Fire and Blood

"Fire and Blood" is the tenth and final episode of the first season of Game of Thrones. It is the tenth episode of the series overall. It first aired on June 19, 2011. It was written by executive producers David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and directed by Alan Taylor.

Synopsis
As tragic news spreads across the Seven Kingdoms, Bran and Rickon share a prophetic dream, Catelyn interrogates Jaime about her sonʼs fall, and Robbʼs destiny is forever changed. After a surprising decision by his father, Tyrion heads south. Arya assumes a new identity in an attempt to escape Kingʼs Landing, and Sansa is terrorized by Joffrey. At the Wall, Jon is forced to choose between the Nightʼs Watch and the family he left behind. Across the sea, Dany pays a terrible price for her love, but finds new hope.

Recap
At the Great Sept of Baelor in King's Landing, Eddard Stark has been executed by beheading; Ser Ilyn Payne, the royal executioner, holds his head up to the adulation of the baying crowd. Sansa Stark has fainted. In the crowd, Yoren drags Arya away, making a point of calling her "Boy," and cutting her hair off.

At Winterfell, Bran has another dream of the three-eyed crow. He wakes up and tells Osha about how the dream always ends with the bird flying into the crypts under the castle. Osha takes Bran down there, but they are surprised by Shaggydog, Rickon's direwolf. Rickon calls him off, revealing that he had the same dream. Making their way out, they are greeted by Maester Luwin, who has the news of Eddard's death.

At Robb's camp, Catelyn walks the camp and receives the condolences and respects of the northern bannermen. She finds Robb hacking at a tree outside of the camp in anger and grief, and vows that they will first rescue his sisters from the clutches of the Lannisters, and then "Kill them all."

In King's Landing, Joffrey is holding court. A singer is brought before him, charged with making up a 'amusing' but offensive song about Robert and Cersei. The singer turns out to be Marillion, who accompanied Catelyn and Tyrion to the Vale of Arryn. Joffrey asks Marillion if he wants to keep his hands or tongue, and when Marillion, confused by the questions chooses his hands, Joffrey gleefully orders Ilyn Payne to carry out the sentence on the spot. Joffrey then takes Sansa to see her father's head and cruelly mocks her, even having Ser Meryn Trant beat her when she suggests that Robb might win the war. Unexpectedly, Sandor Clegane offers some kind words to her afterwards; he also keeps silent about the fact that he intervened to prevent Sansa from trying to shove Joffrey off the walkway to his death.

At Robb's camp, Robb and his bannermen debate what to do. It is suggested they forge an alliance with either Stannis or Renly Baratheon, but the Greatjon becomes irritated by the suggestion. He declares there is only one king worthy of his respect and allegiance and bows before Robb, calling out, "The King in the North!" The other northern bannermen take up the cry.

Catelyn visits the captive Jaime Lannister, who admits to pushing Bran from the tower but doesn't reveal why. He taunts her, saying widowhood suits her and suggesting that the gods aren't real as they don't care about justice. Catelyn strikes him out of fury, but Jaime knows that the Starks won't kill him as long as his sister holds Sansa and Arya hostage.



In King's Landing, Cersei Lannister has taken a new lover, her cousin Lancel who was King Robert's squire and gave him the wine that made him too drunk to slay the boar that killed him. She also receives a letter informing her of Jaime's capture.

At the Lannister camp, Lord Tywin holds a strategy meeting. Both Stannis and Renly have claimed the Iron Throne and the Starks have captured Jaime; Tywin's commanders are uncertain what to do, and Tyrion points out that any chance of negotiating with Robb Stark died along with his father. The Lannister army is now exposed, so Tywin decides to retreat to Harrenhal, the great castle on the northern shores of Gods Eye, and use it as a base of operations. Reluctantly impressed by Tyrion's astute judgement of the situation, Tywin orders his son to go to King's Landing and serve as Acting Hand of the King in Tywin's stead, to bring Cersei and Joffrey to heel and prevent the young king from making more idiotic mistakes and to deal with Baelish, Varys and Pycelle if he gets so much as a hint of treachery from any of them. However, he orders Tyrion to leave his whore behind.

