The Best Episodes So Far?

[redtree]

My top 3:

- Rains Of Castamere ( Michelle Fairley should've nominated for Emmy )

- Blackwater Bay ( Drunk Cersei atw )

- Kissed By Fire ( just an intense episode )

[Mr Fixit]

My TOP5 in no particular order (though I believe Kissed by Fire might be the best episode of the whole show):

Kissed by Fire

Rains of Castamere

Blackwater

You Win or You Die

Baelor

[Dornishwoman's Husband]

In season 1:

1. Pointy End (1x08)

2. Golden Crown (1x06)

3. Wolf and the Lion (1x05)

4. Baelor (1x09)

5. Cripples, Bastards and Broken things (1x04)

6. Winter is coming (1x01)

7. Fire and Blood (1x10)

8. Kingsroad (1x02)

9. You win or you die (1x07)

10. Lord Snow (1x03)

In season 2:

1. Blackwater (2x09)

2. The Old Gods and the New (2x06)

3. Garden of Bones (2x04)

4. Ghost of Harrenhal (2x05)

5. What is dead may never die (2x03)

6. Valar Morghulis (2x10)

7. The North Remembers (2x01)

8. A Man without Honor (2x07)

9. The Night Lands (2x02)

10. Prince of Winterfell (2x08)

In season 3:

1. And now his Watch is Ended (3x04)

2. Kissed by Fire (3x05)

3. Rains of Castamere (3x09)

4. Second Sons (3x08)

5. Walk of Punishment (3x03)

6. Valar Dohaeris (3x01)

7. Dark Wings, Dark Words (3x02)

8. The Climb (3x06)

9. The Bear and the Maiden Fair (3x07)

10. Mhysa (3x10)

[Mark Antony]

Just watched Lord Snow again it really is a great episode, the first seasons is amazing

[Queen of Whores]

#30. The Bear and the Maiden Fair (3x7)

#29. The Climb (3x6)

#28. Garden of Bones (2x4)

#27. The Old Gods and the New (2x6)

#26. Valar Morghulis (2x10)

#25. Walk of Punishment (3x3)

#24. Dark Wings, Dark Words (3x2)

#23. Myhsa (3x10)

#22. The Rains of Castamere (3x9)

#21. Blackwater (2x9)

#20. A Man Without Honor (2x7)

#19. Valar Dohaeris (3x1)

#18. The North Remembers (2x1)

#17. And Now His Watch Is Ended (3x4)

#16. Kissed By Fire (3x5)

#15. The Kingsroad (1x2)

#14. The Prince of Winterfell (2x8)

#13. Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things (1x4)

#12. The Ghost of Harrenhal (2x5)

#11. The Night Lands (2x2)

#10. A Golden Crown (1x6)

#9. The Pointy End (1x8)

#8. Winter Is Coming (1x1)

#7. What Is Dead May Never Die (2x3)

#6. Second Sons (3x8)

#5. The Wolf and The Lion (1x5)

#4. Baelor (1x9)

#3. Lord Snow (1x3)

#2. You Win or You Die (1x7)

#1. Fire and Blood (1x10)

[Welease Woger]

Blackwater. That is a fact. You either agree or you're wrong.

[Chuck88]

1. Rains of Castamere (as awesome as Blackwater was, I have never experienced anything like watching the RW. Knowing what was coming made it all the worse. Surreal and horrifying.
2. Blackwater

3. The Old Gods and the New (RW aside, Theon's miserable attempt at beheading Ser Rodrik is in my opinion, the best scene of the show so far.
4. Kissed by Fire.

5. The Wolf and the Lion

6. Baelor

7. And Now His Watch Is Ended

8. Myhsa

9. Walk of Punishment

10. Valar Morgulis

[Scrambled Aegon]

Blackwater, hands down. The focus on just one storyline made the whole thing so chilling and tense and epic. I wonder what it would have been like if they'd done the same thing for the Red Wedding.

