Iconic 'Game of Thrones' moments to reminisce just in time for the 2019 Emmy Awards

This scene from S03E02 showed Margaery Tyrell's skills in manipulation and in playing the Game of Thrones. It started with her in front of Joff's crossbow, being questioned about her past marriage to a traitor. She carefully trod around this, acted like a typical lady and stated that the "subtleties of politics" were lost on her⁠—when it's the complete opposite. It ended with her out of the way and taking hold of the lethal weapon, side by side with the King. A cunning show of power play.

Arya Stark becoming Tywin Lannister's cupbearer was a phenomenal non-book addition to the show, giving us one of the most compelling character dynamics in all of GoT. In this moment in S02E07, the two had a discourse about Aegon & his sisters who changed history. Subtly, they kept trying to outwit each other but the rapport and obvious respect between the two were never gone. And still, despite being fond of Arya, Tywin directly hinted that he sees behind the disguise she'd been putting up.

In a soul-stirring monologue in S03E05, he revealed why he had to kill the Mad King⁠ even if it meant being an oathbreaker. At that moment, in all of his nakedness, the viewers saw a new light to the Kingslayer. Perhaps, Jaime's one of the most honorable on the show despite being viewed otherwise. "Tell me, if your precious Renly commanded you to kill your own father and stand by while thousands of men, women and children burned alive, would you have done it? Would you have kept your oath then?"

S06E09 was a masterpiece. One of its striking moments was when time seemed to slow down for Jon Snow, as he braved the impending cavalry charge. It also had a surreal depiction of the atmosphere inside a battle. None of it was poetic or glorious, only pure chaos everywhere. Blood and mud raining on everyone, and a piled up sea of men, horses, and corpses alike that could drown a man alive. And most times, to survive, one could do nothing but to just keep swinging at anyone coming, even allies.

This moment from S05E08 was bone-chilling. Hell broke loose when the freezing winds blew, signalling the dead's arrival. The divide between free folk and westerosi men vanished as they fought for their lives, hacking at wights while running for escape. Still, the living couldn't win as slain men only respawned again as corpses. At the end, when there's only few survivors left and the army of the dead were staring back as they sail away, the silence was deafening and at the same time terrifying.

Together with the use of Djawadi's masterfully crafted music, this moment from S6E10 was noteworthy as it showed us the end for the Sparrows. In a suspenseful montage, we saw what lead to the disaster that was the wildfire explosion, effectively killing everyone in the Sept of Baelor. This also meant the end for Queen Margaery Tyrell, who still outsmarted everyone in the Sept as she knew something was about to go down, and just failed to escape because the sparrows didn't let her through.

In S08E06, we saw how Daenerys died at the hands of her lover, right in front of the throne she desperately wanted. When Drogon, her dragon and child, found her dead, the viewers expected him to burn Jon for killing her. Instead, after a fit of heartwretching screams, the dragon spewed fire and melted everything in front of him, including the Iron Throne. Could it be Drogon wanting to destroy what led to his mother's demise, at the same time fulfilling his mother's goal of “breaking the wheel”?

This outstanding scene from S03E04 would always be remembered in television history. Here, the viewers saw how Daenerys Targaryen, in her own powerful right, was able to acquire the Unsullied -at the same time punishing those who continued to produce and sell slaves like a commodity. It was an awe-inspiring moment when she started speaking in Valyrian, ordering the soldiers to slay “every man who holds a whip” and telling Drogon, “Dracarys”. It was a fiery moment and a certified fandom favorite.