My Favorite Game Of Thrones Scenes: #1 Arya Learns The Water Dance

As we check off the weeks before GAME OF THRONES Season 5 premieres on April 12th, we’re having a hard time holding down our excitement. To keep that intensity going, I will be counting down my favorite scenes that the series has produced so far. Keep in mind these are “my favorite” scenes. Please share your favorites in the comments. Check the whole list here. From Season One, Episode Three: Lord Snow Arya is my favorite character on the show. Full stop. Most stories that center around a “tomboy” typically revert back to type where the girl “grows out of” the behavior that isn’t considered feminine or lady like by tale’s end. Fam, Arya is never walking that path. While her sister learned the hard way that fairy tales aren’t real, Arya rejected them before that point was ever proven to her. She had no desire to marry a Lord, be subservient to anyone or conform to the gestures and traditions of the land. Instead of a needle and thread for quilting, she named her short sword, “Needle.” Instead of learning to curtsy and carry herself like a lady, she was chasing cats down near the dungeons to improve her footwork. Arya ain’t here for the soft shit, fam.

My favorite scene is really a work of Television art. Seeing the frustrations of his daughter and not trying to shoehorn her into the Sansa path, Ned Stark hires Arya a “dancing master.” The one and only Syrio Forel, first sword of Braavos. Three big reasons this scene is still the best isolated scene in Game of Thrones. First, …