"SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!" The word haunts our dreams but also acts as an incantation that forces us to feel for one of the most vicious characters in the show's history, Cersei Lannister. Meanwhile, on a ship outside of Dorne, Cersei's brother-lover, Jaime, confesses to Myrcella that he's really her father, only to have her die in his arms seconds later . . . a parting gift courtesy of the Sand Snakes.
As seasons finales go, this is one of the best, as every scene contains an emotional payoff either for the audience or the characters. For example, Brienne decapitates Stannis for his crimes against Renly Baratheon. Sansa and Theon escape the wrath of Ramsay Bolton by jumping from the walls of Winterfell. Arya Stark marks another name off her list with the murder of Meryn Trant — the man who kills her dancing master, beats Sansa on Joffrey's command, and rapes little girls. And finally, in a twist that we all saw coming (not that it hurt any less), Jon Snow loses his life to the brothers of the Night's Watch who deem him a traitor for bringing the wildlings south of the Wall.