Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Game of Thrones finale. If you don't want to know what happens, stop reading!From the to, Game of Thrones' eighth and final season has received its fair share of complaints. But perhaps the most controversial moment of all was, when he sent the direwolf to live with Tormund and the wildlings without so much as a nose boop.Well, if you couldn't bare the thought of Jon and Ghost never seeing each other again after that unceremonious farewell, then you probably loved the Game of Thrones finale! At the end of the episode, our new king, Bran 'The Broken,' sends Jon to the Wall as a means of making peace with Daenerys Targaryen's supporters (Jon killed Dany, after all).

May 06, 2019  So while Jon heads south, it’s Tormund Giantsbane—with plans to head back beyond the Wall, where it’s once again safe for wildlings to roam—who will be taking ownership of Ghost for the. May 06, 2019  Likewise, Ghost is the albino runt of his litter and goes unnoticed upon his litter's discovery. And as Jon grows unsure of whether or not Winterfell.

It seems like a pretty grim sentence.until Jon arrives and is reunited with Tormund Giantsbane and a bunch of other wildlings. Best of all, Ghost is there, too!Now, Ghost could have given Jon the cold shoulder after that lackluster goodbye, but he doesn't—he's pleased to see him. In one of the more emotional scenes in the finale—and I'm not even a dog person!—Jon finally pets his pup. I got teary, and judging by the reactions on social media, other fans did, too. Some said it was the most satisfying moment in the whole finale.Why is Jon and Ghost's reunion so moving? It's not just the basic notion of a man seeing his dog again; it's the comfort of knowing our hero Jon Snow will be happy in his new life.

Watching it, we got the sense that Jon really does belong in the lands beyond the wall, just like Tormund said. Here's how Game of Thrones fans reacted to Jon and Ghost's reunion.

With only one episode left before the series finale of Game of Thrones, character arcs and storylines are coming to a close and fans are having to say goodbye to some of their favorites. After last week’s episode, fans were left wondering if Tormund Giantsbane’s time on the show is over.Beware of series spoilers below.On last week’s episode of Game of Thrones, Tormund and Jon said goodbye in Winterfell, as Jon prepared to travel south to King’s Landing to claim the Iron Throne for Daenerys Targaryen. Their goodbye felt pretty final, and Jon even asked Tormund to take his direwolf, Ghost, with him back up to the “true North,” now that the threat of White Walkers has been eliminated.This isn’t the first time fans thought they might have seen the end of Tormund Giantsbane. In the final minutes of season 7, Tormund and Beric Dondarrion were at the Wall when the Night King destroyed it with the help of his ice dragon’s fire. As the wall fell, Tormund and Beric were seemingly right in the middle of the devastation; however, the two appeared at the end of season 8 episode 1, unscathed and on their way to warn Jon of what they saw.

A post shared by (@khivju) on May 12, 2019 at 12:45pm PDTHours before episode 5 aired, however, Kristofer Hivju, who has played Tormund on the show since season 3, shared a photo referencing on of Tormund’s hilarious season 8 lines, writing in the caption “In stores now! But only north of the wall. Enjoy tonights episode! Its a big one” Although it’s possible that he’s just being a supportive castmate and promoting the final episodes of a show he’s been a part of for so long, it’s interesting that he seemed to know what happens in episode 5. Tormund did not show up in episode 5, which took place exclusively on Dragonstone and in King’s Landing.Fans will have to wait until the series finale next week to learn if there is more to Tormund and Ghost’s stories, but it seems as though Tormund’s episode 4 goodbye with Jon was the end of his character’s arc.Tune in to the series finale of Game of Thrones, Sunday, May 19, at 9pm on HBO. Lucas magnum opus.