Arya and the Hound’s Best Moments on Game of Thrones
This Unlikely Pairing Gave Us Some of Game of Thrones’s Best Moments
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As season eight draws to a close, the duo travel to King's Landing with murder on their minds — Ayra with the intention to kill Cersei and Clegane on a mission to battle his brother. As they enter the Red Keep, Daenerys and her dragon begin their destruction of the sovereign stronghold, and the Hound realises that if they move forward together, they'll both die. To spare the young woman's life, he reprimands her decision to embrace death saying, "You think you've wanted revenge a long time? I've been after it all my life. It's all I care about. And look at me. LOOK AT ME! You want to be like me? You come with me, you die here."
Arya recognises the sacrifice in these words, and for the first time, returns the affection the Hound shows her by thanking him and addressing him by his birth name, Sandor.
A fitting end to a relationship fraught with antagonism and peril as well as a true indication that mutual respect took root during their time together.