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Some unlikely companions had paired up, and the repartee was reaching new heights.
Davos and Shireen were striking up an unconventional mentor-mentee relationship.
Ramsay was ripping the skin off Theon on the reg and gleefully laughing through it all.
And while there were many close calls that almost made this list Tyrion and Varys!
not everyone could make the final cut.
Here are our absolute favorites; debate among yourselves.
They were equally bawdy and quippy from the get-go.
(Tyrion, about the Eyrie: They say shes impregnable.
Bronn: Give me ten good men and some climbing spikes and Ill impregnate the bitch.)
I like you, pampered little shit that you are, Bronn said matter-of-factly.
I just like me better.
First offscreen for a gent named Ser Lorimer, then to Tyrion.
Pod couldnt even ride a horse when they started!
Or skin a rabbit.
But now hes Briennes closest comrade: Pods companionship taught Brienne to finally open up emotionally.
As Tyrion once put it, there has never been a more loyal squire.
Martin wrote it that way).
Underneath his sardonic quips, Tyrion was always struggling for just an ounce of fatherly approval.
In killing his father, Tyrion turned into the Greek tragic hero we always knew he would be.
Hands-Down Grossest: Lysa and Robin Arryn
Breastfeeding is as natural as rainstorms.
What a glorious codependent bundle of paranoia and wanton cruelty those two made.
Makes you wonder if in the final season hell follow her lead and head through the moon door himself.
All that skin peeling and genital severing broughtGOTs grotesquerie level to a new high (or perhaps low).
A penis in a box!
Afauxescape turned hunt for Theon!
Those dripping, snarling dogs!
Remember how sweetly she corrected Davos when he pronouncedknightasca-nig-it?
And the little stag he whittled out of wood for her?
His self-puffery made him silly, but Olennas hilarious, belittling zingers (Not now, Mace.
Most Redemptive: The Hound and Arya
There were always hints of the Hounds deeply buried humanity.
(Arya: Lots of people name their swords.
The Hound: Lots of cunts.)
What does it earn them?
And is it even worth it?
Just the Absolute Goddamned Best: Jaime and Brienne
Can you cuddle a TV relationship?
Can you put it in your pocket and reach in to stroke it when youre feeling glum?
Because Brienne and Jaimes road-trip adventure and subsequent fuzzy-bordered platonic love is everything Ive ever wanted in a pet.
Remember what a (beautiful, beautiful) assface Jaime was before Brienne?
Cocky and overly sure of himself, pushing small boys out windows (The things I do for love!
Plus, that (literally)steamy bathtub scene.
