Jon's exoneration of Theon Greyjoy and the Stark sisters' commemorating Ned Stark were inspiring, and the whole White Walker dragon thing set the stakes high. And this wasn’t even the only epic thing to happen in the finale, as Arya assassinates Walder Frey, revenge for the Red Wedding at last and making an endless amount of assassin training worth it. Hosted by Ken Napzok (ScreenJunkies Watching Thrones, ForceCenter) with a cast of characters including Lon Harris, Rachel Cushing, Andres Cabrera, Thomas Rissling, and more, Casterly Talk is a long-form podcast all about the lessons, themes, and moments from Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the worlds of Wester… Battle of Blackwater Bay. Season 8's problems were significant, but it did enough right to remain deeply engaging TV. Speaking of trials, here’s Tyrion’s trial by combat, which is how pretty much everything was decided in this show for a few seasons there. Truly one of the best episodes of the series by far, if not the best. This was the moment that Tyrion took command after Joffrey and the Hound proved to be cowards, but got no credit as the Tyrells swooped in to help save the city. I’m also a regular on IGN’s Fireteam Chat podcast and have published five sci-fi novels. Daenerys' exploits in Essos, as with most seasons, are a low point here with the Sons of the Harpy subplot. The Lion and the Rose (Season 4, Episode 2) – 9.7 (32,000 votes). With its unconventional parenting methods and … … Theory No. (For Game of Thrones, at least.). Arya Stark's training to become a Faceless Man, mostly consisting of her mopping floors, was OK at best. Given how hated Joffrey was on this show, I’m surprised the Purple Wedding isn’t higher. #4 A Game of Thrones… Game of Thrones may be a tale of fire and ice, but it’s also a tale that’s served some serious looks over the course of its soon-to-be eight seasons. You may opt-out by. Ahead of the final season of Game of Thrones (premiering April 14 on HBO), we scoured the Seven Kingdoms to find the 15 best quotes of the series. As we would see though, that training would pay off in the most spectacular of ways. The third season was truly great TV. Follow me on Twitter and on Facebook. Game of Thrones season 6 has landed on DVD and Blu-ray, so now is the time to take a look back and consider the very best of the best moments from … Particularly memorable is the scene in which Tyrion protects Sansa from a public beating. The way he interacts with Tyrion, who takes over as Hand of the King, is terrific. If this list was my own personal preferences, I might have this as #1 instead of #2, but it’s clear that this is a hugely beloved episode. It's actually an above average Daenerys plot, thanks largely to the tense battle that leaves Grey Worm injured and Ser Barristan Selmy dead. This entire sequence was jaw-dropping, and the episode was bolstered by a surprisingly great one-off guest appearance by Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Karsi, a wilding heavily featured in the episode that ends up becoming just another zombie footsoldier in the end. Five episodes later he kills Ramsay Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards. Game of Thrones isn't only about death and war; sometimes, some characters are lucky enough to find love. 7. Game of Thrones' first season is magnificently beguiling. "Hold the door.". ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Arya hangs out with Tywin. Recap: Game of Thrones is often at its best when it focuses on inter-generational tensions and struggles within large families. It will be tough for Game of Thrones to top this one with an even more epic battle, but surely there are a few more still to come in these final episodes. You think the hero of this story is Ned Stark. ‘Luigi’s Mansion 3’ Review: The Joy Of Sucking, ‘WWE 2K20’ Review: The Good, The Bad, The Bottom Line, ‘NASCAR Heat 4’ Review: The Good, The Bad And The Bottom Line, ‘Dragon Quest XI S’ Switch Review: Still One Of The Best Role-Playing Games Ever Made, ‘Doug Flutie Maximum Football 2019’ Review: The Good, The Bad And The Bottom Line, ‘FIFA 20’ Review: The Good, The Bad And The Bottom Line, ‘Daemon X Machina’ Review: Ignore The Casuals, This Is A Proper Mecha Game, ‘Zelda: Link’s Awakening’ Review: An Amazing Remake Of The Best ‘Zelda’ Game Ever Made. You will start to see a theme here, that many of the chosen episodes are full of epic battles or big-name deaths, which should be no surprise. In retrospect, this really was a hell of an episode. You find out that this isn't a story where the good guys always win. 9. But since this is GoT, some romances come to a … It was more plodding plot than substantial storytelling. The season ends with northern lords naming him the King in the North. (Again, generally.). Bran's time with the Three-Eyed Raven is arguably the worst part of