In the season 1 finale, Robb is declared King in the North, Cersei takes a new lover - her cousin, this time - and Arya escapes King’s Landing with a troupe bound for the Night’s Watch. HBO 11) Fire and Blood (Season 1, Episode 10) That’s all stuff that we’d been waiting to see, and boy, did Game of Thrones ever deliver. Jon and Daenerys show some sparks, the mysterious Children of the Forest get a little less mysterious and, oh yeah, Dany sics her Dothraki soldiers and a freakin’ dragon on the Lannister army. In this episode, Arya finally returns to Winterfell, where she reunites with Sansa and Bran after the better part of seven seasons and spars with Brienne.
When Game of Thrones’ penultimate season hits its midpoint, it finally starts paying off on some of its longest-running storylines. HBO 12) Spoils of War (Season 7, episode 4) HBO And as he struts around Ser Gregor’s monstrous body on the ground demanding a confession, Ser Gregor gives him one - while gouging out his eyes and caving in his skull with his bare hands. Oberyn gets a hit! A very palpable hit! Then another.
Why? Because that’s just how justice is done in Westeros, OK? Oberyn believes The Mountain killed his sister and her children, so he’s pretty mad and hops around with his poisoned spear like an angry frog. Prince Oberyn of Dorne fights against Ser Gregor Clegane (aka The Mountain) in a battle to determine whether Tyrion will live or die. Of all the horrific death scenes in Game of Thrones, this one might have made us the most physically ill. 13) The Mountain and the Viper (Season 4, episode 8) HBO Of course, now that we know what happens, we can skip straight to the good stuff, and if you’re feeling down after the show’s rocky conclusion, these episodes will remind you why you fell in love with Game of Thrones in the first place. This means, of course, that spoilers run rampant throughout the list.
Martin to finish the books or debate who should’ve actually become king, but there’s really only one way to fill the dragon-sized hole in our hearts: Watch the series again. We could spend the time watching something else, waiting for George R. Game of Thrones‘ final season may not have lived up to some fans’ exceedingly high expectations, but either way, our Sunday nights became a lot more open.
The final episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones aired one year ago this week, bringing an end to a series that ranks among the most popular TV shows of all time.