[Warning: The next comprises spoilers for the newest episode of Westworld, “The Winter Line.” Learn at your individual danger!]
We lastly know what happened to Drogon after he flitted away into the unknown within the Game of Thrones finale, and it is even grimmer (and, truthfully, a bit extra hilarious) than we anticipated. On Sunday, Daenerys Targaryen’s (Emilia Clarke) beloved dragon flew from one HBO sequence to a different when he appeared on the newest episode of Westworld, accompanied by two individuals you have most likely heard of; as expected, Sport of Thrones government producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss loved a shared cameo on the sci-fi sequence, and it was the last word HBO crossover second.
Within the episode, Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) and Stubbs (Luke Hemsworth) have been sneaking again into the park’s tech corridors once they stumbled upon Benioff and Weiss’ alter egos: two lab technicians engaged on transporting Drogon to a purchaser in Costa Rica. As Weiss wielded a big energy noticed and mentioned his plans to interrupt the fire-breather into items, Drogon growled threateningly, which was a fairly tame response from him, all issues thought of.
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As for a way the Sport of Thrones mash-up got here to be, Westworld co-showrunners Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan revealed that they’ve George R. R. Martin to thank for the inspiration. Nolan informed Selection, “George had constantly because the first season stated, ‘We have to do a tie-in with Sport of Thrones.’ Individuals neglect that George was initially a TV author and he got here up within the TV world wherein you’d sometimes have these crossover reveals, which the followers would f–ing freak out over. So, George had all the time been pitching the crossover present.”
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When it got here to getting Drogon on set, Pleasure and Nolan additionally defined that some severe maneuvering went into the trouble. “I bear in mind there was a complete large debate about which season dragon for its dimension as a result of the dragon grew,” Pleasure stated. “There was some forwards and backwards about whether or not Season four or Season 5 Drogon,” added Nolan, “and a few debate about how large the room was and what place the dragon may very well be in.”
It is price noting that Benioff and Weiss have all the time been pleasant to cameos — and of course made their own on Thrones — however this explicit look gave them an opportunity to stitch up one in every of the loosest ends of Sport of Thrones‘ last season, even when it isn’t precisely canon.
Westworld airs Sundays at 9/8c on HBO.
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