In Season 7, Episode 5 of “Game of Thrones” — “Eastwatch” — Arya becomes suspicious of her sister, Sansa (Sophie Turner), who appears to be enjoying her authority a bit too much while Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) is away from Winterfell. Of course, Sansa denies Arya’s allegations that she means to betray their brother, but when Arya finds the old letter that Sansa wrote while being held hostage by the Lannisters (placed strategically by Little Finger), it seems to cement the younger Stark sister’s doubts.
Meanwhile, In Episode 6, “Beyond the Wall,” Sansa sneaks into Arya’s room, where she is shocked to find Arya’s collection of faces. Arya catches her in the act, and gives her a bone-chilling, not-so-veiled threat. When Sansa questions Arya about the faces, Arya tells her, “With the faces, I can choose. I can become someone else — speak in their voice, live in their skin. I could even become you.” Arya then takes a knife from a table and stalks closer to Sansa, as she wonders out loud what it might be like to wear Sansa’s face. Arya then calmly hands Sansa the knife and walks out of the room, leaving Sansa trembling in fear.
While it’s true that the sisters may not have gotten along well in the past, the idea of Arya threatening Sansa’s life is just unsettling, not to mention out of character. After all, there are so few members of the Stark family left, and it would be detrimental to their cause if they were to start turning on each other. Luckily, Sansa and Arya catch on to Lord Baelish’s (Aiden Gillen) scheme to tear them apart, and conduct a scheme of their own. Still, Arya definitely had us worried for a minute.
