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S03E07

The Bear and the Maiden Fair

Full screenplay script and 555-line transcript across 23 scenes for Game of Thrones S03E07: The Bear and the Maiden Fair. Includes scene breakdowns for Tywin Climbs the Iron Throne ('We Could Arrange to Have You Carried') and 'The Lannisters Send Their Regards' (Harrenhal Departure). Key settings: Ext. the North - South of the Wall, Int: Riverrun, Robb's Chambers, Night, Cut To: Robb and Talisa's Chambers, Later.

23 Scenes555 Lines

Scene 1:Ext. the North - South of the Wall

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Just south of the Wall, the wildlings march across the green expanse of the North.
Ygritte
How far are we?
Jon
About a week, I think.
Ygritte
You think? You don't know?
Jon
When we went to Castle Black, we took the Kingsroad.
JON SNOW and YGRITTE sit. She adjusts her boots.
Ygritte
You and your roads. Is that how you lot do your fighting? You march down the road banging drums and waving banners?
Jon
Most of the time, yes.
Ygritte
How do the men holding the banners fight?
Jon
They don't, really. It's a great honor to carry your house sigil.
Ygritte
And the drummers- is that a great honor, too?
Jon
Usually it's the young boys banging the drums.
Ygritte
So what good are they?
Jon
They help the men march.
Ygritte
How?
Jon
Well, it's- it's the rhythm.
YGRITTE stands up and play-acts a silly march.
Ygritte
Oh, you mean right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot? You need help remembering that? When Mance gives the signal and we hit Castle Black, we won't be banging on drums to let them know we're coming.
Jon
No. No, you're just gonna light the biggest fire the North has ever seen to let them know you're coming.
Ygritte
You know nothing, Jon Snow.
YGRITTE leaves and ORELL catches up with JON.
Orell
She's right, you don't.
Jon
I know you cut me loose on the Wall.
Orell
Cut her loose, too. Do you see her sulking about it? That's because she understands the way things are.
Jon
And are you gonna share it with me? The deep wisdom you found inside the head of a bird?
Orell
People work together when it suits them. They're loyal when it suits them. They love each other when it suits them. And they kill each other when it suits them. She knows that, you don't. Which is why you'll never hold onto her.
ORELL continues on. JON follows behind.

Scene 2:Int: Riverrun, Robb's Chambers, Night

14 lines
A thunderstorm roils outside of Riverrun. QUEEN TALISA STARK dries KING ROBB STARK's hair with a towel. LADY CATELYN STARK and LORD EDMURE TULLY sit at the map table. BRYNDEN "BLACKFISH" TULLY enters.
Brynden
That rain will cost us another day.
Robb
Frey will wait. He knows we're coming.
Catelyn
Lord Walder is prickly by nature.
Brynden
Prickly? That what you call it? Might be the least pleasant man I've ever met.
Catelyn
Yes, and that is why-
Brynden
I've seen wet shits I liked better than Walder Frey. Apologies, Your Grace. Spent too many years around lancers and pikemen.
Talisa
I've spent the last two years nursing wounded men, watching them bleed and die. I'm not afraid of wet shits.
Brynden
(laughs)
Catelyn
Lord Frey will take this delay as a slight.
Edmure
He can take it as he likes. He's getting the wedding he wanted.
Catelyn
He's getting a wedding. It was a king he wanted.
Robb
Edmure is the best match a Frey has had in the history of their house. We should all get some sleep.
BRYNDEN, CATELYN, and EDMURE leave. ROBB and TALISA kiss. CATELYN turns back to watch before she exits.

Scene 3:Cut To: Robb and Talisa's Chambers, Later

32 lines
TALISSA and ROBB are wrapped around one another, panting, glowing with sweat, and kissing intimately. They smile. ROBB stands and dons a robe. TALISA watches him, amorously.
Robb
If you don't put some clothes on, I can't promise I won't attack you again.
Talisa
Attack. Attack.
ROBB sits at the war table. TALISA pulls a writing board onto the bed.
Robb
Who are you writing?
Talisa
My mother.
Robb
Is that Valyrian?
Talisa
Gaaa.
Robb
Gaaa? (sighs) Say hello for me.
Talisa
Rytsas.
Robb
'Ritsas.'
Talisa
That was close enough.
Robb
Does she know her daughter's a queen?
Talisa
Not yet.
Robb
That will be a surprise, I expect.
Talisa
Many surprises for her.
Robb
How am I supposed to sit here planning a war when you're over there looking like that?
Talisa
Will you come with me one day to Volantis? When all this is over?
Robb
I will.
Talisa
I promise. I know she'd love to meet you. And her grandchild.
Robb
What, now? Are you certain?
ROBB stands.
Talisa
Are you angry with me?
ROBB caresses her face. She grabs hold.
Robb
Angry? You're my queen.
Talisa
And I have your little prince or princess inside me.
Robb
Maybe one of each.
Talisa
Don't get greedy.
TALISA kisses ROBB's hand.
Talisa
Can you leave the war for one night?
Robb
I love you. Do you hear me? I love you.
ROBB and TALISA kiss and fall into bed.

Scene 4:Cut To: Riverrun, Encampment

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Rain pours down as ROBB's men busy themselves with the chores of the night.

