12 Most Fan-Pleasing TV Moments Ever

2. The Purple Wedding - Game Of Thrones

Joffrey Choking Game of Thrones
HBO

You can argue that other villains did worse things. You can argue that Ramsay was more inherently evil. But nothing was so intensely satisfying in Game of Thrones as seeing the smirk wiped off Joffrey's face for good.

Contrasted to, say, Ramsay's death in Season 6, we weren't used to the bad guys getting their comeuppance back in Season 4, when such victories were so few and far between, and it especially didn't happen in just the second episode of the season.

That made Joffrey's death all the sweeter and more surprising (to those who hadn't read the books, at least), and the execution was perfect too. Jack Gleeson's performance made him so perfectly hateable, his face so punchable, that the second you realise what's happening you want to cheer but don't quite believe it. Falling to the floor, his face turning purple, you're finally allowed to celebrate. The king is dead. Coming just three episodes after another wedding ended in such tragedy, this was exactly what fans needed.

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