Diana Rigg is not mincing words in this Game Of Thrones deleted scene

The scene was originally part of the second episode, “Home.” A lot of stuff happened in that episode, including the last-minute return of a certain snowy protagonist. And since the deleted scene just offers a quick check-in on the Tyrell family, it makes sense that it was cut. But it’s nice to revisit a time when King’s Landing was a little bit less of a mess than it wound up being in the season finale.

In the scene, Olenna rides through King’s Landing with her son Mace Tyrell (Roger Ashton-Griffiths), who has recently returned to Westeros from the Iron Bank. She gives him shit for not seeing through Cersei’s schemes, puts him in his place for his frivolity, and hatches a plan to free her grandchildren. She also gets to deliver the surprisingly steely line, “Look me in the eye and tell me there was no singing.”