9 Most Emotional TV Moments Of 2016

2. Hold The Door - Game Of Thrones

Hodor is the big friendly giant of Westeros; only able to speak his own name, he's nonetheless a kind-hearted soul - indeed, one of the few truly good and purely innocent people existing within the world of ice and fire.

So, of course, the series had to give him a devastating exit.

Season 6's The Door was a fine episode anyway, but it'll be remembered for Hodor. Bran's visions see him get touched by the Night King, which leads the White Walkers and their undead army straight to the door of the Three-Eyed Raven.

What ensues is a chaotic chase scene, as Bran, Meera, Summer, and Hodor attempt to flee. At the same time, Bran is still in the past, this time with a vision of young Hodor - aka Wylis - at Winterfell.

The two scenes each build to one brutal crescendo, as Hodor becomes a human barrier to allow Bran and Meera to escape. Bran wargs into him in the past as Meera shouts hold the door, and we see how Wylis became Hodor, and then see him die.

Hold the door. Holdoor. Hodor. Hold me.