Game Of Thrones: 18 Most Outrageous Moments So Far
1. The Red Wedding
It’s the wedding of Edmure Tully and Rosalin Frey. They’ve been sent off for the bedding, and Walder Frey appears to have forgiven Robb Stark for going against the agreement to marry one of his daughters. All seems well, and then chaos descends.
It’s a moment that simultaneously manages to feel in slow-motion, yet everything happens really fast. There’s the locking of the doors, the subtle shift in music to Rains of Castamere, and Roose Bolton showing that he’s wearing armour.
Next moment Robb’s heavily pregnant wife Talisa is being stabbed repeatedly in the stomach, and then the King in the North is shot with multiple arrows. You sit on the edge of your seat, eyes-wide in horror, mouth open but you’ve forgotten how to scream, forgotten everything apart from the madness on the screen in front of you. And it only gets worse.
Catelyn threatens Walder’s wife, slits her throat, and then has hers opened in return. Meanwhile, the Lannisters send their regards, by way of Robb being stabbed in the chest. He’s dead, his wife and mother are dead, and you remain motionless in total shock. Yes, this is Game of Thrones.