WARNING: The following contains spoilers for "The Rightful Queen," the second episode of Game of Thrones, Season 8, now streaming on HBO Now.

Considering its dystopian medieval setting, it's no surprise Game of Thrones often places misogyny front and center when it comes to how the show's story presents its female characters. From heroines like the Stark girls and villains like Cersei Lannister, to the multitude of sex workers the show has put on display across the Seven Kingdoms, it's simply not a progressive society. But, of course, that's the intention, as the series reflects the raw, carnal nature of its universe.

But as the seasons have unfolded, the show's under spoken feminist movement has become more powerful, with Sansa, Arya and Daenerys Targaryen all making huge strides in breaking down the patriarchal walls that surround them down. It all comes to something of a head in "The Rightful Queen," where we get the series' biggest moment in terms of female empowerment thanks to a quiet scene that ends with the knighting of Gwendoline Christie's Brienne of Tarth.

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Throughout her personal arc, Brienne has stuck it to the proverbial man, first as a badass bodyguard to Renly Baratheon then honoring a promise made to Catelyn Stark to protect her daughters. In a man's world, Brienne made it clear, time after time, she really is a true paragon of virtue, unwavering in her resolve and immovable in her grit and determination.

But as much as she was an inspiration for women everywhere and an overall symbol of feminism, Brienne has been denied what her heart truly desired -- to be a knight. After all, only men are allowed to be knights. It's a fate she's been resigned, and to as time passed she pushed it to the back of her mind. However, with the White Walkers finally bearing down on Winterfell, Jaime Lannister honors to everything Brienne has done by rewarding her heroism with her ultimate dream.

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As a former King's Hand and a knight himself, Jaime makes it clear that in these times, well, screw sexism! Brienne deserves the title of knight as much as anyone, and so Jaime takes his family's broadsword and has the warrior swear her oath. Now, for asl long as she survives and more, her official station is Ser Brienne of Tarth, the first female knight of Westeros.

Ser Brienne deserves to see this lifelong ambition come to pass, and everyone, from Tormund to Tyrion to Pod to Ser Davos, erupt in applause at their makeshift "round table," making it perfectly clear: Brienne's knighthood is completely deserved and respected. As Ser Brienne has repeatedly proved, actions transcend everything else, including gender.

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Her tears, smile and general expression of euphoria cap a sentimental moment fans will never forget. In every scene she's been in, Ser Brienne has displayed elegance, grace and the heart of a lion, one of the few characters you can actually, and without reservation, admire.

Airing Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO, Game of Thrones stars Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister, Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister, Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark, Maisie Williams as Arya Stark and Kit Harington as Jon Snow.