Game Of Thrones: Joffrey's 10 Most Slappable Acts Of Dickery

5. Decapitating Ned €“ 'Baelor'

What? It's not number one? Well, read on... Yes, this was the moment that marked Game Of Thrones out as event TV, and managed to turn one of film's most tired tropes €“ that Sean Bean must never, ever live to the end of anything €“ into one of the biggest shocks in TV history. It turned out Game Of Thrones could put lipstick on a pig, and damn, did that pig look pretty. So granted, it's amazingly dickish of Joffrey to renege on his earlier pledge and have his lady love's father beheaded despite his false confession. That much is plain €“ if you off the series' only real good guy in heart-rending circumstances, you're going to earn at least a ribbon at the Academy of Douchebag Arts and Dickery. However, let's not forget that a beheading was on the cards before a deal was struck, and Joffrey was merely honouring that original punishment. When taken objectively, a beheading befitted Ned Stark's 'treasonous' crimes €“ even if Joffrey is a bastard born of incest, he doesn't know/believe that. All he knows is that he's the King, and this chap attempted to force a coup. So really, he only picks up douche points for spectacularly betraying the poor Warden Of The North, staging the execution in front of his daughter and unleashing a political maelstrom that could've been easily avoided. That's a formidable awfulness trifecta, but it's not one that warrants top spot.