<P> In a 2015 interview Benioff said , `` The problem with Jon is , he 's not a cautious man . It 's the problem with him , and also the reason we love him . He is a hero , but heroes are inherently incautious . '' Weiss added , `` At the end of the day , Jon is his father 's son , he 's a person who 's honorable to a fault and does the right thing even when the right thing is extremely dangerous to him personally . '' In the June 2015 season 5 finale `` Mother 's Mercy '' , Jon is stabbed to death by Alliser Thorne and several men of the Night 's Watch after being labeled a traitor . With Martin 's 2011 novel A Dance with Dragons vague on Jon 's fate , Harington confirmed the character 's death in an interview with Entertainment Weekly , saying `` I 've been told I 'm dead . I 'm dead . I 'm not coming back next season . '' He added , `` I loved how they brought ( the orphan boy ) Olly in to be the person who kills me . I love how the storyline with Thorne was wrapped up . '' Benioff also said of the episode : </P>
<P> In a 2015 interview Benioff said , `` The problem with Jon is , he 's not a cautious man . It 's the problem with him , and also the reason we love him . He is a hero , but heroes are inherently incautious . '' Weiss added , `` At the end of the day , Jon is his father 's son , he 's a person who 's honorable to a fault and does the right thing even when the right thing is extremely dangerous to him personally . '' In the June 2015 season 5 finale `` Mother 's Mercy '' , Jon is stabbed to death by Alliser Thorne and several men of the Night 's Watch after being labeled a traitor . With Martin 's 2011 novel A Dance with Dragons vague on Jon 's fate , Harington confirmed the character 's death in an interview with Entertainment Weekly , saying `` I 've been told I 'm dead . I 'm dead . I 'm not coming back next season . '' He added , `` I loved how they brought ( the orphan boy ) Olly in to be the person who kills me . I love how the storyline with Thorne was wrapped up . '' Benioff also said of the episode : </P>
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