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** [[spoiler:Catelyn's]] is of particular note. After [[spoiler:slitting Frey's wife's throat, she]] simply stares ahead, completely motionless and empty.
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* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:Arya is within walking distance of Robb and Catelyn, and her only reward is being witness to the Red Wedding and seeing Grey Wind killed.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:Arya is within walking distance of Robb and Catelyn, and her only reward is being witness to the Red Wedding and seeing Grey Wind killed.]]
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* CoolOldGuy: Subverted. Walder Frey initally comes across as this, what with his willingness to accept Robb's apology and his [[DeadpanSnarker snarky verbal jabs]]. Yet even if you picked up on the nasty streak in some of what he was saying, [[spoiler:little can prepare you for his demeanour at what follows the bedding ceremony]].
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* HeldGaze: More is said without words than with over the course of Edmure and Roslin’s wedding. With just their eyes Catelyn says to Edmure “thanks for going through with this,” Edmure says “score!” when he gets a glimpse of his unexpectedly lovely young bride and Walder says “hah, look at what you missed out on,” to Robb once Roslin is unveiled.
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* [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon: Talisa's death for Robb, Robb's death for Catelyn]]
* [[spoiler: ThePurge: Not only of the Stark family, but of all Stark-Tully bannermen present in the hall and all the Stark-Tully men encamped outside the castle.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: A tragic example between [[spoiler:Catelyn and Walder Frey's wife. wife Joyeuse. Tragic not only because the wife Joyeuse is an entirely innocent bystander, but because the act is pointless -- Frey doesn't care whether she lives or dies anyway]].
*'''WhamEpisode''''''WhamEpisode''': [[spoiler:The whammiest since Ned's death.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: In-universe AND out. [[spoiler: Robb and Catelyn get one when their beloved die right in front of them.]] And then the whole damn ''audience'' gets one when the completely silent credits start rolling.
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*[[spoiler:AnyoneCanDie: Just in case the fans who have not read the books were not convinced yet.]]
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* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: ''And how.'' [[spoiler:Robb Stark, his mother, his wife, and all of his bannermen are slaughtered at the wedding feast and the rebellion for the North's independence is put at an end.]]
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We start the
The Stark army arrives in force at '''The Twins''', where Robb immediately meets with the Late Lord Walder Frey in order to make a formal apology to him. Walder initiates the sacred laws of hospitality by offering his guests bread and salt - symbolically and literally putting himself and those he houses under the ''inviolable'' law of guest right. Frey tells the King in the North that ''he's'' not the one that Robb needs to direct his apologies to, bringing out his array of daughters and granddaughters to face the King. They... avert HollywoodHomely; the prospective groom has a look of absolute mortification on his face. Robb promptly apologizes to them all for breaking his vow and leaving them to rot with their unsavory old man. After presenting Talisa and making a bunch of [[DirtyOldMan lewd]] [[hottip:'note': Specifically speculation about how hot Mrs. Stark is under all those clothes (something that the audience, having seen her in all her glory a few episodes prior, can attest that he guessed accurately) and the condition of various parts of her anatomy. ]] comments about her (much to Robb's displeasure, who has to be restrained from hitting Frey by Cat), Lord Walder pulls his crotchety old ass up from his throne - pitches Stark's men in tents outside the castle and formally initiates the wedding. ''"The wine will flow red. And the music will play loud!"'' Finally, a respite for our beleaguered freedom fighters.
Now we go to outside '''Yunkai''' where Daenerys is holding a war council. She asks her newest man-servant, Daario, about the location of one of Yunkai's smaller back gates on the map, and he points it
We go to '''Beyond The Wall''', where Sam is leading Gilly to one of the abandoned castles along the Wall, specifically, the Night Fort. Spouting exposition as he goes. When Gilly asks him how he can possibly know all this he replies that he read it in a [[RunningGag very old book]]. Gilly marvels at this, and says that Sam is just like a wizard. Sam grins, he ''has'' always wanted to be one.
