3. Tyrion Calls For A Trial By Combat
HBOThe trial into King Joffreys murder begins and, as expected, Tyrion leads with his usual cutting witticisms. However when Shae, the woman he so clearly loves, takes to the stand and betrays every moment - no matter how fleeting - they spent together, something in Tyrion snaps. Cue Peter Dinklage, the actor who plays Tyrion Lannister, delivering a future Emmy and Golden Globe-winning speech. Often mocked as the Halfman, during such lines as: Im guilty of a far more monstrous crime. Im guilty of being a dwarf. Ive been on trial for that my entire lifeI did not kill Joffrey, but I wish I had. Tyrion is a giant in the room; he has the floor, surrounded by those who have mocked him his whole life, and he is relentless with the truth. Just when you think Tyrion has gone too far and all but signed his own death warrant, he cuts through the state of shock that is filling the courtroom with one sentence: I demand a trial by combat.