I just wanted to throw out there that "Merry" had a whole two words of lines and idk I just really thought her delivery was so outstanding. I always rewind because the intonation and the facial expression make such an impression. The actress did a great job.
SNBangtan
2022-09-30 19:31:04 +0000 UTC
This season was where I caught up with the show. Ah yes the pain is coming back to me...
IBG_Music
2022-07-27 15:10:39 +0000 UTC
Like most other patrons are commenting, I have been hiding behind my hands waiting for this episode to come...When I first watched GoT, I knew a couple big spoilers, but this was not one of them. I felt just like you. It's unbelieveable, and it just doesnt stop. And then how it affects Arya and Sansa on top of it all? Total disbelief and heartbreak. This show knows how to pull real and strong emotions from its audience members...and The Red Wedding was just the beginning. GoT is ruthless and brutal like no other show I have ever watched, but maybe that's what made it so iconic and compelling.
Jenna
2022-05-31 23:43:47 +0000 UTC
Remember the first episode? Ned had to behead a member of the Night's Watch for desertion. Really, he had been separated from his party after they were attacked by White Walkers. It wasn't particularly fair, since they could have just sent him back to the Wall after he made report. Point being, Jon definitely has to go back to the Wall. If he is thought to be a deserter, his life is forfeit.
In the books, the orchestra at the wedding was BAD. Because they weren't really musicians.
Julie B
2022-05-30 17:31:09 +0000 UTC
Also i think i have PTSD from this episode... i too cant hear the rains of castemere without going into full on body reaction. When i first watched this episode i was on a late night weekend binge and it was about 3am and i remember snot sobbing for ages and legit unable to sleep... truly a brutal episode. You handled it extremely well... but yeh to say it makes you speechless isnt far off being accurate
The trauma is real from this episode... i feel like i should send my therapy bill to the showrunners and George R.R Martin
Vronnie
2022-05-29 09:01:44 +0000 UTC
Oh man... i had the day from hell, and my reward was crawling into bed to watch this.... NGL i have been dreading and yet anticipating this episode/reaction since Season 1 when you made the mistake of having favourite lol. jk i have favourites... but yes GoT is brutal to our hearts. it cares not who we love. but it is also brilliant so we forgive it.
I am looking forward to you experiencing Season 4 ... it too is a good one... not my favourite, thats not for a while yet but the complexities kick right on up a notch. and the cinematography and Soundtracks going forward are world class.
At any rate I offer some gentle comfort hugs from afar as your heart heals .... cant wait for more next season !
Also last reaction you had some comments and statements that i wont comment on yet but at a later date im sure they too will live in infamy (wont clarify which ones but there were one or two that stood out) lol
Vronnie
2022-05-29 07:55:21 +0000 UTC
When I first watched this show I didn’t see The Red Wedding coming either. I wanted to rage quit the show but I somehow managed to carry on and I’m so glad I did. This was the second time I learned it’s dangerous to have a favorite character on GoT.
Tiffany
2022-05-29 07:26:11 +0000 UTC
this!
Dani May
2022-05-29 06:21:10 +0000 UTC
I’ve been so nervous to watch you experience The Rains of Castemere/ The Red Wedding. When I read the scene in the book, I recall promptly throwing it across the room. It doesn’t get easier to watch this episode, no matter how many times you do. If you rewatch the season at some point, the signs are easier to note. I think the novel does a slightly better job of explaining Frey’s motivation (that he has been looked at as a bottom tier noble by all of the other houses for decades, and his daughter being queen would have been a transformational moment, compared to the public humiliation of Robb reaffirming (through his marriage) that the Frey’s aren’t good enough). The bread and salt the Stark army ate when they entered the hall was a sacred guest rite, which is supposed to guarantee their safety while in Frey’s house. The fact that they were killed after that goes against every sense of honor in their society (and it was, at least in part, based on events in Scottish History: The Glencoe Massacre and The Black Dinner). So sorry you are feeling this, but I am very excited for you to keep watching.
Stephanie Orman
2022-05-29 01:39:11 +0000 UTC
There is also other names as well. I believe if you are born on the river lands your surname is River.
Adam Geiser
2022-05-29 01:15:41 +0000 UTC
Your love and hope for Rob and Talisa was so hard to watch 😢 But I totally agree with what you said about Robb, his eventual downfall was started by him breaking his oath, something sad to see after years following in his father’s moral footsteps. Can’t wait for season 4! 😁
Storm
2022-05-28 22:30:52 +0000 UTC
Orell is also a warg. When Jon kills him his raven comes down from the sky. The raven is the creature he always warged into to scout an area.
We also knew that Bran could do that, but yeah.
It is super hard to keep track of everything. You are doing a great job of keeping track of almost everything. And you do see quite a lot of stuff coming. You really did know that that Walder Frey thing could be bad...
Simon Falk
2022-05-28 20:49:14 +0000 UTC
Your reaction to the end of episode 9 is the only way to react. That scene is known as "The Red Wedding" and its famously shocking and hard to watch. Its also tied for the highest rated episode of this show on IMDb at 9.9/10.
