A character's choppy return to 'Game of Thrones' slayed the Internet

*chop chop chop*
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Annie Colbert
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Warning: Spoilers ahead, but you knew that, didn't you?

If you're going to put down a hound, you better make sure he's dead.

The Hound traded leather for burlap and chopping humans for chopping wood in his return to Game of Thrones on Sunday. The former righthand henchman to King Joffrey came back from the verge of death (at the sword-wielding hands of badass Brienne) to join a traveling band of potato choppers.


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Welcome back, Sandor Clegane. You're gonna need a bigger axe.














Annie Colbert
Annie Colbert

Annie Colbert* is the Executive Editor at Mashable.

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