Uncle Benjen?
Neither did viewers, but this was sadly not the time to find out.
Who goes there?
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But all that’s visible is a clustered group of black cloaks.
But unlike the epic sweep of the battle at Hardhome, this one is up close and personal.
But that’s not what’s waiting for him here.
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What, then, is the proper term for men eager to turn on their elected commander?
“For the Watch”
Thorne isn’t the only one who kills Jon, though.
Et tu, Olly?
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Death blow
Olly becomes a one-man destroyer of many fans' favorite onscreen relationship.
(In real life, of course, Leslie and Harington arehappily married).
A recurring theme ofGame of Thronesis that revenge doesn’t come without a price.
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But at what cost?
(That question isn’t quite rhetorical, sinceOlly discovered the price for himself in season 6.)
Cruciform pose
As he bleeds out, Jon falls backward onto the snow.
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Sometimes directors take the scene in a slightly different direction than Simpson’s suggestions.
Olly’s tears
In Simpson’s storyboard depiction, Olly is clearly crying as Jon dies.
In the filmed version, O’Connor gives a more ambiguous performance.
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Simpson wanted to go even closer.
“I like to punch in on those things.”
Theres lots of stuff like that, where theres divergence.
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But a lot of it is very close to what we see on screen."
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