Episode-by-Episode Synopses

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Season 7: Episode Synopses

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1 “Dragonstone” – Arya-as-Walder poisons the Freys. Jon and Sansa disagree over trusting Ramsay’s old allies. Sam, at the Citadel, learns of dragonglass at Dragonstone. The Hound sees a vision in a fire. Euron promises Cersei a gift. Dany arrives at Dragonstone.

2 “Stormborn” – Dany and her allies strategize. Melisandre encourages her to meet Jon. Arya is visited by her direwolf Nymeria. Jon leaves Sansa in charge of Winterfell. Sam tries to cure Jorah. Euron kills two Sand Snakes and captures the third, Ellaria and Yara. Theon flees.

3 “The Queen’s Justice” – Jon arrives at Dragonstone and asks for Dany’s help against the Night King. Bran reunites with a somewhat confused Sansa. Cersei poisons Tyene and leaves Ellaria to watch her die. Jaime politely poisons Olenna, who tells him she killed Joffrey.

4 “The Spoils of War” – Arya comes home, unnerving Sansa and Brienne. Bran spooks Littlefinger. Jon and Dany explore a dragonglass-encrusted cave. The Dothraki ambush the Lannister army, and Drogon, with Dany aboard, lays waste to their forces. Bronn wounds Drogon and saves Jaime from a fiery death.

5 “Eastwatch” – Dany burns the Tarlys alive. Jorah arrives at Dragonstone. Jon pets Drogon. Tryion proposes an armistice to Jaime, and Cersei accepts, also telling Jaime she is pregnant. Littlefinger manipulates Arya. Jon, Jorah, Gendry, the Hound, Beric, Torumund and Thoros go beyond the wall to find a wight to bring Cersei.

6 “Beyond the Wall” – Distrust grows between Sansa and Arya. Jon and his party are beseiged by wights and Walkers; Gendry is sent for help; Thoros dies. Dany and her dragons arrive to rescue them, but the Night King impales Viserion, who crashes into a frozen lake. Back at the wall, Jon pledges fealty to Dany. The Night King wakes Viserion.

7 “The Dragon and the Wolf” – Jon presents Cersei with the wight. Tyrion meets with Cersei. Cersei feigns standing down against Dany, sending Euron to secure mercenaries. Jaime rides north. On Sansa’s orders, Arya executes Littlefinger. Bran and Sam realize Jon is a Targaryen. Jon and Dany make love. An undead Viserion melts the Wall.

Season 6: Episode Synopses

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1 “The Red Woman” – Davos and others hide with Jon’s body. Brienne swears an oath to Sansa. Jaime brings Myrcella home. Jorah and Daario track Dany. Ellaria and the Sand Snakes take over Dorne. Melisandre is very old.

2 “Home” – Bran visits Winterfell’s past. Edd and the Wildlings defeat the mutineers. Tyrion unchains Rhaegal and Viserion. The Waif attacks Arya. Ramsay kills his family. Euron kills Balon. Melisandre resurrects Jon.

3 “Oathbreaker” – Bran watches his father defeat Kingsguard. Tommen visits the High Sparrow. The Small Council shuns Cersei. Arya sees again. Jon executes his murderers and leaves the Night’s Watch.

4 “Book of the Stranger” – Sansa and Jon reunite. Tyrion negotiates with slavemasters. The Lannisters and Tyrells ponder how to defeat the Sparrows. Theon comes home. Dany burns the Khals. Tormund ogles Brienne.

5 “The Door” – Sansa and Jon depart Castle Black. Arya is asked to kill an actress. Euron is named king; Theon and Yara flee. Dany learns of Jorah’s illness. The Night King marks Bran. Hodor holds the door.

6 “Blood of My Blood” – Benjen saves Bran and Meera. Sam steals his family’s sword. Arya warns the actress. Tommen allies with the High Sparrow and sends Jaime to the Riverlands. Dany urges the Dothraki to join her.

