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Ser Alliser declares Dolorous Edd a traitor. Edd reminds him and everyone else in the yard that the only traitors are those who betrayed their elected Lord Commander. Ser Davos and the other loyalists step out of the office now that the Castle has been retaken from the mutineers. Angry, Ser Alliser tells everyone that for thousands of years the Night's Watch preserved the realm from the Wildlings. "Until you", taunts Tormund. At this, Olly screams a battle cry and charges forward but is caught and disarmed before he even reaches Tormund. Ser Alliser and the other traitors are physically restrained, and Dolorous Edd orders the scum to be rounded up and sent to the cells. The traitors stupid mutiny failed in one day! Tormund and Edd enter Jon Snow's office: Tormund sighs as he glimpses Snow's body, noting that they need to cremate him.

** Ramsay kills his father to become the new Lord Bolton and then his stepmother and half-brother to secure his claim.
** Euron Greyjoy kills his older brother Balon for the same reason as above.

* PlayingGertrude: Euron Greyjoy is played by Creator/PilouAsbaek, who's actually a year younger than Gemma Whelan who plays his niece Yara.

** The vulgar man killed by The Mountain for insulting Cersei. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Admittedly, he was quite humorous.]]

* BelatedBackstory: There's a flashback to Ned and Lyanna's childhood which also showed the late Ser Roderik and Nan.

* RealityEnsues:
** Thorne and Olly's coup doesn't last long, since not only has Edd come back with plenty of Wildlings who owed Jon their lives and are ''pissed'' now he's dead, most of the Night's Watch itself were undecided about Jon's assassination in the first place, needed to be persuaded to follow Thorne, and are quick to surrender once they see they're outnumbered and outgianted.
** Roose Bolton taunts his son Ramsay, a known psychopath with no qualms about killing on a whim, that his status as the heir to House Bolton is in jeopardy. Of course Ramsay does exactly what you'd expect to stay in power.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: {{Inverted}} in a very literal sense; Balon Greyjoy gets dropped off of a bridge by his brother Euron.

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Roose Bolton's death is perhaps the least dramatic of all major character deaths. There's no FamousLastWords, no confrontation before the end, and no dramatic buildup, as compared to the deaths of Tywin, Robb Stark, the Martells or even Balon Greyjoy. One minute Roose is Warden of the North and proud father, the next minute he's dead on the floor.

** There's also the fact that Roose viciously raped Ramsay's mother and abused/spoiled him his whole life.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: In his attempt to get Jon back to leading the Night Watch, Ser Davos completely overlooks that Jon is [[ShellShockedVeteran going through some form of PTSD]] (with Jon remembering being stabbed in the heart, dying and [[TheNothingAfterDeath then discovering there's no after-life.]]) Of course, the concept is likely not very well known (if at all) in Westeros.

* TeenyWeenie: When Jon leaves the room for the first time after being brought back, the Wildlings are staring at him.
-->'''Tormund Giantsbane:''' They think you're some kind of god. The man who returned from the dead.\\
'''Jon:''' I'm not a god.\\
'''Tormund:''' I know that. I saw your pecker. What kind of god would have a pecker that small?
** The commoner bragging about exposing himself to Cersei claims Jaime has one of these.

** Theon remarks to Pod how stupid it is to light a fire when you're still trapped in enemy territory.

* [[{{TomboyPrincess}} Tomboy Noblewoman]]: Lyanna Stark is introduced wearing boy's clothing and riding circles around her brothers, cementing her similarities to her niece Arya.

** The vulgar man killed by The Mountain for insulting Cersei.

* InfantImmortality: [[AvertedTrope Nope.]] This is Westeros. [[WouldHurtAChild Did you]] ''[[WouldHurtAChild really]]'' [[WouldHurtAChild expect Ramsay to allow his baby brother to live?]]

** Young Lyanna is introduced interrupting her brother's training to show off her superior horseriding skills...just like [[{{GenerationXerox}} Ayra]] was introduced breaking into ''her'' brother's archery practice to best Bran.