content: "'''Two Swords'''" is the fourth season premiere episode of HBO's fantasy television series ''Game of Thrones'', and the 31st overall. The episode was written by series co-creators and showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Weiss. It premiered on April 6, 2014.
  The title of the episode refers to the two swords Tywin Lannister forges from Ice, Ned Stark's large Valyrian steel sword, in the opening sequence.