He didn't expect to die literally that second. He was in a room with one of his bannermen and his maester. Because he's Roose, he probably expected to engage in a little subterfuge with Ramsay to take him out (which he undoubtedly would have won) but he underestimated exactly how impulse driven Ramsay is.

The only people in the room were Ramsay, Karstark, and the master.

Like last week, twice?

Sorry for the caps.

You are expecting a lot of people who claim to love this show but aren't bothered to remember half the characters' names to care.

THERE WERE NO GUARDS

I think that was more an indication that Karstark had no loyalty to anyone other than the strongest guy in the room. If Roose had chosen that moment to off Ramsay, Karstark would have had the same reaction. It was really Roose's fault in creating an aura of untrustworthiness and cruelty that someone who should have…

Roose knew Ramsay was a nut, but he was a useful and loyal nut who had spent his entire life submitting to Roose's authority. I think Roose literally knew no other way of parenting than browbeating his son into submission and expected to be able to continue that with the same result. Also, he expected that he would…

Even though having the Roose death happen in the same scene as the introduction of Karstark 2.0 was another example of the show rushing it a little bit, it was a tremendously well shot and acted scene. Notice how Ramsay can't make eye contact with his father as he kills him, and how his hand is shaking in the…

Maybe, but it's not even remotely why he (or Walder or Tywin) did it.

There are a lot of people who have had years to get bored with the most reasonable and realistic theories and hype themselves up with alternate, crazier ones. Just another casualty of GRRM's writing pace.

….I actually like him. Watching him ignore everything his father tried to instill and lead his house to complete, idiotic ruin is going to be wonderful.

Whew. Please call me out on spoilers if you see me do it accidentally, I'm a book reader but I'm not setting foot in the expert section as I'm 100% certain it's just a hive of negativity.

Agreed. So would my theory, honestly. But I'm going to keep it as a real possibility until we see Jon acting like he should. If he acts too different from how Jon should act, even a newly undead Jon, alarm bells are going to be ringing.

She didn't look as good back in season 4 when she showed up. But the three eyed Raven was also played by someone who wasn't Max Von Sydow, so straight upgrades across the board.

Calling it: He will escape to Essos, never to be seen again, or he will be killed by someone who has no emotional investment in his death. This series likes it's subversions, and what could be bigger.

No. Roose ruled with fear and proved himself completely untrustworthy, that was him reaping the rewards.

I'm glad it didn't happen, especially since Walder Frey is 100% going to get taken out by someone he wronged at the RW. Two payback kills would have been too much wish fulfillment for this series.

Leaf. She's a Child of the Forest, a race that occupied the North before humans arrived. The two races had a war, but supposedly banded together to fight off the White Walkers. They are powerful greenseers (future sight) and wargs (like Bran and the 3 eyed raven). They also have some creepy, old world sacrifice druid…

Or my favorite pet theory that is 100% not correct but in the back of my head anyway: Benjen+L=J. They had to have mentioned him for a reason, right?