- Tyrion tries to see who he can trust in the Small Council. Catelyn visits Renly to try and persuade him to join Robb in the war. Theon must decide if his loyalties lie with his own family or with Robb.
- Jon is reprimanded for interfering with Craster and Sam has a gift for one of Craster's wives. In Winterfell, Bran continues to dream but begins to believe they are visions. Lady Catelyn approaches King Renly Baratheon to form an alliance with her son Robb. In the Iron Islands, Balon decides to attack the north while the Robb Stark's armies are in the south fighting the Lannisters. Theon is given the command of a ship while his sister Yara is put in command of a fleet of 30 ships. In King's Landing, Tyrion plays the council members against one another and learns the identity of the spy among them. He also wants to protect Shae from those who might try to find his weaknesses and she soon begins work as Sansa's new hand maiden. The King's guards return and Arya and Gendry are taken prisoner.—garykmcd
- Craster orders the Nighy's Watch to leave his home and Lord Commander Mormont reprehends Jon Snow since Craster is important for his men. Catelyn visits Renly expecting an alliance with him. Tyrion tests the loyalty of the small council and tells a different plan of marriage alliance for Princess Myrcella to Pycelle, Varys and Littlefinger and Bronn arrests Pycelle for betrayal. Theon has to decide whether he is loyal to his family or to Robb Stark. The Lannister men arrive at Yoren's camping and kill him; Polliver takes the Needle from Arya and stabs Lommy in the throat with the Needle. When the captors ask to the prisoners who Gendry is, Arya points out to Lommy that had stolen Gendry's helm.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Tyrion gets his private harlot Shae to become Sansa's bumbling handmaiden and sets a trap for the small council members by telling each another prospective bride for Joffrey's sister Myrcella, proving learned master Pycelle the traitor and queen-regent's spy rather then Varys or Littlefinger. Desperate for an ally in Robb's northern secession war, kin Cathlyn approaches still carefree king Renly Baratheon of Stormlands, who knights the visor-masked tournament winner Brienne of Tarth and admits her to the body guard of seven, to the dismay of his gay lover Loras Tyrell, while his pragmatic queen Margaery offers any threesome if only they beget an heir. Theon duly scolds his father Balon Greyjoy for reproaching him the effects of the banishment to the Stark court imposed on the surviving son, finds his sister is given command of thirty ships, he only one, and considers warning Robb that the Iron Islands king plans to raid and submit most of the north. Watch commander Jeor Mormont duly reprimands but rescues Jon for intervening with indispensable Wildling ally Craster's boy sacrifices. Bran doubts his tutor's assurances that his recurring visions are mere nightmares of magical bedtime stories about extinct dangers like dragons. King's guards capture Arya and Gendry, whose identity they can hide.—KGF Vissers
- Catelyn arrives at Renly's camp to negotiate an alliance. The female warrior, Brienne of Tarth, wins the right to join Renly's king's guard through combat. Renly has recently wed Margaery Tyrell, Loras's sister. Renly avoids consummating his and Margaery's marriage due to his homosexuality and sexual relationship with Loras. In the Iron Islands, Balon plans an attack on the North, led by Yara. After burning his letter to Robb warning of Balon's impending attack, Theon affirms his allegiance to House Greyjoy in a water-based ceremony. In King's Landing, Tyrion imprisons Pycelle after determining he is Cersei's informant. Tyrion appoints his lover, Shae, as Sansa's handmaiden, both to protect Shae and watch Sansa. Beyond the Wall, Craster demands the Night's Watchmen leave. Jon discovers that Jeor Mormont has always known about and ignored Craster's incestuous crimes in exchange for his men's respite at his keep. On the road to the wall, the Night's Watch recruits are attacked by Lannister soldiers searching for Gendry. Yoren is killed, and Arya and Gendry are taken prisoner. To protect Gendry, Arya falsely states that a boy the guards have killed was Gendry.
- Craster returns with Jon Snow and orders the Night's Watch off his lands. Lord Commander Jeor Mormont admits to Jon that he already knew of Craster's sacrifice of his sons, but argues that Craster is indispensable to the Night's Watch's campaign. Samwell Tarly promises to come back for Gilly when the Night's Watch returns to the Wall.
Bran Stark dreams again that he is his direwolf, Summer. Maester Luwin assures him the time of magic and dragons is over.
Dining with her children and Sansa, Cersei discusses the war and Sansa's betrothal to Joffrey. Afterward, Sansa is greeted by Shae, posing as her new handmaiden.
Tyrion separately shares plans with Grand Maester Pycelle, Varys, and Petyr Baelish, to marry Myrcella off, but suggests a different husband to each of them. Cersei confronts Tyrion over the plan Tyrion gave to Pycelle, confirming Pycelle is her spy. Tyrion sends him to the dungeons, but not before Pycelle confesses that he told Cersei that Jon Arryn knew of her incest with Jaime. Tyrion convinces Baelish to meet Catelyn Stark in the Stormlands and persuade her to release Jaime.
Balon Greyjoy plans war on the North with Yara, who tells Theon he must choose between the Starks or the Greyjoys. Theon considers warning Robb Stark, but decides to serve under his father.
Catelyn arrives at self-crowned King Renly Baratheon's camp, where he and his new wife Margaery Tyrell watch imposing female warrior Brienne of Tarth win a tournament against Margaery's brother Loras. Renly grants Brienne a place in his Kingsguard, and is confident his army can defeat the Lannisters, but Catelyn reminds him his men are inexperienced. When Renly is unable to consummate their marriage, Margaery reveals she knows of his relationship with Loras, but insists her pregnancy must secure their families' alliance.
Yoren tells Arya Stark how he joined the Night's Watch. Lannister men led by Ser Amory Lorch arrive and demand Gendry, and the ensuing battle leaves the Night's Watch men dead. Arya rescues the prisoners, including Jaqen H'ghar, and loses her sword Needle to a Lannister soldier, Polliver. Lorch orders the survivors taken to Harrenhal, and Polliver kills wounded Lommy Greenhands. Lorch demands the survivors point out Gendry, but before he can give himself up, Arya tells Lorch that Lommy was Gendry.
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