In '''The Riverlands''', Arya and The Hound come upon a farmer and his broken cart. The Hound dismounts [[CoolHorse Stranger]], tells Arya to wait, helps the man fix his cart, and cleans his clock with a chain-mailed fist. He then moves to kill him, but Arya tries to convinces him otherwise, much to his annoyance. He lectures her on the folly of kindness in a CrapSackWorld until the unlucky pork trader stirs, so Arya grabs a slab of wood and knocks him cold again, leaving the Hound flabbergasted.
Somewhere in '''The North''', Bran and his party arrive at the same windmill that Ygritte had mistaken for a castle two episodes before. They have a small group discourse, Jojen remarks that a storm is coming. Cue thunder, and all of them agree to stay at the windmill until it passes.
Nearby, Jon and the wildlings arrive near a small farm owned by an old man who breeds horses for the Watch. The wildlings are in favor of killing the septuagenarian but Jon objects, saying that he's no threat. They disagree and run towards the farm hoping to draw the Watch from Castle Black and take the eight good mounts for themselves. Jon strikes a rock with Longclaw as he is running, alerting the horses, who in turn forewarn the old man with their panicked nickers and neighs. He gets on a horse and rides off, Ygritte tries to shoot him with her bow but Jon distracts his lover with a shout, sending her shot into a tree-trunk instead. The wildlings set off in pursuit.
Back in '''The Riverlands''', Arya and the Hound finally have the Frey's castle crossing in sight, and she is staring at it periodically, seemingly in disbelief. Within a mile of her family for the first time since all the horror began. He taunts her about this, saying that she is afraid of being so close, fearing that it can be taken away from her at any moment. Angered, she in turn, tells him that she knows about ''his'' fear of fire and ''how'' he got it. Cruelly, he tells her to try and run off to her mother and brother then, as it's the closest she's been to her kin since ''"Ilyn Payne snipped your Daddy's neck."'' Upon his utterance, she promises the Hound that ''one day''... She will drive a sword through his eye and out the back of his skull. Sandor doesn't know whether to be amused or intimidated.
In '''The North''', at the windmill, Bran and company have settled in for the night as a storm rages outside. They suddenly hear something from the parapet, which turns out to be the old man on his horse. He is cornered by the wildlings and captured. Hodor grows increasingly agitated by the thunder, and starts drawing attention. The party desperately try to calm him down, to no effect. Bran's eyes suddenly go white, and Hodor settles down, much to everybody's relief and amazement.
Outside, the wildlings bring the old man to Tormund and the rest who have just arrived. They tell Jon to execute him, to prove beyond a doubt that he is one of them. Jon draws his sword, but hesitates during the swing, causing Ygritte to shoot the horse rearer herself. Orell uses this to rile up the wildlings who surround Jon and Ygritte. Before she can shoot them, Jon knocks her down with a shoulder barge, and starts fighting them himself. Tormund restrains Ygritte to stop her from getting killed at Jon's side. In the mill, Jojen convinces Bran to possess his dire-wolf to help Jon. Bran assumes control of Summer, and proceeds to down two wildlings with Shaggydog's help. Jon slays two more of his enemies in quick succession then clashes blades with Orell. After a quick exchange of strikes he slips past the warg's guard and manages to drive Valyrian steel through his heart, but Orell in turn throws the last vestiges of his consciousness into his eagle, which attacks Jon in manic fury, clawing deep gashes into his face with its talons. He drives it off, then jumps on one of the horses and gallops down the highway, leaving Ygritte and Tormund behind. The rage boiling over the red-head's roots tells us that Jon will be in big trouble if his fiery spear-wife catches up with him!
Back at '''Yunkai''', Daario gets Jorah and Grey Worm inside the city with a bit of espionage tactics and slays the imminent men on watch.
-->'''Daario:''' That one was quick. ''(cleans arakh of fresh blood)''
-->'''Jorah:''' There may be others...
