To avoid Slynt undermining his authority with his scheming, to separate him from his ally, Alliser Thorne, and in view of his experience, Jon Snow, now Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, decides to give Slynt command of the abandoned way castle Greyguard.
Still under the misapprehension that Jon’s youth and inexperience give him licence to do as he pleases, Slynt refuses to follow Jon’s orders, doing so the second time publicly. At this point, Jon, sick of Slynt’s insubordination and knowing either imprisoning Slynt or forcing him to go would only cause further problems, orders that Slynt should be taken to the top of the Wall and hanged, though Slynt remains arrogantly confident that Jon would not go through with the execution, threatening them all with Tywin Lannister’s retribution if Jon harms him, unaware that with Tywin’s death, he is making empty threats. However, Jon ultimately decides to follow the moral code that Eddard Stark had set his sons, and orders his men to fetch a chopping block so Jon can carry out the beheading himself, under the laws of the First Men his father had followed: namely ‘The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.’ With his head on the block, Slynt begs for mercy and says he will obey Jon’s orders, but Jon thinks “No. You closed that door”, though Jon is merciful and kills Slynt quickly. Stannis Baratheon, who watches the execution, approves of Jon’s behavior.
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omae wa mo shindeiru
Edd, fetch me a block.
Jon gave him mercy with that super fast cut but he didn't deserve it. Fair reminder this fuck killed a baby in season 2 (and her mother in the books)
Good Riddance.
He did the same thing to Ned Stark. Karma is a Beeyoch.
For any fellow Harry Potter fans, doesn’t Janos Slynt seem like the Peter Pettigrew of the GOT universe
We watched him cower with Gilley and little Sam when the battle for the wall was being fought. He’s afraid to lead and defend against an attack. He was safe where he was, or he thought so.
The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword
I love how at 3:19 Jon Snow just takes a swig resentfully like "Arghh… Fuckin' Mondays.. Now I gotta chop this guy's head off."
Stannis will remember that
For all the good it does him now.
Let´s face it, knowing who he was and after running in the wildling attack only Janos tought he have some allies in the Night´s Watch, he was dumb and that´s why he commited suicide via "Insult you Lord Commander mad Targaryen Stark Beheading Bastard"
Coward till the end. He deserved that.
Don't trigger Jon snow.
Janos really was a retard.
Know was supposed to be and is serous but how could you not laugh at this guy. Was there when Ned got beheaded saw him die with dignity , Janos does complete 180. Even Throne dies with pride instead of crying and saying am afraid like bitch.
Two years later and i AM still trying tô undertand What he Was thinking
Wish Theon was around to botch the execution. Slynt deserved a few shitty hacks.
Janos: "You can stick your order up your bastards ass"
He was so ignorant that he didn't see how much he screwed up saying that, he only changed his mind on the chopping block, fucking moron deserves to die.
I'm just now reading through the first book after watching through the entire series. Knowing the part he played in Ned's capture this scene brings me great joy.
This whimpering bitch killed a possible baby bastard of Robbert back in Kings Landing, shame he didn't die more painfully, i'd dangle him off the wall for a night or two the set him on fire and kick him off the wall =D
My sexuality is Jon downing the rest of his drink before joining his men and lopping that loser's head off.
I think this is the first beheading that you clearly see in the show. All the other beheadings are either shot from a distance or cut away at the last second.
lord janos was an idiot ,his false pride killed him ,he could have gone somewhere safe, but no ,he underestimated jon snow.
If Daenerys had done that we all know everyone would go MAD QUEEN MAD QUEEN MAD QUEEN!
Allister wanted him dead too after he found him hiding like a bitch during the attack
That asshole deserved to die
I'm not giving you Greygard Lord Janos, I'm denying it's existence, so yes you will go to freeze and die, unless you would like to die now.
this is the probably 10th time i watched this, i still don't get what was he thinking
Nice to hear the Robb Stark 'Oh what have I become?' Music reoccur. I wonder if we'll get it season eight?
In which episode of the season 5 is this scene ?
Janos Slynt betrayed Ned Stark in season1, which let to his capture by Cercie . A Totally deserved death by the hands of the nephew of the man he betrayed.
good leader punishing the coward old man
4:46-Stannis is thinking, "This kid's got balls."
"I see no grammatical errors here" – Stannis
I don't know why Brian being such a good sport cracks me up so much. "He got me! Good one Lord Commander! More ale everyone!"
Jon finished his beer before he went outside to lop his head off.
Like a boss!
You know, every time I watch this scene (which is a lot tbf, one of my favourites) I always try to figure out what Thorne is thinking. At first it was "….yeah no, he's Lord Commander, get yourself out of this one" but now I'm more thinking he's seeing it as a test for Jon, to see if he'll actually go through with it or back down, and that's why he steps aside… Anyone else?
Stannis aproves
Gotta love that Stannis nod at the end.
Janos was always a dumb motherfucker
Kit tested, Stannis approved.
Stannis approves
That's for betraying Ned you faggot.
"I'm not afraid of a ruin" -Janos Slynt, a Game of Thrones, Tyrion 7