Tywin grooms his young grandson Tommen to be the new king and extends an olive branch to Oberyn, enlisting him and Mace Tyrell as his fellow judges for Tyrion's impending murder trial; Tyrion, pondering his options, chooses Jaime as his witness. Littlefinger, who hired Ser Dontos to retrieve Sansa, has him killed, then smuggles her out of King's Landing aboard his ship. In the Riverlands, a peasant farmer and his daughter offer Arya and the Hound hospitality; the Hound teaches Arya the way things are by robbing him, angering her. To replenish Stannis's depleted forces, Davos plans to request a loan from the Iron Bank of Braavos to hire a mercenary army from Essos.
At Castle Black, Sam realizes the castle isn't safe for Gilly and moves her and Little Sam to nearby Mole's Town. With the Wildlings raiding northern villages and the Night's Watch learning that the mutineers are camped at Craster's Keep, Jon proposes a bold plan: attack the mutineers before they can leak Castle Black's defensive weaknesses to Mance Rayder's approaching army. Daenerys arrives at Meereen, chooses her champion, and gives a rousing speech before the city's gates, offering its slaves their freedom.