Scene 5:Ext: The North, Day

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The wildlings rest in the woods from their long march.
Tormund
Most men fuck like dogs.
TORMUND GIANTSBANE demonstrates for JON with pelvic thrusts into his pack. YGRITTE sits nearby, disapproving.
Tormund
No grace, no skill. A few dozen thrusts and done. You need to be patient. Give her time. Your cock shouldn't go near her till she's slick as a baby seal. And then you go inside, but slowly. Don't jam it in like you're spearing a pig. (laughs) Come on! Hey, come on.
TORMUND gives JON a playful jab and walks off. JON gets up and follows, along with YGRITTE and ORELL.

Scene 6:Cut To: The North, Woods, Later

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The wildings march.
Orell
You think he loves you, is that it? What did he tell you? He's gonna make you his lady and live with you in some castle?
Ygritte
No, he didn't tell me anything. He barely talks.
Orell
I've seen you two whispering in the night, giggling like a pair of girls.
Ygritte
What, you're jealous?
Orell
Of course I'm jealous. You should be with one of your own.
Ygritte
And you're one of my own? I've never heard a kind word from your mouth.
ORELL stops her.
Orell
You would if you were mine. I'd tell you that you're beautiful and fierce and wild. I'd be good to you. You love him?
Ygritte
(nods)
Orell
'Cause he's pretty? Is that it? You like his pretty hair and his pretty eyes? You think pretty is gonna make you happy?
YGRITTE tries to walk, but ORELL stops her.
Ygritte
Don't touch me.
Orell
You won't love him so much when you find out what he really is.
ORELL walks away and YGRITTE takes measure of him.

Scene 7:Ext: King's Landing, Gardens

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Sansa
Growing up at Winterfell, all I ever wanted was to escape, to come here to the capital. See the southern knights and their painted armor and King's Landing after dark- all the candles burning in all those windows. I'm stupid. A stupid little girl with stupid dreams who never learns.
Margaery
Come on. Come walk with me.
LADY MARGAERY TYRELL and LADY SANSA STARK stand and walk.
Margaery
I remember the first time I saw you in the throne room. I'd never seen anyone who looked so unhappy. I want very much for you to be happy, Sansa, and so does my grandmother.
MARGAERY picks a rose.
Margaery
You would have been happy at Highgarden. But women in our position must make the best of our circumstances.
Sansa
How do I make the best of my circumstances? I have to marry him.
MARGAERY hands the rose to SANSA.
Margaery
Has Lord Tyrion mistreated you?
Sansa
No.
They walk.
Margaery
Has he been kind to you?
Sansa
He's tried.
Margaery
You don't want him, though.
Sansa
He's a Lannister.
Margaery
Far from the worst Lannister, wouldn't you say?
Sansa
I'm sorry. Here I am complaining to you.
Margaery
My son will be king Sons learn from their mothers. I plan to teach mine a great deal. And your son, if I'm not mistaken, your son might be the Lord of Casterly Rock and the North someday. What?
Sansa
My son with him. I'll have to- we'll have to-
Margaery
If it's the pain you're worried about-
Sansa
I'm not afraid of the pain. Not after what Joffrey's done to me.
Margaery
What is it, then? He's rather good-looking even with the scar. Especially with the scar.
Sansa
He's a dwarf. And Loras- Loras.
Margaery
Some women like tall men. Some like short men. Some like hairy men. Some like bald men. Gentle men, rough men, ugly men, pretty men, pretty girls. Most women don't know what they like until they've tried it. And, sadly, so many of us get to try so little before we're old and gray. Tyrion may surprise you. From what I've heard, he's quite experienced.
Sansa
And that's a good thing?
Margaery
It can be. We're very complicated, you know. Pleasing us takes practice.
Sansa
How do you know all this? Did your mother teach you?
MARGAERY takes SANSA's arm.
Margaery
Yes, sweet girl. My mother taught me.

Scene 8:Int: King's Landing, Tyrion's Chambers

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LORD TYRION LANNISTER and SER BRONN OF THE BLACKWATER sit, drinking wine.
Tyrion
She's a child.
Bronn
She's a foot taller than you.
Tyrion
A tall child.
Bronn
What's the youngest you've ever had?
Tyrion
Not that young.
Bronn
How much older?
Tyrion
Older.
Bronn
You're a lord, she's a lady. And a beauty at that. I don't see the problem.
Tyrion
Shae isn't going to like it.
Bronn
Shae is a whore. Are you gonna marry her? Eh? How did marrying a whore work out for you the first time?
Tyrion
I should never have told you about that.
Bronn
You want Shae, keep her. Wed one and bed the other. All you have to do is get a son in the Stark girl. He'll be Lord of Winterfell one day. You can rule the North in his name. You'll have two women and a whole kingdom of your own.
Tyrion
Two women to despise me and a whole kingdom to join them.
BRONN pours more wine for them both.
Bronn
You waste time trying to get people to love you, you'll end up the most popular dead man in town. (chuckles) You want to fuck that Stark girl. You just don't want to admit it.
Tyrion
I don't pay you to put evil notions in my head. The ones already there don't need company.
Bronn
You pay me to kill people who bother you. Evil notions come free.
BRONN stands and grabs another pitcher of wine.

Scene 9:Tywin Climbs the Iron Throne ('We Could Arrange to Have You Carried')

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Int: King's Landing, Throne Room
Hand of the King physically ascends the Iron Throne steps to tower over a nervous monarchUpward vs Downward InflectionSpatial InversionThrone Room Dominance

Even when Joffrey sits on the raised Iron Throne and summons his grandfather to the throne room, Tywin flips the spatial hierarchy. While Joffrey betrays his insecurity by phrasing his complaints as upward-inflected questions ('May I ask why?'), Tywin answers with downward-inflected certainty and climbs the forbidden steps of the Iron Throne itself so he looks down on the seated king.

