“Forgive Me” – Stannis Sacrifices Shereen via HBO Their loving hug in season seven makes us all warm and fuzzy on the inside – and Jon Snow a little jealous. She can tell he cares for her and regrets how this all started, and we can all tell she wants her mentor and good friend Jorah back by her side. However, after a second confrontation with her, Daenerys tearfully orders Jorah to go and find a cure for his disease, so that he may be by her side when she takes back the Seven Kingdoms. Unfortunately, Jorah realizes he’d been infected, but that still doesn’t stop him from finding Daenerys and showing her that he’s still on her side – and yet he gets banished a second time. While on a boat, they get attacked by men infected by Greyscale, a nasty disease that will turn you into a scaled maniac overtime. Heartbroken, he goes on a wild journey with Tyrion Lannister (who he finds hiding in Volantis with Varys) back to Mereen on foot, hoping that bringing Tyrion to Daenerys will earn him a pardon. After his original intent was accidentally revealed when a scroll arrives for him, signed by the late King Robert Baratheon, he is banished from Mereen and consequently kicked out of Daenerys’ service. At that time, Jorah was still reporting on her activities and statuses to Varys, a spymaster for the usurper that had taken her father’s throne. Ser Jorah Mormont and Daenerys Targaryen were both exiles, and had been very close friends in the beginning of her journey. “I Command You To Heal Yourself” – Daenerys To Jorah via HBO
This demonstrates how much he loved his sister and wishes to honor her beyond her death, even if it means to continue on with the lie that started Robert’s Rebellion to begin with.
What’s more important about this scene is that Ned Stark keeps it all a secret for the many years to come, putting his pride and reputation in danger (as well as his marriage) by claiming Jon Snow as his bastard. Instead, Lyanna Stark ran away with Rhaegar Targaryen, in love and marrying him in secret, and now their heir was born. A product of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen’s forbidden love, Aegon would have absolutely been a target for assassination had King Robert ever caught wind of him – Robert and Lyanna were supposed to marry. Though we, the viewers, already had an idea of Jon Snow’s real parentage, we see a dying Lyanna who had just given birth to Aegon Targaryen. We finally see the truth behind Lyanna’s Bed of Blood at the Tower of Joy. “Promise Me Ned” – The Tower Of Joy via HBO The Starks have gone through so much in this show, it feel good to see a glimmer of hope for the future. It’s even better when they start talking about their next steps after reminiscing about their happy lives all those years ago, before King Robert came for their father. They had both gone through so much and were in such desperate need for good news, and you could feel it when they shared that reuniting hug at Castle Black. In those five years Ned Stark was beheaded, Catelyn and Robb Stark had been betrayed and killed at the Red Wedding, Bran and Rickon had been abducted by Theon Greyjoy, Arya became separated from the family and presumed dead, Jon had been killed and resurrected after fighting White Walkers, and Sansa had gone from Lannister fangirl to Lannister captive, then married off to the psychotic and abusive Ramsay Bolton. You’ve been warned! Jon And Sansa Reunite via HBOĮven though Jon Snow and Sansa Stark had never appeared together on-screen before season six (fun fact of the day), we can assume it had been at least five years since they had last seen each other. Here are 20 moments in the entire Game of Thrones universe that made our hearts sink, our lips quiver, and had us reaching for our phones to text our best friend, our eyes becoming waterfalls as we pretended we weren’t crying, asking “Who the hell is cutting onions around here?”Īs always, spoiler alert if you’re not caught up to season seven. We’ve watched sixty seven episodes in six and a half years, read five installments of A Song of Ice and Fire, and played one cannon video game by Telltale Games. One of its key features keeping us glued to every episode is the show’s ability to make the viewers emotionally invested in the characters, caring about plot twists, true intentions, and the well-being of each of them. It has also made us cry and feel bad for the characters. It’s made us laugh, scream in anger, cover our not-so-innocent-anymore eyes, made us pick our jaws up off the floor. Game of Thrones has kept us entertained for almost seven years now.