--- ---  # _Game of Thrones_' Isaac Hempstead Wright Knows Exactly What Bran Is Doing to Littlefinger  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 10, 2017 1:16 PM UTC  Sophie Turner, Isaac Hempstead Wright and Maisie Williams in Game of Thrones Sophie Turner, Isaac Hempstead Wright and Maisie Williams in Game of ThronesHelen Sloan/HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 10, 2017 1:16 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for season seven of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/). [Littlefinger](http://time.com/4889240/game-of-thrones-bran-stark-littlefinger-chaos-conversation/) definitely got more than he bargained for by giving [Bran Stark](http://time.com/4882189/game-of-thrones-bran-stark-sansa-three-eyed-raven/) the [Valyrian steel dagger](http://time.com/4860875/game-of-thrones-samwell-tarly-citadel-dragonglass/) used by the cutthroat who tried to assassinate him in Sunday’s episode of _Game of Thrones_. Instead of thanking him, Bran responded with a statement that seemed to momentarily break through Littlefinger’s careful mask of control. “Chaos is a ladder,” Bran interjected into Littlefinger’s musings, echoing a statement the master manipulator made to Varys during a [conversation in the Red Keep throne room](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tejsD8QdlN8) in season three. Although it’s still unclear exactly how much Bran — or should we say, the Three-Eyed Raven — knows about Littlefinger’s past, Isaac Hempstead Wright — who plays Bran — [told HBO](http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/isaac-hempstead-wright-on-the-fine-balance-of-playing-bran) that the callback was meant to be disconcerting. **MORE:** **To stay up to date on everything** **_Game of Thrones_** **, follow our all-encompassing** [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook)[ **page**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook) **and sign up for our** [**exclusive** ](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)[**newsletter**](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)**.** “That was my favorite scene to film this season. It was so neat to say something that cool,” he explained. “The fact that Bran [heard that line](http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/did-you-catch-this-the-spoils-of-war-thrones-throwback) means that he’s gone back and looked through Mr. Baelish’s timeline. His intention is to slightly rattle Littlefinger, to say, in just a subtle, really creepy way, ‘I know what you’re up to.'” Hopefully this means that Bran re-gifting the dagger to Arya was intended to set Littlefinger’s downfall in motion. “Eastwatch,” the fifth episode of _Game of Thrones_‘ seventh season, airs Aug. 13 at 9 p.m. on HBO. 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