Game Of Thrones: 7 Simple Fixes That Would Have Improved Season 6

The Problem: When Jon Snow is brutally stabbed to death by the men of the Night's Watch, even non-book readers didn't think that would be the last we saw of him. But as much as viewers were expecting the resurrection, the show treated the moment with surprising disinterest.

It's pretty unusual how little time is devoted to the fact that this man was brought back from the dead. People are surprised for sure, but aside from renewing Melisandre's faith, no one seems too concerned about it.

Jon himself is vaguely changed, but the show can't seem to decide in what way he's been changed. He is at first reluctant to go back to war, but then charges solo into battle. He talks about how he saw nothing but black when he died, but then asks Melisandre not to bring him back again. The show has ideas of who Jon is now but they seem conflicting and not explored deeply enough.

The Solution: The show needs to decide what the consequences of resurrection are and show us those consequences. Beric Dondarrion mentioned how you lose a part of yourself when you're brought back, so show us what Jon lost.

One interesting path to take would be to have him lose that Stark honor. It's that honor that got Ned killed, Robb killed and eventually Jon himself killed. To have him lose that would be at once losing a weakness and a strength. It would be a side of Jon we have yet to see and one that separates him from the Starks - something that could become important later on.