--- title: The Best Game of Thrones Memes of Season 8 Episode 2 description: The very best memes of Game of Thrones season 2 episode 2 which had everything from heroic Brienne, Arya and Gendry and that wacky Tormund canonical: https://time.com/5565378/best-game-of-thrones-season-8-e2-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-22T03:52:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:31.973Z og:title: Laugh Through the Stress With These Game of Thrones Memes og:description: Relive the insanity og:url: https://time.com/5565378/best-game-of-thrones-season-8-e2-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5887d1ee0596f948/6989488616d88409ecc34f2f/game-of-thones-season-8-episode-2-varys-jorah-daenerys.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: game-of-thones-season-8-episode-2-varys-jorah-daenerys og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Laugh Through the Stress With These Game of Thrones Memes twitter:description: Relive the insanity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5887d1ee0596f948/6989488616d88409ecc34f2f/game-of-thones-season-8-episode-2-varys-jorah-daenerys.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Best Memes of That _Game of Thrones_ Episode Will Help You Laugh Through the Stress by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 22, 2019 3:52 AM UTC  Conleth Hill as Varys, Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, and Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont on Game of Thrones. Conleth Hill as Varys, Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, and Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont on Game of Thrones.Helen Sloan/HBO by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 22, 2019 3:52 AM UTC **Warning**: This post contains spoilers for _Game of Thrones_. If the [_Game of Thrones_ season 8 premiere](http://time.com/4624438/game-of-thrones-essential-episodes/) was all about the reunions, then [episode 2](http://time.com/5572646/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-2-photos/) was mostly, endearingly all [Battle of Winterfell buildup](http://time.com/5542922/game-of-thrones-season-8-battle-of-winterfell/). It’s clear we’re in ratcheting up [territory](http://time.com/4385792/game-of-thrones-arya-stark-kill-list/). But that didn’t stop the world-devouring phenomenon from reliably giving us some downright hilarious memes of unforgettable moments before the major showdown. So many shocking and beautiful things have happened in Westeros, and the fans have gotten through every gut-wrenching development with jokes. There were solid memes about Bran Stark taking a trip up memory tower. There were really hilarious memes about Tormund. And there were really really great memes of Brienne. Fan remixes abound. Every week, TIME is naturally recognizing the show that was born to be endlessly recycled and interpreted with jokes with a [meme round-up](http://time.com/5565362/best-game-of-thrones-memes-season-8-episode-1/). Here are the [best memes of _Game of Thrones_ season 8 episode 2](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/), “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.” ## Another dig at Kit Harington’s height > [](https://twitter.com/binge%5Fmode/status/1120137283078770689) ## Sansa’s endorsement of Theon > [](https://twitter.com/sophieturnyr/status/1120133561888198657) ## Bran Stark stays squinting hauntingly at an “old friend” > [](https://twitter.com/LordSnow/status/1120103891603947520) ## The things we do for love > [](https://twitter.com/capricress/status/1120132588079919105) ## Brienne getting knighted and Brienne and Jamie’s general excellence > [](https://twitter.com/houseofthots/status/1120142441913487360) > [](https://twitter.com/stilestheglader/status/1120143083163795456) > [](https://twitter.com/JillianSed/status/1120134908293386240) > [](https://twitter.com/LUCKYMUNKEE/status/1120143074984910849) ## We’ll all have what Tormund’s having > [](https://twitter.com/ringer/status/1120130808109383685) ## Tormund and Brienne > [](https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/1120137935045656576) > [](https://twitter.com/MikelleStreet/status/1120142226955407360) > [](https://twitter.com/alplicable/status/1120139496274759680) > [](https://twitter.com/Dakouh/status/1120138061868949504) > [](https://twitter.com/KirstenAcuna/status/1120139117529059328) > [](https://twitter.com/KirstenAcuna/status/1120139117529059328) ## Storytime with Tormund > [](https://twitter.com/MelanieIglesias/status/1120143090285592576) > [](https://twitter.com/f0rfictionssake/status/1120140824141082624) ## The meaning of an Arya Gendry union > [](https://twitter.com/oshawildling/status/1120133617412386817) ## Arya and Gendry > [](https://twitter.com/mosebergmann/status/1120148346239246336) ## Jon and Dany > [](https://twitter.com/filmsbygerwig/status/1120135848492711941) ## Ghost’s cameo > [](https://twitter.com/UthraRajendran/status/1120077504864313345) > [](https://twitter.com/robinjagal/status/1120070398270431234) ## Talented Podrick > [](https://twitter.com/DrPhilGoff/status/1120144312241741825) ## Tyrion being an excellent host despite Brienne’s orders > [](https://twitter.com/jamminrye/status/1120141982138097664) ## Afterward > [](https://twitter.com/thedanielreid/status/1120133706662936578) ## End of the world connections > [](https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/1120138384935149568) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5565378/best-game-of-thrones-season-8-e2-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5565378/best-game-of-thrones-season-8-e2-memes/"},"headline":"The Best Memes of That Game of Thrones Episode Will Help You Laugh Through the Stress","datePublished":"2019-04-22T03:52:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:31.973Z","description":"The very best memes of Game of Thrones season 2 episode 2 which had everything from heroic Brienne, Arya and Gendry and that wacky Tormund","url":"https://time.com/5565378/best-game-of-thrones-season-8-e2-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","onetime","overnight","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5887d1ee0596f948/6989488616d88409ecc34f2f/game-of-thones-season-8-episode-2-varys-jorah-daenerys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5887d1ee0596f948/6989488616d88409ecc34f2f/game-of-thones-season-8-episode-2-varys-jorah-daenerys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thones-season-8-episode-2-varys-jorah-daenerys","caption":"Conleth Hill as Varys, Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, and Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont in 'Game of Thrones.'","creditText":"Helen Sloan/HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5565378/best-game-of-thrones-season-8-e2-memes/","name":"The Best Memes of That Game of Thrones Episode Will Help You Laugh Through the Stress"}}]}] ```