Also some fun lore, the episode is named after that song at the end, The Rains of Castemere. The song was reference briefly earlier in the show, but basically, it's about Tywin Lannister's defeat of the family Reynes of Castemere. Basically, Tywin was at war with the Reynes after they betrayed him. The Reynes family fled the battle into a cave and ask for terms of surrender. But Tywin had no mercy. He decided instead to seal off the cave and flood it with water from a nearby river, killing the entire family. The story/song is known throughout westeros which is why Catelyn knew something bad was coming.
W. Cody Pitts
2022-05-28 18:27:47 +0000 UTC
"I want every couple to be happy" well in a few minutes no couples are going to be happy.
Kayla
2022-05-28 18:19:41 +0000 UTC
I think all of us have been holding our breath till you saw this one and cringing every time you were so hopeful about them! The Red Wedding is just brutal and hard to believe when watching it that we still have 5 seasons more to go! I understand now logically, and I think you alluded to this too...there are so many characters and eventually they have to go just so we can keep up, but man does this one hurt!!
Nicki
2022-05-28 17:35:47 +0000 UTC
I think all of us have been waiting for this from the second you started this show lmao. Every time you've talked about how much you love Robb and Catelyn my heart broke for you a little more. Also to clarify the Ramsey Snow thing, all bastards in Westeros are given last names depending on where they're from; so Jon and Ramsey are Snows because they're northern, bastards from the south/dorne are named Sand etc. I can't wait for you to start season 4, it might be my favourite of the whole series.
💙 Megan 💙
2022-05-28 17:27:35 +0000 UTC
Also, all bastards in the north are given the last name Snow, and in the south they are given the name Sand. That's why Ramsay's last name is Snow but his father is Lord Bolton.
Angelique Juliette
2022-05-28 17:26:30 +0000 UTC
I am so excited to watch this with you. Episode nine is truly a traumatic experience but its some of the greatest storytelling I've watched across media.
W. Cody Pitts
2022-05-28 17:23:11 +0000 UTC
I've been dreading this day for you since you started the very first episode 😞
jennptx
2022-05-28 17:17:51 +0000 UTC
I thought I would be prepared the first time I watched this, because I had read the book. I was not ready! It still hits me hard every time I see it .
Amanda S.
2022-05-28 16:04:43 +0000 UTC
Catelyn looked up at the orchestra because they started to play the Lannister house song "the rains of castamere" and she knew instantly something was wrong.
Angelique Juliette
2022-05-28 15:50:17 +0000 UTC
i was so nervous for these two episodes omg ! "The Lannisters send their regards" gave goosebumps just like the first time i watched the show. I think episode 9 and a couple more episodes from the next seasons really shock me like no other show ever and i guess thats why GOT is in my top shows, just jaw dropping
Idk if u remember but the song the rains of castamere is a Lannister song that a few episodes ago Cersei explained to Margeory and it tells the story of how the Lannisters erradicate the Rayne family in castamere so that's why when Cat heard the song she got worried. I think the song was an amazing way of letting everybody know what was about to happen
And to wrapped this up at least we all had a full week to recover until the finale when the show was airing so i understand the need for a few minutes to continue watching. Season 4 is amazing as well so excited for u to keep going
Cat
2022-05-28 15:24:01 +0000 UTC
Oh babe i knew they were about to break your heart and i‘m so sorry, but now you know this Show ain‘t playing 🥹
Clarissa
2022-05-28 15:01:05 +0000 UTC
Rains of Castamere by Karliene is a good video on YouTube and I don’t believe there are any spoilers in it. I believe The National (Aaron Dessner from Folklore) originally covered it. It will also make way more sense when you go back and rewatch the earlier seasons and hear how many times they have sang and referenced it. And in s3e7 or 8 Cersei went into the lore pretty deeply with Margaery as well 😊
Melissa Ryan
2022-05-28 14:58:26 +0000 UTC
I’m just starting this now ♥️ I’ve been waiting anxiously for these 2 episodes to drop. I too hated the show after season 3 ended. You’re officially one of us now ♥️
Melissa Ryan
2022-05-28 14:45:34 +0000 UTC
The only words of advice I can offer are the same ones the Emperor said to Luke Skywalker, "Let the hate flow through you."
Tomasina Hill
2022-05-28 14:44:09 +0000 UTC
This is where you realize that actions have real consequences in this show, I feel like we saw that with Ned but this really solidifies that
Kerry
2022-05-28 14:07:14 +0000 UTC
Just saw the thumbnail alone and I’m way too excited to watch this😭😭 this is where shit gets REAL
Kerry
2022-05-28 13:53:20 +0000 UTC
I'm sorry to say I've been waiting three seasons for episode 3x9. I think you should know, tv reaction channels were basically born from this episode-- book readers knew what was coming and started filming their friends (who hadn't read the books) seeing it.
Amanda M.
2022-05-28 13:35:03 +0000 UTC
You are no longer a sweet summer child, You are now a hard man of winter. Welcome to game of thrones Sir.
Embodiment Of Fear
2022-05-28 13:33:04 +0000 UTC
Welcome to GAME OF THRONES!!
Adam Geiser
2022-05-28 13:26:20 +0000 UTC
i probably won't be able to watch this until tomorrow night but yeah..... I spent all season waiting for you to reach this. Like everytime you'd say how much you loved them I was like oh sweetie.......