After months of speculation, “Game of Thrones”
has finally revealed the fate of fan favorite Jon Snow.
(Spoiler alert:
Do not read until you’ve watched the second episode of season six of “Game of
Thrones,” titled “Home.”)
The cast
and creators have long insisted that “Jon Snow is dead” repeatedly in various
interviews leading up to the sixth season premiere.
But near the end of the second
episode, Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) convinces a reluctant Melisandre
(Carice van Houten) to work her magic to resurrect Jon Snow (Kit Harington) — the exact
question fans have long been hoping for. “Do you know of any magic that could
help bring him back?” he asks her.
She’s
lost her faith, but he pleads his case. “I’m not asking the Lord of Light for
help,” he says. “I’m asking the woman who showed me that miracles exist.”
So she washes
Jon’s body, cuts his hair, trims his beard, and recites a long
incantation.
And at
first, it seems that her elaborate efforts have failed, and everyone
mournfully leaves the room where his body is being held. But
then Ghost, his direwolf, perks up — and Jon opens his eyes,
gasping for breath.
“Davos
has no love lost for Melisandre,” says executive producer D.B. Weiss in
HBO’s post-show. “But he’s seen what she’s capable of. He’s seen her do many
impossible things. He’s not a big fan of her god. He’s not a big fan of her
program. There’s certainly nothing to lose at this point. If it doesn’t work,
then it doesn’t work.”
“For
Melisandre, she comes into it with great doubts,” adds executive producer David
Benioff. “She is someone who was a true believer, who was an absolute devotee
of the Lord of Light, and the events of the last many episodes have shaken
that faith. But she still believes in him. She just doesn’t know if he
believes in her. And so she comes to Jon Snow’s body with the tiniest hope that
maybe if she says the right words, if she says them with enough belief,
with enough passion, the Lord will listen to her.”
But as
the walkout begins, it comes down to Ghost in the end, says
Benioff. “Ghost, he’s known Jon longer than any of these people have,”
he says. “All of these wolves have a strange and deep connection with their
Stark counterparts. Ghost has a sixth sense when it comes to Jon Snow and when
Jon’s in danger and when he might be coming back.”
Needless
to say, social media exploded with the surprising revelation.

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