7 “The Broken Man” – The Hound lives. Margaery sends Olenna a message. Lyanna Mormont makes her voice known. The Waif chases and stabs Arya. Jaime parlays with the Blackfish. The Hound’s friends are killed.

8 “No One” – Tommen abolishes trial by combat. Bronn and Pod catch up. Jaime meets Brienne and persuades Edmure to end the seige. The Hound joins Thoros and Beric. Meereen is beseiged. Arya defeats the Waif.

9 “Battle of the Bastards” – The dragons burns the slavers’ fleet. Yara and Theon ally with Dany. Ramsay kills Rickon and his army surrounds Jon’s, but the Vale army intervenes. Wun Wun dies. Ramsay is eaten by his hounds.

10 “The Winds of Winter” – Cersei and Qyburn destroy the sept, killing the High Sparrow, Tyrells and many others. Tommen jumps. Varys allies with Ellaria and Olenna. Jon exiles Melisandre over Shireen. Jon is proclaimed King in the North. Bran sees inside the Tower of Joy. Arya feeds Walder pie. Cersei is crowned. Dany goes west.

Season 5: Episode Synopses

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1 “The Wars to Come” – Cersei encounters a now-devout Lancel. Tyrion agrees to visit Dany. Meereen is terrorized. Stannis and Melisandre burn Mance; Jon shoots him to end his misery.

2 “The House of Black and White” – Arya arrives at the eponymous house, where Jaqen awaits. Jaime recruits Bronn to visit Dorne. Sansa rebuffs Brienne. Jon is elected Lord Commander.

3 “High Sparrow” – A conflicted Sansa arrives in Winterfell to wed Ramsay. Jon beheads Slynt. Cersei endorses the High Sparrow’s militant actions. Jorah kidnaps Tyrion in Volantis.

4 “Sons of the Harpy” – Sparrows arrest Loras. Jon intrigues Melisandre. Littlefinger assures Sansa about Ramsay. Jaime lands in Dorne. The Sand Snakes plot. Barristan Selmy dies.

5 “Kill the Boy” – Jon and Tormund make a deal. Stannis departs for Winterfell. Dany feeds a nobleman to her dragons and agrees to wed Loraq. Stonemen attack Tyrion and Jorah in Valyria.

6 “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” – Arya sees the Hall of Faces. Jaime and Bronn fight the Sand Snakes. Slavers capture Jorah and Tyrion. Margaery joins Loras in jail. Ramsay marries and rapes Sansa.

7 “The Gift” – Jon and Tormund depart. Gilly and Sam make love. Theon tells Ramsay of Sansa’s escape plan. Jorah brings Dany a “gift” — Tyrion. The High Sparrow arrests Cersei.

8 “Hardhome” – Cersei refuses to confess. Arya is given an assignment. Sansa learns Bran and Rickon live. Dany cautiously welcomes Tyrion. The White Walkers attack Hardhome.

9 “The Dance of Dragons” – Ramsay sabotages Stannis’ supplies; Stannis and Melisandre burn Shireen alive. Doran allows Myrcella to depart. Drogon saves Dany and company from an ambush, and Dany flies away.

10 “Mother’s Mercy” – Stannis’s forces desert him; his wife hangs herself; Melisandre abandons him; Ramsay’s army defeats his; Brienne executes him. Sansa and Theon escape Winterfell. Cersei takes a walk of penance. Ellaria poisons Myrcella. The Dothraki find Dany. Arya is blinded. Jon is murdered.

Season 4: Episode Synopses

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1 “Two Swords” – Tywin has Ned’s sword reforged. Oberyn arrives in King’s Landing with revenge on his mind. Dany is pointed to Meereen. With The Hound’s help, Arya finds Needle and kills Polliver.

2 “The Lion and the Rose” – Roose meets “Reek” and gives Ramsay marching orders. Tyrion arranges to ship Shae to Essos. Joffrey weds Margaery, but is murdered at the reception, and Cersei blames Tyrion.

3 “Breaker of Chains” – Tyrion is imprisoned. Littlefinger smuggles Sansa away. Wildlings conduct raids in the north. The Hound robs a farmer. Dany lays seige to Meereen.

