Game Of Thrones: 15 Best Ever Episodes

4. The Mountain And The Viper (S4 E8)

"You raped her! You murdered her! You killed her children!" After watching The Mountain And The Viper, those are the words that would have been spinning around your head until you eventually calmed down enough to sleep. Oberyn's tragic, doomed trial by combat performance was great fun to watch, with his powerful lines being delivered like sword blows, only for him to take his eye off the ball for a split second, resulting in his entire head being imploded by the freakish Mountain. It was a gut-wrenching moment to lose Oberyn, but also because of the consequences it would have for Tyrion, especially knowing how close the whole situation was to tilting in his favour. Ramsay's viciously cunning plan to overthrow Moat Cailin earned him the Bolton name as they rode towards Winterfell, while Jorah was devastatingly exiled by Daenerys, the wildlings overran Mole's Town, and Arya produced her famously manic laugh upon approaching the Bloody Gate. However, none of the scenes compared to the importance of the trial by combat.