In truth, though, he’s neither a bastard nor Ned’s son.
…as we finally learned the full truth about Jon’s parentage HBOįrom season one, Jon Snow has been described to both the characters and viewers of Game of Thrones as Ned Stark’s bastard son.
Plus, they’re about to learn one bit of information that could really complicate things.
(Okay, he’s fallen in love with her.)Ĭould the ultimate ending of the series be Jon and Dany, married, as king and queen of Westeros? Or is that too pat and predictable a conclusion for Martin? There’s still one more season, after all, so perhaps their love will end tragically instead. Despite Jon’s previous protestations that there was “no time” for romantic concerns, he eventually concluded that there wasn’t much else to do on a long and boring boat trip to the North other than pay Dany a private visit. That title seemed to promise an eventual clash between fire-breathing dragons and the icy White Walkers, but it also apparently foreshadowed the union of Dany and Jon, the characters that best represent fire and ice.Īnd after several episodes of not-exactly-subtle setup, it finally happened. The book series is titled A Song of Ice and Fire, after all. Martin’s books speculated that everything was building toward an eventual romantic pairing of Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen.
Long before this season began, fans of both the TV series and George R.R. Ice and fire came together (on a boat)… HBO So here’s a rundown of the biggest events from the finale. And yet there will clearly be more human scheming too, as Cersei Lannister has decided to break her agreement with Jon and Dany, holding her army back from the North in hopes of maintaining her grip on the Iron Throne. This final image makes clear that Game of Thrones’ eighth and final season will heavily focus on the war against the White Walkers. Such personal concerns then paled, though, in the face of the true game changer of the season’s final moments: The Night King’s dragon-powered attack destroys part of the Wall, allowing the army of the dead to finally pour into the Seven Kingdoms. Also, this makes Dany his aunt - which is something Jon probably would have preferred to know before heading to her cabin. Weiss capped off the season with a triple whammy of very big, long-in-the-making moments.ĭaenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow finally decide to consummate their mutual attraction while on a boat sailing northward, confirming a long-anticipated romantic pairing of two of the series’ main characters.Īt the same time, hundreds of miles away, Bran Stark and Samwell Tarly finally piece together the mystery of Jon’s parentage and realize that that he’s not only a Targaryen but a legitimate Targaryen named “Aegon.” That is: He’s not a bastard, and he has a claim to the Iron Throne according to Westeros’s inheritance laws. Game of Thrones concluded its abbreviated seventh season with a supersize episode featuring a whole lot of talking, as what seemed like half of the series’ cast held a very lengthy series of negotations.īut with the end of “The Dragon and the Wolf,” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. come through the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.Major spoilers follow for Game of Thrones ’ season seven finale, “The Dragon and the Wolf.” The backlog prompted the Biden administration to allow the port complex to operate 24 hours a day to try to get goods unloaded and out to consumers.Ībout 40% of all shipping containers entering the U.S. It’s the latest step aimed at relieving the logjam of cargo ships that has interrupted the global supply chain. “The terminals are running out of space, and this will make room for the containers sitting on those ships at anchor,” Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero said in the statement. Containers set to move by rail can stay at the ports for three days.Īfter that, ocean carriers will be charged $100 per container, increasing in $100 increments per container per day, the statement said. The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said in a statement that arriving containers scheduled to be moved by trucks will be allowed to stay for nine days before fines start accruing. LOS ANGELES (AP) - In an effort to ease congestion at the nation’s busiest port complex, officials said Monday that they will start fining shipping companies whose cargo containers linger for too long at marine terminals.