  • Joffrey leans nervously on the armrest of the Iron Throne while asking questions with rising intonation.
  • Tywin walks straight up the steps of the throne dais, invading the monarch's sacred space so that the Hand stands physically higher than the King.
TYWIN enters the vast throne room. KING JOFFREY BARATHEON sits on the Iron Throne.
Tywin
Your Grace.
Joffrey
Grandfather.
Tywin
You wanted to speak to me?
Joffrey
Yes. I'd like a report on the meetings of my small council.
Tywin
You're welcome to attend the meetings of your small council, Your Grace. Any or all of them.
Joffrey
I've been very busy. Many important matters require a king's attention.
Tywin
Of course.
Joffrey
You've been holding the council meetings in the Tower of the Hand instead of the small council chamber.
Tywin
I have, yes.
Joffrey
[Breakdown]
May I ask why?
subtextInsecure Upward Inflection ('May I Ask Why?')

Despite holding the crown, Joffrey slips into deferential questioning with upward intonation ('May I ask why?') right after Tywin's clipped, downward-inflected 'I have, yes', betraying who actually holds authority in the room.

Tywin
The Tower of the Hand is where I work. To walk from there to here would take time, time I could otherwise spend productively.
Joffrey
So if I wanted to attend a council meeting, I would now have to climb all the stairs in the Tower of the Hand?
TYWIN approaches and stands over JOFFREY.[Breakdown]
blockingClimbing the Steps of the Iron Throne

To neutralise the height advantage of the Iron Throne, Tywin climbs the dais steps until he is standing directly over the seated Joffrey before delivering 'We could arrange to have you carried'.

Tywin
We could arrange to have you carried.
Joffrey
Tell me about the Targaryen girl in the east and her dragons.
Tywin
Where did you hear about this?
Joffrey
Is it true?
Tywin
Apparently so.
Joffrey
Don't you think we ought to do something about it?
Tywin
When I was Hand of the King under your father's predecessor, the skulls of all the Targaryen dragons were kept in this room. The skull of the last of them was right here. It was the size of an apple.
Joffrey
And the biggest was the size of a carriage.
Tywin
Yes, and the creature to whom it belonged died 300 years ago. Curiosities on the far side of the world are no threat to us.
Joffrey
But how do we know these dragons are just curiosities and not the beasts that brought the whole world to heel?
Tywin
Because we have been told as much by the many experts who serve the realm by counseling the king on matters about which he knows nothing.
Joffrey
But I haven't been counseled.
Tywin
You are being counseled at this very moment.
Joffrey
I should be consulted about such things.
Tywin
[Breakdown]
From now on, I will see to it that you are appropriately consulted on important matters whenever necessary. Your Grace.
powerplayPlacating the Puppet and Exiting on the Final Word

Tywin closes with a hollow qualifier ('appropriately consulted... whenever necessary') that surrenders zero real power, bows on cue, and walks out before Joffrey can formulate a reply.

TYWIN bows and walks away. JOFFREY ponders.

Scene 10:Ext: Essos, Outside Yunkai

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DAENERYS TARGARYEN, SER JORAH MORMONT, SER BARRISTAN SELMY, and GREY WORM walk across the rocky and arid landscape. An impressive city lies in the distance among the mountains.
Jorah
Yunkai. The Yellow City.
Barristan
The Yunkish train bed slaves, not soldiers. We can defeat them.
Jorah
On the field, with ease. But they won't meet us on the field. They have provisions, patience, and strong walls. If they're wise, they'll hide behind those walls and chip away at us, man by man.
Daenerys
I don't want half my army killed before I've crossed the Narrow Sea.
Jorah
We don't need Yunkai, khaleesi. Taking this city will not bring you any closer to Westeros or the Iron Throne.
Daenerys
How many slaves are there in Yunkai?
Jorah
Two hundred thousand if not more.
Daenerys
Then we have Two hundred thousand reasons to take the city.
Daenerys
(speaks Valyrian) Send a man to the city gates. Tell the slavers I will receive them here, and accept their surrender. Otherwise, Yunkai will suffer the same fate as Astapor.
GREY WORM nods, then turns and exits.

