Ned and his daughters arrive at King's Landing, where he attends the Small Council and learns Westeros has been poorly managed and is deeply in debt. Discovering that Arya aspires to be a swordsman and got a sword from Jon, he sends her to swordsmanship lessons. Catelyn travels to the capital to covertly warn her husband about the assassination attempt but is intercepted by her childhood friend, Councillor Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish. Bran learns he will never walk again and remains unable to remember the events leading to his fall.
At the Wall, Jon attempts to find his place among the Night's Watch, proving more skilled than the low-born recruits and convicted criminals around him, and Lord Commander Jeor Mormont asks the departing Tyrion to plead with the King to send more recruits. Daenerys, now pregnant, stands up to Viserys, threatening him if he ever abuses her again.