In behind-the-scenes video showrunners David Benioff and D.B Weiss say there were left gobsmacked when George R.R Martin first told them what was going to happen.
- Hodor! New GoT ups beards, sex and goreWill the dwarf dominate, or will the wily Tyrion Lannister get even shorter when his head is chopped off?
In the video, Weiss explained that being told that ‘Hold the door’ was the origin of Hodor really affected them. “We just thought that that was a really heartbreaking idea.”
- GoT is back: more sex, more death, more sex/death combos'Watch Game of Thrones season 5 at exactly the same time as the US!" DStv has been trumpeting. This is wonderful news if you have the kind of chronic insomnia that will eventually see you hospitalised with a nervous breakdown.
The death of the beloved Hodor while saving Bran in season 6, episode 5 of the show, has left many upset. And, of course, the internet reacted the only way it knew how: memes.
Here's some of our favourites:
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