-->'''Daario:''' I doubt it, the Yunkish prefer to let their slaves do the fighting for them -
Cue the three being set upon and attacked by a dozen sentries. They engage and slay them all, but are almost immediately surrounded by an
At the wedding, Edmure meets his wife, Roslin Frey, who much to his relief and everybody else's surprise, turns out to be quite beautiful. The vows are exchanged and the two are declared husband and wife.
In the windmill, Bran talks with the others about seeing Jon fight the wildlings. Osha says that Jon will be back at Castle Black then, but Bran shoots her down as Castle Black may already be under attack. He then tells Osha that he is not asking her to come with him beyond the Wall, as he needs her to take Rickon and Shaggydog to the Umbers, who are loyal to the Starks. Rickon objects, but is eventually convinced by Bran and Osha to agree. The brothers part ways.
Outside '''Yunkai''', Dany is getting nervous waiting for news about the attack. Jorah and Grey Worm show up, breathless and blood-soaked but alive. Mormont [[AllLoveIsUnrequited (a foolish grin hitched on his face)]] informs her that the operation went off without a hitch, when the sack commenced all of the remaining slaves threw down their swords; putting her fears to rest. ''Almost.'' She asks after Daario, who is not present. Jorah's [[LoveHurts face falls]]. The man of the hour then strides in wearing even ''more'' blood than his fellow battle brothers. He kneels before his Queen and lays Yunkai's Harpy banner at her feet; claiming that the city is hers.
Finally, at the wedding at '''The Twins''', there is cheer and merriment going around. The bride and groom seem quite besotted with each other - much to Cat's and her uncle Brynden's amusement. Robb and his wife flirt playfully. Lord Frey calls for the bedding ceremony, and the bride and the groom are carried out of the hall to consummate their marriage. The Blackfish excuses himself from the celebrations to relieve himself outside. Robb and Talisa talk about strange foreign customs and her own pregnancy while Catelyn converses with Roose Bolton about his own Frey wedding to the fattest of Walder's granddaughters; for which he was paid her weight in silver for a dowry.
[[spoiler:The doors to the hall are suddenly closed, and the band begins to play "The Rains Of Castamere"; Catelyn notices this (her [[OhCrap reaction]] neatly mirroring the audiences) and realizes something is very wrong...]]
[[spoiler:In the courtyard, Robb's Dire-wolf, Grey Wind, has been locked up in a stable and is growing agitated, whining and howling. Sandor arrives with Arya, offering pork from the cart for the wedding feast, but is denied entrance. Arya spies guards running up to the castle. When the Hound turns around, Arya is gone.]]
[[spoiler:In the hall, everybody takes their seats and Lord Frey gets up and begins to congratulate the newly-wed Stark couple while saying that he still has a gift to give his new Queen. Catelyn looks to her side towards Roose Bolton, who is uncharacteristically cheerful. She lifts up his sleeve, revealing chain-mail underneath. Realizing what's about to unfold, she slaps him, then calls out to Robb. But it is too late. The musicians on the stage balcony are revealed to be crossbowmen who swap their instruments of joy for weapons of misery. Lothar Frey, who was joking with Talisa just a moment ago, pulls a curved dagger out and viciously stabs her repeatedly in the stomach. Shocked and horrified - Robb cannot even react before he is feathered by multiple bolts through the chest and legs; knocking him to the floor. The Frey banner-men and disguised sell-swords take out hidden shivs and begin butchering all of the drunken Northmen while the musicians cut down any who try to flee from their vantage point on the gallery; Catelyn takes one bolt too, wounding her in the shoulder.]]
[[spoiler:The Red Wedding has begun. As the slaughter continues, the [[EvilOldFolks perpetrator]] of this unforgivable sin sits at the high table and drinks greedily from his silver goblet; reveling in the gory spectacle.]]
[[spoiler:Outside, the same is happening to the Stark banner-men. Arya arrives in the courtyard to witness all of it, and then sees the still-caged Grey Wind get shot full of quarrels. She wanders around in shock, then sees the main door and goes for it in a daze, but is stopped by The Hound, who says it's too late. She breaks his grip and goes for the door again, but he raps her on the head and carries her away.]]
