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Game of Thrones – Season 2, Episode 4 Garden of Bones

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Game of Thrones – Season 2, Episode 4

Garden of Bones

Aired Apr 22, 2012

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Fantasy

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Joffrey punishes Sansa; Catelyn tries to get Stannis and Renly to unite against the Lannisters; Dany arrives at the gates of Qarth; Arya and Gendry are taken to Harrenhal; Davos must smuggle Melisandre into a secret cove.

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"Garden of Bones" continues GoT's stellar second season with a bleak, disturbing, and powerful episode that culminates in a bizarre confirmation that the night is indeed dark and full of terrors.

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Peter Dinklage

Tyrion Lannister

Lena Headey

Queen Cersei Lannister

Michelle Fairley

Lady Catelyn Stark

Emilia Clarke

Daenerys Targaryen

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Ser Jaime Lannister

Aidan Gillen

Petyr Baelish

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Rowan Kaiser

IndieWire

04/11/2019

It's still competent and watchable, but Garden Of Bones was frayed at the edges.

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Sean T. Collins

Rolling Stone

04/11/2019

"Garden of Bones"' [brings the] single most stunning rupture of the rules that hold the Seven Kingdoms - and this story - together:

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James Poniewozik

TIME Magazine

03/19/2019

The sadistic scene involving Joffrey and his gift-whores... it was important-if maybe lingered on a little too long for shock value-but tough to watch. Which was very much the point, of course.

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Randy Dankievitch

Processed Media

02/13/2020

B+

Part of the joy of Game of Thrones is the guarantee of great acting talent in each and every scene, and I've never been more entertained by a show with so many scenes of discussion and collective bargaining.

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Rob Power

SFX Magazine

04/11/2019

5/5

A jaw-dropping end to an episode that goes further than ever before in exploring the depths of depravity existent on Westeros.

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TK Burton

Pajiba

04/11/2019

The show never fails to impress.

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Synopsis

Joffrey punishes Sansa; Catelyn tries to get Stannis and Renly to unite against the Lannisters; Dany arrives at the gates of Qarth; Arya and Gendry are taken to Harrenhal; Davos must smuggle Melisandre into a secret cove.

Director: David Petrarca
Executive Producer: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, Ralph Vicinanza, George R.R. Martin
Screenwriter: Vanessa Taylor
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Apr 22, 2012