Kit Harington's Reaction to That Heart-Stopping Game of Thrones Scene Is the Most Sublime Meme
Warning: This story contains spoilers for Game of Thrones.
If you haven’t watched the final episode of Game of Thrones’ finale, you missed one of the most important touchstones of modern pop culture this year so far.
HBO released a behind-the-scenes documentary, The Last Watch, which aired on Sunday, which gave fans a glimpse of the making of Game of Thrones and if you think you were shocked by Jon Snow’s actions, you were way less surprised than Kit Harington. Out of all the footage included in the documentary, this moment really stood out. The documentary included the cast’s table reads of the series finale, and gave fans a glimpse of the emotional moment when Kit Harington learned that his character Jon Snow would kill Daenerys, his queen, lover, and aunt, in order to save the realm.
Harington told Entertainment Weekly that he purposely didn’t read the script ahead of time so that he could learn the story’s resolution alongside his cast mates. Or in Game of Thrones parlance, Jon Snow truly knew nothing about the dramatic twist his story was about to take.
The result was a very natural—and very relatable—reaction to the story arc. “I was very shocked and surprised at certain events unfolding and then I blubbed my eyes out,” Harington told Stephen Colbert during a Late Show appearance earlier this month. Thanks to the documentary, fans got to see that blubbing for themselves. Now, that very relatable reaction has spread across the internet as people relive their own experience watching the show’s finale:
look at this man, i mean... same kit same pic.twitter.com/JteEq2M2Gr
— nana. (@hanbeanism_) May 27, 2019
Kit Harington’s reaction to learning Jon kills Daenerys is literally better than the actual scene. #TheLastWatch #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/0P9JZ0Dqmm
— 🇧🇧 🏁Kakarot, House Of Stark 🇧🇧🏁 (@_Law26) May 27, 2019
Watching Kit react to the fact Jon kills Daenerys, brought tears to my eyes #thelastwatch #GameOfThrones @GameOfThrones
— Cindy Nichter (@CindyNichter) May 27, 2019
THIS WILL HAUNT ME FOREVER OMG 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #GameOfThrones #TheLastWatch
pic.twitter.com/yPyD9dJ35H— ℝίτα 🐉 (@JonxDanyy) May 27, 2019
Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke reaction Daenerys Death 🤣 #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/LOD4vZeTjI
— Kerem (@ASosyal_Kerem) May 27, 2019
Kit Harington's reaction is basically all of us watching that episode. pic.twitter.com/Me0zzii40N
— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed) May 28, 2019
Is it weird that I got more emotional watching Kit’s reaction to finding out Jon kills Dany than I did seeing Jon actually kill Dany? #thelastwatch #gameofthrones
— Andrea It’s Been A Long, Long Time (@tamatersweet) May 27, 2019
Kit Harington’s reaction to learning Jon kills Daenerys is so relatable I can’t even. #TheLastWatch pic.twitter.com/OfqzeRKmbG
— C. | jon and dany deserved better (@carohuntz) May 27, 2019
Of course, it wasn’t just Harington in the scene and Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys, had an equally perfect reaction. As did Sophie Turner who plays Jon Snow’s sister Sansa Stark laughing at his waterworks which was incredibly sibling-like as befits a method actor.
Also, every frame of Emilia Clarke’s reaction to Kit’s reaction to Dany’s death should be bronzed pic.twitter.com/uMAyjlLlsY
— Laura Hudson (@laura_hudson) May 27, 2019
Emilia Clarke watching Kit Harington's reaction to the end has me going through all those Season Finale emotions all over again pic.twitter.com/E1XxNYHYpa
— Emilia Clarke Fans* (@Emilia_Updates) May 27, 2019
kit realising that jon snow kills daenerys while reading the scene is a huge representation of how i felt watching it pic.twitter.com/bMmtOqDILP
— ً (@emiliacIarked) May 27, 2019