The Big Picture A good time has passed since Game of Thrones came to its end, but we will never stop talking about it. We've all been traumatized by the way it ended, and series creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss did drop the ball there, but they also made some right calls along the way. As the HBO hit series naturally deviated from the original George R.R.
Release Date April 17, 2011 Creator David Benioff, D.B. Weiss Cast Peter Dinklage , Lena Headey , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Emilia Clarke , Kit Harington , Sophie Turner , Maisie Williams Main Genre Drama Seasons 8 Studio HBO Olly’s Part in ‘Game of Thrones’ Is Short, but Impactful We first meet Olly in the third episode of Season 4, "Breaker of Chains", when his village just south of the Wall is raided by a group of Wildlings led by Tormund and Styr .
All this culminates in the assassination of Jon Snow in the Season 5 finale, "Mother's Mercy". Olly is the one to give the final blow to Jon's chest, enraged that his role model turned out to be a traitor to the Night's Watch.