This episode takes its title from the House Martell motto — "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" — and uses the strength of those words to juxtapose the fate of two young women. In Braavos, Ayra Stark endures hazing by Jaqen H'ghar at the House of Black and White after a poor attempt to lie about her past. Meanwhile, Sansa's past as the member of a powerful noble house draws the ire of Ramsay Bolton who rapes her and forces Theon to watch.