[[spoiler:Within the banquet hall, Robb desperately propels himself on all fours to Talisa, but finds her already cold upon laying his hand on her macerated womb. Frey calls an interval to the massacre so that he may jeer at his bloody and broken King. Catelyn, who has hidden under the tables, eyes Frey's wife who has also taken shelter. She takes her hostage with a steak knife at her gullet and demands Walder let her son live, swearing that the Starks will forget this atrocity if he does; all the while imploring Robb to ''"get up and walk out!"'' Frey sneers at her pleading, using the slight of Robb's broken vow to justify his heinous crime and proceeds to gloatingly ask her why he would let the ''primary victim'' of his orchestrated betrayal escape his clutches. Catelyn tells him that he ''will'' let her son go - otherwise she swears on the honour of her Houses she will cut Lady Frey's throat from ear to ear. Lord Walder considers this - then, with a devilish smirk, he simply jibes that he'll ''"find another"''. The confused and frightened Young Wolf finds his feet and locks eyes with Catelyn...]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Robb:''' [[IWantMyMommy Mother...]]]]
[[spoiler:Bolton suddenly grabs his Liege roughly, gives him ''"the Lannister's regards"'' and drives a blade through Robb's heart. He falls beside his wife's still form. Upon seeing her first-born son murdered before her eyes, the weeping and hysterical Catelyn gives voice to a long mournful cry of despair, slits Joyeuse's throat - then goes completely silent and empty as a corpse. She doesn't even notice or resist when Black Walder Frey comes up behind her, cutting her jugular and carotid arteries in one swipe. Crimson gushes. She drops to the floor.]]
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* AbsenteeActor: For the first time in the season, no scene takes place at all in King's Landing. This means several actors simply don't show up. It's particularly noticeable in Peter Dinklage's case: this is the first episode he's missed since Season 1 (this season sometimes strained to give him a scene, to keep up the pretense that he's the lead).
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In a loose sense. In the novel, the music played at Edmure's wedding is described as a loud cacophony, [[spoiler: mainly because the musicians are not professionals, but Frey soldiers. ''The Rains of Castamere'' serves primarily as a signal for the men outside to commence the slaughter, and is therefore played as loudly as possible]]. In the show's version, the music is positively pleasant, even if the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OolU7f-r5o4 title track]] becomes extremely ominous when it starts playing.
* AdaptedOut: Several Northmen, specially Dacey Mormont, as well as Greatjon Umber, who in the book [[spoiler:kills two men despite being drunk - and having outdrunk two Freys - and pulls Robb behind an overturned table before being dogpiled and captured by eight mooks]], is nowhere to be found in the climactic scene. The same happens with some Freys.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Roose Bolton]]. He is courteous, polite to ladies, disapproves of the bedding customs prevalent in Westeros [[spoiler: and has betrayed Robb to the Lannisters]]
** While viewers know Tormund Giantsbane's not really evil, the old horse-breeder was on the side of the Night's Watch, so he likely considered him to be this.
* [[spoiler:AnyoneCanDie: Just in case the fans who have not read the books were not convinced yet.]]
* AscendedExtra: Rickon possibly gets more screen-time here than in all the earlier episodes combined.
* [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther Aw Look, He Really Does Love His Idiot Nephew!]] Blackfish exasperatedly comments that ''"the gods love to reward fools"'' when he sees how happy Edmure is with Roslin, but makes it clear that he really does love him, despite showering him with contempt in nearly every previous scene.
* CompositeCharacter: Several:
** Roose Bolton takes the place of Edwyn Frey, whom [[spoiler: Catelyn discovers wearing armor beneath his clothing]].
** Joyeuse Erenford takes the place of Aegon Frey, aka Jinglebell, Lord Walder's lackwit grandson and fool, [[spoiler:in being taken hostage and killed by Catelyn]].
** Black Walder takes the place of Raymund Frey [[spoiler: in slitting Catelyn's throat]].
* BackToBackBadasses: Daario, Jorah, and Grey Worm fend of waves of Yunkish soldiers in back-to-back-to-back formation.
* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: House Stark, the one group who could claim to be the non-morally ambiguous [[TheHero Heroes]] of the War of Five Kings have been utterly destroyed as a fighting force and the North's war for independence has been crushed. As a result, House Lannister, the one group most identified as the BigBad outside of [[BiggerBad the White Walkers]], is now the undisputed power of Westeros.]]
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler: Walder Frey's hospitality speech when Robb and his banner-men arrive. He is almost choking on the words.]]
* CallBack:
** Gilly, who doesn't know any better, tells Sam that because he knows a lot of things due to his reading habit, he [[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E4CripplesBastardsAndBrokenThings is like a wizard.]]
** In his first appearance, Walder Frey dismissed his pledge of vassalage toward House Tully by saying: "I said some words." [[spoiler:During the wedding, he sums up his renewed alliance with the Starks as "some words were said".]]
** Jorah throws Ser Barristan's "If we are truly her loyal servants..." speech back at him when he wants to come on the raid with Jorah, Grey Worm and Daario.
* CoolOldGuy: Subverted. Walder Frey initally comes across as this, what with his willingness to accept Robb's apology and his [[DeadpanSnarker snarky verbal jabs]]. Yet even if you picked up on the nasty streak in some of what he was saying, [[spoiler:little can prepare you for his demeanour at what follows the bedding ceremony]].
* CreepyChild: Arya is going ever further down this line, even ''before'' the wedding.
* CrossCulturalKerfluffle: The rather serious mood of this episode is broken a bit for [[spoiler: Chilean]] audiences. In their country, [[spoiler: a common ill-willed way to call someone a "faggot" is to state ''"he likes (to eat) pig's feet"''. Cue the scene of The Hound eating precisely that, even saying it's the "best part of the animal".]]
* DeconstructedTrope: [[spoiler: TokenEvilTeammate with Roose of House Bolton; turns out that having a person that openly lacks any morals on the side of the hero just gives him the chance to betray his liege and decapitate your house when the leader begins to show signs of weakness and can't win a war on his own.]]
* DemotedToExtra: Missandei is present in the Yunkai scenes, assisting Daenerys, but doesn't have any lines.
* [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon: Talisa's death for Robb, Robb's death for Catelyn. The episode as a whole for the audience.]]
* DiedStandingUp: [[spoiler: Robb and Catelyn both stay standing for a while after the deathblow is struck. Catelyn evokes this even before her throat's cut; after screaming and killing Walder's wife she stands completely motionless and vacant as a corpse, giving the impression she was already dead when her throat was cut.]]
* DirtyOldMan: Frey makes a lot of rather explicit comments.
* [[spoiler:DisproportionateRetribution: Frey's actions were in response to Robb breaking a marriage pact. Killing everyone and committing an unthinkable taboo by breaking hospitality law may have been just a tad overdoing it.]]
* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: ''And how.'' [[spoiler:Robb Stark, his mother, his wife, and all of his bannermen are slaughtered at the wedding feast and the rebellion for the North's independence is put at an end. The only ''possible'' survivor is Ser Brynden "Blackfish" Tully, who had left before the doors were closed, but he could have been killed off-screen, too. Also sporting a better chance of survival is Edmure Tully, who was taken away for the marriage consummation before the slaughter.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** [[spoiler:Averted: Walder Frey breaks hospitality laws, which is considered a massive taboo by all cultures in-universe.]]
** Also [[spoiler:averted by The Hound, who was about to kill the cart driver for no good reason, until Arya stopped him.]]
** On the other hand, [[spoiler: when Lord Frey begins to act like a stereotypical dirty old man with respect to the bedding ceremony (and remember this is ''his own daughter'''s wedding), Roose Bolton looks positively disgusted.]]
** When Edmure's new wife Roslin is finally shown, Edmure is awestruck by how beautiful she is, defying the Frey stereotype. Robb glances back at Walder Frey, who gives Robb a look and a shrug, as if to say "Hey, I may be a prick, but even ''I'm'' not that bad." [[spoiler: Of course, he ''is'' that bad, considering what's going to happen soon after.]]