[Ned Snow]

I don't know about the "best", but some of my favorites are:

Blackwater

The Rains of Castamere

Winter is Coming

Kissed by Fire

Baelor

[Atropis the Elf]

The Rains of Castamere

And Now His Watch Is Ended

Blackwater

[Ser Tahu]

Ok, here's roughly how I would rank them:

1 - Blackwater (2x09)

2 - And Now His Watch Is Ended (3x04)

3 - Fire and Blood (1x10)

4 - Kissed By Fire (3x05)

5 - Baelor (1x09)

6 - The Rains of Castamere (3x09)

7 - A Golden Crown (1x06)

8 - Second Sons (3x08)

9 - The Old Gods and the New (2x06)

10 - Walk of Punishment (3x03)

11 - What Is Dead May Never Die (2x03)

12 - You Win or You Die (1x07)

13 - The Wolf and the Lion (1x05)

14 - Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things (1x04)

15 - Valar Morghulis (2x10)

16 - A Man Without Honour (2x07)

17 - Valar Dohaeris (3x01)

18 - Winter Is Coming (1x01)

19 - The Prince of Winterfell (2x08)

20 - The Climb (3x06)

21 - The Ghost of Harrenhal (2x05)

22 - Garden of Bones (2x04)

23 - Dark Wings, Dark Words (3x02)

24 - The Pointy End (1x08)

25 - Mhysa (3x10)

26 - Lord Snow (1x03)

27 - The Bear and the Maiden Fair (3x07)

28 - The North Remembers (2x01)

29 - The Kingsroad (1x02)

30 - The Night Lands (2x02)

Random irrelevant stats based on that:

Season 1 average: 15.1

Season 2 average: 17.2

Season 3 average 14.2

Which lines up perfectly with how I view each season as a whole :P

Ep 1 av - 21

Ep 2 av - 27.3

Ep 3 av - 15.6

Ep 4 av - 12.6

Ep 5 av - 12.6

Ep 6 av - 12

Ep 7 av - 18.3

Ep 8 av - 17

Ep 9 av - 4

Ep 10 av - 14.3

[jentario]

Blackwater. That is a fact. You either agree or you're wrong.

This. I won't make a huge list like some of you, because it will be hard for me to choose. I'll pick my top five, though:

1. Blackwater

2. Baelor

3. And Now His Watch is Ended tied with Kissed by Fire

4. Fire and Blood tied with A Golden Crown

5. The Rains of Castamere

I think...

Also, against most opinions, season 1 & 2 are tied in first place for me. I thoroughly enjjoyed season 2, even with all its issues.

[jentario]

Another good question is which are our favorite arcs.

1. Jaime season 3 tied with Theon season 2

2. Dany season 3

3. Ned season 1

4. Tyrion season 2

5. Arya season 1 & 2

Something like that...

[Ser Tahu]

Also, against most opinions, season 1 & 2 are tied in first place for me. I thoroughly enjjoyed season 2, even with all its issues.

As a book fan I liked S1 the most. But as a tv fan I thought S3 was stronger (it had the strongest character arcs in my opinion). Although I also thoroughly enjoyed S2, I thought it was the weakest from both viewpoints. As for your 'strongest arcs' question:

1) Theon S2 (there is no competition. They nailed that to perfection)

2) Everything else

3) Jon S2 (I have defended EVERY change that D&D have made, except for this one. There is no redeeming aspect to what they did)

[jentario]

As a book fan I liked S1 the most. But as a tv fan I thought S3 was stronger (it had the strongest character arcs in my opinion). Although I also thoroughly enjoyed S2, I thought it was the weakest from both viewpoints. As for your 'strongest arcs' question:

1) Theon S2 (there is no competition. They nailed that to perfection)

2) Everything else

3) Jon S2 (I have defended EVERY change that D&D have made, except for this one. There is no redeeming aspect to what they did)

True, I forgot Theon.

[Mr Fixit]

Yes, the only "weak" arc so far in my view was Jon's in Season 2.

[Queen of Whores]

Story Arcs:

1) Theon in season 2

2) Tyrion in season 2

3) Eddard in season 1

4) Daenerys in season 1

5) Jaime in season 3

6) Daenerys in season 3

7) Jon in season 1

8) Sam in season 3

9) Catelyn in season 1

10) Stannis/Davos in season 2

100) Jon in season 2 (the first half of the season was alright)

101) Daenerys in season 2 (the absolute lowest level the show ever reached)

[Ser Hugh BuckweII]

1. Kissed by Fire
Favourite Scene: Harrenhal bath scene.

2. The Rains of Castamere

Favourite Scene: RW/"You were right the whole time".

3. Winter is Coming

Favourite Scene: "The things I do for love"/The King's Arrival/Jon & Tyrion conversation/Will's Execution (Pretty much the entire episode).

4. Blackwater
Favourite Scene: Wildfire explosion.

5: Baelor
Favourite Scene: Eddard's Execution.

6: The Pointy End
Favourite Scene: "Not Today".

7: Walk of Punishment
Favourite Scene: Jaime's Amputation.

8. Fire and Blood

Favourite Scene: "Blood of My Blood"

9. A Man Without Honour

Favourite Scene: Catelyn frees Jaime.

