--- title: Game of Thrones: Missandei Reacts to Jon-Daenerys Meeting description: The long-awaited meeting of Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones brought about one of the series funniest moments to date. canonical: https://time.com/4881654/game-of-thrones-missandei-reaction-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-meeting/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-31T22:23:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:03.226Z og:title: Game of Thrones' Missandei Had the Best Reaction of All Time og:description: The Jon Snow-Dany meeting brought about one of the series' funniest moments og:url: https://time.com/4881654/game-of-thrones-missandei-reaction-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-meeting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1fc1e7442112df/6988d7e30a4a2246a69cf466/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-jon-snow-daenerys-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-The-Queens-Justice-Jon-Snow-Daenerys-Targaryen og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones' Missandei Had the Best Reaction of All Time twitter:description: The Jon Snow-Dany meeting brought about one of the series' funniest moments twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1fc1e7442112df/6988d7e30a4a2246a69cf466/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-jon-snow-daenerys-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_' Missandei Just Had the Best Reaction to That Jon Snow-Daenerys Targaryen Meeting > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 31, 2017 10:23 PM UTC  Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington in Game of Thrones Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington in Game of Thrones HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 31, 2017 10:23 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for season seven of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/). The long-awaited meeting of [Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen](http://time.com/4880110/game-of-thrones-daenerys-targaryen-jon-snow-meeting/) in [Sunday’s episode](http://time.com/4880109/game-of-thrones-cersei-lannister-lena-headey/) of _Game of Thrones_ brought about one of the series’ funniest moments to date. And Nathalie Emmanuel — who plays Missandei in the HBO drama — apparently thought it was just as hilarious as fans did. After Missandei introduced Daenerys by rattling off her long list of titles — including rightful heir to the Iron Throne, Mother of Dragons and Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea — Davos paused a beat before stepping forward to announce Jon. “This is Jon Snow,” he blurted out, adding, “He’s King in the North.” **MORE:** **To stay up to date on everything** **_Game of Thrones_** **, follow our all-encompassing** [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook)[ **page**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook) **and sign up for our** [**exclusive** ](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)[**newsletter**](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)**.** Emmanuel took to Twitter Monday to poke fun at the exchange, sharing her thoughts on the comical moment. “‘You now stand before Daenerys Stormborn of House Tagaryen…the mother of dragons etc etc’…’This is Jon Snow,'” she wrote, adding a crying laugh emoji. > [](https://twitter.com/missnemmanuel/status/892071696554901504) The fourth episode of _Game of Thrones_‘ seventh season airs Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4881654/game-of-thrones-missandei-reaction-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-meeting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4881654/game-of-thrones-missandei-reaction-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-meeting/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones' Missandei Just Had the Best Reaction to That Jon Snow-Daenerys Targaryen Meeting","datePublished":"2017-07-31T22:23:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:03.226Z","description":"The introduction brought about one of the series' funniest moments","url":"https://time.com/4881654/game-of-thrones-missandei-reaction-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-meeting/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","TV","Daenerys Targaryen","Jon Snow"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1fc1e7442112df/6988d7e30a4a2246a69cf466/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-jon-snow-daenerys-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f1fc1e7442112df/6988d7e30a4a2246a69cf466/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-jon-snow-daenerys-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-The-Queens-Justice-Jon-Snow-Daenerys-Targaryen","caption":"Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington in Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4881654/game-of-thrones-missandei-reaction-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-meeting/","name":"Game of Thrones' Missandei Just Had the Best Reaction to That Jon Snow-Daenerys Targaryen Meeting"}}]}] ```