On his way home, Tyrion stops at Winterfell, where he gets a frosty reception from Robb Stark but presents the Starks a saddle design that will allow the paraplegic Bran to ride a horse. Catelyn unexpectedly encounters Tyrion at a roadside tavern and, rallying her father's Riverrun allies, arrests him for conspiring to murder her son. In King's Landing, Ned's investigation into the death of his predecessor gets underway: secretly looking into Jon Arryn's death, he discovers one of King Robert's illegitimate children, Gendry.
At the Wall, Jon takes measures to protect Samwell Tarly, an awkward and friendless recruit, from the other Watchmen's abuse. A frustrated Viserys clashes with his newly empowered sister.