


After the airing of this episode Harington told Entertainment Weekly, "I'd like to say sorry for lying to everyone. Jon was only shown in the sixth season trailers as a corpse, though the first promotional image released for the sixth season was of of Jon with blood running from his shadowed eyes. All of Harington's filming for the sixth season was done in secret, with cast and crew having to sign non-disclosure agreements and Snow being referred to as "LC" (Lord Commander) in all production documents. Harington later claimed he would only appear as a corpse in the sixth season. The mountain clans12 or hill clans34 are groups of northmen who dwell in the mountains north of Winterfell and in their foothills along the shore of the Bay of Ice.5 Generally considered petty lords,6 they should not be confused with the mountain clans of the Vale of Arryn, who are oft considered savages. Also, a series of action figures was released in the meanwhile, depicting series characters who had died, and Jon Snow was not included. Fans who did not settle for this explanation quickly pointed out that Harington was spotted in Belfast several times while the show was being filmed in Ireland, and that he kept his hair long all the time (he had famously said that he would get a haircut as soon as he was done with the show). Jon's resurrection came after months of misdirection by HBO and the show runners following the character's death in the fifth season finale Гра престолів: Mother's Mercy (2015), claiming the character was indisputably dead.
