‘Game Of Thrones’ fans couldn’t cope with the heartbreaking ending of the latest episode

Very few shows can be as gut-wrenching as Game Of Thrones, but in the case of this week's fantastic episode, the devastating twist felt more like a dagger to the heart than a punch to the stomach.

In case you haven't seen the episode, entitled 'The Door', then consider this your spoiler alert warning. You know the drill. In the final moments of the episode, we finally discovered why the fan favourite Hodor could only say "Hodor", and that his whole life was a casualty to chance and Bran's ill-fated attempt at warging. Actor and DJ Kristian Nairn has been earning a lot of praise for that remarkable scene and his performance on the show, but we've a feeling that we might be seeing him back on our screens in the near future. After all, those White Walkers could do with some help. Even if he's an ice zombie, we'll always hold the door for him. Actually, we won't. Those things are terrifying! https://twitter.com/KristianNairn/status/734869041408573440 https://twitter.com/emrealmdr/status/734788074266300416 https://twitter.com/SnowyJonny/status/734588609668501507 https://twitter.com/atish_dash7/status/734488185045061632 https://twitter.com/ReaganGomez/status/734564954938998785 https://twitter.com/songadaymann/status/734570380988428291 https://twitter.com/KiaJD/status/734567294311993345 https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/734875044564848640 https://twitter.com/PFischler/status/734856642563477505 https://twitter.com/SahilBulla/status/734987818355724288 https://twitter.com/JasonIsbell/status/734909239911665664 Still, at least least Bran apologised (through the actor who plays him, Isaac H. Wright) https://twitter.com/Isaac_H_Wright/status/734650134152249344 Nairn and Wright filmed this interview to accompany this week's shock episode. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AHMTVcbvb3c In it, Wright gets to the heart of why Hodor's fate is upsetting:

"It’s mortifying. It’s so sad. He’s one of the only characters on Game of Thrones who genuinely doesn’t have an agenda of any kind, I mean at all. He’s just Hodor… So to have him then killed is just the ultimate twisting of the knife. And it really is these good, kind characters that deserve nothing like that and who have been through a horrible time themselves. Because Hodor was just a totally normal kid who was then sort of screwed over by Bran."