Game Of Thrones: Every Episode Ranked From Worst To Best
18. The Dragon And The Wolf (S7E7)
Written By: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed By: Jeremy Podeswa
There was a lot riding on The Dragon and the Wolf. After a season that featured some really rushed storytelling, it needed to provide a satisfying end to the year, deliver payoff for all seven seasons, and setup the final run of episodes too.
In its near feature-length runtime, it pulled it off. In the Dragonpit we saw main characters collide like never before, the show got back to big conversations in small, dark rooms (with stellar acting), Jaime finally turned his back on Cersei, we got to see Rhaegar Targaryen, and had confirmation of his and Lyanna's love, Jon and Dany got it on, Littlefinger died, and the Wall came down courtesy of an undead dragon breathing blue fire.
Seven hells.
17. The Spoils Of War (S7E4)
Written By: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed By: Matt Shakman
Speaking of spectacle, the 'Loot Train Attack' is up there with the greatest of Thrones. For six years we'd been waiting to really see what Daenerys' dragons were capable of (after a sign of things to come in Season 6), and here Drogon was unleashed in jaw-dropping fashion.
Even better than that is the way the camera follows Bronn through the chaos, a la Battle of the Bastards, giving one of the show's greatest supporting characters a major hero moment a long time coming. The whole battle, meanwhile, is a moral conundrum, not explicitly good vs evil but all shades of grey.
There's more to it than just Field of Fire 2.0 though, as Jon and Dany get closer, and Arya's awesome return to Winterfell (especially that fight with Brienne). The cliffhanger was a bit cheap, and there was more Bran weirdness too, but it's forgivable when the rest was so stunning.