Game of Thrones season 6 episode 1: Is Jon Snow alive or dead? A spoiler-filled recap for the casual fan

Game of Thrones season 6 returned tonight with premiere episode 'The Red Woman'. If you're an ardent fan and yet to watch it you probably want to stop reading now, but, if you're not bothered by**spoilers**, here's a quick rundown.

Jon Snow status: Still dead but hints toward his resurrection.

The first episode didn't tell us much we hadn't already gleaned from the trailer - Jon is dead and his body is being guarded by Ser Davos, Ghost and his few remaining followers from Ser Alliser, who probably wants to turn it into furniture or something, the total bastard.

Melisandre joined them for a bit to be sad about never having gotten to get freaky with Jon during his short lifetime, before retreating to her room.

In the episode's closing moments, she disrobed (as she always does) in front of a mirror, before suddenly changing into an incredibly old version of herself (?).

What does Mel's transformation mean?

We're in the very early days of speculation (8 minutes' worth at time of writing), but my favourite theory so far is that she has given up decades of her life to give them to Jon.

It's very possible we'll see her do this next episode before presumably dying - having maxed out the amount of years she could give up and still be non-arthritic enough to do a bit of magic.