The 46th episode overall, it was written by Bryan Cogman, and directed by Jeremy Podeswa. It first aired on HBO on May 17, 2015.
Who can forget how Sansa lost her virginity to her sociopathic new husband, Ramsay Bolton on Game of Thrones? It was during a night of horrific (and controversial) rape, no less. However the same rape fate doesn't befall the eldest Stark daughter on the pages of George R. R. Martin's novels.
Back in season five, “Game of Thrones” became embroiled in controversy when it took an even more significant detour from the books, having Sansa Stark lose her virginity when she is raped by the sadistic Ramsay Bolton on their wedding night.
Sansa was repeatedly raped, beaten, and psychologically tortured by Ramsay Bolton during their arranged marriage.
Some "Game of Thrones" fans speculated that Sansa Stark was pregnant with Ramsay Bolton's baby after being raped numerous times during season five, but the actress who plays her has debunked this particularly nasty theory.
One of the less pleasant theories to crop up during this years series of Game of Thrones (and that's saying something) was the idea that Sophie Turner's Sansa Stark, newly liberated from her abusive husband Ramsay (Iwan Rheon), would end up pregnant with his child regardless.
We knew Ramsay was beyond despicable. We've known him to flay men who surrendered to him, hunt down women with his dogs, torture and castrate Theon, and rape Sansa.
Following the Battle of King's Landing and the subsequent assassination of Daenerys, she declares the North an independent kingdom and is crowned Queen in the North. Soon after, Sansa gave birth to the twins Lyonel and Cassana.
The Hound falls in love with Joffrey's betrothed, Arya's sister Sansa, enchanted by her innocence and romantic dreams. When he decides to abdicate his position during the Battle of the Blackwater, she's the last one he visits.
Ramsay is clearly terrifying and far more brutal than Joffrey, particularly in his season 5 marriage to Sansa. When Joffrey and Sansa were betrothed, he implied brutality toward her and psychologically tortured her, but when it came to physical cruelty, Joffrey always had one of his guards commit the acts.
Game of Thrones gave Arya Stark a sex scene with Gendry in the second episode of Season eight. It really did that. And no one thought it wasn't weird. The White Walkers are approaching with their army of the dead, humanity itself is on the line, and Arya's plotline was to lose her virginity.
So no, they have definitely not slept together. Sansa doesn't want him and Petyr's desire for power outweighs his desire for Sansa.
Maisie Williams told Teen Vogue that playing Arya Stark on HBO's long-running fantasy series “Game of Thrones” never shocked her until the final season, when the writers decided to have Arya consummate her relationship with Gendry Baratheon. Williams had long been under the assumption that Arya identified as queer.
In the books, the Hound also had a more overt attraction to Sansa. When he asks her to leave with him and she refuses, he kisses her—and at knifepoint, demands a song for her.
The Welsh performer played the evil Ramsay Bolton, who raped new wife Sansa Stark, played by Sophie Turner, on their wedding night in season five. The scene prompted a backlash from fans and critics who said it was disturbing and unnecessary.
The UnKiss is the nickname given by fans of A Song of Ice and Fire for a kiss remembered by Sansa Stark between her and Sandor Clegane, but which did not actually happen.
Before the writers finally realized Sansa Stark was more than just a wife, she spent the first few seasons of Game Of Thrones being tossed from man to man. First, she was betrothed to Joffrey, then married to Tyrion Lannister, and then married to the horrible Ramsay Bolton.
Sansa Stark is two years older than her sister Arya, which means that she's about 20 years old on the show. Sophie Turner is 23 in real life.
Abused Sansa
As a way of securing the North, Roose Bolton has his son marry Sansa. Continuing Game of Thrones' theme of horrific weddings, Ramsay shows his true colors on their first night together. He even forces Theon to watch as he abuses Sansa in one of the show's most controversial and disturbing moments.
He is brought back to the very castle he escaped from, the serving boy proving to actually be his captor, Ramsay Snow. Theon is subsequently brutally tortured, flayed and castrated by Ramsay, who forces him to rename himself Reek, and beats him until he submits to his new name.
Theon takes Winterfell from Robb's brother, Bran, but eventually is betrayed by his own men, which leads to his capture by House Bolton. He is tortured and forced into servitude by Ramsay Snow, who turns him into a broken pet named Reek.
Sansa's direwolf, Lady, was killed in season one thanks to Cersei Lannister's machinations. Robb Stark's direwolf, Grey Wind, was killed at the Red Wedding.
The show itself did drop a few hints that Cersei's pregnancy was genuine, and that she had miscarried—as did George R.R. Martin's books.
Sophie Turner has credited her marriage to Joe Jonas as something that kept her spirits high after the end of Game of Thrones. The actor played Sansa Stark in the HBO series, which ran for eight seasons from 2011 to 2019.