Game Of Thrones: Every Episode Ranked From Worst To Best

10. The Children (S4E10)

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Written By: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed By: Alex Graves

The episode that brings together an almost untouchable two-season run for the show, and it's a more-than fitting denouement.

The Hound and Brienne clash in a beautiful swordfight that stands as one of the show's very best, and ends with Sandor Clegane begging Arya to kill him. Instead, she sails for Braavos, in what was then a massively hopeful and exciting scene, and a journey into the unknown.

There's so much going on here outside of that too, with Stannis having one of his finest moments as he rides in to rescue Jon Snow, Daenerys chaining up her dragons, and Bran and co. escaping a bunch of skeletons and reaching the Three-Eyed Raven.

It'll be remembered mostly, though, for Tywin Lannister. He learns the truth about Jaime and Cersei, and then adding great injury to insult, Tyrion kills him and escapes from Westeros, bringing down its most powerful House in the process.

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