The episode was widely praised by critics and cited as one of the best of the series . Rotten Tomatoes , a prominent review aggregator , surveyed 21 reviews of the installment and judged 100 % of them to be positive with an average score of 9.9 out of 10 . The website 's critical consensus reads , " The most unforgettable episode of Game of Thrones thus far , ' The Rains of Castamere ' ( or as it shall forever be known , ' The Red Wedding ' ) packs a dramatic wallop that feels as exquisitely shocking as it does ultimately inevitable . " The majority of the comments were directed at the massacre at the end of the episode , where praise was especially given to Michelle Fairley 's performance , leading to the disappointment of many critics when she was not nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards . IGN 's Matt Fowler gave the episode a perfect 10/10 , calling it " an exquisitely awful event that managed to out-do the unpredictable and horrifying death of Ned Stark back in Season 1 " . Fowler also said he believed that the episode 's depiction of the Red Wedding was more powerful than its depiction in '' A Song of Ice and Fire ''
65th Primetime Emmy Awards
65th Primetime Emmy Awards
The Rains of Castamere