He's dead

But he dies on the way south to the citadel! not at the wall!!!

!!!

His whole line with "fire consumes, but the cold preserves.."

The way they're switching stuff kills the story.

Just like the way they chopped out Dany's "you have given me the wind" line.

It changes everything.

Yea. I don't know. I didn't read the books so it's all new and exciting for me

I hated the first episode, then when my spouse read the books and started sharing the differences? I hated it even more.