Warning: Spoilers follow for all of HBO's Game of Thrones that has aired so far, up through the episode "The Door."
Over the course of five and a half seasons, Game of Thrones has had some truly shocking moments, scary moments, violent moments and badass moments. But the most recent episode, "The Door," reminded us that it can also have some truly scarring, sad moments, as we discovered the origin of Hodor's name during a bit of time travel and an epic example of self sacrifice.
There wasn't a dry eye in the realm, as a stableboy at Winterfell collapsed to the ground because Bran was visiting the past, while a dangerous bit of the present day - a massive White Walker attack - bled through and into young Willys' brain, causing him to become Hodor. It was a tragic loop and one of the most emotional, revealing moments on the entire series.
On the heels of that monumental scene, we thought we'd take an updated look back at the saddest, most soul-crushing moments from Game of Thrones. Here are the most heartbreaking scenes from a show known for its cruel hand and contempt for heroics.
Not that Bran getting pushed out of a window wasn't an intense way to close out the pilot episode, but it was in Episode 2, "The Kingsroad," where we'd really start to get a taste of this show's love of tragic twists. This was when Joffrey first revealed himself to be the monster we'd all grow to despise when he ordered The Hound to kill Arya's friend Mycah, the Butcher's Boy.
The sadness wouldn't cease with Mycah though, as Ned was also ordered by Cersei to execute Sansa's direwolf, Lady - after Arya sent her own wolf, Nymeria, away in order to save her. As the Stark sisters quickly learned, the Lannisters were already very talented at "sending their regards."
While Ned's beheading will forever hold a rightful place on the list of Game of Thrones' most jaw-dropping deaths, the fact that both Arya and Sansa had to be there for it still tears our collective heart in two. Sansa up on the steps of the Sept and Arya out in the crowd, mercifully being shielded from the horror by Yoren.
As though it wasn't traumatic enough to watch Winterfell fall into the hands of Theon's Ironborn in Season 2, Maester Luwin was mortally wounded during Bran and Rickon's escape. Knowing he wasn't long for the world of Ice and Fire, he asked Osha to deliver a final stab of mercy.
Season 3 marked a rough, redemptive road for Jaime Lannister. With his sword hand unceremoniously lopped off, the elder Lannister brother broke down in a bathtub, crumbling under all the hate people had hurled at him ever since he killed the Mad King. And it was this touching moment with Brienne that helped transform the "Kingslayer" into a fan-favorite.
Look, ALL of the Red Wedding is awful and we're not here to argue otherwise. But there was a particularly wrenching, sad moment toward the end, when Catelyn was trying to give Robb an opportunity to flee. She'd taken Walder Frey's wife hostage and was begging her son to save himself, but all Robb could do was mourn the death of his wife.
He was paralyzed by grief. And so were we.
Read on for more heartbreaking Game of Thrones moments...
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