Game of Thrones (TV Series)

The Kingsroad (2011)

Michelle Fairley: Catelyn Stark

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• [as Cersei enters, Catelyn is watching over comatose Bran, then stands, embarrassed for not being dressed properly] 

  Cersei Lannister : Please.

  Catelyn Stark : I would have dressed, your Grace.

  Cersei Lannister : This is your home. I'm your guest.

  [Catelyn sits. Cersei approaches Bran's bed] 

  Cersei Lannister : Handsome one, isn't he? I lost my first boy.

  [surprised, Catelyn stares at Cersei] 

  Cersei Lannister : A little black-haired beauty. He was a fighter too... tried to beat the fever that took him. Forgive me. It's the last thing you need to hear right now.

  Catelyn Stark : [shakes her head]  I never knew.

  Cersei Lannister : It was years ago. Robert was crazed, beat his hands bloody on the wall, all the things men do to show you how much they care. The boy looked just like him. Such a little thing... a bird without feathers. They came to take his body away and Robert held me. I screamed and I battled, but he held me.

  [Cersei's eyes are filled with tears] 

  Cersei Lannister : That little bundle. They took him away and I never saw him again. Never have visited the crypt, never.

  [long moment of silence] 

  Cersei Lannister : I pray to the mother every morning and night that she return your child to you.

  Catelyn Stark : [nods]  I am grateful.

  Cersei Lannister : Perhaps this time she'll listen.

  [Cersei leaves. Catelyn caresses Bran's hair] 

• Catelyn Stark : 17 years ago, you rode off with Robert Baratheon. You came back a year later with another woman's son. And now you're leaving again.

  Eddard Stark : I have no choice.

  Catelyn Stark : That's what men always say when honor calls. That's what you tell your families, tell yourselves. You do have a choice. And you've made it.

  Eddard Stark : Cat...

  Catelyn Stark : [crying]  I can't do it, Ned. I really can't.

  Eddard Stark : You can. You must.

• Jon Snow : I came to say goodbye to Bran.

  Catelyn Stark : You've said it.

  [Jon moves to Bran's beside] 

  Jon Snow : I wish I could be here when you wake up. I'm going north with Uncle Benjen. I'm taking the black.

  [Jon kneels down] 

  Jon Snow : I know we always talked about seeing the wall together, but you'll be able to come visit me at Castle Black when you're better. I'll know my way around by then. I'll be a sworn brother of the Night's Watch. We can go out walking beyond the Wall, if you're not afraid.

  Catelyn Stark : I want you to leave.

• Catelyn Stark : What I am about to tell you must remain between us. I don't think Bran fell from that tower. I think he was thrown.

  Maester Luwin : The boy was always sure-footed before.

  Catelyn Stark : Someone tried to kill him twice. Why? Why murder an innocent child? Unless he saw something he wasn't meant to see.

  Theon Greyjoy : Saw what, my lady?

  Catelyn Stark : I don't know. But I would stake my life the Lannisters are involved. We already have reason to suspect their loyalty to the Crown.

  Rodrik Cassel : Did you notice the dagger the killer used? It's too fine a weapon for such a man. The blade is Valyrian steel, the handle dragonbone. Someone gave it to him.

  Robb Stark : They come into our home and try to murder my brother? If it's war they want...

  Theon Greyjoy : If it comes to that, you know I'll stand behind you.

  Maester Luwin : What, is there going to be a battle in the Godswood? Huh? Too easily words of war become acts of war. We don't know the truth yet. Lord Stark must be told of this.

  Catelyn Stark : I don't trust a raven to carry these words.

  Robb Stark : I'll ride to King's Landing.

  Catelyn Stark : No. There must always be a Stark in Winterfell. I will go myself.

  Robb Stark : Mother, you can't.

  Catelyn Stark : I must.

  Rodrik Cassel : I'll send Hal with a squad of guardsmen to escort you.

  Catelyn Stark : Too large a party attracts unwanted attention. I don't want the Lannisters to know I'm coming.

  Rodrik Cassel : Let me accompany you, at least. The kingsroad can be a dangerous place for a woman alone.

  Robb Stark : [Cat nods in agreement]  What about Bran?

  Catelyn Stark : I have prayed to the Seven for more than a month. Bran's life is in their hands now.