Game Of Thrones: 10 Most Satisfying Moments
3. Every Dog Has His Dinner ('Battle Of The Bastards')
Fans were first introduced to Ramsay Bolton when he spent all of season three torturing (and eventually castrating) the captive Theon Greyjoy, abusing him to the point where he lost his grip on his identity and took on the Ramsay-given persona of "Reek." Later, Sansa Stark suffered was wed to Ramsay, and the monstrous bastard turned his abuse toward the older Stark daughter.
Sansa escaped and ended up joining forces with Jon, leading to the siblings waging a war on Winterfell and Ramsay. In a thrilling climax, Jon knocked Ramsay to the ground and beat him half to death, but then realized that Sansa should do the final honors. She did just that, visiting the bloodied Ramsay in a cell and revealing that his hounds - to whom he fed anyone he felt like - were here and hungry. Ramsay scoffed, believing his loyal dogs would never attack him, but of course, seven days of starvation trumps fealty.
Ramsay was a true monster, but his evil wasn't random. All of the violence he perpetrated and the pain he caused was designed to position him - a bastard who spent his life legally unacknowledged - as in control of his fate and the fates of others. Sure, Sansa could have killed him herself, but it wouldn't have had the same impact as dogs - witless animals Ramsay controlled with ease - turning on him, teaching him without question that in his final moments, he had been robbed of all power.
After the death of Ramsay, Sansa walks away without emotion - until she displays a hint of smile. Even though she's just committed Game of Thrones' most gruesome revenge killing, we're right there with her.