Game Of Thrones: 15 Unforgettable Scenes From Season 7

4. Lady Olenna's Final Mic Drop

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Speaking of fitting deaths, we got a great one early in the series in the form of Lady Olenna Tyrell. The Queen of Thorns remains just as prickly in her final moments, gratefully accepting her poison then dropping a bombshell on Jamie: She was key in plotting Joffrey's demise, and Tyrion was completely innocent.

Between this and offering Jamie some much-needed words of wisdom, she left the show exactly the same way she came into it: with a cutting remark and a knowing wink.

Of all the death scenes in the show, this was one of the most restrained. We don't even see her die. It's a time honored cliche to gloat over an enemy's death, but only Lady Olenna would gloat over her own deathbed.

It's an utterly perfect closing scene for a character who injected so much life into the show with her fiery personality. She used her last words to rob the queen of satisfying vengeance.

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