18 Things You Didn't Know About Game Of Thrones
4. Either I Win Or I Die
Logic aside, The Long Night is a phenomenal achievement of film making and one of the most spectacular episodes in the series, darkness be damned!
Every important character got their moment to shine and every death of a major character was given the weight they deserved. A particularly awesome death came from the Lady of Bear Island, Lyanna Mormont, who fell at the hands of an undead giant, but not before taking it out herself with a dragonglass dagger to the eye.
When interviewed for behind the scenes footage, Lyanna's actress Bella Ramsey said she wanted one of two things: either she sat on the Iron Throne by the end and ruled over the Seven Kingdoms, or she had to go out in a blaze of glory and get the best damn death of the night. The screenwriters gave her option two, and she did indeed get the kickass death scene she requested.