‘Game of Thrones’ Creators Reveal Jon Snow’s Fate

19 April 2016 11:33 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

For “Game of Thrones” fans who might have theorized a little too deeply about whether Jon Snow was going to return for season six based on the way his eyes looked at the end of season five, we finally have an answer.

Co-creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss set the record straight in our cover story this week: “Jon Snow is dead.”

“If you look at his eyes there,” says Benioff. “We spent a lot of time … ”

Interjects Weiss, “… We spent good money on this.”

“Your pupillary muscles relax when your body gives up,” adds Weiss.

Benioff then says, “Like your sphincter.”

Weiss continues the banter with, “It is called a ‘pupillary sphincter,’ as a matter of fact, we looked this up on the Internets and it said that your pupillary sphincter relaxes and that your eyes dilate, and if you look carefully, Jon’s pupil dilates — the »

- Maria Cavassuto

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