INT.

WINTERFELL GREAT HALL - DAY

ARYA STARK walks into the great hall, escorted by two

STARK GUARDS.

Sansa sits at the high table. Bran sits by her side, in

his wheelchair. He watches Arya with no trace of
brotherly affection.

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Arya glances at the Knights of the Vale on either side of

her. Far more men than she could kill, and all of them loyal
to Sansa.

She sees Littlefinger leaning against the wall, in the same

position where he stood at the end of 610. Watching Arya
with the faintest trace of a smile.

Not a good sign, Arya. She glances behind her as the door
is shut and Knights of the Vale fill the gap. Surrounded on
all sides.

The room is very quiet. Arya looks at her sister.

ARYA
Are you sure you want to do this?

A beat before Sansa replies.

SANSA
It’s not what I want. It’s what
honor demands.

Arya smiles.

ARYA
And what does honor demand?

SANSA
That I defend my family from those
who would harm us. That I defend
the north from those who would
betray us.

Arya nods. She glances at Littlefinger, who stares back at

her. She looks at Lord Royce. No love there. Bran, her baby
brother? Nothing.

ARYA
All right, then. Get on with it.

SANSA
You stand accused of murder. You
stand accused of treason.

Sansa’s eyeline shifts.

SANSA
How do you answer these charges,
Lord Baelish?

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Littlefinger stiffens, as everyone in the room looks at him.

Everyone else is in on it. For once, Littlefinger is the man

on the outside.

As if caught in a bad dream, he cannot speak for a moment.

ARYA
I asked you a question.
LITTLEFINGER
Lady Sansa... forgive me. I’m a bit
confused--

SANSA
Which charges confuse you? Let’s
start with the simplest one. You
murdered our aunt, Lysa Arryn. You
pushed her through the Moon Door
and watched her fall. Do you deny
it?

Littlefinger stares at her, unable to process what’s

happening. He turns and sees Lord Royce staring coldly at
him.

LITTLEFINGER
I did it to protect you--

SANSA
You did it to take power in the
Vale. Earlier you conspired to
murder Jon Arryn. You gave Lysa
Tears of Lys to poison him. Do you
deny it?

Littlefinger opens his mouth but cannot speak for a beat. How
does she know this?

LITTLEFINGER
Whatever your aunt might have told
you... she was a troubled woman.
She imagined enemies everywhere.

SANSA
You had Aunt Lysa send a letter to
our parents, telling them it was
the Lannisters who murdered Jon
Arryn. When really it was you.

Littlefinger is one of the coolest cucumbers in the garden,

but even he starts to sweat now. His prosecutor is armed with
information she cannot possibly know.

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SANSA
The conflict between the Starks and
the Lannisters, it was you who
started it. Do you deny it?

LITTLEFINGER
I know of no such letter.

SANSA
You conspired with Cersei Lannister
and Joffrey Baratheon to betray our
father, Ned Stark. Thanks to your
treachery he was imprisoned and
later executed on false charges of
treason. Do you deny it?

The walls are closing in on Littlefinger. But he’s not going

down without a fight.

LITTLEFINGER
I deny it. None of you were there
to see what happened. None of you
knows the truth--

SANSA
You held a knife to his throat. You
said, “I did warn you not to trust
me.”
Littlefinger looks at Bran. And now he understands how all
his crimes have come to light.

Arya draws the Valyrian steel dagger.

SANSA
You told our mother this knife
belonged to Tyrion Lannister. But
that was another one of your lies.
It was yours.

Littlefinger sees the steel glint in the torchlight.

He turns back to Sansa.

LITTLEFINGER
Lady Sansa. I’ve known you since
you were a girl. I’ve protected
you--

SANSA
Protected me? By selling me to the
Boltons?

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LITTLEFINGER
If we could speak alone, I can
explain everything.

SANSA
Sometimes, when I’m trying to
understand a person’s motives, I
play a little game. I assume the
worst. What's the worst reason you
have for turning me against my
sister? But that’s what you do,
isn’t it? That’s what you’ve always
done. Turn family against family,
turn sister against sister. That’s
what you did to our mother and Aunt
Lysa. And that’s what you tried to
do to us.

LITTLEFINGER
Sansa. Please.

SANSA
I’m a slow learner, it’s true. But
I learn.

LITTLEFINGER
Give me a chance to defend myself.
I deserve that.

Seeing no hint of mercy on Sansa’s face he turns to Lord

Royce.

LITTLEFINGER
I am Lord Protector of the Vale and
I command you to escort me safely
back to the Eyrie.

Lord Royce stares at Littlefinger. He would behead the man

himself, but it’s not his place.

SANSA
I think not.

Littlefinger realizes too late that the best laid plans gang
aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain.

He sinks to his knees.

LITTLEFINGER
Sansa. I beg you. I loved your
mother since the time I was a boy.

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SANSA
And yet you betrayed her.

LITTLEFINGER
I loved you more than anyone.

SANSA
And yet you betrayed me.

Sansa stands.

SANSA
When you brought me back to
Winterfell, you told me there’s no
justice in the world. Not unless we
make it.

She nods to Arya.

Littlefinger glances at the Stark girl, who now walks toward

him, a petite executioner, dagger in hand.

SANSA
Thank you for all your many
lessons, Lord Baelish. I will never
forget them.

LITTLEFINGER
Sansa--

Arya swipes the dagger across his throat so fast he doesn't

see it happening until it's over.

He falls face forward to the floor, clutching at his throat,

trying to keep his life blood from spilling out.

Everyone in the great hall watches him die. And no one moves
a muscle to help him.

(CONTINUED)