Game of Thrones season 3 - A Storm of Swords

I was waiting for this episode for a long time. And it did not disappoint in the slightest.

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I knew exactly what was going to happen, but still, watching it had me shaking with how brutal and emotional it was. I wasn't expecting Robb's wife to be killed so horribly, and i got chills when they locked the door and the music changed, the realization on Catelyn's face was beautifully well acted.

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I can't wait to see Lady Stoneheart, I love Catelyn's actress, and I'm glad she is still going to be in the show

The music change really did it for me. Something like that is subtle (way more so than the closed doors) and yet so powerful. I of course knew it was coming, but seeing

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Rob's wife stabbed like that

was brutal in a way that I had almost forgotten.

I'm usually amongst the first readers to criticize the TV version, but I really appreciate it when the writers take advantage of the visual and auditory cues that aren't available in writing.