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Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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I remember watching this the first time with my wife. I had already read the books, so I knew what was about to happen. My eyes were fixated on my wife, who I assumed was probably expecting him to get rescued.
The look on her face.
I wasnt ready for the ‘The Red Wedding’
I thought the same when I read the book as a kid. It blew my little mind
I was like “But…but, he is the most famous actor in the entire cast..”
I was convinced Arya would jump in and save the day. I was so naiv back then…
This is the single best episode of television I have ever personally watched. This propelled GOT from an interesting fantasy series to absolute peak TV. In everyone’s mind, no one was safe after Ned died like that.
What do you mean save him? He was supposed to be spared, going in to this scene all signs pointed towards Ned confessing his “treason” and his life spared, probably sent to the wall or something similar. It was only the fickle cruelty of Joffrey that left him dead. Both Cersei and Tyrion were shocked and appalled.
I called my dad when that happened cause he saw it before me, and i was like “okay how are they gonna bring him back?? He has to come back right??” Nope. He did not have to come back…
“I don’t know this actor. What is he known for?”
— OP
That scene really set the tone for the entire rest of the show for me. Up until that point it seemed to be a normal series with a good story line, but good lord when >!Ned lost his head!< I was in shock
Its Sean Bean. thats the first clue. the man dies in everything.
Been rewatching it and enjoying it.
While the endings execution was not good. I remember the initial outrage being so much more over the results, like where everybody’s favorite characters landed, which seems strange because the amount of foreshadowing is pretty crazy to be honest.
There’s literally parallel scenes of Sansa being regal, empathic and a leader in an impossible abusive situation, while Daenerys is already on a path of fire, vengeance, cynicism and paranoia.
I think the show later on framing her being hard on slavers as a “bad” thing really confused and muddled the messaging of her trajectory.
Us practically not even getting a Winter really was the biggest let down in my eyes.
I loved watching it with friends who were late to the party. They were worried about him as the season went on and I hit them with “well do you really think they’d kill off the main character season one?” I got’em real good with that.
book Sansa’s inner monologue makes me so fucking sad.
“Frog-faced Lord Slynt sat at the end of the council table wearing a black velvet doublet and a shiny cloth-of-gold cape, nodding with approval every time the king pronounced a sentence. Sansa stared hard at his ugly face, remembering how he had thrown down her father for Ser Ilyn to behead, wishing she could hurt him, wishing that some hero would throw him down and cut off his head. But a voice inside her whispered, There are no heroes…”
That’s when we learned no one was safe. At least we could hope for Joffrey to be killed.
Killing Oona Chaplin broke my heart, tho.
No one was safe on GOT.
I straight up think it was this single scene that elevated the show the next level of interest and has remained the essence of the show (until it got ruined)
But anyone could die was the main thing about the show at first
One of the biggest rugpulls
I started watching the show while it was already running for 2-3 seasons. First, I assumed he’s the main character so he would survive the entire show, but then I accidentally watched the IMDB page and saw he only appears in 9 episodes.
You should’ve known he was gonna die… it’s Sean Bean
My mom walked in the room while I was witnessing this scene for the first time and said she’s never seen me or anyone react to a show like that haha. Such a great show/scene.
I was waiting like WWE, glass breaks Austin runs down the ramp and hits the guards with a few stunners. Heart broken when it didn’t happen.
so true! I was like which cliche trope will they use to save him? after this scene, I knew I wasn’t watching any regular show
My dad quit the show after this
Never read the book, but how main characters in the show were constantly sacrificed throughout seasons was a wild ride. Unpredictable and loved every minute.
That’s when I changed the channel, and never went back.
I went mute for 2 hours after the red wedding episode