'Game of Thrones' brought back someone we've sorely missed, and we're screaming

CAN THIS BE????
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Spoilers below for Game of Thrones Season 7, episode 5. So don't act like you haven't been warned.

Game of Thrones is in the business of reunions and resurrecting old favorites this season, and "Eastwatch" brought back none other than King Robert Baratheon's beloved bastard Gendry.

The blacksmith's apprentice who fled King's Landing with Arya Stark and sailed away from Stannis Baratheon waaaaayyyyy back in Season 3 reunited with Davos Seaworth in Fleabottom in tonight's episode... and then got right into another freaking boat.

"I didn't think I'd find you," Davos says as we finally see Gendry's face. "Thought you might still be rowing."

SO DID WE ALL, DAVOS.

Gendry has been cooling his heels in King's Landing, A.K.A growing hella restless about making Lannister weapons when he knows full well that they killed his father and tried to kill him too.

Now he's on a potentially deadly mission with the Westeros equivalent of the Magnificent Seven, and we're just praying to the old gods and the new that the show hasn't brought him back just to cruelly snatch him away from us again.

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Proma Khosla

Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.

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