The episode opens on the grim reality at The Twins. (Michael McElhatton) overlooks the slaughter of the Stark army. In a particularly grotesque moment, Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) and Sandor Clegane (Rory McCann) witness Frey soldiers parading the body of Robb Stark with his direwolf’s head sewn onto it.

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Later, Arya experiences a dark turning point when she kills a Frey soldier bragging about the desecration—her first intentional murder, performed with a chilling use of the iron coin from Jaqen H'ghar.

: Joffrey insults his grandfather, Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance), only to be sent to bed like a petulant child.

: The episode also marks the quiet return of Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) to the capital. Scruffy and missing a hand, he is barely recognized until he reunites with a shocked Cersei (Lena Headey). The North and Beyond The episode also resolves several northern plotlines: Game of Thrones season finale recap: A Sort of Homecoming