4 “Oathkeeper” – Dany takes over Meereen. Littlefinger and Olenna semi-confess to Joffrey’s murder. Jaime gives Brienne his sword and asks her to find Sansa. A White Walker is created.

5 “First of His Name” – Tommen is crowned. Littlefinger marries Lysa. Brienne and Pod bond on the road. Jon and his group attack the mutineers at Craster’s; Bran and his entourage escape.

6 “The Laws of Gods and Men” – Davos persuades the Iron Bank to back Stannis. Dany hears requests from her new subjects. Yara is unable to rescue Theon. A defeated Tyrion demands trial by combat.

7 “Mockingbird” – Cersei names The Mountain her champion. Oberyn volunteers as Tyrion’s. Brienne heads to the Vale. Lysa threatens to kill Sansa; Littlefinger pushes his wife out the Moon Door.

8 “The Mountain and the Viper” – Ramsay slaughters Ironborn at Moat Cailin. Sansa tells Vale leaders Littlefinger is innocent. Dany exiles Jorah. The Mountain kills Oberyn, sentencing Tyrion to death.

9 “The Watchers on the Wall” – The wildlings attack Castle Black. Slynt hides with Gilly and her baby. Olly shoots Ygritte, who dies in Jon’s arms. The wildlings retreat; Jon goes to find Mance.

10 “The Children” – Stannis and his army overrun the Wildlings. Bran meets the Three-Eyed Raven. Brienne defeats the Hound. After Drogon kills a child, Dany chains Viserion and Rhaegal. Jaime frees Tyrion, who kills Shae and Tywin. Arya sails to Braavos.

Season 3: Episode Synopses

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1 “Valar Dohaeris” – Jon pledges loyalty to Mance Rayder. Davos is imprisoned at Dragonstone. Dany is saved by Barristan Selmy at Slaver’s Bay.

2 “Dark Wings, Dark Words” – Bolton soldiers capture Jaime and Brienne. The B’hood Without Banners nabs Ayra and Gendry. Lady Olenna interrogates Sansa. Theon is tortured. Bran meets the Reeds.

3 “Walk of Punishment” – Mance sends Jon, Ygritte and others to scale the Wall. Gilly gives birth. Theon is “rescued.” Dany offers to trade a dragon for Unsullied. Jaime’s hand is chopped off.

4 “And Now His Watch Is Ended” – Theon is tortured. Craster and Mormont are slain. Margaery proposes that Sansa wed Loras. Dany breathes “dracarys” and turns the tables in Astapor.

5 “Kissed by Fire” – Tywin plots to marry Tyrion to Sansa. Shireen teaches Davos to read. Jaime and Brienne bathe. Ygritte seduces Jon. The Hound slays Beric, but Thoros resurrects him.

6 “The Climb” – Littlefinger describes chaos. Joffrey kills Ros. Melisandre buys Gendry. Robb arranges for his uncle to marry a Frey. Theon is tortured. Jon and Ygritte climb the Wall.

7 “The Bear and the Maiden Fair” – Jojen urges Bran to go beyond the Wall. The Hound captures Arya. Dany declares war on Yunkai. Jaime rescues Brienne from a bear.

8 “Second Sons” – Tyrion and Sansa wed, but do not bed. Melisandre extracts blood from Gendry. Daario kills fellow mercenaries to save/impress Dany. Sam kills a White Walker.

9 “The Rains of Castamere” – Bran wargs into Hodor. Jon betrays the Wildlings. Yunkai falls to Dany’s forces. After a wedding at the Twins, the Freys and Boltons massacre the Starks.

10 “Mhysa” – The Lannisters, Freys and Boltons celebrate. Theon’s captor is revealed. Jaime arrives at Kings Landing. Stannis spares Davos after he helps Gendry escape. Dany is praised.

Season 2: Episode Synopses

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1 “The North Remembers” – Tyrion takes up as acting Hand. Stannis lays claim to the Iron Throne. Robert’s bastards are assassinated, but one, Gendry, escapes.

