12 Times Game of Thrones Sneakily Foreshadowed the Future

What, you thought this show would ease you into the idea of paying attention to every detail? Ha. On their way back from the execution of the Night's Watch deserter in the pilot episode, the Stark boys and Theon encounter a dead direwolf, killed by a stag.

At the time, you were probably distracted by the adorable direwolf puppies, but eight episodes later, Ned Stark (the leader of the family with a direwolf as its sigil) is killed by Joffrey Baratheon (the leader of the family with a stag as its sigil).

Spoiler: it's not any less painful even if you see it coming from the beginning.