[As Arya returns the face she stole from the Hall of Faces, she is confronted by Jaqen and the Waif.]
A girl has taken a life. The wrong life.
WThe Waif
I was right about her.
WThe Waif
You're not ready. Not at all.
That man's life was not yours to take. A girl stole from the Many-Faced God. Now a debt is owed. [holds up a vial of poison from the Pool and removes the cork; horrified, Arya struggles as the Waif forces her closer] Only death can pay for life.
[Jaqen lifts the vial and drinks it himself. The Waif releases Arya, who stares up at Jaqen in horror as he collapses to the ground.]
No! No! No, you... don't die! Don't die!
WThe Waif
Why are you crying?
WThe Waif
No, he wasn't. Didn't you listen to him? [her voice changes to that of Jaqen] He was no one. [Arya spins around in shock to discover Jaqen, who had been using the Waif's face]
But if you're... who's this?
No one at all. Just as a girl should have been before she took a face from the Hall. The faces are for no one. You are still someone. And to someone, the faces are as good as poison.
[Arya removes several faces from the dead man, eventually discovering her own face. Her vision starts to blur.]
I can't see. What's happening? What's happening?!
I have sinned. I see that now. How could I have been so blind for so long? I want to be clean again. I want absolution. The Crone came to me with her lamp raised high and by its holy light...
Do you wish to make a confession?
Once I've confessed, will I be free?
Your Grace will be dealt with according to her sins.
The Mother have mercy then. I lay with a man outside the bonds of marriage. I confess.
Your cousin? And the King's squire?
A husband off whoring every chance he...
His sins do not pardon your own.
Speaking falsehoods before the Gods is a great crime. You understand this?
There are those that say your children were not fathered by King Robert. That they are bastards born of incest and adultery.
A lie. A lie from the lips of Stannis Baratheon. He wants the throne but his brother's children stand in his way, so he claims they are not his brother's. How filth! There is not one shred of truth to it. I deny it.
Good. But these are terrible charges, and the Realm must know the truth of them. If your Grace has given honest testimony, your trial will prove your innocence.
To a single sin. Others you have denied. Your trial will separate the truths from the falsehoods.
I bowed to the wisdom of your High Holiness. But if I might beg for just one drop of the Mother's Mercy. I haven't seen my son...I don't know how long it's been. I need to see him please.
You have taken the first step on the path back to righteousness. In light of this, I will permit you to return to the Red Keep.
[Tearfully] Thank you. Thank you.
The Mother is merciful. It is her you should thank.
I will, I will. I swear it day or night.
[Cersei, having made her walk of penance through King's Landing naked and covered in filth thrown at her, finally reaches the Red Keep.]
Your Grace. [He hugs her shoulders as she leans against him, still sobbing; Pycelle looks disgusted.] It's good to have you back. Come, we'll take you inside. I need to have a look at those feet. [heavy footsteps are heard] May I have the honor of presenting the newest member of the Kingsguard? [The Mountain picks Cersei up and carries her into the castle with Qyburn walking them.] If it please Your Grace, he has taken a Holy vow of silence. He has sworn that he will not speak, until all His Graces' enemies are dead, and evil has been driven from the Realm.
OOlly
Lord Commander. It's one of the Wildlings you brought back. Says he knows your Uncle Benjen. Says he's still alive.
Are you sure he's talking about Benjen?
OOlly
Said he was First Ranger. Said he knows where to find him.
[Jon rushes outside where Alliser Thorne is waiting.]
Man says he saw your uncle at Hardhome at the last full moon.
Could be. There are ways to find out.
[Jon walks over to where a group of Watch men are gathered, only to find a sign with "TRAITOR" written on it. He turns around to find his brothers staring him down. Alliser makes the first move and stabs him.]
[Next Othell Yarwyck stabs Jon.]
OYOthell Yarwyck
For the Watch.
[Then Bowen Marsh stabs Jon.]
BMBowen Marsh
For the Watch.
[A fourth mutineer stabs Jon.]
FMFourth Mutineer
For the Watch.
[A fifth mutineer stabs Jon.]
FMFifth mutineer
For the Watch.
