Got Rewind: Aemon Targaryen

A look at Aemon Targaryen, a brother to a king, a brother of the Nightswatch, and a Maester of the Citadel.
The Season 5 - Episode 7 "The Gift" Rewind.

[matthewpierce]

Jon spent all that time interacting with his great uncle without even knowing.

[Redxx]

He was an extraordinary character. His last scenes were the most emotional and hardest to watch in the whole show. "I dreamed I was old" gets me every time.

[pkingo]

"Egg I dreamt I was old"... such a beautiful line.. brought tears to my eyes

[bbenjoe]

Aemon Targaryen was played by Peter Vaughan (1923-2016) R.I.P.

[alloran]

Contrast Aemon talking about the woman he loved against King Robert talking about Lyanna. Robert was only infatuated with Lyanna and in the end he couldn't even remember what she looked like after 20 years, while Aemon could picture his love as clear as day probably 80+ years later.

[tiarasari]

"A Targaryen, alone in the world.This is terrible thing" - and then jon snow coming from the door. holy shit thats such a foreshadowing scene.

[HRTSLOVE]

FYI, actor Peter Vaughn is really blind, although I'm not sure if it's a lifelong condition or something that happened later. Whatever, it gave me even more respect for this wonderful actor and his performances on the show. He is missed.

[icarus]

Aemon Targaryen, the man who fooled GRR Martins and the Game of Thrones: he managed to die of old age!

[glowhoo]

I wish Jon would’ve told Dany about Aemon.
“You know, I met your great uncle at castle black”
“My great uncle?”
“Maester Aemon Targaryen, your father’s Uncle, and possibly the wisest man I’ve ever met.”

[SamuelHallEngland]

He did help a Targaryen in the end by giving such valuable life advice to Jon Snow.

[Cissablack]

I don't care what anybody saids this man WAS Aemon Targayan. He was born for this part. Honestly one of the best characters in the whole of this saga.

[Pyrethryn]

"Egg... I dreamed I was old"

*everyone sobs*

[docteurgryzlar]

I believe that this is one of the saddest deaths in Game of Thrones. Only character that dies of old age, and so emotional. RIP Aemon & Peter Vaughan (the actor that played him). Their watch has ended.

[Nopicrandom]

Aemon was one of my favorite show characters

[Demos_Jeff]

If Aemon had become king I'm sure none of this would have happened

[sethraelthebard]

Maester Aemon was one of the wisest men in Westeros. He was humble, restrained, and firm. Yet, for all this, he was right to give up the Iron Throne. Aemon Targaryen knew that too many hands reaching for the same sword would result in a great many bloody stumps. Maester Aemon was even offered the chance to serve on the small council, as an advisor to his brother Aegon V. He refused because he knew that his connection to the king would make him and his family a target for corruption. He was truly an exceptional, extraordinary man. Rest in Peace old man...you earned it.

[mrthejayvion]

One of the biggest shames in this series is that Dany will never meet this guy

[MikeCruz]

God Bless Peter Vaughn, he was a wonderful actor with great range and an even better speaking voice. No one could have played his role as the old Maester better and no one could have rivaled him. He gave the character such depth to enable fantasy to become reality. May he rest in peace. By the way, he gave Sir Anthony Hopkins a run for his money in The Remains of the Day (1995).

[poetasintierra]

This episode was such a great pleasure to watch. Thx a lot for the uploading. The actor that embodied this character added a gravitas to Aemon Targaryen that I hardly remember to have seen before in other movies, tv shows or theater plays

[fakeskyler]

Imagine if Aemon HAD taken the throne. One king, ruling for almost 80 years . . . doing away with all the reigns of Aegon the Unlikely, Jaehaerys II, the Mad King, Robert, Joffrey, and Tommen . . . he would've been a good king, too, but the people best suited for power are the ones who distance themselves from it.