This story contains a major revelation from Sunday’s Game of Thrones episode “Home.” 
 
 Jon Snow has returned to the land of the living. 
 
 As fans of HBO’s Emmy-winning hit Game of Thrones have now learned, Kit Harington’s murdered fan-favorite character Jon Snow was revived at the end of Sunday night’s episode. The Lord Commander was resurrected by the sorceress Melisandre, a reveal that caps 10 months of worldwide speculation following Snow’s death at the hands of his Night’s Watch brothers in last year’s finale. 
 
 During an in-depth interview exclusively with EW, Harington spoke about his incredible journey shouldering the show’s biggest secret. Actors typically only have to perform while in front of the camera. But to protect the Jon Snow twist, Harington was asked by the show’s producers to deliver an off-camera performance too — the role of an actor who departed a series that’s become a worldwide sensation. 
 
 The first thing Harington wants viewers to know after seeing his revival: “Sorry!” the 29-year-old says in the above video excerpt. “I’d like to say sorry for lying to everyone. I’m glad that people were upset that he died. I think my biggest fear was that people were not going to care. Or it would just be, ‘Fine, Jon Snow’s dead.’ But it seems like people had a, similar to the Red Wedding episode, kind of grief about it. Which means something I’m doing — or the show is doing — is right.” 
 
 UPDATE: Kit Harington on his secretly huge season 6 role 
 
 For months EW has been working on a top-secret cover story on the extraordinary behind-the-scenes tale of Jon Snow’s death and resurrection — including an exclusive conversation with Harington. Subscribe to receive the issue in digital format and exclusive online access the moment the story is posted, or buy the issue right now here. For more updates, follow @jameshibberd on Twitter, check out our recap of “Home” now, and subscribe to our Game of Thrones podcast (where we talk about our Harington interview). Listen below: 

 This is how big of a secret Jon Snow appearing in Game of Thrones season 6 was: Even though star Kit Harington spent more days working on Thrones last year of than any other actor, the name “Jon Snow” didn’t appear anywhere in the scripts. Snow wasn’t mentioned in the scene breakdowns, call sheets, prop or wardrobe materials either. 
 
 Instead, showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss gave the character a new name that was always used: “LC,” standing for “Lord Commander.” 
 
 The ban even extended to verbal communication. “No one was allowed to say ‘Jon Snow’ on set, ever, everyone had to refer to me as ‘LC,'” Harington confirmed to EW. (The only exception was when the name was said during on-camera dialogue). Even the producers used “LC” among themselves to code their conversation in case outsiders were nearby. 
 
 The nickname inspired some ribbing among the cast. While shooting his resurrection scene, Harington had to lay naked on a table while Carice van Houten (Melisandre) washed him repeatedly. So the actress decided to give Harington a new “LC”-based nomenclature (it’s not something we can print, but feel free to guess). 
 
 Harington is on the cover of this week’s EW where we chronicle the incredible story of how the actor and the Thrones team killed off his character, then secretly brought him back to life for his most dramatic story yet. Buy the issue here, or subscribe to receive digital access the moment the story is posted online. 
 
 For more coverage of Thrones‘ second episode of the season, “Home,” here’s our first interview snippet with Harington (“Sorry!”), our interview with Ramsay Bolton actor Iwan Rheorn on those gruesome murders, our deep-dive recap, and our new Game of Thrones podcast (new episode posted below).
– Spoiler alert: If you're not caught up on Game of Thrones, you probably don't want to read on. But as those who watched Sunday's episode are well aware, Jon Snow is alive. Fans had been wondering about his fate since the end of last season, so in order to keep them guessing, actor Kit Harington's presence on the set had to kept secret. The name "Jon Snow" didn't appear on the scripts, scene breakdowns, call sheets, props, or wardrobe materials, Harington tells Entertainment Weekly. Wherever it would have appeared, "LC" was listed instead. That stands for "Lord Commander," and the showrunners were serious about its use: "No one was allowed to say 'Jon Snow' on set, ever," Harington says, except when the name was called for in dialogue. "Everyone had to refer to me as 'LC.'" And when producers discussed the character among themselves, they used "LC" as well. Harington has been talking to EW extensively about his surprise return to Thrones; earlier, he told the magazine, "I’d like to say sorry for lying to everyone" and insisting that Snow was permanently dead.