Full spoilers ahead for Games of Thrones Season 8, Episode 4, “The Last of the Starks!”
UPDATED with reactions from the episode’s director, David Nutter.
The old adage is that information is power and on “The Last of the Starks,” Jon Snow lets Sansa and Arya Stark in on his big secret — that he is really Aegon Targaryen — information that Sansa intends to use to tip the scales of power in the war for the Iron Throne. But why would Jon do something so naive — dare we say, stupid? Something that will almost certainly provoke strife not the unity and peace he seeks?
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