Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Jon leaves for Hardhome after Sam gives him dragonglass weapons. Aemon dies, and Sam speaks at his funeral. When two brothers attack Gilly, Sam tries to defend her and is beaten before Ghost drives them away. Gilly tends his injuries, and they sleep together. Sansa asks Theon to light the tower candle, but he tells Ramsay instead. Ramsay shows her the flayed body of the woman who carried the message about help.
Snow traps Stannis's army, and Davos urges retreat. Stannis refuses both that advice and Melisandre's proposal to sacrifice Shireen. In Dorne, Myrcella tells Jaime she wants to remain with Trystane. Tyene gives Bronn an antidote to the poison on the blade that cut him. Jorah and Tyrion are sold to Yezzan for the fighting pits. Jorah wins a bout before Daenerys, removes his helmet and presents Tyrion, who identifies himself as her gift.
Olenna fails to intimidate the High Sparrow into releasing her grandchildren and pressures Littlefinger over his part in their arrest. Cersei promises Tommen she will help Margaery, then visits the imprisoned queen, who rejects the food she brings and accuses her of causing everything. Cersei turns to the High Sparrow expecting another agreeable conversation. Instead, he reveals that Lancel has confessed their affair, and the women serving the Faith drag her into a cell.