'Red Wedding' Episode Sets 'Game of Thrones' Tongues Wagging (Spoilers)

Fans of HBO's "Game of Thrones" were shocked Sunday when not one but three main characters — and one four-legged direwolf — were killed off in the episode dubbed "Red Wedding," sparking outrage on social media.

In a lesson on why not to get overly emotionally attached to fictional television characters, the "Game of Thrones" episode ended with the graphic murders of the remaining members of the Stark clan — mom Catelyn, son Robb, and his pregnant wife Talisa — along with a dozen or so wedding guests. Robb's direwolf Grey Wind was also killed off, though not on screen.

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The brutal murders stunned the series' loyal followers, who took to Twitter to express their outrage against the show and George R. R. Martin, author of the "Game of Thrones" fantasy novels that inspired the HBO series.

What I just witnessed on #gameofthrones hurts more than when my parents got divorced. My therapist and I have a whole new set of issues.

— Joshua Schottland (@bonelesswings) June 3, 2013

Why doesn't George R.R. Martin use twitter? Because he killed all 140 characters. #got

— Travis H Moore (@xdoctortx) June 3, 2013

For every Twitter user who cancels HBO because of tonight’s #GoT I’ll donate $10 to the George RR Martin Fund for Dead Fictional Characters.

— Ryan Block (@ryan) June 3, 2013

Describing #GoT to non-fan: It'd be like if Don Draper was getting annoyed with Roger, and just suddenly beheaded him. And Peggy. And Joan.

— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) June 3, 2013

George RR Martin likes to give kids lollipops and take them away just to make them cry. Then for good measure he beheads their parents #got

— Brock Klein (@BrockAK77) June 3, 2013

Here is a compilation of viewer reactions to Sunday night's "Red Wedding" episode (Editor's note: Video contains explicit language).  





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