Scene 11:Cut To: Road to Yunkai

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The Unsullied come to attention. Led by a drummer and flanked by guards, a brightly colored palaquin carrying RADZAL MO ERAZ passes through. He surveys the Unsullied who speckle the rough landscape. The chains of the slaves who bear his load rattle as they walk. More slaves bear ornate chests as they walk. They reach the camp where DAENERYS waits to receive them, with BARRISTAN, JORAH, and her dragons at her side. The slaves lower the palaquin. RADZAL MO ERAZ steps out and is greeted by MISSANDEI.
Missandei
Now comes the noble Razdal mo Eraz of that ancient and honorable house, master of men and speaker to savages, to offer terms of peace.
The dragons screech in warning as RAZDAL MO ERAZ approaches nervously.
Missandei
Noble lord, you are in the presence of Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons.
Daenerys
You may approach. Sit.
A Dothraki woman presents a chair for RADZAL MO ERAZ, and he sits.
Missandei
Will the noble lord take refreshment?
Radzal Mo Eraz
(nods)
MISSANDEI pours him some wine. RADZAL MO ERAZ drinks, never taking his eyes from DAENERYS.
Radzal Mo Eraz
Ancient and glorious is Yunkai. Our empire was old before dragons stirred in old Valyria. Many an army has broken against our walls. You shall find no easy conquest here, khaleesi.
DAENERYS tosses a raw steak in the air. The three dragons launch after it, screeching as they jockey and circle in flight. RADZAL MO ERAZ recoils in trepidation.
Daenerys
Good. My Unsullied need practice. I was told to blood them early.
Radzal Mo Eraz
If blood is your desire, blood shall flow. But why? 'Tis true you have committed savageries in Astapor. But the Yunkai are a forgiving and generous people.
He claps twice to signal his slaves. They bring forth the two chests.
Radzal Mo Eraz
The wise masters of Yunkai have sent a gift for the silver queen.
The slaves place the chests before DAENERYS and open their lids. The chests are filled with gold ingots. The slaves retreat and bow deeply before her in reverence.
Radzal Mo Eraz
There is far more than this awaiting you on the deck of your ship.
Daenerys
My ship?
Radzal Mo Eraz
Yes, khaleesi. As I said, we are a generous people. You shall have as many ships as you require.
Daenerys
And what do you ask in return?
Radzal Mo Eraz
All we ask is that you make use of these ships. Sail them back to Westeros where you belong and leave us to conduct our affairs in peace.
Daenerys
I have a gift for you as well. Your life.
Radzal Mo Eraz
My life?
Daenerys
And the lives of your wise masters. But I also want something in return. You will release every slave in Yunkai. Every man, woman, and child shall be given as much food, clothing, and property as they can carry as payment for their years of servitude. Reject this gift, and I shall show you no mercy.
Radzal Mo Eraz
You are mad. We are not Astapor or Qarth. We are Yunkai and we have powerful friends. Friends who would take great pleasure in destroying you. Those who survive, we shall enslave once more. Perhaps we'll make a slave of you as well.
RADZAL MO ERAZ stands quickly. DROGON screeches angrily from his perch in warning.
Radzal Mo Eraz
You swore me safe conduct.
Daenerys
I did, but my dragons made no promises. And you threatened their mother.
Radzal Mo Eraz
Take the gold.
The slaves rise and cautiously approach the open chests. The dragons refuse their approach with aggressive screeching. The slaves retreat in fear.
Daenerys
My gold. You gave it to me, remember? And I shall put it to good use. You'd be wise to do the same with my gift to you. Now get out.
Radzal Mo Eraz
(speaks Valerian)
RADZAL MO ERAZ turns and stomps off.
Barristan
The Yunkish are a proud people. They will not bend.
Daenerys
And what happens to things that don't bend? He said he had powerful friends. Who was he talking about?
Jorah
I don't know.
Daenerys
Find out.
JORAH nods and exits. DROGON hops next to DAENERYS and she strokes the dragon. He purrs.

Scene 12:Int: King's Landing, Tyrion's Chambers, Night

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SHAE fondles a woven gold necklace in a beautiful inlaid wooden box.
Shae
Chains?
Tyrion
Solid gold from the mines outside Lannisport. Smithed in Casterly Rock.
Shae
Golden chains.
Tyrion
You could buy a ship with these.
Shae
Do I need a ship?
Tyrion
What?
Shae
Am I going somewhere?
Tyrion
Of course you're not going anywhere.
Shae
So, am I invited to your wedding?
Tyrion
I didn't ask for this marriage. I didn't want it.
Shae
No? She's a beautiful girl. You said so yourself.
Tyrion
That doesn't mean that- this is duty, not desire.
Shae
Is that what you will tell yourself when you fuck her?
Tyrion
I don't have a choice. My father-
Shae
Does not rule the world. We can still go across the Narrow Sea.
Tyrion
What would I do there? Juggle? I am a Lannister of Casterly Rock.
Shae
And I'm Shae the funny whore.
Tyrion
My feelings for you have not changed. I will marry Sansa Stark and do my duty by her.
Shae
While I empty her chamber pot and lick your cock when you're bored?
Tyrion
I swear to you it will not be like that.
Shae
No? What will it be like?
Tyrion
I will buy you a good home somewhere in the city. You will have fine clothes, guards to keep you safe, servants. Any children we might have will be well provided for.
Shae
Children? You think I want children who can never see their father? Who would be killed in their sleep if their grandfather found out about them?
TYRION moves closer to SHAE and takes her hand.
Tyrion
Listen. Listen to me, my lady.
Shae
I'm not your lady.
Tyrion
You are. You'll always be my lady.
Shae
I'm your whore. And when you are tired of fucking me, I will be nothing.
SHAE pushes away TYRION's hand and exits.

Scene 13:Ext: Blackwater Bay

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A two masted ship sails amongst wreckage of sunken ships. MELISANDRE and GENDRY walk its deck.
Gendry
What happened?
Melisandre
Wildfire. I should have been here.
Gendry
After all the running and fighting, here I am, back where I started.
Melisandre
Do you miss it?
Gendry
King's Landing?
Melisandre
Your father's house.
Gendry
Never had a father. Never wanted one.
Melisandre
Haven't you ever wondered where your strength came from? Your talent for fighting?
Gendry
I'm lowborn. As low as can be. My mother was a tavern wench.
Melisandre
Mine was a slave. So was I. Bought and sold, scourged and branded, until the Lord of Light reached down, took me in his hand and raised me up.
Gendry
I was born in Flea Bottom.
Melisandre
Your blood is noble.
Gendry
Are you saying my father, he was some lord or-
Melisandre
There. Your father's house.
Gendry
I'm just a bastard.
Melisandre
The bastard of Robert of the House Baratheon, First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men. Why do you think the gold cloaks wanted you? There is power in a king's blood.

