Game of Thrones: Ranking the Seasons 

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Warning: Full spoilers for HBO\'s Game of Thrones through Season 6 follow...

With six seasons down -- and what sounds like two abridged seasons to go -- HBO\'s Game of Thrones has given us some of the most memorable and jaw-dropping TV moments ever.

Featuring dragons, white walkers, warlocks, giants, and giant battles, Game of Thrones has it all, and has been able to attract a massively loyal audience made up of both fantasy fans and viewers who normally wouldn\'t even consider watching a show with all the aforementioned awesomeness. Because the show\'s not just about magic and sorcery, but phenomenal characters, who are phenomenally quotable.

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So what\'s been the best season to date? Each one\'s been filled with traumatic twists and turns. Beloved characters wiped off the map in terrible ways and dreams of avenging wrongdoings thwarted with a wicked wink of author George R. R. Martin\'s eye.

We\'re looking back at all six seasons so far, with an updated ranking from great to greatest.

Though Season 5 had an epic Jon Snow arc -- along with the series\' best episode -- it dropped the ball in a notable manner with Dorne, and also on the Sansa Stark front by making us think she was on her way to reclaiming her own destiny and then instead victimizing her

, this time at the hands of Ramsay Bolton, for the sake of Theon Greyjoy\'s redemption. Still, there were plenty of great, gruesome moments outside of these unfortunate detours, including Stannis\' cruel sacrifice of his daughter and Arya\'s revenge on Ser Meryn. Plus, Tyrion made his way all the way to Meereen to finally meet the Mother of Dragons.

The first Game of Thrones season not tethered to a book moved fast and gave us more answers and payoffs than we ever anticipated. Jon Snow came back to life just in time to help Sansa reclaim Winterfell, Bran traveled back in time and unearthed the origins of Jon and Hodor, The Hound returned, Cersei killed, well, most everyone of importance in King\'s Landing, and Daenerys managed to pull the Dothraki and Dorne under her banner. It should be noted though that the King\'s Landing/Sparrows arc (along with Arya\'s time in Braavos, both in their second full season), tended to drag. Until the very end, in the excellent finale, that is.

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Game of Thrones\' first season was damn fine television and, needless to say, it hooked us all. It also set the tragic stage for all the atrocities to come by killing off Sean Bean\'s Ned Stark after we\'d all been convinced he was the central hero of the story. Well,

, but this show wasn\'t going to play by normal rules. The good guys weren\'t going to win just because things

just and right in the realm. In fact, in retrospect, many fans began to see Ned\'s honor, and attempt to do the right thing, as folly given how only the ruthless and cunning tend to be the ones who survive in Westeros. This was the amazing entryway to the show - bookended by two huge magical moments: the White Walkers and the birth of Dany\'s dragons. Elements that were underplayed when the show began so that they could grow into more vital aspects of the series and not turn away viewers who weren\'t usually fans of supernatural sagas.

Continue on for Game of Thrones\' three best seasons.

Game of Thrones First Aired Apr. 2011

Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6,

Season 6 Differences, Season 5 Differences, Season 4 Differences, Season 3 Differences, Season 2 Differences, Season 1 Differences,

House Stark, House Tully, House Lannister, House Baratheon, House Targaryen, House Greyjoy,