Welcome to the Season 2 finale edition of Punching Pete Campbell’s Game of Thrones Power Rankings. Before proceeding, be sure to review last week’s rankings to track the movement. We’ve got a new No. 1 and lots of other risers and sliders after an epic 70-minute finale that closed some loops and opened countless others. Season 3 can’t get here soon enough.

Three major factors go into our rankings: 1) overall likability/how much we want the character to die, 2) developments from the most recent episode and 3) how much actual power the characters currently hold in the show. And of course, there’s our own subjectivity, which we won’t hide.

One last very important order of business: SPOILER ALERT: The following entries contain information from the most recent episode of Game of Thrones: “Valar Morghulis” (Season 2, Episode 10).

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Welcome to Punching Pete Campbell’s fifth edition of the Game of Thrones Power Rankings. Before proceeding, be sure to review last week’s rankings to track the movement. We’ve got a new No. 1 after Sunday’s epic Battle of the Blackwater, which shook up our rankings almost as much as it shook up the clash of kings in Westeros.

Three major factors go into our rankings: 1) overall likability/how much we want the character to die, 2) developments from the most recent episode and 3) how much actual power the characters currently hold in the show. And of course, there’s our own subjectivity, which we won’t hide.

One last very important order of business: SPOILER ALERT: The following entries contain information from the most recent episode of Game of Thrones: “Blackwater” (Season 2, Episode 9).

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Welcome to Punching Pete Campbell’s fourth edition of the Game of Thrones Power Rankings. Before proceeding, be sure to review last week’s rankings to track the movement. This week’s satisfying episode was all about building to the season’s conclusion, and fear was the pervasive theme as the characters moved toward war.

Three major factors go into our rankings: 1) overall likability/how much we want the character to die, 2) developments from the most recent episode and 3) how much actual power the characters currently hold in the show. And of course, there’s our own subjectivity, which we won’t hide.

One last very important order of business: SPOILER ALERT: The following entries contain information from the most recent episode of Game of Thrones: “The Prince of Winterfell” (Season 2, Episode 8).

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