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Mufumonk

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I always thought that the names of the Direwolves were clues.

"Ghost"

"Nymeria" (also the name of one of the Sand Snakes)

"Shaggy Dog" (ahem)

"Lady"

"Grey Wind"

"Summer"

I always thought this was intentional misdirection by GRRM. It still might be but I don't know if D&D have the time/interest/ability to pull it off. Kudos to them if they do though because it's certainly a "dire" looking future for Rickon.
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Elessar78

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Man that was brutal. Funny in a dark way. How they cut to close ups of the hanging bodies TWICE.

 

OH YOU THINK YOU'VE SEEN ENOUGH? HAVE SOME MORE.

 

And they really couldn't get Jon to look at Olly and say, "Say hi to your mum and da for me." (slices rope)

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JamesMadisonSkins

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Yeah my assumption now that Jon has risen and abandoned the Nights Watch is he, Davos, Mel and the Wildlings move south, sweeping houses to their side as they go. Hopefully joining Sansa and Brienne ... Culminating in a show down with the Boltons to retake the North. Which I'm assuming is Jon's short term goal. Long play being to rally the realm to move north to fight the impending Doom. Jon ain't marching south to take Winterfell and kick his feet up. Hopefully Rickon is still in one piece so he can be restored as the Lord of Winterfell. Or Sansa. Idk

Also, I think Jon will leave the killing of Ramsay, if that's what happens --- to Sansa

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The Mountain was poisoned by Oberyn in their duel in the Tyrion trial. After The Mountain won Qyburn was tending his wounds. And he told Cersei The Mountain wouldn't survive the poison. But since such a subject would be a waste, he convinced Cersei to let him experiment on him and if the results were good she would benefit. I think there may have been a short scene or two of Qyburn working on him in-between that conversation and when he showed up after the walk of shame, but they pretty much moved onto other storylines while that was happening. 

Ohhh right, now I remember.

 

I'm guessing its a completely different actor though hence him keeping the mask on.

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Lombardi's_kid_brother

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I actually liked this episode quite a bit because:

 

1. It had parts that were legitimately funny, and

2. Had deaths that actually meant something.

 

As usual, I don't particular care about whether this House is aligned with that House - especially if I have no idea who the houses are. I guess I vaguely remember Rickon and Tonks being sent to the House of Usher three or four years ago. But I didn't know who those people were then, and I don't really care now. I have to assume they are just there so Jon or Bran or that Stark uncle that went missing in Season 1 can kill a bunch of people in cold blood.

 

I do find it funny that Gilly's baby is still babying around. Meanwhile Bran and Rickon look like they could be an opening act for Mumford and Sons. Seriously, those dudes are 30 now.

 

I guess I like the flashback motif. And it finally makes the endless (and then forgotten) Bran stuff kind of meaningful. But I think I would almost prefer a spin-off of The Merry Adventures of Young Ned.

 

That goes in a file with my dream of a prequel for the Sopranos showing Johnnyboy and Junior as young men.

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Hersh

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I always thought that the names of the Direwolves were clues.

 

"Ghost" 

 

"Nymeria" (also the name of one of the Sand Snakes)

 

"Shaggy Dog" (ahem)

 

"Lady" 

 

"Grey Wind"

 

"Summer"

 

Makes a lot of sense. So Bran is bringing back summer?

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Man that was brutal. Funny in a dark way. How they cut to close ups of the hanging bodies TWICE.

 

OH YOU THINK YOU'VE SEEN ENOUGH? HAVE SOME MORE.

 

 

 

Also applicable to Samwell projectile vomiting.

 

JUST IN CASE WE DIDN'T DRIVE HOME THE INCONSEQUENTIAL POINT THAT SAMWELL GETS SEASICK, HERE IS A SECOND INSTALLMENT OF PROJECTILE VOMIT.  

 

--The producers.

Ohhh right, now I remember.

 

I'm guessing its a completely different actor though hence him keeping the mask on.

 

At some point the mask will come off and he will be horrifically grotesque in some way, due to the experiments.  He'll be a zombie or something. 

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At some point the mask will come off and he will be horrifically grotesque in some way, due to the experiments.  He'll be a zombie or something. 

 

I have noticed that if you look at the eye holes of his helmet, the skin around his eyes is gray and just creepy looking. If someone wants to take the time to find a screenshot, but not sure how noticeable it unless you are watching on a large tv.

