Game of Thrones Producers Apologise For Season Six Episode Five

Speaking To The Fans Directly

♦On Tuesday, the producers of Game of Thrones went on Jimmy Kimmel to apologise for one of the major things they had done in Season Six Episode Five, The Door. Do not read on if you are not up to date with the show as there are major spoilers ahead…

Our friends over at Variety had the full story:

The executive producers of “Game of Thrones,” David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, are used to traumatizing their viewers — but they don’t often apologise for it.

On “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Tuesday night, the showrunners made an appearance to issue “a heartfelt apology” to the HBO series’ loyal fans for the events of Sunday’s episode, in which beloved character Hodor died protecting Bran Stark. Hodor’s tragic death — holding a door to keep a horde of undead Wights away — came mere moments after we learned that Bran was somehow responsible for damaging Hodor’s mind and leaving him incapable of saying anything other than “Hodor,” as a result of Bran’s ability to visit the past.

But the producers weren’t apologizing for killing off Hodor — “we kill a lot of main characters,” Benioff deadpanned — but instead for “all the idiots who, from now on, will be shouting ‘Hodor’ every time you go through a door.’”

Sitting on a couch covered in money, Weiss noted, “we forgot how annoying people can be — that’s our bad.” Benioff agreed, “We should’ve seen that coming.”

Here is their apology on the show

Nice to see that the programme makers have a sense of humour about the show.

A lot has already happened including the viewers discovering the fate of Jon Snow (Kit Harington), the death of the remaining members of the House of Martell, the reappearance of Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright), Cersei Lanister (Lena Headey)’s battle to return to a position of influence, Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger) is back  and much more.

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