[Jon falls to his knees. Lastly, Olly approaches with tears in his eyes.]
[After a moment of pause, Olly delivers the final blow to the heart.]
[Jon stares at Olly one last time and falls back to the ground. Olly and the Watch men turn and leave him to die in the cold.]
[The rangers shout and argue amongst each other]
[pounds table] You all know why you're here. Jon Snow is dead.
I did. And Bowen Marsh and Othell Yarwyck, and the other officers in this castle.
[The rangers shout and argue amongst each other again]
[pounds table again] Alright! We've committed treason, all of us! Jon Snow was my Lord Commander. I had no love for him, that was no secret. But I never once disobeyed an order. Loyalty is the foundation on which the Night's Watch is built and the Watch means everything to me. I have given my life - we've all given our lives - to the Night's Watch. Jon Snow was going to destroy the Night's Watch. He led the wildlings through our gates as no Lord Commander has ever done before. He gave them the very lands on which they reaved and raped and murdered. Lord Commander Snow did what he thought was right, I've no doubt about that. And what he thought was right would have been the end of us. He thrust a terrible choice upon us...and we made it.
[Ramsay views the dead body of his love, Myranda]
MWMaester Wolken
Shall I have a grave dug for her, my lord? Or would you rather the men build a pyre?
Buried, burned. She's good meat. Feed her to the hounds.
[Kneels and places her sword on the snow in front of Sansa] Lady Sansa, I offer my services once again. I will shield your back and keep your counsel and give my life for yours, if need be. I swear it by the old gods and the new.
[Sansa, shaken, looks to Theon who nods in approval]
[Looks to Brienne] And I vow...that you shall always have a place by my h-hearth, and...
[Chimes in] Meat and mead at my table.
...Meat and mead at my table. And I pledge...to ask no service of you that might bring you dishonor. I swear it by the old gods and the new. Arise.
TMTrystane Martell
I told you I'm not hungry.
We're not here to feed you. We're here to kill you.
You want her to do it? Or me?
TMTrystane Martell
We are family. I don't want to hurt you.
[Trystane grabs his sword]
[Trystane and Nymeria circle each other. Obara spears Trystane in the back of the head, killing him]
You're a greedy bitch, you know that?
On the contrary. I fear a great deal. The Father, the Mother, the Warrior. Do you know why we use these stones? To remind us not to fear death. We close our eyes on this world and open them in the next.
You must long for the next life.
[chuckles] In truth, I fear that too.
You imprisoned and humiliated my sister!
Your sister sought the gods' mercy and atoned for her sin.
What about my sins? I broke a sacred oath and stabbed my king in the back. I killed my own cousin. When the gods judged my brother guilty, I helped him escape that justice. What atonement do I deserve.
[He puts his hand on his sword]
You would spill blood in this holy place?
The gods won't mind. They've spilled more blood than the rest of us combined.
Go on then. I deserve it. We all do. We are weak, vain creatures. We live only by the mother's mercy.
[Numerous Sparrows enter the room and surround them]
They should be closer if you mean for them to save you.
I don't. They'd never reach me before you struck.
I've fought against worse odds.
No doubt many of us would fall. But who are we? Hm? We have no names, no family, everyone one of us is poor, powerless, and yet together we can overthrow an empire.
ETEddison Tollet
The only traitors here are the ones who shoved their knives into their Lord Commander's heart.
For thousands of years, the Night's Watch has held Castle Black against the Wildlings.
[As Tyrion approaches, two dragons, Viserion and Rhaegal, appear still shackled in their collars and approach with a roar.]
I'm friends with your mother. I'm here to help. Don't eat the help. When I was a child, an uncle asked what gift I wanted for my name day. I begged him for one of you. "It wouldn't even have to be a big dragon," I told him. "It could be little...like me."
[Puts down his torch and gently advances]
Everyone laughed like it was the funniest thing they had ever heard. Then my father told me the last dragon had died a century ago. I cried myself to sleep that night....But here you are.
[Tyrion removes the locking pin on the dragons' collars. The dragons, now unshackled, retreat back to the shadows as Tyrion picks up the torch and hastily retreats.]
[to Varys] Next time I have an idea like that...punch me in the face.
