Game Of Thrones: 12 Things You Learn Rewatching Season 6

9. Hold The Door Remains So Heartbreaking

Hodor Game Of Thrones
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Speaking of Oathbreaker, it's in that episode we get a first glimpse at the fabled Tower of Joy scene, and also a clue towards Hodor's fate. Towards the end of that flashback, we hear Bran call out to his father, giving the young Ned Stark a pause, as if he's heard something.

Obviously we had no way of knowing then just what the significance of it was, but looking back you can see it's laying the groundwork for how Bran can affect events in the past, building to that devastating time loop reveal of how Wylis became Hodor.

It remains one of the show's most bluntly brutal moments, and one of its most emotional. As the wights start bursting through and trying to tear at Hodor, so too does it feel like the same thing is happening to your heart, and it apparently never gets any easier. If anything, knowing it's coming just makes watching Hodor's scenes all the more tragic.

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