
“Tell them winter came for House Frey.”Īnd with that that, the episode cuts to the main title sequence, just enough time to process the gravity of Arya’s actions. “Tell them the North remembers,” says Arya. She turns to the lone survivor - Walder’s youngest and latest wife - and tells her to deliver a message to the crown. Frey then reveals he’s not Frey at all, as he rips off his own face and reveals the true killer beneath: Arya. Within seconds, every single Frey hits the floor, dead or rapidly dying from drinking poisoned wine. Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe.” You should have ripped them all out, root and stem. “But you didn’t slaughter every one of the Starks,” Frey continues. Soon, the chill is replaced with choking, as the various Freys begin gagging and gasping for air. Slaughtered your guests after inviting them into your home.”įrey’s vivid description of how Talia ( Oona Chaplin) and Catelyn (Michelle Fairley) died sends a chill through the room. “Butchered a woman, pregnant with a baby. When they set down their cups, Frey praises his family as “the men who helped me slaughter the Starks at the Red Wedding.” They cheer uproariously, and Frey quickly quiets them down, greatly changing the temperature in the room. “Proper wine for proper heroes,” he bellows. Frey makes all of the gathered members of the family drink a glass of Arbor Gold, a highly valued white wine grown in the south of Westeros. The old man reveals that he’s “gathered every Frey who means a damn thing so I can tell you my plans for this great house now that winter has come,” and in a certain reading of those words, he’s not lying. Since when does Old Walder give us two feasts in a single fortnight?” “You’re wondering why I brought you all here,” says Frey. Frey loudly taps his table twice in order to get his fellows’ attention, a move that harkens back to how the original Red Wedding launched. A very much alive Lord Frey sneers down at his gathered family members, all of whom are drinking and eating and otherwise causing a ruckus.


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