* EtTuBrute:[[spoiler: The King in the North is betrayed and killed by his bannerman Lord Bolton.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilOldFolks: Walder Frey.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity:
** The horse trader, after being caught, faces his impending execution by the wildlings with calm acceptance. [[PetTheDog Tormund helps him to his feet like he asked so he can face death standing up]].
** [[spoiler: Robb manages to struggle to his feet and stand tall before Bolton stabs him.]]
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: Robb dies with a confused "Mother" - seemingly refusing her offer to Lord Walder since Talisa is dead-. Despite her earlier speech, Catelyn's actual death comes without a word.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Hound discussing [[spoiler: Arya's mounting terror that something will snatch her family away from her again]] sounds like a HannibalLecture, but he's being more truthful than he knows.
** The episode's first scene shows Robb's plans on his map to assault House Lannister's seat of Casterly Rock supported by the Boltons and newly realigned Freys, their armies represented by map-markers reflecting their Houses' sigils. What's the problem here? [[spoiler: The Direwolf map-markers are completely surrounded by the Lion, Flayed Man and Twin Towers map-markers. The direwolf are facing the Lions and Roses with their backs turned on the Flayed Man and Twin Towers.]] Also doubles as HarsherInHindsight.
* HeldGaze: More is said without words than with over the course of Edmure and Roslin's wedding. With just their eyes, Catelyn says to Edmure “Thanks for going through with this.”, Edmure says “Score!” when he gets a glimpse of his unexpectedly lovely young bride and Walder says “Hah, look at what you missed out on!” to Robb once Roslin is unveiled.
* HeroicBSOD: In-universe AND out. [[spoiler: Robb and Catelyn get one when their loved ones die right in front of them.]] And then the whole damn ''audience'' gets one when the completely silent credits start rolling.
** [[spoiler:Catelyn's]] is of particular note. After [[spoiler:slitting Frey's wife's throat, she]] simply stares ahead, completely motionless and empty.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: The entire wedding is a particular gut wrenching one. Robb wins back the Frey army and has enough men to take on Casterly Rock, while thinking about his future child. And then the "Rains of Castamere" plays...]]
* IdiotBall: several low key but noticeable cases.
** Tormund makes a point to have the old man killed, so he won't blow their cover, but dismisses Orell when he reports shouting inside the mill; they were in no particular rush and could have sent several men to check out the building... where they'd have discovered Bran and company.
** Orell, after being dismissed by Tormund, could have warged into the eagle, have it land on the window and confirm definitely that it was indeed shouting what he heard.
** After putting a sword in him, Jon told to the dying skinchanger he was right to suspect him. Certainly not the smartest thing to do.
** Robb thinks it's perfectly acceptable to bring Talisa to the wedding - even if he eats Walder Frey's bread and salt, it still gives Frey ample opportunity to insult Robb's queen ''to her face'' in front of everybody. [[spoiler:It also brings her stomach into close proximity with several knives.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice:
** [[spoiler:Talisa is stabbed ''multiple times'' in the stomach to make sure her baby is dead. Robb ends up getting several crossbows in the chest before Roose Bolton stabs him through the heart.]]
** [[spoiler: Jon Snow runs Orell right through with Longclaw]].
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: The wildlings demand that Jon Snow kill the horse trader they capture. [[spoiler: He can't do it, thus proving where his allegiance lies.]]
* KickTheDog: In the midst of the general MoralEventHorizon, certain events stand out: [[spoiler: Roose Bolton's first gesture of open pleasure shown in the series being due to Catelyn's dawning realization of their betrayal. Talisa dying not by a cut throat, but by being repeatedly stabbed in her pregnant belly, likely on the direct orders of Walder, since his claim that he can see past the shape-hiding gown suggests he guessed that she was with child. Walder's total indifference to his wife's death: there were various things he could have done that had at least a chance of saving her, but instead he lets her know how meaningless she is to him and that she's about to die.]]
