10 Best Game Of Thrones Episode Endings
5. The Door (Season 6, Episode 5)
The Ending: The Night King and his army have found Bran, and to let Bran and Meera escape, Hodor (under Bran's control) holds the door to hold back the wights, sacrificing himself. It's also revealed that Meera's screams of "Hold the door" reaches a young Hodor (whose actual name is Wylis) through Bran's powers. He has a seizure and repeats "Hold the door" until it morphs into simply "Hodor".
Why It's Great: This episode pulled a double whammy on viewers, killing off a beloved side character at the same time they revealed why he only said his "name".
The revelation that "Hodor" was shortened from "Hold the door", and that this was the moment his entire life was leading to was devastating. And you know you still get teary-eyed thinking about it.