Game of Thrones (TV Series)

The Wolf and the Lion (2011)

Ian McElhinney: Barristan Selmy

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• Barristan Selmy : Life is strange. Not so many years ago, we fought as enemies at the Trident.

  Eddard Stark : I'm glad we never met on the field, Ser Barristan. As is my wife. I don't think the widow's life would suit her.

  Barristan Selmy : [chuckles]  You're too modest. I've seen you cut down a dozen great knights.

  Eddard Stark : My father once told me you were the best he'd ever seen. Never knew the man to be wrong about matters of combat.

  Barristan Selmy : He was a fine man, your father. What the Mad King did to him was a terrible crime.

• Barristan Selmy : I hear the king wants to joust today.

  Eddard Stark : Eh, that will never happen.

  Barristan Selmy : [chuckles]  Robert tends to do what he wants.

  Eddard Stark : If the king got what he wanted all the time, we'd still be fighting a damned rebellion.