2 “The Night Lands” – Theon’s family wants to fight Robb, not ally with him. Sam meets a pregnant Gilly, one of Craster’s “wives.” Stannis beds Melisandre.

3 “What Is Dead May Never Die” – Catelyn meets Brienne. Renly avoids bedding Margaery. Theon writes, then burns, a warning to Robb. Tyrion imprisons Pycelle.

4 “Garden of Bones” – Stannis and Renly spar. Melisandre births a shadow creature. Arya and Gendry are taken as captives to Harrenhal. Dany enters Qarth.

5 “The Ghost of Harrenhal” – Arya serves as Tywin’s cupbearer; Jaqen owes her three deaths. The shadow creature kills Renly; Catelyn and Brienne flee. Xaro proposes to Dany.

6 “The Old Gods and the New” – Theon takes Winterfell. Jon captures Ygritte. Joffrey incites a riot. Dany’s dragons are stolen.

7 “A Man Without Honor” – Theon displays bodies he claims are Bran and Rickon. Ygritte outsmarts Jon. Jaime tries to escape Robb. Pyatt Pree kills the leaders of Qarth.

8 “The Prince of Winterfell” – Yara lambasts Theon at Winterfell. Arya forces Jaqen to help her escape Harrenhal. Bran and Rickon turn up alive.

9 “Blackwater” – Stannis assaults King’s Landing, but Tyrion destroys much of his fleet. The Hound abandons Joffrey. The Lannisters and Tyrells turn back Stannis.

10 “Valar Morghulis” – Joffrey sets Sansa aside for Margaery. Robb marries Talisa. Dany finds her dragons and leaves Xaro to die. Jaqen gives Arya a coin. Walkers attack north of the Wall.

Season 1: Episode Synopses

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1 “Winter Is Coming” – Ned kills a deserter. Robert offers Ned the position of Hand. Dany marries Khal Drogo. Jaime pushes Bran from a window.

2 “The Kingsroad” – Tyrion and Jon head to the Wall. Ned must execute Sansa’s direwolf. Bran is attacked, and wakes from his coma.

3 “Lord Snow” – Jon trains at the Wall. Ned arrives at King’s Landing, followed furtively by Catelyn, who runs into Littlefinger. Dany learns she is pregnant.

4 “Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things” – Ned, probing Jon Arryn’s death, meets the bastard Gendry. Robert holds a tourney. Viserys and Dany clash. Cat captures Tyrion.

5 “The Wolf and the Lion” – Ned protests Robert’s plan to assassinate Dany. Catelyn arrives at the Eyrie with Tyrion. Ned is injured in a fight with Jaime’s men.

6 “A Golden Crown” – Robert leaves on a hunt. Ned learns Joffrey’s parentage. Bronn wins a trial by combat for Tyrion. Drogo pours molten gold over Viserys.

7 “You Win or You Die” – Ned tells Cersei what he knows. A dying Robert names Ned leader until Joffrey comes of age. Robert dies, Cersei destroys his note about Ned, and Littlefinger betrays Ned.

8 “The Pointy End” – Robb prepares his army. Ned ruminates in his cell. Tyrion reaches his father. Jon encounters wights in Castle Black. Drogo is injured.

9 “Baelor” – Catelyn trades Robb’s hand in marriage for a trip across the Twins. Robb captures Jaime. Drogo’s health declines as Dany goes into labor. Ned loses his head.

10 “Fire and Blood” – Robb is proclaimed King in the North. Tywin appoints Tyrion acting Hand. Arya escapes King’s Landing. Dany steps into a funeral pyre and emerges unscathed, and with dragons.

GoT Season Summaries

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Season 1: Ned Stark becomes Hand of the King to Robert Baratheon, who later dies. Ned uncovers a secret about Robert’s wife Cersei, and new King Joffrey orders Ned’s execution. Jon Snow, bastard son of Ned, joins the Night’s Watch. Tyrion is taken prisoner by Catelyn. Robb is crowned king in the north. Viserys Targaryen arranges for his sister Daenerys to wed Khal Drogo. Viserys and Drogo later die, but Daenerys gains three baby dragons.

