10 Devastating TV Show Moments That Came Out Of Nowhere
1. The Red Wedding - Game Of Thrones
Obviously, it’s the Red Wedding.
More so than any other sequence in Game of Thrones, from Oberyn to Eddard to Joffrey to Hodor, The Red Wedding exemplifies everything GoT stands for when it comes to sudden, brutal devastation.
Eddard Stark's execution was the first time we were exposed to the episode 9 curse, but at that point the show was still in its early days, and there was a long drawn out execution scene to brace us for the fact. Plus, with it being Sean Bean and all, we might have guessed his character was not long for the world. The Red Wedding is that times fifty. Robb Stark, Catelyn Stark, Talisa Stark and her unborn child, along with countless Stark men and even Grey Wind, Robb’s direwolf.
The moment’s impact propelled Game of Thrones to the biggest show in the world and remains to this day its most avidly discussed scene. It is the moment all other shocking or tragic turns in both TV and film are measured against, and the clearest example of how the most devastating moments are also the most remembered and, if not exactly ‘loved’, most important moments to the shows viewers.
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