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Series finales do not always do exactly what the audience expects or wants them to do.
They also reward the most attentive, loyal fans for their years of meticulously rewatching and dissecting a show.
And the rest of you well, youve been watching but you havent been really,reallywatching.
(Dorne represent!)
Depending on your perspective, this is a clever way to engage in economical storytelling or just lazy.
Or, possibly, both.
Callbacks can be funny, too, andGame of Thronesworked that angle.
The end of that joke was theGOTequivalent ofThe Sopranos cut to black.
Well never know how it ends.
Game of Thronesis by no means alone in its obsession with callbacks.
during six seasons of debauchery.
A callback only works, though, if it feels natural.
Showrunner Steve HollandtoldEntertainment Weeklythat the reason behind this switcheroo was to tip a hat or a uterus?
to a line that Leonard says about Penny in the pilot: Our children will be smart and beautiful.
Again, you may not like the crayons the writers chose to color in that circle.
