Game of Thrones - Raines of Castamere...

[shadowkat]

Eh believe it or not, this scene was far gorier in the books. Sort of glad they didn't go there.

But in both cases it upset me, because of Arya mostly...and the fact that Robb and Catlynn had finally grown on me. It also deadened me to anything that could happen afterwards.

Weird that his wife was there and pregnant. She wasn't in the books. But I now know why - to explain why Robb is rendered defenseless and doesn't run.

Forgot the Blackfish was there...thought he wasn't. And they didn't do the scene with Edmund Tully in the bath with his new wife, who warns him when the song begins. Did it here - with Catelynn recognizing the song and seeing Lord Bolton's expression and the closing of the gates.

Oh well at least Theon wasn't on. But I missed the Lannisters quite a bit. Even though it's made clear by Lord Bolton that Tywin Lannister was behind it - when he says, "The Lannisters send their regards" - when he stabs Robb through the back.



ETA:..there be spoilage in the comments thread.

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[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten that Rains of Castamare was the Lannister House Song or Theme Song. Although Cersei does sort of tell Margery the back story behind the song in the previous episode, but I didn't realize that the song she was referring to was her house's theme song. Oh dear. That sort of makes it doubly chilling.

I do remember Ayra and Sandor fighting off the Frey soliders and someone hitting her over the head with an ax - but they didn't do that here, thank god. Probably decided the episode was busy and traumatic enough as is? (Oh apparently the girl playing Ayra is 16? This is always jarring to me in television series - the kids are played by people five -ten years older than the character's actual age, with few rare exceptions. That said, she's still very well cast. As is the kids playing Bran and Rickon...Bran is mesmerizing. That kid needs to be cast in more roles.)