10 Best Game Of Thrones Episode Endings
9. A Golden Crown (Season 1, Episode 6)
The Ending: A drunken Viserys Targaryen stumbles into Khal Drogo's tent during a feast, demanding the army and crown that he was promised, or else he will leave with his sister (now Drogo's khaleesi). So the Khal grants his wish...sort of. "A crown for a king", he says as he poors molten gold onto Viserys's head, killing him. The episode then fades to black after Daenerys says "He was no dragon. Fire cannot kill a dragon."
Why It's Great: Before Joffrey commanded "Bring me his head", the most detestable character on Game of Thrones was Viserys Targaryen. The older brother of Daenerys, he treated his sister as his property, used her as a pawn in his plan to take the iron throne by forcing her to marry Drogo, and was just an all-round awful person.
Thankfully, viewers didn't have to put up with him long as he got his comeuppance in just the sixth episode. Hearing the clunk sound made as the crown on his lifeless body was so satisfying, but even better was the fact that Daenerys deliberately allowed Khal Drogo to kill her brother. And after years of him mistreating her, who can blame her?