the season, but its climax, the famous The Door episode, is an all-time favourite. Three episodes in, Jon gets resurrected by Lady Melisandre. It really is just the strength of the trial that made this episode a classic. Game of Thrones is infamous for killing off the best-loved, most-perceived-as-righteous characters. Only just now, in last week’s episode, does the truth of what happened finally come out as Olenna Tyrell admits that it was her who poisoned Joffrey, not Tyrion and Sansa. We were all so naive. Endings are hard. As you’ll see in our below list, each of the four games did its best to capture the magic of Game of Thrones in its own way. I’ve been writing about video games, television and movies for Forbes for over 10 years, and you may have seen my reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. 4. Then Stannis comes in and crushes the Wildlings so peace isn’t really necessary. Game of Thrones " ended after eight seasons, and fans of the HBO show may be looking for something else to watch. In 2011 we watched a small crew of men in black cloaks venture north of a magic wall. We've pulled together 36 of the best Game of Thrones fan theories on where the George R.R. I thought this would be an interesting moment to stop and take stock of where Game of Thrones has been so far, and what the most beloved episodes are to date. With HBO’s mega-hit “Game of Thrones” heading around the final curve toward the finish line, we’re looking back at seven seasons of episodes and picking out the 15 best. Arya's training, while still average TV, improved over the previous season. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Joffrey Baratheon really is a true villain, though. Given how many other season 4 episodes are about to appear on this list, I’m not surprised the finale made the cut as well. He falls in love with Ygritte, a Free Folk (Free Person?) And that's really the issue with season 2. Joffrey's death is its first major moment. A thoughtful roadblock, but a roadblock nonetheless. Fans seem to be a bit divided in terms of how they feel about season 7 of Game of Thrones. Yet there were issues that were conspicuous to say the least. Without question, my favorite sequence in the show’s history is the beautiful sequence where Cersei’s plan to blow up the sept unfolds flawlessly as the Tyrells and Sparrow slowly realize what’s happening, and how they’ve lost. 1. Overall, Game of Thrones is way, way more highly rated than a show like The Walking Dead on average, as there isn’t an episode under a 9.7/10 on this list. That all changed with Hardhome, another enormous battle episode that pitted Wildlings and The Night’s Watch against the Night Knight and his army of the dead. I’ve been writing about video games, television and movies for Forbes for over 10 years, and you may have seen my reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. As the season that adapted the second half of Martin’s best novel, A Storm of Swords, Game of Thrones Season 4 was nothing but thrilling payoff after the ashen taste of bitterness. Jaime going back to Cersei despite Cersei sending Bronn to kill him and Daenerys' abrupt descent into the Mad Queen were both massive eyebrow raisers. The hits keep coming: Bronn's budding bromance with Jaime Lannister, Jaime's brotherly love for Tyrion, Oberyn Martell's fight against The Mountain and of course Tyrion murdering his toilet-strapped father. This track from season one is another memorable bit of Thrones music, and is also one of the few purely joyful tracks on the score. Tyrion as Hand of the King. This…really is the only big thing that happens episode. It felt like D.B. It is a testament to Game of Thrones’ overall quality that even in what is arguably the worst season so far, we get a episode like “Hardhome,” one of the best of the entire series. That's a tough task. It was perfectly timed, being a surprise without feeling either contrived or arbitrary. It really is just the strength of the trial that made this episode a classic. Battle of the Bastards is the highest rated episode of the series with 50,000 more votes than Winds of Winter, making it not terribly close. Weiss and David Benioff's decision to curtail season 7 and 8 necessitated the pacing that hamstrung these stories. It is without question an absolute stunner of an episode where the showrunners orchestrated a battle that’s more impressive than pretty much anything I’ve seen in any blockbuster genre movie to date. The High Sparrow is a compelling character, but we ultimately know he's a diversion. King's Landing doesn't feel like a city anymore, it's just where Cersei Lannister lives. He and mother Catelyn Stark are betrayed by Roose Bolton, setting the stage for the rise of Ramsay Bolton, one of the show's better antagonists. As you may have guessed from the title, this was the trial of Tyrion Lannister for killing Joffrey, and the courtroom scene between Tyrion, Cersei and Tywin is just fantastic. Game of Thrones' sixth season is where Jon became The Man. True love. Best bits: Arya comes home, Littlefinger dies, Jon meets Daenerys, Jon and Theon, Jaime Lannister finally bails on Cersei. 