10. The Wolf and the Lion
Favourite Scene: Jaime Vs. Eddard.

[Dornishwoman's Husband]

My favorite scene per episode:

1. Winter is Coming - White Walker attack.

2. Kingsroad - Assassination attempt on Bran.

3. Lord Snow - All Jon scenes at Castle Black.

4. Cripples, Bastards and Broken things - The Hand's tourney.

5. Wolf and the Lion - Ned/Jaime duel.

6. A Golden Crown - Bronn/Vardis duel.

7. You Win or you Die - Ned's arrest scene.

8. A Pointy End - Greatjon introduction. Or maybe Jon fighting a wight.

9. Baelor - Ned's execution.

10. Fire and Blood - Birth of the dragons.

11. The North Remembers - Introduction of Stannis, Melisandre and Davos.

12. Nightlands - Craster sacrificing a son.

13. What is Dead may never Die - Tyrion interrogates Pycelle.

14. Garden of Bones - Birth of the Shadow baby.

15. Ghost of Harrenhal - Renly's death.

16. Old Gods and the New - A riot in King's Landing.

17. A Man without Honor - Ygritte leading Jon into a trap.

18. Prince of Winterfell - Robb & Talisa sex scene.

19. Blackwater - Wildfire explosion.

20. Valar Morghulis - Three blasts.

21. Valar Dohaeris - Barristan rescues Dany from the manticore.

22. Dark Wings, Dark Words - Arya, Gendry and Hot Pie encounter Brotherhood without Banners.

23. Walk of Punishment - Locke chops off Jaime's hand.

24. And now his Watch is Ended - Dany sacks Astapor.

25. Kissed by Fire - Hound/Beric duel.

26. The Climb - Ramsay tortures Theon.

27. The Bear and the Maiden Fair - Bear pit scene.

28. Second Sons - "Then you'll be fucking your own bride with a wooden cock!"

29. Rains of Castamere - Red Wedding, of course. But, besides that, Jon killing Orell.

30. Mhysa - Roose Bolton/Walder Frey conversation and the final revelation of Ramsay.

[Queen of Whores]

Favourite scene per episode

#30. The Bear and the Maiden Fair (3x7) - Dany treating with the Yunkai noble

#29. The Climb (3x6) - Roose and Jaime's lunch

#28. Garden of Bones (2x4) - Stannis and Renly's parley/Tyrion blackmailing Lancel

#27. The Old Gods and the New (2x6) - Theon beheading Rodrik (also best scene of series)

#26. Valar Morghulis (2x10) - Theon and Luwin's talk/Theon's speech to his men

#25. Walk of Punishment (3x3) - Jaime loses his hand (entire scene)

#24. Dark Wings, Dark Words (3x2) - Arya meets the Brotherhood Without Banners

#23. Mhysa (3x10) - Roose and Walder's talk

#22. The Rains of Castamere (3x9) - Daenerys plans how to take Yunkai

#21. Blackwater (2x9) - Tywin arrives and Stannis retreats

#20. A Man Without Honor (2x7) - Theon reveals 'Bran' and 'Rickon's' bodies

#19. Valar Dohaeris (3x1) - Tyrion and Tywin's talk

#18. The North Remembers (2x1) - The killing of the bastards

#17. And Now His Watch Is Ended (3x4) - Beric's introduction

#16. Kissed By Fire (3x5) - Robb beheads Karstark

#15. The Kingsroad (1x2) - Tyrion and Jon's talk

#14. The Prince of Winterfell (2x8) - Theon and Asha's talk

#13. Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things (1x4) - Catelyn arrests Tyrion

#12. The Ghost of Harrenhal (2x5) - Jaqen kills the Tickler

#11. The Night Lands (2x2) - Theon and Balon's talk

#10. A Golden Crown (1x6) - Bronn and Ser Vardis' fight

#9. The Pointy End (1x8) - Tyrion meets the Mountain Clans

#8. Winter Is Coming (1x1) - Ned and Robert talk in the crypts

#7. What Is Dead May Never Die (2x3) - Theon's baptism

#6. Second Sons (3x8) - Stannis and Davos talk in the dungeon/Dany meets the Second Sons/Sam kills the White Walker

#5. The Wolf and The Lion (1x5) - Ned and Jaime confrontation

#4. Baelor (1x9) - Tyrion tells Bronn and Shae about Tysha/Ned's execution

#3. Lord Snow (1x3) - Robert, Jaime and Barristan war stories

#2. You Win or You Die (1x7) - Betrayal in the throne room

#1. Fire and Blood (1x10) - The King in the North/The Great Ranging/The birth of the dragons