Joseph Mawle (Benjen) Listed as appearing on Game of Thrones Season 6 (Pay it no mind)

Here we go again…fans have noted that actor Joseph Mawle (Benjen Stark) has been listed on IMDb as appearing in Game of Thrones Season 6.

Here’s the thing: anyone can edit IMDb. During Season 5, the site also listed Mawle as appearing in Episode 8, “Hardhome,” and we all know how that turned out. Basically, the listing on IMDb should be given little to no credence.

The real question here is: would it actually matter to the story if Benjen did return? Sure, as a long-time fan of the books and show, I would love some sort of conclusion to Benjen’s story. I mean, what actually happened to him on that last ranging? Is he dead? Is he wandering the Lands of Always Winter? We may never know, although I still remember being painfully teased by the “Previously on” segment for the Game of Thrones Season 5 finale, which included Benjen’s horse returning to Castle Black.

Remember the hullabaloo that caused on every Game of Thrones message board from here to Reddit? There were loads of theories, from Benjen being a wildling to ‘Benjen warged his horse’…yes, that’s a thing.

Of course, for that to be true, Daario would have to leave Jorah Mormont to search for Dany by himself, hop aboard Silence—the boat full of mutes he uses when he’s Euron Greyjoy—sail across the Narrow Sea to Eastwatch, warg into a horse, and gallop through the North to Castle Black in time for Jon to be shanked. This theory just isn’t plausible…I mean, where’s he going to find a horse that looks exactly like the one he rode out on? Logistics, people—the devil is in the details!

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The lesson here is: don’t believe everything you read on the internet, especially on sites like IMDb, where any person wishing to troll a fanbase can edit a character into the casting list for any given episode whenever they feel the itch.