Scene 14:Int: Riverlands, Caverns of the Brotherhood Without Banners

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Beric
Come sit by the fire, child.
ARYA doesn't answer. She sits curled on a rock.
Thoros
Not talking, eh? That's a first.
Arya
I don't talk to traitors.
Beric
I didn't like giving up the boy.
Arya
But you did. You took the gold and you gave him up.
Beric
The Red God is the one true god. You've seen his power. When he commands, we obey.
Arya
He's not my one true god.
Beric
No? Who's yours?
Arya
Death.
Men chatter and cough as they enter the cavern, led by ANGUY.
Anguy
Spotted a Lannister raiding party.
Beric
How many?
Anguy
No more than twenty.
Beric
How far?
Anguy
Less than a day's ride south.
Beric
(nods)
Thoros
What do you say, boys? Time for a lion hunt?
Men
Yeah!
Arya
But what about Riverrun? It's not south. It's west of here.
Thoros
It will still be west of here two days from now.
Arya
You swore.
Beric
To take you home, and I will. But we need to do this first.
Arya
Why? So you can steal their gold?
Beric
I swear to you, this isn't-
Arya
I don't care what you swear because you're a liar. You lied to Gendry, you lied to me. You'll lie to anyone. I hope the Lannisters kill you all.
Beric
One day you'll understand, but now-
ARYA runs off.
Beric
Anguy, bring her back.
Man
Come back, girl!

Scene 15:Cut To: Riverlands, Woods, Night

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ARYA runs through the woods. She crosses a stream and keeps running. She crouches in the woods, looking back at the Brotherhood's torches. She takes flight again and is grabbed by THE HOUND.
The Hound
Kick all you like, wolf girl. Won't do you no good.
He carries her off into the darkness.

Scene 16:Int: Harrenhall, Night

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LADY BRIENNE OF TARTH sits in a shaft of moonlight. The door opens, and SER JAIME LANNISTER enters.
Brienne
I thought you were gone.
Jaime
Tomorrow.
Brienne
Have they told you what they plan to do with me?
Jaime
Lord Bolton's traveling tomorrow as well. He's going to the Twins for Edmure Tully's wedding. You're to remain here.
Brienne
With Locke?
Jaime
I owe you a debt.
Brienne
When Catelyn Stark released you, we both made a promise to her. Now it's your promise. You gave your word. Keep it and consider the debt paid.
Jaime
(nods) I will return the Stark girls to their mother. I swear it.
Brienne
Good-bye, Ser Jaime.
JAIME exits.

Scene 17:'The Lannisters Send Their Regards' (Harrenhal Departure)

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Ext: Harrenhall Courtyard, Day
Freed hostage unknowingly hands his captor a murder cueForeshadowingDouble MeaningRed Wedding Setup

On first viewing, Jaime's parting line reads as dry Lannister banter from a man relieved to be riding south; on rewatch, Roose Bolton's quiet exchange about giving his regards to Tywin reveals the Red Wedding pact is already sealed.

  • Jaime struggles to saddle his horse one-handed in the Harrenhal courtyard while Roose Bolton watches.
  • Roose extracts an implicit guarantee that Jaime will clear him with Tywin before Jaime tosses off a casual parting quip for Robb Stark.
The courtyard is busy as the men ready to depart. JAIME struggles to saddle his horse one handed.
Qyburn
Here. Let me.
QYBURN buckles the saddle for JAIME.
Qyburn
It will take time.
Jaime
(nods)
QYBURN exits and ROOSE BOLTON approaches.
Roose Bolton
Qyburn hopes your father will force the Citadel to give him back his chain.
JAIME mounts his horse.
Jaime
My father will make him Grand Maester if he grows me a new hand.
Roose Bolton
[Breakdown]
You will give my regards to Lord Tywin, I trust?
foreshadowingRoose's Coded Assurance

Roose Bolton's seemingly polite request ('You will give my regards to Lord Tywin, I trust?') is actually a coded check that his defection to House Lannister is understood.

Jaime
[Breakdown]
(nods) Tell Robb Stark I'm sorry I couldn't make his uncle's wedding. The Lannisters send their regards.
foreshadowingOrigin: 'The Lannisters Send Their Regards'

Jaime means this as a lighthearted jab about missing Edmure Tully's wedding, unaware that Roose Bolton will repeat the final five words verbatim while driving a dagger into Robb Stark's heart two episodes later.

→See Roose Bolton deliver the line at the Red Wedding in S03E09 (#S18L100)
JAIME and QYBURN ride away. They pass LOCKE.
Locke
Safe journey, Kingslayer. Nothing to say? I liked you better before. I don't remember chopping your balls off, too. And don't you worry about your friend. We'll take good care of her.