In the wastelands beyond Lhazar, Daenerys wakes up to terrible news from Ser Jorah Mormont. Her son, Rhaego, is dead. He was born dead and deformed, covered with scales. The khalasar has also moved on, leaving them behind. However, Drogo lives. Mirri Maz Duur takes Daenerys to see her sun and stars, only to find him a catatonic vegetable. Daenerys demands to know why, and Duur explains that when Daenerys saved her, she'd already been raped three times and the temple she served burned and defiled by the Dothraki. Now her 'stallion who mounts the world' can burn no cities and slaughter no innocents.

At the Wall, Jon Snow learns of his father's death. He saddles a horse and prepares to leave and join Robb's army, ignoring Samwell's pleas to stay and fulfill his oaths.

In the Lannister camp, Tyrion complains about his father to Shae, then decides to defy Tywin and take Shae to court anyway.

Jon leaves Castle Black, but is pursued. One of his pursuers hits a tree branch and is unhorsed, and Jon realizes it was Sam. He turns back to help him. The other riders are Grenn and Pypar. They recite their oath to the Night's Watch and Jon realizes they are right. Leaving would make him a deserter and oathbreaker, something his father would never countenance if he were alive. He agrees to return to the castle with them.

Daenerys tends to Drogo, but seeing him like this breaks her heart. She smothers him with a pillow to end his suffering.

In King's Landing, Grand Maester Pycelle takes the prostitute Ros to bed, revealing that he is actually far less frail than he appears. He boasts to Ros of the several great kings he has served.

Yoren has assembled a band of new recruits for the Night's Watch. Pretending that Arya is a boy by the name of 'Arry', he has her join the group. Also in the group are Hot Pie, Lommy Greenhands and Gendry, King Robert's bastard son who worked for Tobho Mott. With Robert dead, secret payments to Mott stopped and he kicked Gendry out. Hot Pie and Lommy try to bully Arya into giving up Needle, but she angrily draws the sword, warning that she 'has already killed one fat boy' and will happily do it again. Gendry breaks up the argument by taking Arya's side, threatening the boys with violence to keep them from picking on Arya later. Yoren now has to get them all to the Wall, a thousand leagues away, through the war-torn Riverlands. They set out.

Lord Commander Jeor Mormont is aware of Jon's attempt to desert and dismisses it, saying many have fled the Wall, only to think better of it and return. If they executed everyone who did that, they'd have no men left. Mormont tells Jon that the war between the Lannisters and Starks is less important than what they face now, a renewed threat from the wildlings, White Walkers, and wights. Mormont means to lead the Night's Watch in force into the Haunted Forest to learn more of their foe, prepare for the battles that lie ahead, and find the missing Benjen Stark. Jon agrees to commit himself fully to the Night's Watch and all that lies ahead.

In the east, Daenerys and her small retinue prepare a funeral pyre for Drogo. At Daenerys' command, Rakharo places the dragon eggs on the pyre, and Mirri Maz Durr is tied to a stake next to the pyre as well. Ignoring Jorah's pleas, Daenerys sets the pyre alight and then calmly walks into the flames. She stands below the pyre as flames consume her, an apparent act of suicide.

At dawn, the fire dies down and Daenerys is revealed crouching there naked and completely unharmed, with three newly-hatched baby dragons at her side. One nuzzles in her arm, the other by her leg and the third sits on her shoulder. At the sight of the mythical animals born anew, Jorah and the remaining Dothraki kneel and swear their allegiance to the Mother of Dragons. After slowly standing up from the ashes, the black hatchling on Dany's shoulder rises, spreads its wings and screams.

Memorable quotes
Jaime Lannister: "If the gods are real, why is the world so unjust?"

Catelyn Stark: "Because of men like you."

Jaime: "There are no men like me. Only me."

Mirri Maz Duur: "Why don't you take a look at your khal? Then you will see exactly what life is worth when all the rest has gone."

Joffrey Baratheon: "I tell you what. I'm gonna give you a present. After I raise my armies, and kill your traitor brother, I'm going to give you his head as well."

Sansa Stark: "...or maybe he'll give me yours."

Jeor Mormont: "When dead men, and worse, come hunting for us in the night, do you think it matters who sits on the Iron Throne?"

Jon Snow: "No."

Jeor Mormont: "Good. Because I want you and your wolf with us when we ride out beyond the Wall tomorrow."

Jon Snow: "Beyond the Wall?"

