Game of Thrones has spent three years foreshadowing The Long Night’s ending

Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones, season 8, episode 3, “The Long Night.”
When Arya stabs the Night King at the 11th hour in the Game of Thrones episode “The Long Night,” it was a shocking relief for the high tension of seeing most of the show’s fan-favorite cast overwhelmed by the sheer mass of undead. But showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss explain that they’ve known about the twist for three years now, and they’ve been foreshadowing it in the s