Scene 18:Int: Dungeon, Somewhere

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MYRANDA and VIOLET remove LORD THEON GREYJOY's restraints and help him down from the cross.
Myranda
Shh.
Theon
(groans)
MYRANDA removes THEON's hood. VIOLET holds a cup of water to his lips, and helps him drink. He grabs the cup desperately and spills its contents in his mouth.
Violet
Gentle, my lord. Gentle.
VIOLET strokes and soothes THEON's forehead. MYRANDA kneels next to him and applies a salve to his forehead. THEON squirms.
Theon
(coughs)
Violet
Shh, shh, shh. Myranda knows what she's doing. Let her. She trained as a septa, only (giggles) she had other urges.
Myranda
So did the septons, only they lied about it.
VIOLET and MYRANDA fondle THEON's bare chest. THEON is suspicious.
Theon
Where is he?
Violet
Who, my lord?
Myranda
There's no one here but you, me, and Violet.
VIOLET and MYRANDA continue to caress THEON. VIOLET slides her hands under THEON's trousers. He grabs her hand to stop her.
Theon
Please.
Violet
Don't you want us to see it?
Myranda
Oh, come on. Let us see it. Everybody talks about it.
Theon
He sent you.
Myranda
Who sent us?
Violet
We sent ourselves, Lord Greyjoy.
Myranda
We heard so much about it. (giggles)
Theon
Please.
Violet
Oh! There it is.
She is disapointed that THEON is flaccid.
Violet
Oh. Do you think we're ugly? He thinks we're ugly.
Myranda
Well, he's been through so much. Look at his poor face.
Theon
Help me. If he comes back-
Violet
We need to make him feel better.
Myranda
And how can we make him feel better?
Violet
I have an idea.
VIOLET stands and comes to MYRANDA. She pulls the lacing of MYRANDA's dress until it peels away. She helps the dress to the ground. THEON is excited but disbelieving.
Violet
Oh, she's shy. You know how they are, these religious girls.
Myranda
Maybe he doesn't know how we are.
MYRANDA straddles THEON and undulates on top of him. VIOLET kisses his forhead.
Myranda
Oh. I felt something. Oh, Lord Greyjoy.
Violet
As good as they say?
Myranda
Mmm.
MYRANDA's breath quickens as she rubs across the length of him. THEON holds onto her, joining into her rhythm.
Violet
And why should you get all the fun?
VIOLET shrugs off her own gown. THEON is entranced. MYRANDA grabs his face and pulls his attention back to her.
Myranda
What? You like her better?
MYRANDA kisses THEON. VIOLET kneels beside them and grabs hold of THEON.
Violet
Plenty there for both of us.
Myranda
I was here first.
Theon
(moaning)
RAMSAY's horn blares from across the room, startling THEON. VIOLET and MYRANDA retreat and RAMSAY walks out of the shadows.
Ramsay
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Terrible timing.
Theon
(cries)
Ramsay
But I was getting jealous.
RAMSAY stands in front of the naked VIOLET and MYRANDA, who sway innocently behind him.
Ramsay
Well? Should we see this cock everyone's always going on about?
THEON leaps up in a clumsy attempt to flee. RAMSAY backhands him and THEON falls to the ground, helpless and weak. RAMSAY tosses away the horn and wraps his arms around the naked women as they flank him.
Ramsay
Everyone knows you love girls. I bet you always thought they loved you back.
RAMSAY cups their naked asses. He steps forward and draws a knife. THEON struggles to crawl away, but his arms and legs are useless from his days bound to the cross.
Ramsay
Your famous cock must be very precious to you. Would you say it's your most precious part?
RAMSAY whistles and two guards come forth.
Theon
Please. No. No! Mercy, please! Please, mercy! Mercy!
Ramsay
This is mercy. I'm not killing you. Just making a few alterations.
The guards hold THEON down while RAMSAY sets to him with the knife.
Theon
No! No! No! Please, no! No! No! No, please! Please!

Scene 19:Ext: The North, Woods

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YGRITTE and JON crouch behind a rock. She has her bow at the ready, hunting a nearby deer.
Jon
You're gonna scare it off.
Ygritte
I'm not gonna scare it. I'm gonna kill it.
Jon
It's too far away.
YGRITTE smiles and draws her bow.

Scene 20:Cut To: The North, Woods, Later

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The wildling party is on the march. Two of them carry the deer that YGRITTE killed. In the near distance, YGRITTE spies a decrepit windmill.
Ygritte
Is that a palace?
Jon
It's a windmill.
Ygritte
Windmill. Who built it? Some king?
Jon
Just the men who used to live here.
Ygritte
They must have been great builders, stacking stones so high.
Jon
Winterfell has towers three times that size.
Ygritte
'I'm Jon Snow and I'm from Winterfell. My daddy was a fancy lord and I lived in a tower that touched the clouds.'
Jon
If you're impressed by a windmill, you'd be swooning if you saw the Great Keep at Winterfell.
Ygritte
What's swooning?
Jon
Fainting.
Ygritte
What's fainting?
Jon
When a girl sees blood and collapses.
Ygritte
Why would a girl see blood and collapse?
Jon
Well not all girls are like you.
Ygritte
Well, girls see more blood than boys. Or do you like girls who swoon, Jon Snow? (gasps) Oh, a spider! Save me, Jon Snow.
She falls backwards into his arms, smiling.
Ygritte
My dress is made of the purest silk from Tralalalaleeday.
Jon
I'd like to see you in a silk dress.
She punches him playfully.
Ygritte
Would you?
He grabs her.
Jon
So I could tear it off you.
Ygritte
Well, you rip my pretty silk dress, I'll blacken your eye.
Jon
Maybe one day I'll take you to Winterfell.
Ygritte
Or maybe one day I'll take you there. After we've taken our land back.
Jon
Ygritte. You won't win. I know your people are brave, no one denies that.
Ygritte
You know nothing-
Jon
Six times in the last thousand years, a King has attacked the kingdoms. Six times they failed.
Ygritte
And how do you know that?
Jon
Every boy in the North knows it. We grow up learning it. Where the battles were fought, the names of the heroes, who died where. Six times you've invaded and six times you've failed. The seventh will be the same.
Ygritte
Mance is different.
Jon
You don't have the discipline. You don't have the training. Your army is no army. You don't know how to fight together.
Ygritte
You don't know that.
Jon
I do. I know it. If you attack the Wall, you'll die. All of you.
Ygritte
All of us.
YGRITTE kissed JON, hungrily.
Ygritte
You're mine as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. But first we'll live.
Jon
Yes, first we'll live.
They kiss again.

