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THIS ISSUE: Game of Thrones, Once Upon a Time, Quantico, Last Man on Earth TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT Daenerys Rules Again HBO BECAUSE: "You're not going to serve. You're going to die." Game of Thrones is a song of ice and FIRE, after all -- and with those fearsome words, Queen Daenerys reminded the Dothraki of that. You can't keep a good queen down, and you definitely can't tell her that if she doesn't bend to you, all of your men and horses are going to rape her without expecting her to stick her hands in a few giant torches, light your house up, burn your men to bits, and emerge from the blaze glowing, naked, and unscathed, silently earning the fear, respect, and allegiance of all the people who were yours just moments ago... now can you, "Khal"? Game of Thrones HBO WHAT HAPPENED: Oh, and perhaps we forgot to mention... JON AND SANSA ARE REUNITED AGAIN! Ugly sobs were wept 'round Westeros (or rather, living rooms) as the Stark half-brother and sister who never had much love for each other when they lived together as children, were finally reunited at the Wall in Sunday's Game of Thrones. And this time -- Jon is no longer Lord Commander, Sansa is no longer a spoiled brat, and at her insistence, they'll take back the North from... Ramsay "The Effin' Worst" Bolton, who killed Osha just as she was boldly trying to kill him. You can't blame a wildling for trying (or for making eyes at Brienne, in Tormund's case), and you can't blame Theon for wanting to go home to the Iron Islands, even if he's not exactly welcomed by sister Yara. He does, however, pledge to back her as ruler at the upcoming -- say it with us now -- Kingsmoooooot! Indeed, Sunday's was an episode of brothers and sisters as Margaery and Loras Tyrell were briefly reunited under captivity, right around the time the Tyrells and Lannisters were finally agreeing on something: Margaery Tyrell will be taking no Walk of Atonement. (Tyrion continues to talk in Mereen, and Grey Worm and Missandei continue to begrudgingly allow it.) WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: So many big things happening in Sunday's episode, but it's hard to remember much beyond that final "tingly-making" image, as Emilia Clarke described it to EW: That of Daenerys standing amid a flaming, building-size pyre of her own making, nude and powerful in front of hundreds of bowing Dothraki. Of that nudity, Clarke reminded that it's been three seasons since she last stripped down for Game of Thrones, "But this is all me, all proud, all strong. I'm just feeling genuinely happy I said 'Yes.' That ain't no body double!" As for Dany's superpower-like resistance to fire, co-showrunner Dan Weiss told EW, "This is not really that type of story... It's a very simple solution, a plan where you can use three people to take out dozens in a very dramatic way by just lighting things on fire and standing there." That's a Targaryen for you: always keeping it simple. Once Upon a Time ABC WHAT HAPPENED: Every kid has had the fear that one of their mothers might return to being an Evil Queen, so they steal an Olympus Crystal from their local Rumpelstiltskin, and bus it to New York City to rewrite a series of fairytales -- or perhaps that's just Henry, author extraordinaire. And while Henry is working to end all magic in Sunday's OAUT season 5 finale, and Rumple is unsuccessfully trying to wake Belle up by stealing the Olympus Crystal back, Zelena was creating a portal to send everyone home, but Zelena, the Charmings, and Hook accidentally got zapped into an enchanted cage across from an alternate universe mental hospital seen over by Mr. Hyde (of the famous Dr. Jekyll duo). But they swap places with Rumple -- he to the Land of Untold Stories, and them, over to NYC with Henry, who gets them back home via a magic fountain and one even more magically corny speech -- so Rumple can make a deal to wake Belle. And that's how Mr. Hyde ends up in Storybrooke, proclaiming himself ruler, and thanks to Regina taking his duplicitous potion and expelling all her evil, she's back to the good mom Henry wanted her to be... too bad the Evil Queen version of her is back in New York, declaring, "The queen is back!" WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Not. Great. But it's always nice to have more Regina, even in Evil Queen form, and OUAT's season finale goes to great lengths not to simplify Regina's road toward good. As the A.V. Club points out regarding Regina's journey, "She'd rather squash every malevolent impulse than to see pain on the faces of the people she cares about. Instead of going the route of having the death of Robin undo all of Regina's character development, the show uses the death to show even more layers of her personality. After five seasons, it's masterfully done, mostly due to the effectiveness of Lana Parilla, who can go from complete camp to soliciting empathy in a matter of moments." And with the Evil Queen back in full form, there will surely be more opportunities to show off that duplicitousness come season 6. Quantico ABC WHAT HAPPENED: Trust us, you really do not want to face off against a bunch of one-year-old FBI agents -- they're a wily (and sacrificial) bunch.When the gang figures out that Liam is headed for NAT graduation in Sunday'sQuantico finale they head straight there for Alex to save the day. And she of the perfect middle part definitely does a lot of talking and a little shooting, but it's actually Ryan who pulls off a Matrix move to take down his former mentor, and Simon -- sweet, sweet Simon -- knowing that the nuclear radiation can only be stopped underwater, who sneaks off with Liam's bomb, driving it straight over a bridge, sacrificing himself and saving all those other NATs who were not nearly as likable as him. And with Simon's funeral, this story is all wrapped up -- or is it??? Though Alex wasn't given her FBI badge back after helping, y'know, save the world from a terrorist, in the finale's last moments, she's stopped mid-jog to be offered a new job, but she has to choose right now: new gig with the CIA -- or Ryan? WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Whatever will national hero Alex Parrish choose?! C'mon girl, it's got to be the CIA. We need that soapy Quanticogoodness, and that means we need top secret missions (and, perhaps, a title change). Executive producer Josh Safran had a chat with EW about the series' future, and though he couldn't be explicit about Alex's cliffhanger decision, he could tell us what to expect from the next season, comparing the series narrative to that of the James Bond franchise: "Season 2 is definitely more of a new novel than the next chapter. It's like, instead of a sequel that continues the story, [we follow] the character who's been through what they've been through but further down their road... So you have Q, you have Moneypenny, you have M, so there's some people that carry around that still go through, but yes, it is the journey of Alex Parrish, and then the people around her." We guess that makes her Bond... Alex Bond. One More Thing... Silly and Sweet in Last Man On Earth Fox THE END OF THE END: Not with one fart jar, but with two fart jars did Last Man on Earth go out in its season 2 finale. But Sunday's episode also contained one of the series' most poignant moments to date between astronaut brothers Phil and Mike, and one final cliffhanger to keep us coming back for more end-of-the-world goodness.