Big, scaly, snorting, masterfully rendered dragons.
Did we mention the dragons?
By the time we reach the season eight finale, expect to see some changes below…
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50.
Syrio vs the Kingsguard
Season one, episode eight
The first sword of Braavos does not run.
What do we say to the god of death?
read more: Game of Thrones Season 8 Predictions and Theories
49.
Jaime and Briennes bath
Season three, episode five
You all despise me.
Kingslayer, Oathbreaker, the man without honor.
This is the turning point for Jaime Lannister in Briennes eyes, and in those of the viewer.
Tyrion slaps Joffrey
Season one, episode two
One word and I hit you again.
Aka the gif that keeps on giving.
read more The Real History of Game of Thrones: Tyrion Lannister
47.
Brienne vs the bear
Season three, episode seven
A wooden sword?
Jaime going back to Harrenhal to save Brienne is another big check in his redemption column.
read more: Game of Thrones Changes That Improved on the Book
46.
Summer saves Brans life
Its a mercy.
read more: 24 Game of Thrones Book Characters Not in the Show
45.
Ramsays sausage dinner
Season three, episode ten
No.
Do you think Im some sort of savage?
It was this gloating, horrific joke by the psychopath though, that really sticks in the mind.
read more: The Unanswered Questions of Game of Thrones
44.
Another entry in the Jaime and Brienne camp.
read more The Real History of Game of Thrones: The War
43.
Melisandre gives birth
Season two, episode five
Shadows cannot live in the dark, Ser Davos.
Melisandres magic has provided more than a few WTF moments onGame Of Thrones.
read more: Ranking all the Game of Thrones Villains
42.
Sam leaves Horn Hill
Season six, episode six
We belong together.
Game Of Thrones timing is one of its greatest talents.
read more: The Game of Thrones Episodes to Re-Watch Before Season 8
41.
Jon gives Needle to Arya
First lesson: stick em with the pointy end.
This girls not for embroidery, and neither is her Needle.
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40.
Daario Naharis vss the Champion of Meereen
Season four, episode three
Let me kill this man for you.
A combination of grand scale, action and well-timed humor make this moment one of the shows greats.
His arm, as it happens, turns out to be very, very good.
Champion defeated, Dany makes one of the speeches of her political career.
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39.
Jon and Ygrittes cave
Is that what lords do to their ladies in the south?
Sadly, it wasnt to last.
read more: Whats Next for Jon Snow?
Olenna vs Cersei
Season six, episode seven
I wonder if youre the worst person I ever met.
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37.
Baths have proved unexpectedly pivotal toGame Of Thrones.
Jaime cleans not just his body but his reputation, in Briennes eyes, in one.
And Melisandres true form is revealed in this one.
Dany retrieves her dragons
Season two, episode ten
They miss their mother.
The Hound fights five soldiers to get some chicken
Season four, episode one
Fuck the king.
A man built like The Hound needs protein, so best not come between him and his chicken.
Rory McGanns menacingly assured delivery paired with a brutal fight and Arya retrieving Needle make this a classic.
Tyrions trial speech
Season four, episode six
I should have let Stannis kill you all.
Sometimes it doesnt take literal explosions to blow the roof off the place; just one show-stopping performance.
Dany burns down the Temple of the Dosh Khalen
Season six, episode four
Youre not going to serve.
Youre going to die.
When will people learn not to underestimate the Mother of Dragons?
None of you are fit to lead the Dothraki.
But I am, she says, to the Khals amusement.
And then she locks the doors and burns them all to death.
read more: Whats Next for Daenerys Targaryen
32.
Uncle Benjen saves Jon
Season seven, episode six
Uncle Benjen.
If Jon/Aegon defeats the Night King, hell have his uncle to thank.
Season four, episode ten
He is lost.
Come with me or die with him.
The Night Kings origin
Season six, episode five
It was you.
You made the White Walkers.
The Children of the Forest did it.
They created the Night King by inserting a dragonglass blade into a mans heart.
read more: The History of the Night King
29.
Daenerys commands the Unsullied
Season three, episode four
A dragon is not a slave.
Another dracarys moment from Dany, in which the Queen of the Andals teaches slaver Kraznys a lesson.
