The Game of Thrones Finale Wasn't Perfect, But It Made the Season a Hell of a Lot Better. After six episodes that have been incredible, infuriating, revealing, confusing, and epic, last night’s Game of Thrones finale had a great many things to answer for. They were the answers needed to help recalibrate the show’s uneven seventh season so it ended up greater than the sum of its inconsistent parts—even if that doesn’t equal the show’s best seasons.“The Wolf and the Dragon” had its own problems to be sure—one in particular made me want to actually scream in irritation—the main one of which was its surprising lack of surprises. If you’ve been paying a decent amount of attention, you didn’t have to hunt out hacker leaks to form a pretty good idea of what was going to go down in the season finale, but for me, that somehow didn’t make it any less satisfying.

If you’re a book reader, you know how the show, having advanced beyond George R. R. Martin’s novels, has been partially satiating our hunger by sporadically giving us the scenes we’ve guessed and hoped were coming.

The finale was packed with these scenes, like a Thanksgiving dinner—you know what the meal is going to consist of, but it’s still a feast. It began with a meeting—The Meeting, really—where most all the show’s principal characters came together in the Dragonpit of King’s Landing for Jon Snow’s almost certainly unfeasible attempt to convince Cersei Lannister to help fight the White Walkers and their army of wights. There were three daises set up on the floor of the shattered arena where the Targaryens once imprisoned their dragons. The people sitting in them are as follows: • Cersei, Jaime, Qyburn, Euron Greyjoy, and the Mountain• Jon Snow, Davos, and Brienne• Daenerys, Tyrion, Jorah, Missandei, Varys, and Theon. And, after several tense moments and several even more tense conversations, there is one person in the center of the all: The Hound, who carries a giant chest by himself. When he opens it, nothing happens—no movement, so sound. And when he kicks the chest over, the wight inside bursts out growling, and runs right for Cersei.

In terms of showing the woman who currently sits on the Iron Throne of the threat that lies beyond the Wall, it honestly couldn’t have worked out any better if they planned it (and it almost makes you wonder if they did). Sandor Clegane yanks the wight’s chain back at the last second, so Cersei gets the most horrifying look possible. When the wight’s attention is focused on him, Sandor cuts the wight in two at the waist, allowing Cersei to see both halves trying to crawl towards someone to attack them. When the Hound cuts off a hand, Jon Snow picks it up to demonstrate the wights’ weakness to fire—then stabs the torso with a dragonglass dagger, demonstrating its other weakness. All in all, Jon makes his case—so effectively, in fact, that Euron asks Jon if the dead can swim.

When he answers no, Euron says (and I’m paraphrasing), “I. Am. Outta here.” He announces that he and his fleet are heading back to the Iron Islands, and leaving everyone on the mainland to die. Cersei also recognizes the horrific threat the living face, but she agrees to Daenerys’ request for a truce, and that she’ll send her forces north to fight with Winterfell and Daenerys’ Unsullied and Dothraki to fight the enemy of all of them. If Jon Snow, King of the North, agrees to stay up north and at no point take his soldiers anywhere near the eventual war between herself and Daenerys. Jon explains he can’t do that… because he’s already bent the knee to Daenerys. And Cersei storms out of the Dragonpit.

Jon tells the truth, and dooms humanity. It was as infuriating a moment as anything I’ve ever seen on Game of Thrones. Oh, I know Jon has his honor, and his desire to always do the right thing has gotten him into trouble before, trouble that includes being murdered by his own men.

But this moment… this is beyond the pale. A Nanny For Christmas Movie Watch Online. Knowing the truth would end the nascent truce, negating everything they’d worked so hard for, rendering the death of Dany’s dragon meaningless, and indirectly consigning god knows how many inhabitants of Westeros to death, Jon tells the truth anyway. Davos is pissed. Tyrion is pissed. Daenerys is extra pissed. Jon gives a pretty little speech about how lying is bad and people need to keep their word and blah blah, which might have had an ounce of weight to it if heal so hadn’t been talking for seasons about how the war against the White Walkers was the only thing that matters, nothing else—including Jon’s goddamn honor. Everyone on Team Daenerys and Team Stark knows it, but Jon doesn’t.

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It’s a decision so stupid, even for a Stark, it feels like it almost erases everyone’s development over the course of the entire series, like it reset everyone back to the beginning of season one. But the worst thing about it isn’t how dumb it is, but because it’s so selfish—a truth told for his own self- righteousness and self- image, and nothing else, because it certainly doesn’t benefit anyone else. In fact, it leads directly to Tyrion making his own terrible decision: To go see Cersei, the sister who’s tried to have him killed at least twice (that he knows of!), by himself and convince her to return to negotiations. Last week, in my recap of “Beyond of Wall,” I used the headline “Game of Thrones Is at Its Best and Worst Right Now.” I was referring to the show’s powerful ability to give us amazing, epic fantasy scenes unlike anyone has ever before tried of television. What I wasn’t referring to was the show’s original strength—giving us characters of depth, but also scenes between these characters, usually just talking to one another, that made them and Westeros rich and real and so captivating that even people who think stories about dragons and made- up places are dumb have gotten completely invested in the series.

