[GARED grumbles.]
[WILL glares, but obeys. Sometime later, the three Rangers return to the campsite, which is now completely cleared.]
[The three look around, swords drawn. They hear the wind and eerie calls. GARED finds a red cloth in the snow.]
[As he speaks, a CREATURE with glowing blue eyes rises behind ROYCE. ROYCE turns, the CREATURE strikes. The scene shifts to WILL, who hears a man crying out. The three horses stampede past him. He turns and sees someone standing very still in the distance. The figure turns – it's the child who had been suspended in the tree, now with glowing blue eyes. WILL turns and runs.
GARED is also fleeing, and we hear strange growls and catch glimpses of the CREATURE. Both terrified RANGERS stop, some distance apart, to catch their breath. WILL sees a CREATURE behead GARED. WILL sinks to his knees and the CREATURE tosses GARED'S head to him.]
[Blackout]TITLE SEQUENCE[Riders from Winterfell come up behind a dazed WILL. The scene shifts to the castle, where BRAN is practicing archery and getting frustrated, under the eyes of JON SNOW and ROBB STARK. JON pats BRAN'S shoulder.]
[We see NED and CATELYN STARK watching from above.]
[As she murmurs to SANSA about the embroidery, ARYA struggles with her needlework and listens to the arrows hitting and the male laughter outside.]
[Outside, BRAN tries and misses again. Everyone laughs.]
[BRAN pulls the arrow back. An arrow hits the bullseye. BRAN (still with his arrow), JON, and ROBB turn in surprise to see ARYA, who curtsies after her perfect shot. ROBB and JON laugh as Bran takes out after ARYA.]
[RODRICK CASSEL and THEON GREYJOY approach NED and CATELYN on the balcony.]
[NED grimaces.]
[THEON departs.]
[CASSEL nods and departs.]
[NED departs. In the courtyard, ROBB and JON gather the arrows. CATELYN turns and glares down on JON. He looks at her and walks away.]
[He and NED face each other.]
NED nods yes, and WILL is positioned on the tree limb that serves as a block. [NED draws Ice from a scabbard held by Theon.]
[NED bows his head over ICE.]
[NED swings ICE and beheads WILL. BRAN does not look away.]
[He walks away. ROBB turns and puts his arm around BRAN and they go to their horses together. NED approaches BRAN.]
[With swords out, they begin to search. NED finds a dead direwolf with antlers through her throat. Her pups are whimpering around her.]
[NED and CASSEL glance at each other.]
[He pulls out the antlers.]
[Jon picks up a pup and offers it to BRAN.]
[Everyone looks at NED, BRAN with great hope.]
[BRAN cradles his pup as JON hands more pups to ROBB.]
[JON walks away, pauses, and hears another whimper.]
[JON pulls up a white wolf pup.]
[More riders with banners. ARYA scoots past her parents to get in the receiving line.]
[JOFFREY rides up, SANSA smiles at him, ROBB glares at JOFFREY. The HOUND pulls up his helm. The coach carrying CERSEI lumbers in, followed by KING ROBERT. All kneel. ROBERT heaves himself off his horse. NED looks shocked at the sight of his old friend, now fat and red-faced. ROBERT signals for all to rise and looks at NED.]
[NED gives ROBERT a "What about you?" look. They start laughing.]
[CERSEI and her other children descend from the coach.]
ROBERT (to BRAN) Ooh. Show us your muscles. You'll be a soldier.
[JAIME removes his helm.]
[CERSEI approaches.]
[CERSEI, humiliated in front of all, walks back to JAIME.]
[He enters a large chamber.]
[VISERYS nods and starts to leave the chamber. He turns.]
[Daenerys turns and steps into a steaming hot bath with a despairing look on her face.]
[But DAENERYS keeps stepping deeper. The scene shifts to ILLYRIOS, DAENERYS, AND VISERYS outside the mansion, awaiting Khal Drogo.]
[A host of Dothraki come riding up. Khal Drogo wheels his stallion into the front.]
VISERYS (to DAENERYS) Do you see how long his hair is? When Dothraki are defeated in combat, they cut off their braid so the whole world can see their shame. Khal Drogo has never been defeated. He's a savage, of course, but he's one of the finest killers alive. And you will be his queen.
[KHAL DROGO watches as DAENERYS walks toward him. She does not hesitate and looks straight at him, although there is fear on her face. KHAL DROGO gazes at her and then leads his horsemen on a charge away.]
[The scene shifts to ILLYRIO, VISERYS, AND DAENERYS ON A GARDEN BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE SEA.]
DAENERYS (pleadingly) I don't want to be his queen. I want to go home.
[He gives DAENERYS a brotherly kiss on the forehead and walks away. The scene shifts to a bedroom in Winterfell, where CATELYN is fixing SANSA'S hair.]
[CATELYN rolls her eyes.]
[They hug.]
[BENJEN goes to the banquet.]
[JON looks angry and turns away.]
[TYRION departs. JON picks up his sword and attacks the dummy with new ferocity.]
[The scene shifts back to the banquet, in full raucous swing. NED is off to himself; BENJEN comes up to him.]
[ROBB approaches.]
[KING ROBERT gets even more bawdy with a wench.]
CATELYN (in desperation) Is this your first time in the North, Your Grace?
[They observe SANSA.]
[SANSA approaches and smiles shyly at CERSEI.]
[SANSA nods yes.]
[SANSA departs.]
[SANSA and JOFFREY catch each other's eye. JOFFREY smiles at her and she turns to her friend.]
[JAIME and NED meet up. JAIME blocks their path.]
[ARYA flips food onto SANSA's face.]
[CATELYN signals a laughing ROBB to deal with the girls. He hoists up ARYA.]
[The scene shifts to after the banquet. NED and CATELYN are in their bed.]
[There's a knock at the door.]
[He hands CATELYN a sealed note.]
[CATELYN reads the note, looks up in alarm, and then burns it.]
[The scene shifts to the wild wedding celebration of KHAL DROGO and DAENERYS. Fighting and fornication. DAENERYS looks stricken at everything around her.]
[The sex and violence intensify. Two men fight to the death over a woman each is trying to rape. KHAL DROGO watches avidly.]
[A knight in Westerosi garb appears. KHAL DROGO greets him in Dothraki. It is JORAH MORMONT, bearing books.]
[DANY is presented with a chest with three dragon eggs in it.]
[KHAL DROGO rises and strides forward. DAENERYS follows him, looking sick with fear. The Dothraki crowd behind her as she goes. The KHAL leads her to a white mare.]
[The KHAL puts DANY on her horse and mounts his.]
[The scene shifts to the seaside at sunset. The KHAL begins to unwrap DANY's dress. She is sobbing. He touches the tears on her face.]
[He takes off her gown and bends her down.]
[The scene shifts to Winterfell. Tyrion and the Hound are seated outside the day after the banquet.]
[The king and Ned come into view.]
[The king's party rides off, NED nodding goodbye to BRAN, whose wolf pup begins sniffing at his feet.]
[BRAN begins climbing, his wolf pup crying at the bottom of the castle wall. As he nears the top, he hears a woman and man moaning. Peering in the window, he sees CERSEI and JAIME having sex. CERSEI sees BRAN.]
