'Game of Thrones': Season 2

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Melisandre of Asshai has come to the Seven Kingdoms filled with religion. Unfortunately, her kind of religion, worshiping the god R'Hllor, involves setting things on fire ... including people ... sometimes. Brooding Stannis Baratheon is willing to listen to the mysterious Melisandre because she wants nothing more than to put him on the Iron Throne, and he'd really like that too. Together, they're a dangerous duo. And they aren't shy about using force (and other things) to get their way.

Melisandre (Carice van Houten) and Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane)

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Melisandre of Asshai has come to the Seven Kingdoms filled with religion. Unfortunately, her kind of religion, worshiping the god R'Hllor, involves setting things on fire ... including people ... sometimes. Brooding Stannis Baratheon is willing to listen to the mysterious Melisandre because she wants nothing more than to put him on the Iron Throne, and he'd really like that too. Together, they're a dangerous duo. And they aren't shy about using force (and other things) to get their way.

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