Recaps

Corleone exploited Cersei’s failed plot to strip her of power, while Tywin prepared to strengthen his position in King’s Landing. As Barristan Selmy arrived seeking Corleone’s support for Daenerys, Cersei endured public penance and an old man intervened on her behalf.

• Tywin questioned Nymeria Sand about the murders of Naho Dimittis and Anders Yronwood, then kept her in Corleone’s custody while considering the political risks.
• Tyrion was kidnapped by men working with Lady Falyse, and Balman killed Falyse and Osfryd before setting Stokeworth Castle ablaze.
• Corleone rescued Tyrion and the children from the burning cellar, then used Cersei’s caught adultery to press for her removal as regent and six months of penance.
• Corleone secured Balman a trial by combat after his wounds healed, while Gendry’s winning streak ended when an old knight defeated him and revealed himself as Earl Bronn.
• Whitebeard, who was Barristan Selmy, came to Corleone seeking an alliance with Daenerys, and Corleone tested his honor by asking him to kill Bronn.
• Barristan refused to harm Bronn, and Corleone arranged money and repairs for Bronn while predicting Barristan would return as an ally.
• Tywin prepared to bring two thousand Lannister troops into King’s Landing, while Corleone ordered his fighters to avoid provoking them and keep watch on Barristan.
• Cersei completed a painful penance carrying a heavy cross, then an old man caught it and condemned the septon and Silent Sisters for their treatment of her.

Vito Corleone rose from the chaos of the Great Sept’s destruction to become Acting Hand, while Cersei’s plot collapsed and Arya and Gendry’s actions brought new dangers. The arc left Corleone allied with Sansa and Varys as Randyll Tarly rushed to confront a Small Council meeting in Flea Bottom.

• Bonifer Hasty denounced the religious abuse of Cersei and escorted her away, while Barristan Selmy learned of Lannister harassment in Old John's restaurant and watched Ellie kill Ralford and his soldiers.
• Corleone protected Old John’s family and explained to Barristan that Tywin’s blockade left his eight hundred men unable to strike first, while Tywin rode to his coronation and the Great Sept exploded.
• Cersei blamed Corleone for the explosion and ordered an attack on Flea Bottom, but Kevan accused her of planting the wildfire before Tywin emerged alive and took control.
• Oberyn Martell and the Black Hand forces defeated the Lannister troops, and Corleone captured Cersei, reassured Tommen, and announced that she would be arrested for destroying the Sept.
• Corleone became Acting Hand of the King, while Arya entered Cersei’s cell and Gendry’s Baratheon power erupted, and Corleone confronted Benerro and rejected R'hllor’s request to be its spokesman.
• Randyll Tarly took control of the Gold Cloaks as Corleone lay unconscious, while Jaime sought northern troops from Roose Bolton and later agreed to lead two hundred cavalrymen against Stannis.
• After waking, Corleone proposed to Sansa, who accepted on condition that he help her reclaim what was hers, and he exposed Arya’s disguise as she reunited with Sansa.
• Corleone forced Varys into a partnership after confronting him over his assistance to Randyll, then learned that Randyll was rushing to a Flea Bottom council meeting that had excluded him.

Vito Corleone and Sansa Stark secured Riverrun and drew the Vale into their plans, while Petyr Baelish’s schemes ended in his death. Jaime Lannister reached the Wall as the wildlings attacked, and charged into the battle after the Bolton riders chose to withdraw.

• Vito Corleone exposed Randyll Tarly’s false accusations, then assigned Randyll to recover Riverrun without marching an army from Horn Hill.
• Sansa Stark and Randyll Tarly arranged Riverrun’s surrender, then Sansa and Brynden Tully provoked a fight between Aemon and Lyman Frey that left Edwyn Frey in line to inherit the Twins.
• Sansa traveled to the Eyrie seeking the Vale’s support, while Petyr Baelish plotted to take her away and Randyll left to fight the Mountain Clans.
• Petyr’s guards attacked Sansa’s escort during an ambush, but Gendry fought to protect her until Randyll and the Black Hand Knights arrived.
• Petyr returned to the Eyrie with Sansa and framed her for Lysa’s murder, but Brynden Tully and the Lords Declarant entered the fortress as the Hound and Lyn Corbray moved against Petyr.
• Sansa confronted Petyr over Lysa’s and Jon Arryn’s deaths, and the Hound kicked him through the Moon Door.
• Jaime Lannister reached Castle Black, learned Jon Snow had gone to negotiate with Mance Rayder, and arranged to lead reinforcements through a secret passage.
• As Stannis Baratheon’s cavalry attacked the wildlings and was broken by giants and mammoths, Hake and the Bolton riders chose to withdraw while Jaime ordered his men to charge.