![]() It’s one of the reasons nobody believed Jon Snow was going to stay dead when he got stabbed at the end of season five: he was too important to where the story was clearly going. You’d arguably have to go back to Joffrey or maybe Tywin in season four to find deaths of characters whose narrative position seemed too secure for them to go when they did. No show has the money or logistical support to give us dragons battling ice zombies - and then turning into zombie dragons themselves - but any show can kill off beloved figures to keep viewers on their toes.īut the Anyone Can Die of it all has long since fallen by the wayside, as GoT has taken to knocking off secondary bosses (Ramsay), colorful cannon fodder (everyone Cersei blew up at the Sept of Baelor) and beloved bit players (Hodor), all while keeping the core players alive and (relatively) well. Game of thrones beyond the wall stream tv#Many, many, many TV shows had killed off significant characters before, but to bump off the closest thing your show has to both a lead and an unequivocal hero, this early? It was unheard of (other than to people who had already read the books), and created an Anyone Can Die ethos that’s perhaps the single most influential thing GoT ever did. ![]() The moment that turned Game of Thrones from success into phenomenon was the execution of Ned Stark. ![]() Well, maybe not “all” of you die, Jon Snow. The first enemy, and the last.” –Beric Dondarrion ![]() A review of tonight’s Game of Thrones coming up just as soon as I’m bit by a dead bear… ![]()
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