The Mountain and the Viper

"The Mountain and the Viper" is the eighth episode of the fourth season of Game of Thrones. It is the thirty-eighth episode of the series overall. It premiered on June 1, 2014. It was written by producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and directed by Alex Graves.

Summary
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First

 * Kegs
 * Black Jack Bulwer
 * Mully
 * Ralf Kenning
 * Adrack Humble
 * Lord Yohn Royce
 * Lady Anya Waynwood
 * Ser Vance Corbray
 * Ser Daemon Sand

Deaths

 * Kegs
 * Black Jack Bulwer
 * Mully
 * Mole's Town whore
 * Ralf Kenning
 * Adrack Humble
 * Prince Oberyn Martell

Cast
Starring
 * Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
 * Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister
 * Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister
 * Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen
 * Kit Harington as Jon Snow
 * Aidan Gillen as Lord Petyr Baelish
 * Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister
 * Alfie Allen as Prince Theon Greyjoy
 * John Bradley as Samwell Tarly
 * Sophie Turner as Princess Sansa Stark
 * Maisie Williams as Princess Arya Stark
 * Rose Leslie as Ygritte
 * Kristofer Hivju as Tormund
 * Hannah Murray as Gilly
 * Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton
 * Conleth Hill as Lord Varys
 * Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane
 * with Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont

Guest starring

Cast notes

 * 18 of 25 cast members for the fourth season appear in this episode.
 * Starring cast members Carice van Houten (Melisandre), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Stephen Dillane (Stannis Baratheon), Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell), Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran Stark), Jerome Flynn (Bronn) and Sibel Kekilli (Shae) are not credited and do not appear in this episode.

In the Books

 * The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Storm of Swords:
 * Chapter 55, Jon VII: Jon learns about the attack on Mole's Town by Styr and his raiders.
 * Chapter 70, Tyrion X: The trial by combat that Tyrion requested occurs with Oberyn Martell fighting Gregor Clegane (The Mountain and The Viper), and The Mountain confesses to his crimes of murdering Elia Martell and her children, soon before bashing Oberyn's head in.
 * Chapter 71, Daenerys VI: Daenerys learns that Jorah was once a spy for the Seven Kingdoms and she banishes him from her service.


 * The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Feast for Crows:
 * Chapter 10, Sansa I: Sansa provides her own confession to the other lords of the Vale about Lysa Arryn's murder and decides to protect Littlefinger by lying that he did not kill Lysa. Sansa then offically transforms into the role of Alayne by dying her hair black and now starting to become a player in the Game of Thrones.
 * The episode is adapted from the following chapters of A Dance with Dragons:
 * Chapter 20, Theon/Reek II: Theon travels to Moat Cailin to negotiate with the Ironborn including Ralf Kenning and Abrack Humble to give up the fortress to Ramsay Snow. The Ironborn then surrender to Theon and Ramsay, who then kills all of the Ironborn at Moat Cailin and becomes legitimized by his father as Ramsay Bolton.