S5E1 · The Wars to Come

Complete story — includes the ending

In a flashback, a witch foretells a teenage Cersei Lannister that she will one day be a queen until a younger and more beautiful queen usurps her. The witch also predicts Cersei will have three children and her king husband will have twenty. In the present, her father, Tywin Lannister, is buried, and her cousin, Lancel Lannister, returns, now a devoted convert of a fanatical religious sect of the Faith of the Seven called the "Sparrows". In Pentos on Essos, a despondent Tyrion Lannister accompanies Varys to Meereen to meet Daenerys Targaryen, who Varys believes may be worthy of the Iron Throne. In Meereen, the insurgent Sons of the Harpy murder an Unsullied. Daenerys angrily resists restoring old local traditions, including reopening the fighting pits. Missandei asks Unsullied commander Grey Worm why some Unsullied visit brothels. Daenerys visits her two confined dragons, who act aggressively toward her. In the Vale of Arryn, Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish puts Robin Arryn in House Royce's care when he and Sansa Stark depart. At the Wall, Stannis Baratheon seeks to recruit the wildlings to his war against Roose Bolton, offering citizenship and land as a reward. Jon Snow is unable to persuade Mance Rayder to "bend the knee" to Stannis. As Mance is burned alive, Jon ends his agony with an arrow to the heart.