Perhaps more than any other show this decade, Game of Thrones has reveled in its ability to wrongfoot an audience. Shocks come with each new season. It’s a series that’s constantly trying to catch its viewers off guard, butchering and beating up its key characters mercilessly in a constant, concentrated effort to surprise.
Through six seasons, Game of Thrones has delivered far more than 20 shocking moments – this list could be expanded to 30, 40, 50 – but the number included here are all the same the very best in WTF-ery that TV has to offer.
Many of the entries below involve murder and high profile deaths because, well, it’s Game of Thrones, and as such are hugely spoileriffic. You have been warned…..