Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Criston attacks the Riverlands army's camp, then presses his own exhausted men towards a crossing that has already been destroyed. Their horses are injured by traps, leaving them unable to move as he intended. Gwayne recognises that Criston is seeking a glorious death rather than a way to save the company. When Criston refuses his offer to abandon the campaign for Oldtown, Gwayne leaves him and heads towards Ormund's forces at Tumbleton.
Aemond wakes at Harrenhal under Alys's care, frightened by his injuries and the loss of his position. He learns that King's Landing has fallen and cannot find Vhagar. When bounty hunters threaten Alys, he intervenes and kills them. In the capital, Alicent tries to persuade Helaena to end her pregnancy, fearing what another possible heir would mean in captivity. Helaena refuses, and Alicent drinks the medicine herself to conceal its purpose from Mysaria.
Rhaenyra faces killings among the Gold Cloaks while her son Joffrey returns to the castle. Daemon tries to rally unpaid men, then discovers a prisoner carrying a coin made in Daeron's image. The killings are being organised in the prince's name. Alicent and Helaena try to escape, but become trapped inside a dark passage. Aegon and Larys encounter the surviving Tyland, while Daemon finds Luthor Largent and the City Watch's senior men murdered in their barracks.