7. Jaime Attempts To Kill Bran To Cover Up Incest
Game of Thrones is by now well-known for the shocks it produces, which seem to get more unbelievable as the show goes on. Especially when watching for the first time, this incident is a bit of a jaw-dropper. Bran is like many normal children you might come across in real life, in some respects. For instance, he is partial to climbing, and takes it upon himself to ascend a tower wall in the grounds of Winterfell. Curiosity gets the better of him as he peeks in through a window, and spies siblings Jaime and Cersei Lannister engaged in an intimate act. Incest is heinous enough, but the Kingslayer wastes little time in going one step further as defenestrates Brann; "the things I do for love", he says. Obviously, the idea is to shut the young Stark up - permanently - but the lad survives. However, he is left comatose for a while, and when he wakes up, he is paralysed from the waist down. All thanks to the despicable, incestuous Lannisters.