10. Best bits: Tyrion meets Daenerys, Jon gets named Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jon gets murdered by the Night's Watch, Jaime and Bronn hang out. Back in King's Landing, Tywin reclaims position of Hand of the King, shirking Tyrion to the ignoble Master of Coin position. HBO. " Eat with the Free Folk. (This would serve as a prototype to the last 10 minutes of The Battle of Winterfell which, as mentioned, were awesome.). Game of Thrones is possibly the most watched TV show in the world—assuming as many people lost interest in The Walking Dead as we did—and returns on … The general consensus seems to be that the premiere was good, the second episode was bad, and the third episode was pretty great. Game of Thrones lost its leading man, or what we thought was its leading man, in the first season. 8. Jon meets Ygritte. Stay tuned for another week where I'll get to that. Many of the episodes are tied in rating, but I’ve arranged them based on number of votes, as it’s tough to keep up that high of an average. You find out that the Lannister scandal is an important but ultimately minor piece of this puzzle. Elsewhere, this is when Jorah is revealed as a spy to Daenerys, and Petyr Baelish does linguistic gymnastics to avoid suspicion in the death of Lysa Arryn, but it’s the final Mortal Kombat-esque fight that was the real draw. The dominoes are well and truly falling. Here are the best/most popular quotes from Game Of Thrones 1. Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season [5 Discs] [Blu-ray] SKU: 5824203. Their semi-friendship provides many memorable scenes, including the brawl with Lannister soldiers where Arya gets Needle back, the touching scene in which The Hound shows Arya how to most efficiently kill a man, and of course the encounter with Brienne of effing Tarth. It's also where we're introduced to Lyanna Mormont, one of the show's best minor characters. The same can be said for the King's Landing plot, which has the High Sparrow and his religious cult take over the city. 3. 971 talking about this. This is when Bran meets the Children of the Forrest and the Three-Eyed Raven and the title suggests, but the real draw was later in the episode. The season ended with Tywin's death and Tyrion's escape to Essos. The point of season 7 is to drive home that the world is in grave danger, so it's ironic the world feels like less of a character than ever. (Updated through season 8's "The Bells.") Like season 2, this season is also propped up by the infinitely hateable Joffrey, who goes out of his way to torture Tyrion (and basically everyone else). But nothing compares to another big battle, I suppose. Be warned though! HBO. 7 Second Siege of Meereen. Characters travel to and from Winterfell, Dragonstone, The Wall or King's Landing in a scene or two, when previously such journeys would take at least an episode and often longer. This culminates with a touching scene in the final episode. Plus, there was the anticipated return of Hot Pie. You just can't wait for him to die. Ygritte could have killed Jon with her bow and arrow, you see, but chose to only injure him non-fatally. Martin-based series is headed. I can still hear the crunch of his skull and his screams as I write this. Game of Thrones is full of unlikely pairings, from The Hound and Arya, Jaime Lannister and Brienne, and more. Insider analyzed fan ratings on Rotten Tomatoes to find are 30 shows "Game of Thrones" fans also rated highly. How do its eight seasons hold up? A happy, distant dream land. He's noxious for no good reason. Then there's Tyrion's trial and his "I will let the Gods decide" speech, which'll give anyone goosebumps. He managed to … This season also breathed life into Sansa. Meanwhile, Jon, finding himself alone on the wrong side of the wall in season 2, is forced to become one with the Free Folk. For nearly 10 years afterwards, Game of Thrones was a fixture in the lives of millions more around the world (even if Ned Stark sadly wasn't). But in the end, Sansa and Littlefinger swoop in to save them, and Ramsay is captured and ultimately devoured by his own dogs. Speaking of happy alternate realities, season 2 is part one of the tragedy that is Jon and Ygritte. Season 6 ends with Cersei crowned Queen, Jon the King in the North and Daenerys finally on her way to Westeros. 