'Game Of Thrones' Episode 4 Of Season 3: What To Expect From 'And Now His Watch Is Ended' (PHOTOS)

Episode 4 of "Game Of Thrones" is going to be a big one.

The episode, titled "And Now His Watch Is Ended," will see the first truly epic moment of the show's third season. Fans of George R.R. Martin's book franchise, on which the HBO series is based, might know what's coming in, but here's what showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff told reporters during a conference call before the Season 3 premiere.

"We always knew it was going to be one of the big ones," Weiss said (via The Hollywood Reporter). "That was one of the scenes I remember reading it for the first time in the books and being so swept away by it. I remember thinking [that] if we could ever get this to series and we could ever get to season three, we'd actually be able to put that scene on screen."

Here's how HBO describes "And Now His Watch Is Ended," the fourth episode of "Game Of Thrones" Season 3:

The Night’s Watch takes stock. Varys meets his better. Arya is taken to the commander of the Brotherhood. Daenerys exchanges a chain for a whip.

As for Joffrey and Margaery Tyrell, played by Natalie Dormer, the actress recently told TV Guide, "The Tyrells have come and arrived at King's Landing, underestimating the situation. They think that they can control the Lannisters and can take them on. They're going to get a nasty shock." But, she added, Margaery still shouldn't be discounted." Margaery is not safe," Dormer told TV Guide. "She's trying to work out what makes Joffrey tick because if she can work out what makes Joffrey tick, she can control him. And not just control him in a nasty, manipulative way, but control him for the better of the kingdom."

The first five photos from the slideshow below are from "Game Of Thrones" Episode 4 of Season 3. Plus, check out HBO's preview below:

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Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Lannister, Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen

Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark

Conleth Hill as Lord Varys, Diana Rigg as Olenna Redwyne

John Bradley as Samwell Tarly

Aidan Gillen as Petyr Baelish, Conleith Hill as Lord Varys, Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle

Noah Taylor as Locke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister

Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon

Esmé Bianco as Ros

Noah Taylor as Locke

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister, Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister, Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth

Richard Madden as Robb Stark, Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton

Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei, Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen

Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark, Finn Jones as Loras Tyrell

Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell, Diana Rigg as Olenna Redwyne, Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark

Rose Leslie as Ygritte, Kit Harington as Jon Snow

Kristofer Hivju as Tormund

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei, Dan Hildebrand as Kraznys mo Naklaz

Sibel Kekilli as Shae, Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark, Aidan Gillen as Petyr Baelish

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister

Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell

Maisie Williams as Arya Stark

Joe Dempsie as Gendry, Maisie Williams as Arya Stark, Ben Hawkey as Hot Pie

Richard Madden as Robb Stark

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lanniser, Jerome Flynn as Bronn, and Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne

Richard Madden as Robb Stark

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister

Clive Russell as Brynden "The Blackfish" Tully

Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth

Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister

Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark

Richard Dormer as Beric Dondarrion

Dianna Rigg as Olenna Tyrell

Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister

Richard Madden as Robb Stark, Oona Chaplin as Talisa Maegyr

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister

Michelle Fairley as Catelyn Stark

Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon, Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell

Ciaran Hinds as Mance Rayder

Carice van Houten as Melisandre

Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon

Rose Leslie as Ygritte

Kit Harington as Jon Snow

Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark

Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed

Thomas Brodie Sangster as Jojen Reed

Maisie Williams as Arya Stark

Paul Kaye as Thoros

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.

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'Switched At Birth' Goes Silent With Episode Almost Entirely In ASL, American Sign Language (VIDEO)

'Switched At Birth' ASL Episode: Silent Episode Communicates With American Sign Language

"Switched at Birth" went silent to make a bold statement. The show has featured ASL (American Sign Language) since its inception, and features several deaf actors and actresses, but for this week's installment, ASL was the only language spoken for the bulk of the episode. In fact, except for background music, all other sounds were muted.

While it wasn't exactly the deaf experience, it was closer than a television show has ever gotten. One scene, where Daphne set off the alarm in Bay's house, captured the confusion a deaf person can experience. As Bay and her family were running around, Daphne and the viewers at first had no idea why -- because neither she nor the viewers could hear the alarm going off.

TV Fanatic applauded the show for reaching outside its -- and viewers' -- comfort zone to make a statement. The use of ASL as a statement was powerful because it came in an episode that saw Daphne's deaf school being threatened. The school board was going to shut it down and integrate the deaf kids into hearing schools.

The students staged a protest by occupying the campus and refusing to leave. But there was dissension in the ranks as to what they wanted, and one of those things was to get rid of the few hearing kids that are attending -- like Bay.

When Bay confronted Daphne about it, saying that she wasn't standing up for family, Daphne told her, "You are making this personal. This is so much bigger than the two of us and I can’t believe you don’t know that by now."

So big that sound returned during their discussion when Bay heard the approaching sirens of the police.

Sound will return when the drama continues next week and the protesters find out if they can save their school. The show's creator, Lizzy Weiss, told TVLine that this will probably be the only all-ASL episode they ever do. They want to keep it a special experience.

"Occupy Carlton" continues on "Switched at Birth," Mondays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC Family.

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