It takes work to impress a seasoned TV fan. By now we’re familiar with most tricks in the book, so it’s a welcome feeling when TV shows break the rules or show off the secret weapons that make them stand out.
2019 is a year as packed with brilliant TV as any, but these 10 scenes made us cheer, cry, or stop in our tracks.
10Game of Thrones: Brienne’s knighting
Season 8, episode 2
Image: helen sloan/hbo
Game of Thrones episode 69 took a delightful break from an otherwise shockingly horny episode to give Brienne of Tarth a poignant character milestone. While drinking with her buddies (including a guy so horny he was literally drinking out of a horn), Brienne ends up being officially knighted by her personal favorite knight, Ser Jaime Lannister. Despite their complicated relationship (and retrospective irony of its doom), it’s a beautiful moment for Brienne and Jaime, more meaningful and intimate even than when they kiss two episodes later. This here is the purest form of their connection — friends and fighters full to the brim with mutual respect and adoration. Read more…
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