** [[spoiler:Catelyn's killing of said wife counts, as the girl was helpless, completely terrified, almost certainly had no part in the slaughter, was probably no more than sixteen (Walder gave her age as fifteen in Season 1,) and her death accomplished absolutely nothing.]]
* KilledByTheAdaptation:
** [[spoiler: Jeyne Westerling wasn't at the Red Wedding at the book. Her replacement Talisa is, mostly to give no illusions about a second degree YouKilledMyFather in later years.]]
** [[spoiler: Joyeuse Frey. In the book, Catelyn kills a mentally-challenged Frey grandson.]]
* LuredIntoATrap: [[spoiler:The King in the North, his entourage and a major chunk of his army are wiped out in the Twins when Walder Frey turns the renewal of a marriage alliance into "The Red Wedding".]]
* MamaBear: Catelyn [[spoiler: drags Walder's wife to her feet by her hair with one hand and puts a knife to her throat in a desperate and foreseeably futile attempt to give Robb a chance to survive.]]
* MusicalSpoiler: [[spoiler:Catelyn knows something is up when "The Rains of Castamere" start playing.]]
* NeverTrustATrailer: That epic shot of the Wildlings charging across a field? It's actually just to kill a random innocent bystander.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In addition to Robb's attempts to patch things up with the Freys [[spoiler: dooming the entire North]], Jon Snow's attempt to talk Tormund out of killing the horse breeder actually gives him an extra reason to do precisely that.
* ObviousJudas: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Roose's latest wife is a fat Frey granddaughter, he was paid her weight in silver by Walder for the dowry. Additionally, his [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness jovial attitude]] in the wedding is likely to set off some warning bells from viewers.]]
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Daario, Grey Worm and Jorah enter Yunkai, fight the first wave of defenders and... the next time we see them, Yunkai has already fallen.
** [[spoiler:Also, we don't see how the Hound found Arya in all the chaos, but since all the guards he was surrounded by seemed unwilling to let him pass when he asked nicely, [[{{Badass}} the Hound's]] [[KillEmAll solution to the problem is easy to guess...]]]]
* OhCrap:
** Lord Tully when he eyes the Frey daughters.
** Lord Brynden, during the wedding, when he looks at some Frey women and they direct flirty looks back at him.
** [[spoiler:Catelyn's reaction when the band starts playing "The Rains of Castamere," which is the signature song of the Lannisters. Also, her expression when she pushes up Bolton's sleeve to discover chain mail underneath the dress tunic.]]
* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: The usually stoic Roose Bolton is in a merry mood and smiling during the entire wedding [[spoiler: because he knows that the unwitting Starks and Tullys will be slaughtered and appreciates the DramaticIrony]]. Along these lines, he also displays a particularly pleased expression [[spoiler: well, a PsychoticSmirk, when he clues Catelyn in that he is wearing armor under his clothing (and therefore has betrayed Robb).]]
* PassThePopcorn: A not ''remotely'' comic example; Walder's reaction to [[spoiler: the massacre of the Starks]] definitely evokes this, with his slurping wine, eagerly watching every moment with an excited smile on his face and his [[spoiler: gesturing his men to hold off just so that he can see if Robb will make it back to his feet, and what he will do next]].
* PersonAsVerb: Bran tells Hodor to "stop Hodoring", which makes sense given Hodor's use of PokemonSpeak and possession of a VerbalTicName.
* PetTheDog:
** [[spoiler:The Hound could have easily left Arya Stark behind at the Twins, considering she's been threatening to kill him for a few episodes now, but he thumps her over the head and carries her away from the whole mess ([[CallBack in exactly the same way he carried her sister Sansa after saving her from a riot gang-rape in King's Landing last season]]) instead.]]
** Tormund (though he's not evil, he is definitely an enemy of the Night's Watch,) goes out of his way to be kind to the old horse-breeder and let him face death on his feet like he asked.
* PragmaticAdaptation:
** [[spoiler: In the book, at the sight of her son's death, Catelyn starts to tear her own face to shreds with her bare hands, and cackles maniacally. Her reaction in the TV series works equally well and probably prevented lots of {{Narm}}.]]
