Jon Snow organizes the defense of the North. Cersei tries to even the odds. Samwell discovers crucial information. Daenerys comes home.EPISODE 1 - DRAGONSTONEINT. THE TWINS - BANQUET HALLThe Freys are all gathered in the hall. WALDER FREY sits at the high table. WALDER slams his cup down on the table twice. The room grows silent. WALDER stands.
The Freys laugh.
The Freys cheer and slam their fists on their tables. WALDER snaps his fingers at a servant girl. The girl begins serving flasks of wine.
The Freys cheer. WALDER raises his glass.
The Freys stand in unison.
The Freys drink. WALDER holds his cup to his lips but does not drink. The servant girl picks up her cup and motions to drink.
WALDER addresses the hall again.
The Freys cheer.
Some of the Freys groan.
The Freys choke, cough, and spit up blood.
The Freys collapse and die. WALDER takes hold of his own face and removes it, revealing ARYA's face. ARYA turns to the servant girl.
ARYA walks through the hall, staring at the Frey bodies. She smiles and exits.TITLE SEQUENCEEXT. BEYOND THE WALLThe wind blows over the tundra. A dark cloud starts forming on the horizon, growing larger until it consumes everything. A white walker rides into view, accompanied by several other white walkers. The army of the dead files through the darkness. An undead giant walks into view. Zoom on the giant's eye.
BRAN is lying in his sled. His eyes are pure white. They wash to their normal color. MEERA is standing in front of him, holding the ropes to the sled. The gate rises. DOLOROUS EDD walks through the gate, accompanied by several members of the Night's Watch.
BRAN raises his head and stares at EDD.
EDD pauses and looks down, then looks to his men.
Two Night's Watch men sheathe their swords, approach BRAN's sled, grab the ropes, and pull him inside the gate. MEERA follows. EDD lingers and stares out into the wild, then turns on his heel and walks through the gate. The gate closes behind him.INT. WINTERFELL - MAIN HALLJON SNOW stands at the high table. SANSA and DAVOS sit at his sides. BRIENNE, PODRIC, TORMUND, PETYR BAELISH, YOHN ROYCE, LYANNA MORMONT, ROBETT GLOVER, and the lords of the northern houses are in attendance.
The northern lords laugh.
BRIENNE looks at JON.
ROBETT stands.
LYANNA stands.
DAVOS smiles. LYANNA turns to JON.
The men pound their tables and shout in agreement. ROBETT nods at LYANNA. ROBETT and LYANNA sit.
JON looks at TORMUND. TORMUND turns and looks at JON.
TORMUND grunts and stands.
The men murmur.
TORMUND sits.
YOHN stands.
YOHN sits.
The hall goes silent.
The men chatter and pound the tables.
JON stares at SANSA. SANSA looks away. JON addresses the hall.
NED UMBER, a boy, stands.
ALYS KARSTARK, a young woman, stands. NED and ALYS approach the high table.
NED and ALYS unsheathe their swords and kneel.
NED and ALYS stand.
The men cheer and pound the tables.
JON walks briskly along the walkway. SANSA follows him.
JON stops walking. SANSA walks past him, then stops and turns to face him.
JON stares out at the yard below.
JON sighs.
JON chuckles.
JON continues walking. SANSA follows.
SANSA grabs JON's arm and spins him to face her.
MAESTER WOLKAN approaches.
WOLKAN hands a bound note to JON, then bows and leaves. JON unravels the note.
CERSEI turns to face JAIME.
JAIME approaches the depiction of Dragonstone in the mural and stands over it.
CERSEI walks towards Dorne on the mural.
CERSEI walks towards Highgarden on the mural.
CERSEi walks towards the North on the mural.
CERSEI sits on the Iron Throne, flanked by JAIME and GREGOR. EURON GREYJOY stands at the foot of the throne. Guards line the hall.
EURON points at CERSEI.
EURON starts walking up towards the throne. GREGOR takes a step towards him. EURON stops walking and looks up at him.
EURON smiles and walks backwards off the steps. GREGOR returns to his previous position.
EURON raises his arms. JAIME's face twists.
EURON chuckles. JAIME looks at CERSEI.
EURON turns and exits the Great Hall.INT. OLDTOWN - CITADEL LIBRARYSAMWELL TARLY places books on the shelves.
SAM wipes his brow. He stares at the gate, then looks over his shoulder, then back at the gate. He walks over to the gate, takes hold of the bars, and looks through. The gate rattles. He focuses on an open book. He hears a chain rattling, hurries to a bookshelf,
and pretends to be placing a book on it. A maester comes around the corner, walks down past him to the gate, unlocks it, enters, and locks it behind him. SAM watches him.
ARCHMAESTER MARWYN is performing an autopsy. SAM stands on the other side of the table, watching.
MARWYN removes the liver and hands it to SAM.
SAM walks over to the scales.
SAM puts the liver on one side of the scale and places weights on the other side.
MARWYN walks over to an open ledger, picks up a quill, and writes the number 147.
MARWYN hands SAM the heart. SAM takes it to the scales.
MARWYN closes the ledger.
MARWYN exits. SAM stares at the body.
SAM opens the gate, steps through, and closes it behind him.
He grabs several books and stuffs them in a satchel.EXT. WINTERFELL - COURTYARDBRIENNE and PODRIC are sparring. POD missteps and BRIENNE hits him on the back with her sword. He grunts.
They reset. POD advances and they exchange several sword blows but POD missteps again and BRIENNE tags him on the behind. POD grunts.
