‘Game of Thrones’ Season 5: The Best Moments in Photos
<p>From the ‘walk of shame’ to dragons, the most memorable moments of <i>Game of Thrones' </i>thrilling fifth season.<br> </p>
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It's been a crazy season of Game of Thrones, replete with White Walkers, fighting pits, dragons, and the walk of shame to beat all walks of shame. Here are the most memorable moments from Season 5 of the best show on television.
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Cersei pays her respects to her warlord-father, Tywin Lannister.
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Against Jon Snow's wishes, Stannis and Melisandre burn wildling leader Mance Rayder alive.
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Meereen's rebel army, the Sons of the Harpy, wreaked havoc on Dany and Co. this season.
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The marriage of Tommen and Margaery was plenty strange for all involved.
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Arya is under the tutelage of Jaqen H'ghar, slave to the many-faced god, a rare order of Westerosi assassins.
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Dany struggles to keep her dragons at bay.
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It seems Tyrion Lannister spent the entire season in various states of bondage. Here, he's taken by Ser Jorah Mormont, who claims him as an offering to Dany to get back into her good graces.
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Littlefinger was up to his usual games this season, toying with poor Sansa Stark.
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The Faith of the Seven flexed their muscle, ridding Westeros of all they deemed unholy.
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Ser Jorah Mormont and Tyrion Lannister fight off greyscale monsters, a deadly disease that turns people to stone. Ser Jorah catches it in the process.
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Grey Worm and Missandei's sexual tension reaches a fever pitch, and they finally kiss. He may not have the twig and berries, but Grey Worm still knows how to put the moves on.
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One of the most shocking (and controversial) scenes this season was the wedding night rape of Sansa Stark at the hands of renowned sadist Ramsay Bolton.
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Jon Snow and the wildlings channel their inner George Washington, approaching the battle at Hardhome.
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One of the chief White Walkers is vanquished by Jon Snow at the battle of Hardhome by Longclaw. Valyrian steel can, in fact, kill White Walkers.
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The Night's King is the terrifying leader of the White Walkers who has the power to raise the dead.
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Melisandre burned quite a few people this season, including poor Shireen Baratheon, who was sacrificed by Stannis.
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Stannis had spent the entire season buddying up to his greyscale-infected daughter Shireen, yet ultimately sacrificed her to the Lord of Light.
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The fighting pits of Meereen were reopened by Dany, but led to a brutal showdown between the Mother of Dragons and the Sons of the Harpy.
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Ser Jorah, once again, redeemed himself by protecting the Mother of Dragons from the Sons of the Harpy.
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Drogon materialized just in the nick of time to save Dany and Co. from the Sons of the Harpy.
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Jaime and his down-low daughter embrace each other.
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Arya becomes one with the many-faced God.
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Brienne of Tarth comes to the rescue.
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The only time anyone's ever felt bad for Cersei.
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What happened to Jon Snow?!
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