Showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss faced an impossible task: bringing one of the greatest dark fantasy epics ever written — George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire — to television . We all have opinions on how well they succeeded, especially with the ending, but there’s no denying Benioff and Weiss produced some masterful episodes along the way.

If you want to revisit the best of Benioff and Weiss’s fantasy TV work, there’s an easy way: check out the 10 highest-rated Game of Thrones episodes on IMDb. Though everyone has their own favorites — I’m still partial to the very first episode, “Winter is Coming,” and its shocking ending — these episodes are widely regarded as the pinnacle of the series.

10 Blackwater (Season 2, Episode 9)

IMDb score: 9.7

The wildfire comes in handy during the Battle of the Blackwater. HBO

If you thought “The Battle of the Bastards” went the extra mile with a stellar episode packed with masterful combat, you won’t be surprised to find “Blackwater” just as phenomenal.…