Blood of My Blood

"Blood of My Blood" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of Game of Thrones. It is the fifty-sixth episode of the series overall. It will premiere on May 29, 2016. It was written by Bryan Cogman and directed by Jack Bender.

In Braavos
Arya is watching the second half of the mummers' performance of "The Bloody Hand" in which the caricature version of Tyrion poisons his nephew and murders his father. She displays amusement at the rendition of Joffrey's painful death. She then seems moved by Lady Crane's performance as Cersei. She notices the actress playing Sansa mouthing Lady Crane's lines.

As the play is finishing she sneaks backstage and poisons Lady Crane's rum, hesitating before doing so. She is still backstage as the mummers come in, and Lady Crane recognises her as being in the audience earlier. The two converse and Arya realises she has much in common with the actor. Uncomfortable at what she has done she makes an excuse and leaves.

Lady Crane argues with Izambaro about improving the script and just as she is about to drink her rum, Arya reappears and knocks it from her hand. She points at Bianca and warns Lady Crane she wants her dead. Unknown to Arya the Waif witnesses this exchange and reports back to Jaqen, asking for permission to kill Arya. Jaqen agrees, however instructs the Waif to ensure Arya does not suffer.

Meanwhile Arya retrieves her sword, demonstrating she has forsaken her desire to become a Faceless Man and once more is embracing her destiny as Arya Stark.

In the Riverlands
At The Twins, Walder Frey receives word that Riverrun is lost, taken by Brynden Tully. He is flabbergasted, regretting that the Blackfish escaped from the Red Wedding and evaded his soldiers. Despite having superior numbers, House Frey is struggling with other houses in the Riverlands and the Brotherhood Without Banners rallying and raiding their supply lines and camps. Walder demands that the Tully stronghold be taken back, refusing to be humiliated by not being able to hold a single castle. He decides to use his trump card to force their surrender: Edmure Tully, held as a prisoner of the Freys since the Red Wedding. Walder jokingly tells Edmure not to worry as he is going home.

In the Dothraki Sea
Daenerys Targaryen is riding with Daario Naharis and her newly acquired khalasar of 100,000. She asks Daario how long it will take to get back to Meereen and inquires how many ships would be needed to carry her army across the Narrow Sea. Daario replies that it will take a week to get back, and at least 1,000 ships to take her new khalasar across the sea. Pondering this, Daenerys tells the khalasar to halt as she rides on ahead. After a while, Daario announces he will look for her, but is stopped with then distinctive shadow of a dragon passes overhead. After a moment, Drogon appears and slowly circles the khalasar before landing, revealing Daenerys on his back. Daenerys asks if the khalasar is willing to cross the Narrow Sea, beat the armies of the Seven Kingdoms, and rip down the keeps of its lords, as Drogo had promised. When they shout their affirmation, Daenerys reminds them that every khal in history has selected three Bloodriders to ride at her side at the head of the khalasar. Daenerys, however, is not a khal and does not have to abide by their rules. Therefore, she declares the entire khalasar her bloodriders.

First

 * King Aerys II Targaryen
 * Lady Melessa Tarly
 * Talla Tarly
 * Dickon Tarly
 * Lord Randyll Tarly
 * Tyrell bannerman

Cast
Starring
 * Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister
 * Lena Headey as Queen Mother Cersei Lannister
 * Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen
 * Natalie Dormer as Queen Margaery Tyrell
 * Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
 * Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow
 * John Bradley as Samwell Tarly
 * Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Bran Stark
 * Michiel Huisman as Daario Naharis
 * Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen H'ghar
 * Dean-Charles Chapman as King Tommen Baratheon
 * Hannah Murray as Gilly

Guest Starring
 * Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell
 * Richard E. Grant as Izembaro
 * David Bradley as Lord Walder Frey
 * Essie Davis as Lady Crane
 * Joseph Mawle as Benjen Stark
 * Tobias Menzies as Lord Edmure Tully
 * Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed
 * Faye Marsay as the Waif
 * Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Lord Mace Tyrell
 * Ian Gelder as Ser Kevan Lannister
 * Hannah Waddingham as Septa Unella
 * James Faulkner as Lord Randyll Tarly
 * Samantha Spiro as Lady Melessa Tarly
 * Eugene Simon as Lancel
 * Tim Plester as Walder Rivers
 * Daniel Tuite as Lothar Frey
 * Kevin Eldon as Camello
 * Leigh Gill as Bobono
 * Eline Powell as Bianca
 * Rob Callender as Clarenzo
 * Eva Butterly as the mummer playing Margaery Tyrell
 * David Rintoul as King Aerys II Targaryen
 * Freddie Stroma as Dickon Tarly
 * Rebecca Benson as Talla Tarly
 * Robert Aramayo as Lord Eddard Stark
 * Raúl Tortosa as a Tyrell bannerman
 * Lucy Hayes as
 * Glen Barry as a mummer
 * Brendan O'Rourke as a mummer
 * Ross Anderson-Doherty as a mummer
 * William & James Wilson as Sam
 * Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir as a musician
 * Ragnar Þórhallsson as a musician
 * Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson as a musician
 * Brynjar Leifsson as a musician
 * Kristján Páll Kristjánsson as a musician

Cast notes

 * 11 of 27 starring cast members appear in this episode.
 * Starring cast members Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Carice Van Houten (Melisandre), Aidan Gillen (Petyr Baelish), Indira Varma (Ellaria Sand), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Conleth Hill (Varys), Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei), Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane) Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth), Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), and Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont) are not credited and do not appear in this episode.