her the kiss of life, passing on his power to her. On the idea of portraying Stoneheart, Fairley joked in a 2013 interview: "I'm completely insane, so it mightn't be too much of an acting stretch!" She elaborated further on the possibility stating: Neither showrunners explained the absence, but director Alex Graves explained in 2014 that they were "not sure" about what to "do about it" during production of the previous third season released in 2013. Then he revealed there was no plans for the fourth season, if ever. He also admitted that he was unsure of her purpose, while admitting he had not read the novels: Showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss claimed they'd purposely left her out to avoid spoiling The Winds of Winter and to minimize character resurrections in the series, despite arguments to keep her from author George RR Martin. Season 5 In the episode "Hardhome", the television adapted version of Arya does not choose the name Cat of the Canals, a secret tribute to her mother, when she poses as an orphan selling oysters. Instead, "Lana" is the name chosen. Season 6 In the episode "No One", Beric Dondarrion (Richard Dormer) is re-introduced following his last appearance in the third season. Being evidently still alive, Beric's appearance negated much of the remaining fan speculation of a potential, delayed entrance for Lady Stoneheart. Actor Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson was also cast as Lem for the episode, an ode to one of Stoneheart's henchmen, Lem Lemoncloak from the novels, and was quickly killed off. Following demand from fans of the novels, the actor agreed to videotape the monologue from the epilogue of A Storm of Swords where he delivers the speech of Meritt Frey's execution by the command of his leader, Lady Stoneheart. Reception Fairley's performance has received critical acclaim. The closing scene of "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things" was praised by HitFix's Alan Sepinwall, highlighting Michelle Fairley's acting as Catelyn gathers allies to arrest Tyrion. Time wrote about "The Rains of Castamere": "Michelle Fairley’s fantastic performance captures the horror, with the edge of desperation, anguish, and madness of a woman who has lost her sons (she believes all of them), lost her grandchild, may have lost her daughters, and for all she knows, is witnessing the extinction of the house she belongs to." References A Song of Ice and Fire characters Literary characters introduced in 1996