8 BRIENNE AND TORMUND (BEST) Brienne and Tormund are easily the funniest potential couple on Game of Thrones. The penultimate episode of season 6 of Game of Thrones was truly special. Join the battle in Game of Thrones Winter is Coming, Yoozoo's new real-time strategy browser game. This is also where the show's best unlikely tandem hit their stride: The Hound and Arya. It's something of a sacrificial lamb in that regard, setting up future seasons for success. The Winds of Winter (Season 6, Episode 10) – 9.9 (98,000 votes). Meanwhile, Jaime and Bronn being buds in Dorne was fun, and Marcella's death scene, including Jaime's revelation, was an emotional moment, even if it was hastily built. Blackwater (Season 2, Episode 9) – 9.7 (24,5000 votes). Hodor was probably only the 54th most important character in Game of Thrones at the time, but the final sequence that has him holding the door to save Bran and Meera, and Bran time traveling to be the one to make Hodor, Hodor (“hold the doooor!”) was something that no one had ever seen before, and that entire sequence remains burned in all of our brains to this day. Game of Thrones is at its best when it spotlights how life and the people in it are gray, not black-and-white. Theon's betrayal of the Starks becomes a key element of the Thrones tale later, but it's chaotic here. It's home to arguably the show's most infamous scene, The Red Wedding, and what I would argue is its best love story, Jon and Ygritte. 5. Battle of the Bastards (Season 6, Episode 9) – 9.9 (143,000 votes). The first season also expertly lays seeds that blossom into centerpiece plants in the Game of Thrones garden; Tyrion disciplining Joffrey, the subtle differences in Varys and Littlefinger's whispers, the dutiful-but-resentful Hound. But the emotional peak came before; the Free Folk and the Night's Watch collide in a battle at Castle Black in episode 9. Over a million people signed a Change.org petition to have it remade, but maybe the backlash was inevitable. I would argue we’ve never seen anything like this since, even in these last few memorable episodes, and may not get anything this shocking again, now that we’ve grown to expect horrible things like this to happen. 8. The High Sparrow was just a roadblock for Cersei. Tyrion ends up counseling Daenerys, but the road to getting there isn't particularly gratifying. Rating: User rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars with 1854 reviews. “Never forget what you are. Arya Stark's Winterfell return, the death of Littlefinger and Jon meeting Daenerys for the first time are scenes to be YouTubed for years to come. Brienne becoming Ser Brienne, the last 10 minutes of The Battle of Winterfell, Cleganebowl and the death of Daenerys were all standout, truly great Game of Thrones moments. Some shows "Game of Thrones" fans enjoy include "Mindhunter," "Dexter," and "Orphan Black." In 2011 we watched a small crew of men in black cloaks venture north of a magic wall. Major spoilers ahead for the uninitiated(but really, if you still haven’t watched this amazing show, what rock have you been living under?)! The Red Wedding usually gets thrown about as the bigger swerve, but it was Ned's death that established what Game of Thrones' was really about. Hardhome (Season 5, Episode 8) – 9.9 (62,000 votes). As 'Game of Thrones' heads into its final season, here are the 15 best episodes of the series so far. By this point, Oberyn Martell was growing on audiences, and to see him killed in one of the show’s most horrific deaths was scarring for many. Tormund is head over heels in love with Brienne and he sees her as a sparkly unicorn goddess. We rank the 10 best. Like Blackwater, this battle takes up almost the entire episode, but it’s good enough where we don’t even care that we barely see anyone else. The jostling between Stannis and Renly Baratheon is OK, but at this point we're not invested in either character. But we know Daenerys' destiny is in Westeros, so Essos monkey business ultimately feels inconsequential, particularly this late in the game. I’d argue that The Rains of Castamere was the episode that fully cemented Game of Thrones as a legendary TV, the likes of which had never really been seen before. This season came in hot, as the prior one ended with Tyrion Lannister murdering his father, Tywin. With the story completed (fret not, a prequel is on the way), and with a year of distance from the finale, we can go back and analyze which of its chapters were the best, and which were the worst. It's synonymous with Ned Stark, whose spectre has hovered over the show since, the foundation of poignant moments even six seasons later. It's quality TV with many stellar elements -- and watching it back in retrospect, knowing where everyone ends up, does help. I took me a minute to recall what happened in this episode, but it’s the aftermath of Jon Snow’s battle with the wildlings where he tries to make peace with Mance Rayder (remember that guy?). Pick up my sci-fi novel series, The Earthborn Trilogy, which is now in print, online and on audiobook.

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