[Balon starts to cross a rope bridge amid a rainstorm. He notices a hooded figure blocking his way.]
BGBalon Greyjoy
Let me pass. You fool, move aside for your king.
[The hooded figure removes his hood, revealing himself.]
Haven't I always, brother?
BGBalon Greyjoy
I thought you'd be rotting under some foreign sea by now.
What is dead may never die. Has the custom changed since I've been gone? Aren't you supposed to repeat the words?
BGBalon Greyjoy
You can mock our god without my help.
I don't mock the Drowned God. I am the Drowned God. From Oldtown to Qarth, when men see my sails, they pray.
[Balon continues to cross the bridge.]
You're old, brother. You've had your time. Now, let another rule.
BGBalon Greyjoy
I heard you lost your mind during a storm on the Jade Sea. They tied you to the mast to keep you from jumping overboard.
BGBalon Greyjoy
And when the storm passed, you cut out their tongues.
BGBalon Greyjoy
What kind of an ironborn loses his senses during a storm?
I am the storm, brother. The first storm and the last. And you're in my way.
I assume you know why I'm here.
It's about the Lord Commander.
The former Lord Commander.
Do you know of any magic that could help him? Bring him back.
If you want to help him, leave him be.
There are some with this power.
I met a man who came back from the dead, but the priest who did it...it shouldn't have been possible.
But it was. It could be, now.
Not for you? I saw you drink poison that should've killed you. I saw you give birth to a demon, made of shadows.
Everything I believed, the great victory I saw in the flames, all of it was a lie. You were right all along. The Lord never spoke to me.
Fuck him, then. Fuck all of them. I'm not a devout man, obviously. Seven gods, drowned gods, tree gods, it's all the same. I'm not asking the Lord of Light for help. I'm asking the woman who showed me that miracles exist.
[Davos finds Jon, resurrected by Melisandre's spells]
[Melisandre enters the room and stares at Jon, shocked]
They stabbed me. Olly... he put a knife in my heart. I shouldn't be here.
The Lady brought you back.
Afterwards... after they stabbed you, after you died. Where did you go? What did you see?
Nothing. There was nothing at all.
The Lord let you come back for a reason. Stannis was not the Prince who was Promised, but someone has to be.
Could you give us a moment? [Melisandre leaves] You were dead...and now you're not. And it's completely fucking mad, seems to me. I can only imagine how it seems to you.
I did what I thought was right. And I got murdered for it. Now I'm back. Why?
I don't know. Maybe we'll never know. What does it matter? You go on. You fight as long as you can, you clean up as much of the shit as you can.
I don't know how to do that. I thought I did, but... I failed.
Good. Now, go fail again.
[Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven watch a young Ned and five others approach the Tower of Joy]
TEThree-eyed Raven
And that man beside him is Howland Reed, Meera's father.
[Ser Gerold Hightower and Ser Arthur Dayne walk past Bran]
TEThree-eyed Raven
The Sword of the Morning.
My father said he was the best swordsman he ever saw.
[Hightower and Dayne confront Ned and his group]
ADArthur Dayne
Lord Stark.
I looked for you on the Trident.
ADArthur Dayne
We weren't there.
GHGerold Hightower
Your friend, the Usurper, would lie beneath the ground if we had been.
The Mad King is dead. Rhaegar lies beneath the ground. Why weren't you there to protect your prince?
ADArthur Dayne
Our prince wanted us here.
ADArthur Dayne
I wish you good fortune in the wars to come. And now it begins.
[The two sides draw swords and clash]
[about Dayne] He's better than my father.
TEThree-eyed Raven
Far better.
TEThree-eyed Raven
Did he?
I know he did. I heard the story a thousand times.
[Dayne disarms Ned. As he is about to finish him off, Howland stabs Dayne in the back of the neck. Dayne falls to his knees, mortally wounded.]
He stabbed him in the back.
[Ned grabs his sword and kills Dayne. Screams are suddenly heard from the tower. Ned runs towards it.]
TEThree-eyed Raven
That's enough for one day. We visit again another time.
I want to see where he's going.
TEThree-eyed Raven
Time to go.
