Game of Thrones Showrunners Reveal Jon Snow's Fate

Game of Thrones fans have been theorizing deeply about whether or not Jon Snow will return in Season 6 based on the way looked at the end of Season 5, and now, we finally have an answer.

Speaking to Variety, co-creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss set the record straight in the outlet's cover: "Jon Snow is dead."

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

Weiss adds, "… 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: "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 one that's in the light dilates."

Since author George R.R. Martin is still writing the sixth book fo the Song of Ice and Fire series, Winds of Winter, this is the first season where Benioff and Weiss will continue the story without a roadmap.

According to the showrunners, the show is coming to an end, with only seven episodes in Season 7, and six episodes in Season 8.

"This is us carrying the story forward from the end point of the final book," says Weiss. "That was both very exciting and a bit terrifying at times."

"We're down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap," says Benioff. "That's the guess, though nothing is yet set in stone, but that's what we're looking at."

So do you think Jon Snow is really dead? Will he come back to life?

Game of Thrones Season 6 will premiere on HBO this Sunday.

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