Scene 21:Ext: The North, Camp

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MEERA REED walks into camp, carrying the rabbit she has caught. OSHA and HODOR sets up the tent while RICKON STARK sleeps next to them. LORD BRAN STARK and JOJEN REED sit talking nearby.
Osha
What's he going on about? And how come he always gets to sit and chat while we do all the work?
Hodor
Hodor.
Jojen
That's where we are.
OSHA walks over to confront JOJEN.
Osha
What are you telling him?
Bran
It's all right, Osha.
Osha
It's not all right. You think I can't hear you every day? Filling his head with black magic. Talking about visions and three-eyed ravens and worse.
Meera
Leave him alone.
Osha
He can speak for himself.
Jojen
I don't fill his head with anything.
Osha
So what do you talk about?
Jojen
What's happening to him and what that means.
Osha
Go on, then. Tell us what it means.
Jojen
It's not like that. I wish I could tell him all the answers. It would be much easier.
Osha
I don't want you talking to him anymore. Until we get to your brother at Castle Black.
OSHA starts to walk away.
Jojen
We're not going to Castle Black.
Osha
What did you say?
Jojen
I told you already. Jon Snow isn't there. Bran needs to find the raven beyond the Wall.
Osha
Oh, no. I'm not going back there. Your brother is at Castle Black. That's where we're going. Look at me.
OSHA kneels next to BRAN.
Bran
The raven's been coming to me ever since I fell from that tower. He wants me to find him. I don't have my legs anymore. This is what I have now.
Osha
You have a family. You need to go back to Castle Black so you can get back to them where you belong.
Bran
What if I belong in the North? What if I fell from that tower for a reason?
Osha
Is that what he's telling you? That it's all for a reason? All these bad things happened because the gods got big plans for you? I wish it were true, little lord. But the gods wouldn't spare a raven's cold shit for you or me or anyone.
Bran
You don't understand. You don't know.
OSHA stands, agitated.
Osha
You don't know. None of you know. None of you have been up there. I had a man once. A good man. Bruni, his name was. I was his and he was mine. But one night Bruni disappears. People said he left me, but I knew him. He'd never leave me. Not for long.
OSHA sits.
Osha
I knew he'd come back. And he did. He came in through the back of the hut. Only it wasn't Bruni. Not really. His skin was pale like a dead man's. His eyes bluer than clear sky. He came at me, grabbed me by the neck and squeezed so hard I could feel the life slipping out of me. I don't know how I got the knife. When I did, I stuck it deep into his heart. And he hardly seemed to notice. I had to burn our hut down with him inside. I didn't ask the gods what it meant. I didn't need to. I already knew. It meant the North was no place for men to be. Not anymore. I promised your maester I'd get you to Castle Black and no further.
OSHA rises and walks off.

Scene 22:Ext: Riverlands, Open Field

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QYBURN tends to the stump of JAIME's right arm. His wrist is sewn roughly.
Qyburn
How is the pain, my lord?
Jaime
What's the purpose of an arm with no hand?
Qyburn
Well, we've stymied the corruption.
Jaime
Yes, we've stymied the corruption. You're a learned man.
Qyburn
All the good it's done me.
QYBURN places a salve onto JAIME's healing wound.
Jaime
You did well sewing up this mess. You're far better at this sort of work than Grand Maester Pycelle.
Qyburn
Faint praise, my lord.
Jaime
So why did the Citadel take your chain? Did you fondle one boy too many?
QYBURN dresses JAIME's wound once more.
Qyburn
No, my lord. That's not my weakness.
Jaime
What is?
Qyburn
Curiosity. The only way to treat disease is to understand disease. And the only way to understand it is to study the afflicted.
Jaime
You performed experiments on living men.
Qyburn
On dying men.
Jaime
With their permission?
Qyburn
My studies have given me insight that has saved many lives.
Jaime
Dying paupers, I assume. Men with no families to complain. You found them moaning in the poorhouse and had them carted back to your garret and opened up their bellies to see what was inside.
Qyburn
How many men have you killed, my lord?
Jaime
I don't know.
Qyburn
Fifty? A hundred?
Jaime
(shakes his head)
Qyburn
Countless.
Jaime
Countless has a nice ring to it.
Qyburn
And how many lives have you saved?
Jaime
Half a million. The population of King's Landing. You were in charge of the ravens at Harrenhal. Did you- did you get a bird off to Brienne's father in Tarth?
Qyburn
A bird flew off and a bird flew back. Lord Selwyn Tarth offered three hundred gold dragons for his daughter's safe return.
Jaime
A fair offer.
JAIME stands. QYBURN packs up his medicines.
Qyburn
A fair offer. Locke won't take it.
Jaime
Why not?
Qyburn
He's convinced Lord Tarth owns all the sapphire mines in Westeros.
Jaime
(sighs)
Qyburn
He feels he's being cheated.
Jaime
They'd be fools to kill her.
Qyburn
These men have been at war a long time. Most of them will be dead by winter. She'll be their entertainment tonight. Beyond tonight, I don't think they care very much.
JAIME ponders, and then approaches "STEELSHANKS" WALTON, who drinks from a wine skin nearby
Jaime
We have to return to Harrenhal.
Steelshanks Walton
Why?
Jaime
I've left something behind.
Steelshanks Walton
Absolutely not. I've got orders from Lord Bolton.
Jaime
And what are those orders?
Steelshanks Walton
To deliver you to your father at King's Landing.
Jaime
You think you'll get a reward.
"STEELSHANKS" WALTON stands.
Steelshanks Walton
I serve Lord Bolton. Any appreciation your father-
Jaime
You think you're getting a reward. Let me explain something to you. When my father sees me, the first thing he's going to ask is what happened to my hand. And I'm going to tell him this man chopped it off.
Steelshanks Walton
I had nothing-
Jaime
Or I could tell him this man saved my life. We return to Harrenhal now.

