
Just as we start to think that the sisters might finally be patching up their differences, Arya dashes our hopes. Sansa and Arya share a moment reminiscing, and Arya recalls a time when their father caught her practicing archery in the yard. "May it serve you well, and your children after you." The look on Jorah's face says it all-he knows Jon and Daenerys are falling for each other, and he approves. I forfeited the right to claim this sword. Although touched by the offer, Jorah refuses. Jon tries to give his sword back to Jorah-the pommel may be different now, but it's still Longclaw, the ancestral Valyrian sword of House Mormont. Jon and Jorah also have a heart-to-heart, talking about their fathers and how they died. How many of his people died for his pride?" He tells Jon, "Mance Rayder was a great man, a proud man. After playfully teasing the somewhat naïve Gendry, Tormund turns serious when discussing Daenerys with Jon.

We get some great conversations between them along the way. The expedition makes its way through the frozen tundra, and the initial tension within the group starts to fade as they realize they soon may be depend on each other for their survival. Thoros (Paul Kaye), Beric (Richard Dormer), and the Hound (Rory McCann) agreed to join their mission, and they set off beyond the Wall. Jon, Jorah, Davos, and Gendry sailed to Eastwatch, where Tormund (Kristofer Hivju) had the Brotherhood Without Banners under lock-and-key. Davos (Liam Cunningham) smuggled Tyrion into King's Landing, where Tyrion had a tense meeting with his brother while the Onion Knight tracked down Gendry (Joe Dempsie), who decided to go with them. Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) and the others hatched a mad plan to catch a wight and take it to show Cersei. Up in Winterfell, Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen) schemed to drive a wedge between Arya (Maisie Williams) and Sansa (Sophie Turner), a scheme which appeared to be working. Meanwhile, Gilly (Hannah Murray) unknowingly discovered some world-changing information about Jon.

In Oldtown, Sam (John Bradley-West) decided he had enough of the Maesters' dithering, and commited some petty theft on his way out the door. Daenerys also had an emotional reunion with the now-cured Jorah (Iain Glen), who returned to her at last. Later on Dragonstone, Jon (Kit Harington) made friends with Drogon. Dany went a little "Mad Queen" herself when she burned Randyll (James Faulkner) and Dickon Tarly (Tom Hopper) alive for refusing to bend the knee. In the fifth episode of the season, Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Cersei (Lena Headey) argued about what to do about Daenerys (Emilia Clarke), but unexpected news convinced Cersei that a temporary truce might be in their best interests: she is pregnant again.
