There Was A Pretty Obvious Error in the First Episode of Game of Thrones Season 6

If you haven't seen the latest ep of Game of Thrones, first of all, leave now. And secondly, why would you even read this article if you haven't watched it yet ahhhhh!!

Anyway, SPOILERS AHEAD.

The first episode of Game of Thrones season 6 ended with a bit of a bang in the form of Lady Melisandre, played by Carice Van Houten deciding to undress in front of a mirror. 

She first removes her standard red dress and goes on to undo the jeweled choker she wears around her neck.

The emphasis was on the necklace and rightly so - when she removed it and looked into the mirror she had morphed into a really old woman. 

She was sort of how you'd expect a with to look.

So now we realise that it was the red choker that made Lady Melisandre young.

Now, from series 1-5, are we seriously to believe that Lady Melisandre had never taken that choker off and revealed her true form? Damn right we weren't, so thanks must go to Marcela Limon on Twitter who noticed this... 

So, how do you explain this, @GameOfThrones ? #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/KE23Y0cYOh

— Marcela Limon (@march) April 25, 2016

Is it a continuity error or something else?

There are of course potential explanations. Take for example Reddit users PM-ME-YOUR-SUNSETS and grrlonfire who think they may know what's up.

PM-ME-YOUR-SUNSETS: "Maybe it's not necessarily the necklace that keeps her in her beautiful form. To me it just seemed like Melisandre was just shedding away the layers of what she appears to be so that she could look at her true self. This could be something she can do on her own. A gift from the Lord of Light.

If she turned old every time someone tore off her necklace, I'd think she'd be more standoffish and cautious of anyone coming near her."

Grrionfire: "Yeah, in that bathtub scene she talks about the smoke and mirrors she uses to make people believe in her. The only person looking at her in that scene was Selyse, a devout follower. So maybe she used some other trick... Or... Maybe Selyse could always see the red woman as she was. She never seemed concerned that this sexy lady was tempting her hubby all the time. Hmmmm."

However, if you take into account what director Jeremy Podeswa said to Entertainment Weekly about the Lady Melisandre, it might make you think twice as well...

He said: "The idea is there's an indefinite indeterminate quality that she could be ancient.

"We were limited by choosing to use a real person rather than a complete CG creation. Because what does a 400-year-old person look like? We don't know. So if you try to create that, then you're creating something that looks beyond our known reality.

"Here you feel like she's very old without putting a number on it."

We will just have to wait until next week for more we guess!