** [[spoiler:Talisa is killed in the Red Wedding, specifically by repeated ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice in the womb, while her initial version was not present at the event, in order to make sure there is no illusion about a later son of Robb avenging his father and grandfather years down the line.]]
** Jon escapes the Wildlings unharmed, rather than taking an arrow in the leg like in the book, likely so no time will have to be devoted to his recovery.
* PreMortemOneLiner:
** [[spoiler:When Roose Bolton fatally stabs Robb, he drives the point home with a snide "The Lannisters send their regards."]]
** A during-mortem one liner comes from [[spoiler: Jon Snow to Orell; "You were right the whole time."]]
* PsychoStrings: Suitably used for the [[spoiler: Red Wedding]].
* [[spoiler: ThePurge: Not only of the Stark family, but of all Stark-Tully bannermen present in the hall and all the Stark-Tully men encamped outside the castle.]]
* SacredHospitality: [[spoiler:Subverted by Walder Frey. '''With extreme prejudice!''']]
* SarcasticClapping: Walder Frey to Robb Stark.
* [[spoiler: ShootTheShaggyDog: The Red Wedding turns the entirety of Robb and Catelyn's story arc into this. Nearly three seasons' worth of intrigue and strife is suddenly rendered utterly pointless.]]
* SkywardScream: [[spoiler:Catelyn gives one as Robb is killed.]]
* [[spoiler: SlashedThroat: Catelyn and Walder Frey's wife Joyeuse.]]
* SilentCredits
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Greatjon Umber is nowhere to be seen, even though in the book, he was [[spoiler: captured during the Red Wedding... [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome after breaking a Frey's arm to get his sword, taking down two others with it, and only falling after being dogpiled by eight men, one of whom got half an ear bitten off in the process. This was after he'd drunk several Freys (one of them the heaviest alcoholic in the Twins, and under specific orders to get the Greatjon too drunk to fight,) under the table during the festivities]].]]
* [[spoiler: TheStarscream: Two vassal Houses betray the Great Houses they're sworn to simultaneously for the Lannisters. House Frey to House Tully and House Bolton to House Stark.]]
* StunnedSilence: Osha's reaction to Rickon's recounting of Old Nan's story about wildlings--that they will make a cup from your skull and make you drink your own blood from it. The flat what is implied.
* TakingYouWithMe: A tragic example between [[spoiler:Catelyn and Walder Frey's wife Joyeuse. Tragic not only because Joyeuse is an entirely innocent bystander, but because the act is pointless -- Frey doesn't care whether she lives or dies anyway.]]
* TapOnTheHead: The old peddler gets smashed unconscious twice (and presumably survived both with no fatal injuries,) and [[spoiler: Arya likewise gets knocked out by the Hound so he can get her out of the slaughter]].
* TheWatson: a minor case, but still counts. In the mill, Bran asks Osha how did her party cross the wall. Turns out they [[spoiler: went around it, crossing the sea in a boat - the Night Watch needs to create its own version of the Coast Guard.]]
* [[spoiler:TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Desperate to calm down Hodor, whose shouting might get them discovered, Bran ''wargs into him''. This despite having never warged at will before... and doing so into a human, something Jojen Reed confirms no one else can do. ''Superwarging'', perhaps?]]
* WeHaveReserves: [[spoiler: Walder Frey has no problem with Catelyn using his [[YouCanKeepHer wife as a hostage]] because he can always find another one.]]
* WhamEpisode: The whammiest since "Baelor".
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Wham ''Music'', when the titular song begins to play, you know shit is about to go down.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:Arya is within walking distance of Robb and Catelyn, and her only reward is being witness to the Red Wedding and seeing Grey Wind killed. Discussed earlier when the Hound talks about her habit of checking every five minutes that the castle and army are still there, and her growing fear that something will happen to stop her reuniting with them.]]
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You don't want to know.
I mean, ''really'', you don't want to know.
Just, just, yeah.
I mean, ''really'', you don't want to know.
Just, just, yeah.
