--- title: Game of Thrones: Best Internet Reactions to Eastwatch Ending description: 'Eastwatch' ends with a new fan-favorite group of seven assembled in the face of potential danger beyond the wall. canonical: https://time.com/4899286/game-of-thrones-eastwatch-band-memes/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-14T15:07:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:27.247Z og:title: The Internet Is Digging the New Game of Thrones Boy Band og:description: This squad of seven is a serious fan favorite og:url: https://time.com/4899286/game-of-thrones-eastwatch-band-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b3d227c606d8cc4/6988d9837cdbaca014d59946/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1578 og:image:height: 888 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-Eastwatch-Davos-Seaworth-Tormund-Giantsbane-Jorah-Mormont-Jon-Snow-Gendry og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Digging the New Game of Thrones Boy Band twitter:description: This squad of seven is a serious fan favorite twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b3d227c606d8cc4/6988d9837cdbaca014d59946/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Can't Get Enough of the New _Game of Thrones_ Boy Band > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 14, 2017 3:07 PM UTC  Liam Cunningham, Kristofer Hivju, Iain Glen, Kit Harington and Joe Dempsie in Game of Thrones Liam Cunningham, Kristofer Hivju, Iain Glen, Kit Harington and Joe Dempsie in Game of Thrones Helen Sloan/HBO  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 14, 2017 3:07 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for season seven of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/). It’s the [new Suicide Squad](http://time.com/4683308/oscars-2017-suicide-squad-oscar-winner/). A fresh [Magnificent Seven](http://time.com/4495410/magnificent-seven-1960-review/). An upgraded version of the [Avengers](http://time.com/4853722/comic-con-2017-movies-television/item//). A better (blasphemy!) [Backstreet Boys](http://time.com/4803082/joey-fatone-nsync-backstreet-mclean/). Ocean’s… [Seven](http://time.com/4094598/sandra-bullock-female-oceans-eleven/)? Whatever you want to call it, the ragtag crew of seven who stepped foot north of the Wall together at the end of [“Eastwatch,”](http://time.com/4899117/game-of-thrones-eastwatch-memes/) the fifth episode of this season’s _Game of Thrones,_ are the internet’s latest obsession. It’s an eclectic group: you’ve got Jon Snow, King in the North with a newly revealed [claim to fame](http://time.com/4898856/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-parents-annulment/); Gendry the blacksmith, only surviving illegitimate son of the late king Robert Baratheon; Ser Jorah Mormont, formerly disgraced knight now healed from greyscale and back in Daenerys’s service; The Hound, ready for battle; Tormund Giantsbane, fearsome wildling leader; Thoros of Myr, the Red Priest of the Brotherhood Without Banners; and flaming sword wielder Beric Dondarrion, who [keeps coming back](http://time.com/4827348/game-of-thrones-trailer-2-beric-dondarrion-flaming-sword/) from the dead, thanks to Thoros’s ministrations. **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)**.** There’s been plenty of bad blood between these men in the past, but the seven put their differences aside in light of the common enemy at hand. Their mission? Bring back proof of the threat beyond the Wall. And the internet is alight with excitement about this motley crew joining forces for the greater good. You could say that they’re finally working in [harmony](http://time.com/4807958/fifth-harmony-foursome-down/). That they’ve found a new way to be [in sync](http://time.com/4444722/nsync-reunion-photo/). Even that they’ve discovered their [true direction](http://time.com/4794745/niall-horan-one-direction-billboard/). > [](https://twitter.com/SabiaBergkamp/status/896922509320126464) > [](https://twitter.com/Lalalalalabenia/status/896931717201641473) > [](https://twitter.com/dagney%5Fan/status/896917350007676931) > [](https://twitter.com/ForniCarias/status/896915017534029825) > [](https://twitter.com/itsblakestan%5F%5F%5F/status/896913679073107969) > [](https://twitter.com/JonyTargaryan/status/897040851414667264) > [](https://twitter.com/ItsGoTQuote/status/897076587954393088) > [](https://twitter.com/frostedthunder/status/896954358960541696) > [](https://twitter.com/Air%5FRoll%5FNicdao/status/896953174929678336) > [](https://twitter.com/WannabeBatman%5F/status/896940020828971008) > [](https://twitter.com/shannonpynn/status/896941950246334464) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4899286/game-of-thrones-eastwatch-band-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4899286/game-of-thrones-eastwatch-band-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Can't Get Enough of the New Game of Thrones Boy Band","datePublished":"2017-08-14T15:07:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:27.247Z","description":"'Eastwatch' ends with a new fan-favorite group of seven assembled in the face of potential danger beyond the wall.","url":"https://time.com/4899286/game-of-thrones-eastwatch-band-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b3d227c606d8cc4/6988d9837cdbaca014d59946/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b3d227c606d8cc4/6988d9837cdbaca014d59946/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-Eastwatch-Davos-Seaworth-Tormund-Giantsbane-Jorah-Mormont-Jon-Snow-Gendry","caption":"Liam Cunningham, Kristofer Hivju, Iain Glen, Kit Harington and Joe Dempsie in Game of Thrones","creditText":"Helen Sloan/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/4899286/game-of-thrones-eastwatch-band-memes/","name":"The Internet Can't Get Enough of the New Game of Thrones Boy Band"}}]}] ```