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http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/08/game-thrones-oathbreaker-death-execution

Game of Thrones death: Actor exits with touching interview

 

A Game of Thrones character who has been with the show since the very first episode met his end on Sunday night.

 

Ser Alliser Thorne, played by British actor Owen Teale, was executed by the resurrected Jon Snow along with the rest of the Night’s Watch mutineers (yes, Olly, too). Below we speak to Teale about his time on the show, Snow’s revival, and his final episode.

 

Entertainment Weekly: You’ve been on this show since the beginning, and that’s a not a huge group at this point. Did you expect Thorne to last this long given his clashing with Jon Snow right from the very start?

Owen Teale: It’s no secret that another actor did the pilot and then they replaced him with me. I had worked with HBO before. I had done this film for HBO about 10 years ago, Tsunami: The Aftermath. I didn’t know what I was arriving into. And I thought it was too big, that I’m only in one part of the story, trying to make itself real and believable, and that it will overextend itself and it won’t be credible. There’s loads of programs that try to copy Game of Thrones, and you can see it in the background with the CGI. And my story is pretty bleak up on that wall in Castle Black.

 

Was there any particular key for you to playing the character?

In Thorne’s boots is not a nice place to be. I found the most important thing when playing the character was to just get rid of a whole section of feelings that I have as a human being — like joy, for instance, that’s just gone. Once I achieved that, in my mind, to look at Jon Snow, who has the world before him and talent and is this personable human being, to look at him while you’re feeling joyless, then Snow presses all the wrong buttons — that really helped to be able to react to him as a character and not as me.

 

What I love about Thorne is that we really want to hate this guy. But there are moments you just can’t — like his leadership during the Battle at Castle Black. And sometimes he says things like, “You have a good heart, Jon Snow. It will get us all killed,” where you find yourself torn over him.

Well, thank you. He wasn’t a very fully fleshed character to begin with, and I take it as a great gift that [showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss] have given me these bits and invested in the character.

When you received the finale script for last season and saw that Thorne kills Snow, what did you think that was going to mean for your character?

I thought that I’m loving this because they’re pushing my character — something is happening, we’re not going to repeat and fade. I thought they’re either going to really invest in Thorne and he’s going to take over Castle Black, or it will mean his end — and I liked either of those options. I guess I would prefer they explore his character with Jon Snow gone, but it’s not as interesting as what they’ve chosen. They give him a death and a speech.

 

I know Kit had to convince everybody that he was truly leaving during season 5. What was that like on your end?

I was quite close to Kit. I remember thinking that I hope he really is dead because if you play the card of the magic too much then the credibly of the whole thing drops a little. Death is not heartbreaking anymore, and part of what you love about this series is it will break your heart. But then I was immediately impressed when I realized what they were doing with bringing him back was investigating what it means for that to happen — they’re not just bringing back Jon Snow like he never died. I think they’ve done the right thing, and it’s farewell for me.

 

How did fans react to you after Thorne killed Snow?  

When it aired, I was in Greece making an independent film. It was warm; I was wearing shorts and sunglasses, but still people seized upon me as this guy who had done this thing. Jon Snow represented hope and humanity and he’s a very lovely guy, and I thought people would just hate me, but I have to say that wasn’t true — most just thanked me for bringing such drama to the show. They hated the moment, but loved it, as well. And although we were a collective that killed him, they laid the blame at my door because of the ongoing…“hate” is a strong word, but I guess he does hate Jon Snow. Once a drunk came out of a restaurant with a knife in his hand, and I thought: Which way is this going to go? Then he offered me the handle and said, “Oh no-no-no, I just want a photo — you hold the knife to me.” I got used to that. People want me to look very mean for a second and say, “For the watch…” I’ve really enjoyed doing something as an artist that provokes such a reaction.

 

Did you ever think you’d say the word “****” on camera so much?
A guy came up to me once when I was with my wife. He was walking back and forth, and eventually he came up and said, “Would you do me a favor? Would you call me a ‘****’ into my phone? I said, “Don’t be silly,” and my wife said, “Oh, go on!” I grabbed his phone and said, “You ****ing ****.” He was so excited. It’s become part of the culture.

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When Maester pycelle was going on his rant and the mountain shows up he totally farts out of fear.

Classic. So funny.

 

 

When Tormund talking about Jon Snow's pecker. Classic. Also funny.

 

 

IMO opinion the funniest line so far this year was, of course, Tyrion saying "that's what I do, I drink and I know things."  I cannot wait to work that into a real life conversation at some point.  

 

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