bones

Throughout our Memory Lane series, guest writers will be contributing their remembrances of the seasons past. Today’s author is a familiar name in our Twitter recaps and a longtime friend to the site. Please welcome Paige aka GameOverRos! -Sue the Fury 

Mazel tov! It’s a… boy? Man? Smoke monster?

Yes, on today’s walk down Game of Thrones memory lane, it’s the turn of “Garden of Bones.” Written by Vanessa Taylor and directed by David Petrarca, the episode premiered on the 22nd of April, 2012. In an episode filled with quotable lines, and notable firsts, there was just one scene that everyone was talking about.

“Garden of Bones” opened with the snarl of a direwolf, and it ended with the screaming of the viewers. Yes, it was the birth of Melisandre and Stannis’s son. Shadow baby. Smoke assassin. From the moment Davos was asked to smuggle Melisandre, we knew something was going to happen. Curiosity turned into unease with the reveal of Mel’s pregnant belly.

Then the birth.

We were all Davos Seaworth.

Melisandre moaned. The…child clawed itself free. The screaming started. And Twitter exploded. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you break the internet. The reaction was so huge that Carice van Houten responded.

Thanks for all your lovely comments on ‘the baby’. #gameofthrones

— Carice van Houten (@caricevhouten) April 25, 2012

This may be one of my favourite moments from Season 2. The combination of being Unsullied at that point, the huge reaction from social media, and being a part of that reaction as I live-tweeted for the first time, means that this episode remains close to my heart.

Firsts:

Roose Bolton (Michael McElhatton) is on the loose, and he’s already giving us a taste of what we’ll become familiar with in the coming seasons.

The Mountain #2 (played by Ian Whyte) makes his first appearance in this episode.

Harrenhal appears for the first time, and it looks like something out of a Gothic nightmare.

The Thirteen are introduced, with Xaro Xhoan “Duck Sauce” Daxos and Pyat Pree among them.

The Tickler debuts, torturing prisoners at Harrenhal.

Talisa Maegyr (Oona Chaplin) makes her first appearance, removing feet and stealing hearts.

Talisa and Robb by Azad-Injejikian

 

Notable Quotes:

“Joffrey. Cersei. Ilyn Payne. The Hound. Polliver. The Mountain.” -Arya Stark

“Fewer.” – Stannis Baratheon. King of Grammar, in our hearts forever.

“A naked man has few secrets; a flayed man, none.”  – Roose Bolton

“Lady Stark, you may survive us yet.” Tyrion Lannister, predicting the future.

“Born amidst salt and smoke? Is he a ham?” -Renly Baratheon

The Bronn Quote. [To quote Sue, HE SAYS THE THING!]

Big Moments:

PeachGate! “Renly’s Apple” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

Not-So-Big-Moment:

But in the end, all anyone could talk about was the baby:

“The Night is Cute,” by Batata-Tasha

Baby is the wrong word. Shadow creature. Smoke assassin. Whatever it is, it’s coming for Renly.

Tomorrow:  In “The Ghost of Harrenhal,” assassins make their move.

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