Tyrion’s reunion with Cersei is one of those scenes, and, somewhat surprisingly, powered by the characters’ honesty wth each other. Cersei’s still mad that Tyrion killed their father, but more upset that he left the Lannister family so vulnerable that their enemies felt bold enough to kill Myrcella and wrest control of King’s Landing from her, eventually leading to Tommen’s suicide. Tyrion explains the reason he follows Daenerys is because she actually wants to make the world a better place, while Cersei only cares about her ever- shrinking list of who she considers family.

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Marcus Paige (5) and Brice Johnson (1. UNC's quest for a title.

Bob Donnan- USA TODAY Sports. Brice Johnson, North Carolina. Tournament Stats: 2.

PPG, 9. 8 RPG, 3. BPGThree of the four starting power forwards remaining in this tournament are one- trick ponies. Syracuse's Tyler Roberson is an excellent rebounder, but he's not much of a scorer. Oklahoma's Khadeem Lattin is a solid shot- blocker, but he rarely scores and is an average defensive rebounder. Villanova's Kris Jenkins is a great scorer, but he doesn't rebound or defend at a high level. Johnson, though, is the best of all three worlds, nearly averaging a double- double in the tournament while also emerging as a better- than- adequate shot- blocker. He was named the Ken.

Pom MVP of all four games and will certainly be the 2. MOP if the Tar Heels have two more wins in them. Family Guy Season 5 Episode 7. Marcus Paige, North Carolina.

Tournament Stats: 1. PPG, 3. 8 APG, 4. P%It took a while for Paige to finally show up with any level of consistency, but you better believe Tar Heels fans are perfectly content with watching him rediscover his three- point stroke in the NCAA tournament. After shooting it well in early December (after missing the first six games of the season with a broken non- shooting hand), the senior combo guard shot a dreadful 2.

ACC play. But those struggles somehow disappeared in time for him to have one of the best games of his career in the Sweet 1. Indiana. He finished that night with 2. With Paige scoring this reliably, it's hard to see any team defending well enough to slow down this Tar Heels offense, which is averaging 8. Buddy Hield, Oklahoma. Tournament Stats: 2. PPG, 6. 5 RPG, 4. P%If you're not aware of the type of impact Hield can have on a game, let us welcome you out from under the rock where you've been living for the past four months.

Hield has been outstanding all season long, but he has discovered an even higher gear for the final NCAA tournament of his career. The man is two more monster games away from setting the all- time record for points scored in one tournament. Even if he doesn't catch Glen Rice, though, he's only 2. Kemba Walker's total from Connecticut's 2. There's a good chance he'll score at least that many points on Saturday against Villanova, meaning he will have done in five games what one of the greatest one- man shows in recent tournament history needed six games to accomplish. Kris Jenkins, Villanova. Tournament Stats: 1.

PPG, 4. 0 RPG, 3. APG, 1. 3 SPGHis scoring has tapered off a bit from the hot streak he was on over the final month of the season, but Jenkins is still one of the first and best options in Villanova's offense. Even after shooting 1- of- 7 from three against Kansas, he's still connecting on 4. The most noteworthy number in his tournament line might be the assists.

Jenkins is no stranger to attempting a ton of three- pointers in a game, having chucked up at least nine on 1. But he's only averaging six attempts per game in the tournament, recognizing that teams are more focused on shutting him down and making the extra pass when necessary. Josh Hart, Villanova. Tournament Stats: 1.

PPG, 4. 5 RPG, 2. APG, 1. 5 SPGAs was the case for Virginia's Malcolm Brogdon in his junior year, Hart is the type of guy who can score 2. He's an efficient, two- way player who just has a nose for the ball and the moment. Ryan Arcidiacono is the Wildcat more likely to go flying into the stands to save a possession, but Hart doesn't mind acquiring some bumps and scrapes to track down a loose ball. Watch Baked In Brooklyn Online IMDB. Hart is also the guy most likely to hit a back- breaking shot, draw a crucial foul or force a big turnover. Michael Gbinije, Syracuse.

Tournament Stats: 1. PPG, 4. 3 RPG, 4.

APG, 2. 0 SPGFor a guy who isn't shooting all that well, Gbinije is making one heck of an overall impact on the game. The leader of Syracuse's short rotation, he has played at least 3. If his legs have looked a little weary on three- point attempts in the tournament, there's a good reason for that. But Gbinije is still putting up points and contributing in a plethora of ways. And if Syracuse is going to keep winning in this tournament, he'll be the main reason why.