"Game of Thrones" The Rains of Castamere (TV Episode 2013) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • Walder Frey makes some mild sexual references.

Violence & Gore

  • Severe.
  • Frey men kill wolf by crossbow.
  • This episode is extremely violent and gory, marking the third most violent episode ever on "Game of Thrones" to date, and one of the most violent in television history to date.
  • In one scene, three men and an army attempt to take a city, there are shots of men being impaled, throats slit, etc.

Profanity

  • Mild.
  • 1 use of "fuck", some other less strong language.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Mild.
  • Quite a lot of drinking at the wedding. Men are shown to be clearly drunk.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • One of the more harrowing episodes in any television series ever
  • Severe.
  • Frey men kill a wolf by crossbow.

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Violence & Gore

  • Frey men kill Grey Wind by crossbow.
  • In another scene, a pregnant woman gets repeatedly impaled in the womb, mortally wounding the woman and her unborn baby, graphic depictions of men getting slaughtered by the other army. An older woman gets shot in the back by an arrow, but lives. Her son gets shot repeatedly shot by arrows, but lives. You also see men with crossbows shooting a direwolf in a cage and other men being slaughtered. Later in the scene, the woman who was shot in the back grabs the other army's leader's wife and demands mercy for her son or she will slit his wife's throat. After the man denies, her son's bannerman impales her son in the heart, which kills him. After witnessing his death, his mother wails and screams in agony while slitting the man's wife's throat. After slitting her throat, a soldier grabs the mother and slits her throat, and ends the episode in complete silence.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Catelyn Stark's wails after witnessing her son's murder are incredibly realistic and heartbreaking
  • Deaths: Old man, Orell, Talisa Stark, Ser Wendel Manderly, Grey Wind, Robb Stark, Joyeuse Frey, Catelyn Stark, At least 3 wildlings,Many Yunkai soldiers, Many Stark and Tully bannermen, Many Stark soldiers.
  • Frey men kill Grey Wind by crossbow.
  • "The Rains of Castamere" is the show's most gruesome and heartbreaking episode yet. The final scene is one of the most shocking, intense, and graphically violent scenes in television history. There is constant blood and gore in more than one scene. A pregnant woman gets impaled in her womb repeatedly, mortally wounding her and her unborn child, men get slaughtered, in both scenes, and several characters are horribly murdered.

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