4. The Battle of Winterfell
Season 8 Episode 3
The ultimate showdown between humanity and the undead in Sport of Thrones’ fourth-to-last episode felt anticlimactic in placement, particularly after the final three episodes sharply turned to concentrate on the Iron Throne once more. That doesn’t cease us from giving credit score the place it’s due. The Battle of Winterfell is an exhausting, film-worthy battle of cinematic proportions. Bizarre lighting selections, curious plot holes (why did the Dothraki die instantly when hit with the wrath of the Lifeless, however Jaime and Brienne survive with their backs in opposition to the wall?), and an formidable runtime don’t overshadow how a lot effort was put into this conflict sequence by the solid and crew. That is Sport of Thrones’ funds and vitality at full show.
3. Daenerys and the Dothraki v. the Lannister Military
Season 7 Episode 4
Regardless of shedding most of their allies by season 7, the Lannisters have been nonetheless essentially the most formidable foe in Westeros on the again of a powerful military and agency management in battle. That’s why, when the Dothraki ambush them on Goldroad, it nonetheless looks like they’ll have an opportunity to outlive. When Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) hears the roar of Daenerys’ dragon hurtling by way of the air proper behind the Dothraki, it’s sport over for the Lannisters. This was one of many solely battles within the present the place each character’s life was at stake, even Drogon’s. As fireplace reigned down on the mortals, Bronn’s (Jerome Flynn) sharpshooting made it really feel like essentially the most deadly weapon would possibly belong to these on the bottom moderately than the skies.
2. The Battle of the Bastards
Season 6 Episode 9
The execution of the ultimate battle between Jon Snow’s military and Ramsay Bolton’s (Iwan Rheon) in season 6’s penultimate affair is tightly wound, emotionally devastating, and maybe the folks’s selection for the most effective conflict scene within the present. It’s arduous to think about a much bigger dichotomy of morals than these held by the 2 males main these armies. Regardless that it was apparent who would take the crown (it all the time felt like Jon’s future to change into King within the North, not Ramsay’s), the Battle of the Bastards is Sport of Thrones at its grandest. Jon standing able to tackle the whole lot of the Bolton forces has been meme’d to loss of life, nevertheless it all the time will get the adrenaline pumping!