Season 2: Robb sends Theon home to win over the Greyjoys, who instead invade Winterfell. Tyrion is named acting Hand to Joffrey. Catelyn meets Brienne and negotiates with Renly, who dies via shadow monster. Tyrion defends King’s Landing against Stannis’ fleet. Daenerys visits Qarth, where locals plot to take her dragons, and has visions in the House of the Undying. Arya serves Tywin and befriends Jaqen, a Faceless Man. Jon captures Wildling Ygritte who eventually turns the tables on him. White Walkers attack the Fist of the First Men.

Season 3: Jaime and Brienne bond on the road. Jaime’s hand is cut off. Theon is tortured by an unknown adversary. Bran and Rickon encounter the Reeds. Arya is entangled with the Brotherhood Without Banners and meets Melisandre. Sansa gives the Tyrells the scoop on Joffrey, is briefly engaged to Loras, and marries Tyrion. Jon falls for Ygritte, but chooses the Night’s Watch over her. Night’s Watch members mutiny at Craster’s Keep. Dany begins her conquest of Slaver’s Bay and gathers an army. The Starks visit the Freys for a wedding.

Season 4: Guests, including Oberyn Martell, arrive for Joffrey and Margaery’s wedding, at which the groom is poisoned. Cersei blames Tyrion, who demands a trial by combat. Littlefinger marries and murders Lysa. The Hound bonds with Arya and fights Brienne. Stannis overwhelms the Wildlings. Dany takes Meereen, but discovers Drogon has killed a child. Jon defends Castle Black but loses Ygritte. Bran meets the three-eyed raven. Oberyn falls to the Mountain. Jaime frees Tyrion, who then kills Shae and his father. Arya sails for Braavos.

Season 5: The Sons of the Harpy revolt against Dany’s rule in Meereen. Jorah kidnaps Tyrion and takes him to Meereen. Dany rides Drogon. Littlefinger brings Sansa to Winterfell, where she marries the abusive Ramsay. Theon helps her escape. Stannis burns his daughter alive, is defeated by the Boltons, and executed by Brienne. Cersei empowers the High Sparrow, who imprisons her and forces her to take a walk of penance. Jaime and Bronn visit Dorne, where an enraged Ellaria Sand poisons Jaime’s “niece.” Arya trains with the Faceless Men in Braavos. Jon leads the Night’s Watch, encounters the Night King, and is murdered.

Season 6: Melisandre resurrects Jon. Sansa journeys to the Wall, and Theon goes home. Hodor sacrifices himself to save Bran. The northern and Vale armies defeat the Boltons, and Sansa feeds Ramsay to his hounds. Jon is named King in the North. Ellaria and the Sand Snakes take over Dorne. Jaime parlays with Brienne, Edmure and the Blackfish. Arya kills the Waif and serves Walder Frey pie. The Hound joins the Brotherhood Without Banners.Cersei and Qyburn destroy the Great Sept, killing Sparrows, Tyrells and others. Tommen kills himself and Cersei is named queen. Dany takes control of the Dothraki, names Tyrion her hand, and sails for Westeros.

Season 7: Arya poisons all the Freys. Sam cures Jorah’s greyscale. Dany comes home to Dragonstone. Euron captures Ellaria and Yara. Jaime politely poisons Olenna. Jon visits Dragonstone, bonding with Dany and Drogon (hmm). Arya returns to Winterfell and butts heads with Sansa. Dany’s armies and dragon lay waste to the Lannister troops. Tyrion secretly meets with Jaime. Jon, Jorah, Gendry, Beric, Tormund, Thoros and the Hound go beyond the Wall to fetch a wight. Cersei feigns an alliance against the Walkers. Arya kills Littlefinger. Jon’s parents are revealed. Jon and Dany couple up. The Night King gains a dragon and breaches the Wall.