Ep. 225: - Sansa VII | A Storm of Swords | "I've only loved one woman"

About this episode

The episode discusses Sansa's experiences at the Eyrie, including her interactions with Littlefinger and Lysa's reaction to them.

At the Eyrie , Sansa awakens to find it snowing outside. She wanders outside and begins to sculpt a snow castle, slowly forming it into a replica of Winterfell . Littlefinger finds her in the garden and helps her finish the castle. He tells her she is even more beautiful than her mother was at her age, and then proceeds to kiss her. Sansa is shocked by Lord Baelish’s action, but for half a heartbeat she yields. She tries to make him stop and then young Robert approaches interrupting them. Robert begins to destroy the snow castle with his ragged doll. Sansa reacts by grabbing the doll which causes it to tear in half. This in turn causes her cousin to begin shaking violently. Maester Colemon is called to bring the boy for a leeching, in an attempt to cure the fit. Sansa is brought before her aunt, but Lysa is not concerned about her son’s seizure, but rather Sansa kissing Petyr. Lysa accuses her of trying to seduce her husband, just like her mother had tried to "steal" Petyr from her. Lady Arryn then relates the story of how one night when they had all gotten drunk, Catelyn spurned Littlefinger, and Lysa had gone to his bed afterward to comfort him, even though he had called her…

Topics covered

• Sansa Stark
• Littlefinger
• family dynamics
• seizures
• snow castle
• Eyrie

Keywords

• Sansa
• Littlefinger
• Eyrie
• Winterfell
• A Storm of Swords
• seizure
• snow castle

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Storm of Swords

Places: Eyrie, Winterfell

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