Sam Keeps Saving the Day on 'Game of Thrones'

[Warning: This story contains spoilers through the second episode of Game of Thrones' seventh season, "Stormborn."]

Samwell Tarly (John Bradley) once again rolled up his sleeves and did the dirty work no one else was willing to do in Sunday's episode of Game of Thrones, "Stormborn." For the second week in a row, Sam was arms deep in body fluids — this time without a soaking wet fruitcake in sight, thankfully. What the sequence lacked in bedpan humor, it made up for in the sickening sight of Sam performing surgery on Ser Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen), suffering from an aggressive case of greyscale, a skin disease that eventually results in death, but not before the patient goes completely insane.

Last season, Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) sent Jorah out into the world to find the cure for his illness. His search brought him to the Citadel, where nobody except for Sam was willing to treat his condition. For his part, Sam's desire to help Jorah comes down to their mutual connection to the late Lord Commander Jeor Mormont (James Cosmo), killed at Craster's Keep the same night Sam rescued Gilly (Hannah Murray) from her lifetime of abuse and servitude. 

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Game of Thrones also stars Lena Headey and Maisie Williams.