User blog comment:Etindel/That did NOT just happen!/@comment-17639138-20130603160441/@comment-121.222.178.208-20130604002307

Agreed. I think the killing of Talisa (which is quite different to what happens to Robb's queen in the novels) was the real twist for fans who have also read the books. We knew what was coming, we knew the scale of it ... but seeing a knife driven into the belly of a woman carrying Robb's heir (and, as such, a large part of the hope for House Stark's future) was what really seemed to add dramatic weight and resonance to the scene, at least for me.

I still think the impact of the scene in the books on me was greater, more shocking, etc but Talisa's murder beyond all the rest really made the TV's version in my opinion.