The final season of Game of Thrones was a slap in the face, of sorts, to the fans who’d been with the show from the beginning, but seven years later, the sting of that betrayal is finally starting to ebb. Meanwhile, HBO hasn’t stopped trying to spin a new series out of the chaos of the Thrones finale, and it may finally have one that could be interesting.
For a while, a sequel series featuring a sadder, self-destructive Jon Snow was on tap. Kit Harington was working with screenwriters from another HBO series, Gunpowder, to explore the warrior’s self-imposed exile in the North, partially inspired by his own mental health struggles post-Game of Thrones. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Jon would have been reintroduced as “a broken man with PTSD.” Harington reportedly wanted to subvert any hope of redemption for Jon after being forced to murder Daenerys Targaryen; rather than reclaim his hero status, he would have met his demise alone.
