

Her epic journey really gets started in earnest with “The Pointy End,” the episode described above which first aired a decade ago today.

RELATED: 'Game of Thrones': Miltos Yerolemou on Being Arya's Obi-Wan, Auditioning for Varys, and Why Syrio Forel's Fate Should Remain a Mystery Prepared to give up his life to ensure Arya’s escape, Syrio asks her a simple question: “What do we say to the God of Death?” Arya’s response comes back just as plainly: “Not today.” Among those targeted is Ned Stark’s daughter Arya, who is busy training with her sword-fighting instructor Syrio as the purge begins. With Robert Baratheon gone, Cersei Lannister makes her play for Westeros, ordering her guardsmen to take control of King’s Landing and snuff out any dissidents so that her son Joffrey can claim the Iron Throne uncontested. It’s Episode 8 of the first season of Game of Thrones, and the king is dead.

Its epic journey was a wild, weird, and fascinating adventure, and to mark the occasion Collider presents "What Is Ten May Never Die," a ten-week retrospective on the show's legacy - what we remember fondly, what we wish we could forget, and everything in between. While this could be a foreshadowing of future deaths, long past the conclusion of the series, fans pointed out both Arya and Sansa's statues showed them at their current age, while Jon's looked to be much older.On April 17, 2011, a new HBO drama about warring families, icy zombies, and CGI dragons premiered, and whether you loved it or hated it, there's simply no denying the kind of impact Game of Thrones had not just on television, not just on pop culture, but on the world in general. The three reach the end of the crypt and are met by their own statues. In it, Jon, Sansa and Arya walk through crypts of Winterfell, and as they pass the statue of Catelyn Stark her voice can be heard saying, "All this horror that has come to my family." "Because now we know Arya doesn't die in episode 1 or 2."įans on Reddit proposed their theories that Arya will die, along with her siblings Jon and Sansa, based on Williams' comments and a Season 8 teaser trailer released back in January. "This still should be considered a spoiler in my opinion," one Twitter user said. so she dies in the third' '-Yup,'" another person joked. "Imagine if the writers went: '-Hahaha, we got them' '-Yeah, we did. "Plot twist: She told the truth and double fooled everyone," one person commented on the trending YouTube clip. Though it was clearly a prank, some fans remained convinced Williams had in fact revealed some juicy details about the closely guarded storyline of the HBO fantasy epic's final seasson-whether she meant to or not. Before any tears were shed or tweets published, Williams ran back out announcing her slip of the tounge was all for the fun of April Fools' Day. The 21-year-old quickly covered her mouth and asked for it to be "edited out." Looking clearly emotional and shaken up, Williams ran off-stage, leaving the audience dumbfounded and the late-night host agape. "Because when I found out that Arya died in the second episode–" "It was really emotional, saying goodbye to all of the cast," the actress said to the talk show host. The actor's appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon was all fun and games, until Williams accidentally spoiled Arya's death during episode 2 of Season 8.Īfter Fallon asked for a "crumb" of information regarding the final season, Williams went on to talk about the emotional moments when shooting had concluded. Game of Thrones fans got quite the scare Monday night after actress Maisie Williams revealed a "major" spoiler for the final season of the hit HBO drama series.
