Yeah...yeah...if you are hearing the HBO "Fire and Ice" theme song right now...you're hooked, too.
Don't judge me.
So after Season Five's ending (...with the murder of Jon Snow...) I waited and waited and waited with bated breath, like the rest of you, to see where Season Six was going to go with this. One thing I learned during the previous four series was that they have no problem getting you attached to characters...even main characters only to kill them off later in the Season.
Seeing Melisandre show up on horseback seemed a clue...though almost too easy.
During the first episode of Season Six (...in case we had any doubts...) her witchiness was certainly revealed (pun intended) with the removal of her apparently magical choker. And what woman over 60 wouldn't sell most of her soul for one of those, eh?
Hell, I want one.
So imagine at the end of Episode 2...the very last seconds before the screen goes black and the credits roll...after Melisandre performs her "Revive the Dead" chant and bad haircut...and everyone thinks it has failed and leaves the room, especially her...and, of course, us...Jon's eyes open and he utters a single gasp!
You have to hand it to the scriptwriter...THAT is a Cliff-Hanger!
But face it, we all went to bed that night warm and happy with little smiles on our faces in the thought that Jon Snow was back!
Which brings us up to date with Season 6 Episode 3.
Opening with a very NOT DEAD Jon Snow in the buff.
Yeah, amazing, right?
The coming back from the dead thing was pretty cool, too.
And a very bewildered Jon trying to figure out why he is once again alive...with Ser Davos.
Whereas Ser Davos' speech was quiet and comforting and fine...with his
"Maybe we will NEVER know"
This is probably the speech he gave off camera...
Ser Davos:
Fook yeah...they tried to kill you off, al'ight. Bloody Prima Donna. But then, the fan mail started. Huge fooking bags of the shite. And some of the things these women were threatening if we didn't BRING JON BACK. Jaysus. That will teach HBO to screw with millions of pre-menopausal viewers. Why'dja think they opened the scene with you bare-ass naked? You think they did that for me to get my jollies? No, they was tryin' to get the women to stop threatenin' them a hundred times a fooking day. Fooking eye candy...that's what you are, Jon Snow.
How old are you, anyways? I've been an actor for more than 'alf my life...do you think they would give one damn if my character was killed off. No! They would just say let's torch up the pyre and toast the old rotter, and pass the marshies. Even that damned dwarf gets more fan mail than me.
I should have burnt you when I 'ad the chance.
So, anyway, Jon's back...and tendered his resignation to the Night's Watch, having been recently dead and all, therefore technically fulfilling his oath...and taught those that killed him that when it comes to female viewers "hell hath no fury" . We have lost four more characters by hanging...bet the mailbags won't be bulging for THEM to come back from the dead.
And to HBO...thanks for the "Jon" full back-al nudity...that more than made up for all of it, okay...
"Allus did like me a foine backside."
Now we wait...
Saw this interview with Kit Harington and HAD to share...too funny!
https://youtu.be/sn8ptplqQ38
More anon...
