Game of
Thrones
Season 4
Episode 3
Breaker of
Chains
Summary:
Cersei Baratheon holds
the deceased King Joffrey in her arms and commands the guards to
seize her brother Tyrion.
Realizing Sansa has
vanished, Tywin Lannister orders the gold cloaks to bar the gates and
search for her.
Dontos rushes Sansa
through the streets and on to a rowboat and guides them to a ship
concealed in fog.
Sansa climbs aboard and
is greeted by Littlefinger.
Lord Baelish thanks
Dontos for delivering Sansa safely, and under the guise of making
payment, has the fool killed.
Sansa is horrified, but
Littlefinger explains that killing Dontos was the only way to ensure
his silence.
Plucking the necklace
from Sansa's neck, Lord Baelish tells her Dontos was only following
his orders. He smashes the Hollard family heirloom, revealing it to
be made of glass.
Olenna Tyrell comforts
Margaery, who is still traumatized by the gruesome death of her
husband.
The Queen of Thorns
maintains that Joffrey's death is fortunate; Tommen Baratheon will be
a better match for Margaery.
Meanwhile, Sandor "The
Hound" Clegane and Arya Stark make their way to the Eyrie and
the Hound admits he's given thought to becoming a sellsword in
Braavos.
A farmer, noticing the
trespassers on his property, interrupts their conversation.
Arya attributes the
Hound's curt demeanor to trauma from the war. She claims "her
father" fought for the Tullys.
Loyal to Riverrun, the
farmer invites the pair to share his dinner. Over the meal, the Hound
accepts his host's offer for "fair wages for fair work."
However, the next
morning, Arya awakes to find that the Hound has assaulted the farmer
and stolen his money.
Arya is furious they
have mistreated their host, but Clegane is firm: "Dead men don't
need silver.”
Samwell
Tarly tells Gilly that he's worried about her; as the only woman at
Castle Black, she's not safe among the rapers and criminals that make
up the Night's Watch.
Sam
suggests that Gilly and her baby relocate to Molestown and arranges
for their room and board at a squalid brothel.
Despite
Sam's best intentions, Gilly feels abandoned.
Cersei,
Tywin and Tommen pay their respects to Joffrey in the Sept of Baelor.
While
standing over Joffrey's body, Tywin insults the dead king and
counsels Tommen on his future responsibilities.
As
Cersei seethes in silence, Tywin leads Tommen out.
When
Jaime enters, Cersei pleads: "Avenge our son. Kill Tyrion."
Jaime
tries to comfort his sister, taking her into his arms and kissing
her, but she recoils at the touch of his golden hand.
Incensed,
Jaime pulls her down on the floor and forces himself on her.
Tywin
Lannister arrives at the brothel and interrupts a moment between
Oberyn Martell, Ellaria Sand and Olyvar, among others.
Tywin
suspects that the prince conspired with Tyrion to murder Joffrey, but
Oberyn rebuffs the accusation and says they spoke only of his sister
Elia.
In
need of Dorne's support in the days ahead, Tywin offers Oberyn a
chance to confront the Mountain. The Red Viper can join the Small
Council as well, Tywin proposes, in exchange for serving as a judge
at Tyrion's trial alongside Tywin and Mace Tyrell.
Podrick
Payne visits Tyrion Lannister's jail cell. The squire fills Tyrion in
on his upcoming trial, his wife's disappearance and reveals that a
conspirator attempted to bribe Pod to incriminate Tyrion. Tyrion
commands Pod to leave King's Landing and asks that he send Jaime to
visit.
Stannis
Baratheon informs Davos Seaworth that King Joffrey is dead,
attributing the event to Melisandre's blood magic.
Stannis
blames the Onion Knight, who set Gendry free against his wishes, for
their inability to seize this opportunity.
Davos
assures his king that he will assemble an army, and proposes using
sellswords to increase their numbers. His suggestion does little to
pacify Stannis, who cautions him, "You're running out of time."
Later
during his reading lesson with Princess Shireen, Davos realizes where
to seek funding for their cause - the Iron Bank of Braavos.
The
wildlings attack a village and butcher its inhabitants. One boy,
Olly, is plucked out of hiding by Styr and instructed to inform
Castle Black of the attack.
Upon
receiving the news, an angry group of brothers call for retaliation,
but Maester Aemon reminds them their first responsibility is to
defend the Wall.
The
assembly is interrupted by a horn signaling the return of Grenn and
Dolorous Edd. The two explain the situation at Craster's Keep, and
Jon Snow argues that the Watch must destroy the mutineers. It's a
matter of security, Snow reasons, because the rebels could expose the
truth about their dwindling numbers to Mance Rayder.
Daenerys
Targaryen and her army arrive at Meereen.
A
champion emerges on horseback from the city walls, eager for a fight.
Turning
down offers from Grey Worm, Barristan Selmy and Jorah Mormont, Dany
allows Daario Naharis to serve as her representative in combat.
The
entire city looks on while the sellsword easily disposes of the
Meereenese fighter.
Dany
then addresses the rapt audience, appealing directly to the city's
slaves: "I am not your enemy. Your enemy is beside you."
The
Unsullied roll out a series of catapults loaded with barrels. Then,
at Dany's command, the barrels are fired over the city walls and
smash open, revealing thousands of slave collars.
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