Scene 23:Ext: The Ruins of Harrenhal

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JAIME and the men ride into the old courtyard. The castle is a ruin around them.
Jaime
Whoa.
Steelshanks Walton
Eyes open, lads.
JAIME searches with eyes and ears.
Jaime
Be quiet.
JAIME hears singing in the distance. He dismounts and runs towards the sounds of the crowd. "STEELSHANKS"WALTON and his men follow.
Men
(singing) The bear, the bear and the maiden fair / From there to here, from here to there / All black and brown and covered in hair / He smelled that girl in the summer air / The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair!
JAIME climbs some wooden steps to join the crowd on a viewing platform. The crowd yells and cheers. In a wooden arena, BRIENNE stands desperate and defensive, brandishing a wooden sword. Her dress is torn and covered in mud. Blood oozes from gashes on her neck and shoulder. An enormous brown bear lumbers and stalks her. The bear roars.
Man
Don't spare her. Don't spare her!
Locke
Well, this is one shameful fucking performance. Stop running and fight.
Jaime
A wooden sword?
LOCKE notices that JAIME is in the crowd.
Locke
I thought you'd gone.
JAIME pushes his way towards LOCKE.
Jaime
You gave her a wooden sword.
Locke
We've only got one bear.
Jaime
I'll pay her bloody ransom. Gold, sapphires, whatever you want. Just get her out of there.
Locke
All you lords and ladies still think that the only thing that matters is gold.
LOCKE shoves JAIME.
Locke
This makes me happier than all your gold ever could. And that makes me happier than all her sapphires. So go buy yourself a golden hand and fuck yourself with it.
The bear rears up before BRIENNE. She tries to hold him off with her wooden sword, but the bear's reach is too long. He takes a powerful swipe and disarms her. BRIENNE staggers backwards. The bear pounces and knocks her to the ground.
Brienne
Ah!
JAIME jumps into the wooden arena, arms flailing. He lands behind her, and startles the bear.
Jaime
Get behind me.
Brienne
I will not.
He helps BRIENNE up as the bear regroups. JAIME puts himself in front of BRIENNE. The bear regroups, swipes the ground, and advances on them. Suddenly, a crossbow bolt pierces the bear's side. He turns his head towards the pain in its shoulder.
Locke
What the fuck are you doing to my bear?
Steelshanks Walton
Lord Bolton charged me with bringing him back to King's Landing alive and that's what I aim to do.
The bear shakes its head back and forth, confused by the pain. JAIME runs to the arena wall and crouches by the wall.
Jaime
Pull her up.
BRIENNE clambers onto JAIME's back. A man in the crowd grabs her outstretched hand. Two men pull her to safety. The bear roars.
Brienne
Hold my legs.
BRIENNE lies over the side of the platform and reaches down. The bear charges at JAIME. "STEELSHANKS" WALTON fires a bolt that lands wide. JAIME jumps and grabs hold of a beam that juts out of the arena wall and clambers just out of reach of the bear. The bear roars. BRIENNE continues to reach down to JAIME as he tries clumsily to scale the wall. He swings his legs up, gains some leverage and hooks his handless forearm around the beam. He then lurches into BRIENNE's reach.
Brienne
Pull him up!
BRIENNE and the men pull JAIME up to safety. The bear pounds the wall.
Locke
The bitch stays.
JAIME stands up to confront LOCKE.
Jaime
We're taking her to King's Landing. Unless you kill me.
Locke
She belongs to me. Lord Bolton's orders.
Jaime
What do you think is more important to Lord Bolton? Getting his pet rat a reward or ensuring Tywin Lannister gets his son back alive?
JAIME and LOCKE stand off. LOCKE's men prepare for a fight, but LOCKE relents.
Jaime
Well, we must be on our way. Sorry about the sapphires.
JAIME and BRIENNE push their way through the crowd and walk off. "STEELSHANKS" WALTON follows. The bear roars.

Game of Thrones Season 3 Scripts

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All Game of Thrones Seasons (73 Episodes)
S03E01
Valar Dohaeris
S03E02
Dark Wings, Dark Words
S03E03
Walk of Punishment
S03E04
And Now His Watch Is Ended
S03E05
Kissed by Fire
S03E06
The Climb
S03E07
The Bear and the Maiden Fair
S03E08
Second Sons
S03E09
The Rains of Castamere
S03E10
Mhysa