Okay, so we have quite a few months to kill before Game of Thrones returns to the airwaves. How will we fill that time? With speculation, discussion, and no small amount of wishful thinking. Such is the way of the off-season.
Now that the buzz of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con has calmed down somewhat, the cast and crew of Game of Thrones are returning to Belfast to begin filming season 6.
After Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with terminal cancer two years ago, his calm, philosophical acceptance of imminent death made him even plus beloved and admired. And then the strangest thing happened: he didn’t die. So now what?
Let's all take a break from our national collective mourning of Jon Snow (Kit Harington) to talk about the other major Game of Thrones character who bit the dust in the epic season five finale: Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane).