The Door (Game of Thrones)

"**The Door**"
"The Door"
Game of Thrones episode
Episode no.	Season 6; Episode 5
Directed by	Jack Bender
Written by	David Benioff; D. B. Weiss
Featured music	Ramin Djawadi
Cinematography by	Jonathan Freeman
Editing by	Crispin Green
Original air date	May 22, 2016
Running time	56 minutes
Guest appearances
	Max von Sydow as the Three-eyed Raven; Kristian Nairn as Hodor; Richard E. Grant as Izembaro; Essie Davis as Lady Crane; Pilou Asbæk as Euron Greyjoy; Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy; Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett; Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed; Faye Marsay as The Waif; Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm; Michael Feast as Aeron Greyjoy; Kae Alexander as Leaf; Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne; Darrell D'Silva as an Ironborn; Kevin Eldon as "Ned Stark" actor; Leigh Gill as Bobono; Eline Powell as Bianca; Rob Callender as "Joffrey Baratheon" actor; Eva Butterly as an actress; Vladimir Furdik as The Night King; Ania Bukstein as Kinvara; Gerald Lepkowski as a red priest; Annette Tierney as young Old Nan; Sam Coleman as Young Hodor; Wayne Foskett as Rickard Stark; Sebastian Croft as Young Eddard Stark; Matteo Elezi as Young Benjen Stark; Fergus Leathem as Young Rodrik Cassel; Kate Anthony as a Braavosi woman; Sally Mortemore as a Braavosi woman; Michael Hooley as a Night's watch man; Ruairí Heading as a Night's Watch man; Robert Render as an Ironborn; James Lecky as an Ironborn; Glen Barry as a mummer; Brendan O'Rourke as a mummer; Ross Anderson-Doherty as a mummer; Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir as a musician; Ragnar Þórhallsson as a musician; Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson as a musician; Brynjar Leifsson as a musician; Kristján Páll Kristjánsson as a musician;
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"The Door" is the fifth episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 55th overall. The episode was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Jack Bender.

Bran Stark learns the origin of the White Walkers, Jon Snow plans to unite the north against the Boltons, Euron Greyjoy reveals his return to the Iron Islands at the Kingsmoot, Tyrion Lannister meets with the Red Priestess Kinvara, and Daenerys Targaryen sees the depths of Jorah Mormont's devotion to her.

"The Door" received universal acclaim from critics, who found the episode to be emotional with effective action sequences involving the White Walkers and Hodor, in addition to providing "important answers regarding [the show]'s mythos." The adaptation of the Kingsmoot as well as Daenerys's farewell to Jorah were also listed as high points of the episode. Hodor's origin story was presented to the series' co-creators by George R. R. Martin. In the United States, the episode achieved a viewership of 7.89 million in its initial broadcast. For the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, Jack Bender was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, among the episode's five nominations.

This episode marks the final appearance for Kristian Nairn (Hodor) and Max von Sydow (the Three Eyed Raven).