TORMUND approaches and stares at BRIENNE. BRIENNE looks at him. POD catches her off guard and tags her shoulder with his blade. She punches him in his gut and tosses him in the snow. TORMUND looks at POD.
PETYR BAELISH and SANSA stand on a walkway above the courtyard, watching BRIENNE and POD.
BRIENNE walks up the stairs. PETYR motions to speak.
PETYR looks at BRIENNE.
PETYR looks at SANSA.
PETYR walks down the steps and into the courtyard.
SANSA sighs.
BRIENNE nods and watches PETYR walk across the courtyard.
ARYA's horse neighs. The men turn to look at her. One stands.
ARYA dismounts her horse, leads it nearer to the fire, and ties it reigns off on a tree. She approaches the camp.
The men chuckle.
The men chuckle.
MAN #2 passes ARYA a cooked rabbit.
ARYA pulls some meat of the rabbit's bone and eats it.
The men laugh.
MAN #3; The truth is when we left home, we couldn't wait to get away. But now we've been gone a while, we can't wait to get home.
The men laugh.
ARYA nods. MAN #2 passes a skin of wine to ARYA. She uncorks it and drinks.
ARYA drinks.
The farm is covered in snow and the wind howls. SANDOR CLEGANE, THOROS OF MYR, BERIC DONDARRION, and several other members of the Brotherhood Without Banners ride into view.
THOROS holds out a skin of rum to SANDOR.
The horses all stop.
They all stare at a nearby farmhouse.
BERIC urges his horse onward. The others follow.
THOROS dismounts his horse.
THOROS smiles.
Some of the Brothers enter the farmhouse, followed by THOROS.
The Brothers rummage around the farmhouse. SANDOR enters.
He stares at two skeletons in the corner, one adult-sized and the other child-sized. BERIC enters, sees the skeletons, and walks up beside SANDOR.
SANDOR sits at the table. BERIC joins him. SANDOR bites into a hunk of bread. THOROS starts a fire in the fireplace.
BERIC chuckles.
SANDOR looks at THOROS, who is kneeling by the fire.
SANDOR stands and walks closer to the fire.
SANDOR approaches the fire and looks into it.
SANDOR's face twists.
The fire crackles.
BERIC stands and approaches the fire.
Thoros wakes to the sound of shoveling. He picks up his sword and a lantern and exits the farmhouse. SANDOR is outside digging a grave.
SANDOR plants his shovel in the ground.
SANDOR walks over to the body of the child, lifts it up, kneels down, and places it in the hole.
SANDOR stands, walks over to the body of the adult, lifts it up, kneels down, and places it in the hole. Then he stands and starts shoveling dirt into the hole. THOROS plants his sword in the ground and puts down his lantern, then picks up a shovel and begins helping SANDOR bury the bodies. When they're finished,
they stand over the grave.
SANDOR tosses down his shovel and exits. THOROS watches him leave.INT. OLDTOWN - HOUSESAM is sitting at the table, reading. GILLY is in the corner with LITTLE SAM. She holds a doll up to him. He reacts and she laughs.
GILLY turns to SAM.
GILLY stands, carries a book over to the table, and sits.
GILLY opens the book.
SAM sighs and turns the page. There is a diagram of a knife on the page. He turns the page again. There is a map on the page. SAM looks more closely at the map.
SAM points to a section of the map depicting a cave surrounded by a black mass.
SAM grabs a quill and begins writing.
SAM wheels a cart along the hall. He removes a bowl from a folded-out plank in the door beside him and folds the plank back up. He puts the bowl on the cart and pushes it further down the hall. He approaches the next door, picks up the bowl, and folds in the plank. A man can be heard vomiting and coughing inside. SAM puts the bowl on the cart and pushes it further down the hall. He approaches the next door and reaches for the bowl, but a hand lurches out from the hole in the door and grabs the bowl. SAM jumps backwards and gasps. The arm of the person behind the door is covered in grayscale, revealing it belongs to JORAH MORMONT. JORAH drops the bowl on the floor.
JORAH pulls his hand back inside the cell. SAM approaches and folds up the plank.EXT. DRAGONSTONE - BAYDAENERYS TARGARYEN, TYRION LANNISTER, VARYS, MISSANDEI, and GREY WORM are in a rowboat, looking out at the castle as they approach. A number of ships are anchored in the water behind them. DROGON, RHAEGAL, and VISERION fly overhead.
Everyone gets out of the rowboat. DAENERYS walks on ahead. She kneels down and presses her palm to the sand, then stares up at the castle and walks further down the beach. The others follow. They climb the steps and approach a gate flanked by two statues of dragon heads. Two Unsullied approach the gate and push it open, revealing a walkway up to the castle. DAENERYS, TYRION, MISSANDEI, GREY WORM, and VARYS walk through the gates and up the walkway. They enter the foyer. A tapestry bearing the stag sigil of House Baratheon is hanging off to the side. DAENERYS approaches it and tears it down. DAENERYS approaches a set of doors. Two Unsullied open them for her. She enters the throne room, followed by the others. VARYS and MISSANDEI stop following her. GREY WORM starts to continue onward but MISSANDEI puts her hand on his chest to stop him. DAENERYS approaches the throne and stares at it. TYRION looks around the hall. DAENERYS ascends the steps but walks past the throne into the Chamber of the Painted Table. TYRION follows. DAENERYS walks alongside the table and runs her fingers across it. TYRION walks alongside the table opposite her and stares at the dragon carvings on the wall. DAENERYS stands at the head of the table and stares down at the map of Westeros. TYRION looks at her.
