

Tyrion suspects Cersei will lay a trap when they meet, but counsels Daenerys to not stoop to her level. Arya says she could take Sansa's face, seemingly threatening her with the Valyrian steel dagger before instead leaving her with it.

Arya discovers Sansa and explains her training with the Faceless Men.

Sansa searches Arya's room and finds Arya's faces. However, when Cersei invites Sansa to King's Landing to parley, Sansa sends Brienne as her representative. Sansa confides in Littlefinger, who suggests that Brienne, sworn to serve both sisters, would intervene if Arya acted against Sansa. Arya accuses Sansa of mainly being concerned that she will lose face with the Northern lords if the letter is made public. This episode marks the final appearances of Joseph Mawle (Benjen Stark) and Paul Kaye (Thoros of Myr).Īrya confronts Sansa about the letter Sansa wrote to persuade Robb to bend the knee to Joffrey. In the United States, the episode achieved a viewership of 10.24 million in its initial broadcast. "Beyond the Wall" received mostly positive praise from critics, who listed the epic scale and special effects of the battle between the White Walkers and the dragons, the interactions between the northern raiding party, and Jon swearing fealty to Daenerys as highlights of the episode, though some reviewers criticized the episode for "defying logic" and its rushed storytelling. The title of the episode is taken from the namesake lands where most of the episode takes place. Meanwhile, at Winterfell, tension builds between Sansa and Arya. Jon is separately rescued by Benjen, who sacrifices himself, and Jon acknowledges Daenerys as queen. Daenerys rescues the group from the Army of the Dead, and the Night King kills and reanimates Viserion. The episode's main plot focuses on Jon Snow's raiding party as they journey north of the Wall they successfully capture a wight to prove the threat, though Thoros is killed. At 70 minutes, it was the series' longest episode until the airing of the season's finale.
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It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. " Beyond the Wall" is the sixth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 66th overall. She's going to be more determined than ever to take the Night King down now.Īnd that may be especially hard if she comes face to face with her reanimated dragon-son in the final battle against the dead.6th episode of the 7th season of Game of Thrones " Beyond the Wall" She may have two dragons left, but this loss will likely hit her very hard. She relied on them to be there whenever she needed something incinerated. By hatching them in Drogo's fiery funeral pyre at the end of Season 1, Dany was reborn as a leader with a more clearly defined purpose, and her dragons were there with her every step of the way. As she said to Jon Snow following the grisly encounter, the dragons were the only children she would ever have. Though perhaps not as heartbroken as Daenerys herself. A spear of ice cost one of the dragons his life, and reactions to Viserion dying on Game of Thrones prove fans are heartbroken. Unfortunately, not everyone survived the battle. It looked like all was lost in the land beyond the Wall as the Night King's army converged on Jon and his men in Episode 6 of Game of Thrones Season 7, but Daenerys arrived with her dragons in the nick of time to lay waste to the dead.