Two lessons: 1) slavery is wrong and 2) dont mess with Daenerys Stormborn.
It wont end well.
read more The Real History of Game of Thrones: Daenerys Targaryen
28.
Sam kills a White Walker
Season three, episode eight
Its come for the baby!
This was the moment Gilly really knew that Samwell Tarly was a good bet for her and her son.
Where the fucks that?
The Mountain
Season four, episode eight
I am the brother of Elia Martell.
Acrobatic finesse met brute strength in a thrilling battle that ended with no victor.
Beautiful choreography and stomach-turning brutality aGame Of Thronesspeciality.
Tyrion kills Tywin
All my life you wanted me dead.
Tywin Lannister deserved this ignominious end.
Cerseis walk of shame
Season five, episode ten
Shame.
[Rings bell] Shame.
read more: Whats Next for Cersei Lannister?
Ramsays dogs eat him
Season six, episode nine
My hounds will never harm me.
Nowthisis a death that viewers can feel nothing but delight in.
R+L=J confirmed
Season six, episode ten
You have to protect him.
Promise me, Ned.
Olennas last words
Season seven, episode three
Tell Cersei it was me…
The Queen of Thorns delivered cutting barbs right until her last breath.
For a long time onGame Of Thrones, it felt as though the bad guys always won.
The Ned Starks lost their heads while the Joffreys sat on the throne.
Then the tables began to turn and every so often, we saw victories like this one.
The result of all Littlefingers scheming and ambitious manipulation?
A slit throat, at the hands of the united siblings hed tried to divide.
A great death and a great moment.
Jon Snow meets Drogon
Season seven, episode five
Theyre beautiful, arent they?
The Waif may have promised Arya to the Many-Faced God, but Arya had other ideas.
read more: The Real History of the Faceless Men
17.
Jon snow dies
For the watch.
A betrayal only possible to rewatch in the knowledge that it isnt really the end of Jon Snow.
We expected it of Alliser Thorne, but Jon Snows steward stabbing him in the heart?
Arya poisons the Freys
Season seven, episode one
Tell them the North remembers.
Whatever it was, it wasbrilliant.
Cersei blows up the Sept
Cersei is not here.
Tommen is not here.
Why do you think they are not here?
Margaery Tyrell knows whats up.
As soon as Cersei doesnt appear at her own trial, the queen understands that its a trap.
She did it, making good on the Mad Kings threat to burn them all.
A spectacular act from a despicable leader.
read more The Real History of The Sparrows
13.
Drogon rescues Dany from the fighting pits
Season five, episode nine
Protect your queen!
The massacre at Hardhome
Season five, episode eight
Shut the gates!
Hold the door
Hodor.
Varys vs. Littlefinger
Season three, episode six
Chaos is a ladder.
For all the exquisite action inGame Of Thrones, sometimes two characters talking can provide the most thrills.
The Battle of Blackwater
Season two, episode nine
Theres only one ship.
Forget bringing a gun to a knife-fight; Tyrion brought napalm to a naval bout.
Trust Cersei to nick the idea for her own nefarious plan in season six.
read more The Real History of Game of Thrones: Wildfire
8.
Battle of The Bastards
Run to your brother.
The Purple Wedding
Season four, episode two
Serve me my wine.
If they gave out Emmys for schadenfreude, this scene would win every time.
Dany, the Dothraki and Dragons vs the Lannisters
Season seven, episode four
Dracarys!
Jaime pushes Bran out of the tower
Season one, episode one
The things I do for love.
The Red Wedding
Season three, episode nine
The Lannisters send their regards.
Like Ned Starks death, this bloodbath showed that nobody was safe in the game of thrones.
read more The Real History of Game of Thrones: The Red Wedding
3.
Ned Starks death
Season one, episode nine
Treason shall never go unpunished.
This was the shock death that provedGame Of Thronesbrooked no truck with the notion of plot armor.
How can the show possibly continue, we asked?
Just watch me, saidGame Of Thrones, and we did.
Dany becomes the Mother of Dragons
Season one episode ten
Blood of my blood.
The beginning of it all.
Viseryion brings down the wall
Ruuuuuuuuun!
Game Of Thrones season 8premieres on HBO on April 14.
