June 23, 2018

This excerpt starts in the middle of the cave scene in the dragonglass mine (S07E04) and directly extends it. It fills the gap between their show dialogue, and the shot of them walking out of the mine together.

INT. PAINTED CAVE - DAY

DANY

And you say you can't defeat them without my armies and my dragons.

JON

No, I don't think I can.

Dany regards him. She steps up close to Jon -- uncomfortably close, almost.

DANY

I will fight for you. I will fight for the North.

Jon stares at her with breathless hope, hardly daring to believe this.

DANY

When you bend the knee.

And therein lies the catch. Jon weighs his words carefully.

JON

My people won't accept a southern ruler. Not after everything they've suffered.

Dany steps closer.

DANY

They will if their king does. They chose you to lead them. They chose you to protect them. Isn't their survival more important than your pride?

Jon stares back at her, pinned down by her fervor. It seems so easy to say yes. He's having a hard time remembering what's stopping him. And yet...

A long moment goes by, then Jon finally finds his voice.

JON

I'm not a proud man, your grace. I was born a bastard. I was a steward in the Night's Watch... I cut potatoes and emptied chamber pots.

(beat)

This isn't about my pride.

2.

If Dany is frustrated, she doesn't let it show.

DANY

What is it about?

JON

What happens the day after I kneel for you? What would you ask of me?

DANY

I would ask you to help me end Cersei's tyranny once and for all.

JON

I can't do that.

Now Dany does look frustrated.

JON

Winter is here. The true threat is north, not south. I cannot march my armies away from where they are needed most.

DANY

You are asking me to march my armies away and leave Cersei unchallenged.

JON

I know that.

DANY

(with heat)

Do you understand how unreasonable that is?

JON

(blunt non sequitur)

Do you want to be queen?

Dany narrows her eyes at him quizzically.

JON

Be the queen. You don't need a pointy chair for that. You name yourself Protector of the Seven Kingdoms. I'm asking you to protect them.

DANY

By abandoning them to Cersei?

3.

JON

The North is one of those kingdoms. If the North falls, the rest fall too. Do what is right for your people, the people you mean to rule. Help me defeat the Night King, prove to us that you deserve the throne, and it will be yours.

Now it's Dany's turn to be pinned down by Jon's fervor. She is silent for a moment.

DANY

There's still the Wall between us and the dead.

JON

The Wall is vulnerable. I've climbed it. I've defended it against attack.

DANY

Do the dead know how to climb the wall?

A beat.

JON

I don't know. I've learned it's best not to underestimate them.

DANY

Because you've fought them.

JON

Yes.

DANY

Those who have fought Cersei tell me it's best not to underestimate her .

There's a long, heavy silence. They can both tell that they've argued themselves to a stalemate.

JON

Where does this leave us?

Dany considers.

4.

DANY

It seems to me that you will continue doing what you think is best. And I will do what I think is best.

JON

So you respect my rule in the North?

DANY

For now, yes.

Another beat. Jon takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly.

JON

Thank you for the dragonglass, your grace.

Dany nods. The somber silence stretches on. Finally:

DANY

Shall we?

They walk out of the caves together, side-by-side.