

We’ve reached the mid-to-upper tier of the episode list… Petra: I expected “The Broken Man” to rank higher, given that the Hound’s return was so well-received. It’ll be a bit before we see the remaining two. We’ve blown through eight of the 10 episodes from Season 2 now. Here are the next 15 episodes, including the bottom-rated episode from what we learned in Part 1 was the top-ranked season (Season 1): Arya poisoning the Freys in “Dragonstone” was received well, as I remember. But it’s interesting how many episodes including crowd-pleasing moments are listed here. Petra: It’s no surprise which episode is No. So yes, that’s seven episodes from Season 5 in the bottom section alone. 67 - which is looking pretty bowed, bent and broken, and by a wide margin - through No.

Each season has a different background color. These are listed in reverse order, and the charts show the overall rank season, episode and title average rating on the 1 to 10 scale and the episode’s rank among the 10 (or seven) in its season. They were just largely compiled in a different manner. Which is not to say other lists are better or worse than the below. However, there’s no way of knowing if someone has voted multiple times, or when the votes occurred (Right after someone watched? Months after, when they happened upon the IMDB site?), or how a respondent chose which episodes to vote for. At the other extreme is IMDB, where thousands and thousands have rated episodes. There are many other “1 to 67” rankings out there many are based on the opinion of the writer or of a small group of people. Script async src="///pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"> Note this is “rating” episodes as opposed to “ranking” them - the rankings below come from the average rating. Around 1,000 of the survey’s 2,500 respondents chose to rate episodes. Brief synopsis, kindly curated by Patrick Sponaugle, were provided to refresh respondents’ memories. The episodes were set off by season (so Season 1’s ten episodes were listed together) but the seasons were presented in a random order. They could give as many episodes a 10 (or a 9, or…) as they wanted. Parts of each were presented at Con of Thrones back in May.Īt the very end of the survey, respondents could rate episodes on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being best. And Part 3, focused on the morality of various murders, is here. Part 2, focused on the morality of characters, is here. ( David Rosenblatt successfully vetoed the very confusing original image for No.1.)Īs for earlier survey articles: You can find Part 1, which reviews survey basics, season rankings, plot ratings and more, here. A couple may require too much interpretation entirely. Some require more interpretation than others. They may involve the episode’s name, an episode plot point, or both. If you want to have some fun, the 15 top-rated episodes are represented above, emoji style. We’ll also take a final look at differences in how men and women (and other groups) see the show. We’ve reached the thrilling conclusion of our survey results! In Part 4, we’ll learn how respondents rated each of Game of Thrones‘ 67 episodes. By Chris Wright, aka James Rivers, with Petra
