Stark continues the war against the Lannisters; Tyrion arrives to save Joffrey from threats old and new; Daenerys searches for allies & water in the Red Waste; Jon Snow and the Night's Watch shelter beyond the Wall.

Tyrion administers justice after a bloody purge in the capital; Arya shares a secret with a Night's Watch recruit on the road north; Dany's scout returns with disturbing news; Theon Greyjoy returns to the Iron Islands.

Tyrion plots alliances through the promise of marriage; Catelyn arrives in the Stormlands to forge her own alliance; Balon Greyjoy maps out his strategy of attack; Luwin tries to decipher Bran's dreams.

Catelyn entreats Stannis and Renly to unite against the Lannisters; Tyrion practices coercion with a queen's man; Dany finds her ally outside the gates of salvation; Melisandre casts a large shadow on the Stormlands.

The Baratheon rivalry ends forcing Catelyn to flee and Littlefinger to act; Tyrion learns of Cersei's secret weapon; Arya collects a debt she didn't know was owed; Jon and the Night's Watch man an ancient fortress.

Theon completes his master stroke; the Lannisters send Myrcella from harms way just in time; Arya comes face to face with a surprise visitor; Dany vows to take what is hers; Qhorin gives Jon a chance to prove himself.

Jaime meets a distant relative; Dany receives an invitation to the House of the Undying; Theon leads a search party; Jon loses his way in the wilderness; Cersei counsels Sansa.

Theon receives a visitor and holds down the fort at Winterfell; Arya calls in her debt with Jaqen in a way that displeases him; Robb is betrayed; Dany ignores Jorah's advice; Stannis & Davos approach their destination.

Tyrion and the Lannisters fight for their lives as Stannis' fleet assaults King's Landing.

Tyrion awakens to a new world; Joffrey rewards his subjects; Theon stirs his men to action as Luwin offers words of advice; Brienne silences Jaime; Arya receives a gift from Jaqen; Jon proves himself to Qhorin.