Game Of Thrones: 12 Ups And 5 Downs From Season 7

4. Jaime Advances His Redemption Arc

Jaime Lannister is one of the most fascinating characters in A Song of Ice and Fire, something that the show hasn't conveyed quite as successfully. Jaime is still great - with some help from Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's performance - but we needed to see more of his inner-conflict, and ultimately a turn away from Cersei.

Building on some of the groundwork from previous years - his relationship with Brienne, conversation with Edmure Tully etc - we get to see Jaime clearly uncomfortable with the actions of his sister, and how far he's come since the days of "the things we do for love." There he was happy pushing a child out of a window, now he wants to give an old woman (and enemy) a peaceful death.

There's a certain tragedy in the way Jaime knows he's being outsmarted by his sister, and is unable to prevent it, which is compounded with the pregnancy reveal. But we also get to see the brave warrior of legend too, as he leads the troops in the Loot Train Attack, risking his own life to try and take out Daenerys.

Finally, he wants to fight for the good of the realm, choosing the side of the living, which brings him into much more conflict with Cersei than ever before, and he ultimately decides to leave. It built up throughout the season, and was a wonderful payoff for such a rich character, setting his full redemption arc in motion.