Jeor Mormont: "I will not sit meekly by and wait for the snows. I mean to find out what's happening. The Night's Watch will ride in force against the wildlings, the White Walkers, and whatever else is out there. And we will find Benjen Stark, alive or dead. I will command them myself. So I will only ask you once, Lord Snow, are you a brother of the Night's Watch, or a bastard boy who wants to play at war?"

Daenerys Targaryen: "I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, of the blood of old Valyria. I am the dragon’s daughter, and I swear to you that those who would harm you will die screaming."

Mirri Maz Duur: "You will not hear me screaming."

Daenerys: "I will. But it is not your screams I want. Only your life."

First Appearances

 * Hot Pie
 * Lommy Greenhands
 * Rickard Karstark
 * Jonos Bracken
 * Jaqen H'ghar
 * Rorge
 * Biter

Deaths

 * Rhaego Targaryen
 * Khal Drogo
 * Mirri Maz Duur

Starring

 * Sean Bean as Lord Eddard Stark
 * Michelle Fairley as Lady Catelyn Stark
 * Nikolaj Coster-Waldauas Ser Jaime Lannister
 * Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister
 * Emilia Clarke as Princess Daenerys Targaryen
 * Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont
 * Aidan Gillen as Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish
 * Kit Harington as Jon Snow
 * Richard Madden as Robb Stark
 * Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
 * Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
 * Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy
 * Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Bran Stark
 * Jack Gleeson as Prince Joffrey Baratheon
 * Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane
 * and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister

Also starring

 * Jason Momoa as Khal Drogo

Guest starring

 * Donald Sumpter as Maester Luwin
 * Conleth Hill as Varys
 * Jerome Flynn as Bronn
 * James Cosmo as Lord Commander Jeor Mormont
 * Ron Donachie as Ser Rodrik Cassel
 * Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister
 * Francis Magee as Yoren
 * John Bradley-West as Samwell Tarly
 * Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle
 * Emun Elliott as Marillion
 * Sibel Kekilli as Shae
 * Natalia Tena as Osha
 * Esme Bianco as Ros
 * Clive Mantle as Greatjon Umber
 * Wilko Johnson as Ser Ilyn Payne
 * Mark Stanley as Grenn
 * Josef Altin as Pypar
 * Mia Soteriou as Mirri Maz Duur
 * Amrita Acharia as Irri
 * Elyes Gabel as Rakharo
 * Ian Gelder as Ser Kevan Lannister
 * Kristian Nairn as Hodor
 * Eugene Simon as Lancel Lannister
 * Joe Dempsie as Gendry
 * Ben Hawkey as Hot Pie
 * Eros Vlahos as Lommy Greenhands
 * Art Parkinson as Rickon Stark
 * Ian Beattie as Ser Meryn Trant
 * Steven Blount as Lord Rickard Karstark
 * Gerry O'Brien as Lord Jonos Bracken
 * Vinnie McCabe as Lannister bannerman
 * B.J. Hogg as Lannister bannerman
 * Faolan Morgan as Stark guard

Uncredited
 * Mark Coney as Galbart Glover
 * Unknown as Jaqen H'ghar
 * Unknown as Rorge
 * Unknown as Biter

Cast notes

 * Sean Bean is credited, but does not appear in the episode, only a prosthetic head using his likeness.
 * Mark Coney makes an uncredited appearance as Lord Galbart Glover, shouting out from the crowd of Northmen that Renly is not the right king. He previously appeared uncredited in The Pointy End, where he had no dialogue.
 * Pre-season casting announcements suggested that Vincent McCabe was playing Rickard Karstark. However, in the episode he plays one of the Lannister bannerman (the one who has Harys Swyft's lines from the book), whilst Karstark is actually played by Steven Blount.
 * At the end of the episode, during Arya's escape from King's Landing, a wheeled cage is shown as part of Yoren's entourage, with two men and a hooded figure inside. Fans have speculated that the hooded figure is supposed to be Jaqen H'ghar, his face hidden because he was played by an extra in this episode and was not cast (with German actor Tom Wlaschiha) until Season 2, and that the other men are the book characters Rorge and Biter. However, none of this has yet been confirmed by HBO.
 * This episode is the final appearance of starring cast member Jason Momoa (Drogo) due to the death of his character.