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In the jumper cable - up to season six , Game of Thronesteased us with trailers , teased us with interviews , teased us with shots of Jon Snow inWeekend at Bernie’smode . And for whatever reason , after a major revelation in " Home , " the second episode of the season , it still feels like we ’re being teased . But .. we care it ?
Think back over the last , awful year . " I ’ve been told I ’m dead,“declaredKit Harington , after his character , Jon Snow , was brutally stab in the time of year - five finale . " NO THEY DID NOT ! " declare everyone else in the world . People could n’t conceive it . Like , they really could n’t think it , and promptly spent the next yearin theorizing agony . Harington survive on the defensive attitude . " I had a sit - down with [ serial creators ] Dan [ Weiss ] and David [ Benioff ] , we did the Tony Soprano walk , and they said , ' Look , you ’re expire , it ’s done ' … I ’m dead . I ’m not coming back next time of year . "
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But how could Jon , the closest somebody the show had to a genuine torpedo , be belt down off with a fistful of seasons to go ? He could n’t . On Sunday Nox , he returned through magical resusciation , and Harington , as he know he would , ate crow . ( Thronespun intend . )
“ I ’d wish to say sorry for lying to everyone , " said Harington , in a subject matter delivered toEntertainment Weekly . " I ’m glad that people were disquieted that he go . I think my biggest fright was that masses were not go to care . Or it would just be , ‘ Fine , Jon Snow ’s dead . ’ But it seems like people had a , alike to the Red Wedding episode , kind of sorrow about it . Which means something I ’m doing – or the show is doing – is ripe . ”
He ’s got a breaker point . Even if Jon Snow ’s resurrection was more " when will they ? " than " will they ? " the terminal scenery of " Home " spiel every beat for agonize tension . Who cognise if magical CPR would work on his slice - up body ? The magic of Westeros is a little too shaggy to be take a sure thing . For one affair , Stannis ' deathcaused Melisandre to misplace faith and mistake into elderly depression . Then you have the White Walkers rampage toward the paries , turning adorable babies into niggling snowpeople , and making anyone who survives encounters with them concern that homo wo n’t ever get the upper hand . Meanwhile , Bran ’s greensighting up a storm in a magical tree withthe human embodiment of a Three - Eyed Raven . Sheesh . Where ’s David Copperfield when magic needs a fleet kick in the ass ?
The menu were on the mesa – but like his death , no one expected the Lord of Light to fill Jon Snow ’s lung so early in the season . We ’re happy to move past it . The twist leaves elbow room for the leader of Castle Black to resume his place asGame of Thrones ' noble knight . give thanks the Old Gods .
The timing could n’t be better . ego - appointed loss leader and all - around scumbag Ramsay Bolton has an army hold back to intrude on Castle Black . In his crosshairs : Jon Snow . ( How sticky would it have been for Ramsay if Jon was still idle when he showed up – faux pas . ) The bastards will inescapably contact , and Jon will have an U. S. Army behind him , too , his made up of Davos Seaworth , miscellaneous wildlings , and his remaining brothers of the Night ’s Watch – even , perhaps , Alliser Thorne and the other backstabbing ( er , frontstabbing ? ) turncoats .
Snow was a righteous man before death . I can only suppose how a few hours in the hereafter cuddle dead Ygritte change him . This is the once and future king . Mercy is in his freshly brace blood . I ’ll say it : he ’ll spare Alliser ’s life , let pissy picayune Olly off with a warning , andthentake the engagement to Ramsay . Somewhere along the way , Brienne and Sansa will join the party , and we ’ll eventually get theGame of Thronesversion of theAvengerswe never acknowledge we wanted .
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And then ? Let ’s be tangible : we knew Jon Snow would come back to lifespan , becauseGame of Thronesishisshow . The crazy lover theorythat ’s decent on the money is the one connecting Jon to Tyrion and both of them to Daenerys ( who , thanks to Dothraki widow poky , does n’t even make an appearance in " Home " ) . mayhap they ’re not all blood relation – although Tyrion sure enough catch his Targaryen on when he cosied up to those two flying dragon – but they ’re the three heads ofthisdragon of a phantasy serial . They ’ll unavoidably roll up in one slur , fighting off Ramsay , White Walkers , or whoever else fend in the way of a modicum of justice in this raw , bleak world .
Or possibly it plays out otherwise . Game of Throneshas its hero back – but who ’s the scoundrel ? Andwill they come back to lifeto conflict Jon in the ultimate undead showdown ? Remember , chemical science recreate the Mountain like Frankenstein ’s monster . Thoros antecedently vivify Beric by shocking him with the Lord of Light ’s defibrillator . Fandom may will the Hound back for a few more episodes . Anything ’s possible .
For now , we ’ll let our imaginations go wild – and essay not to hold anything against Harington . Yes , sir , something you ’re doing is right .
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