With the Elite 8 rounds complete the tournament is coming to a close. Who could have predicted it, all four one seeds made it to the final four, how shocking! This is overall not that surprising, but a little disappointing. A couple of the matches came down to the wire though. Since we are in the late rounds of the tournament, let’s go through each match individually.
Elite 8 Results
Breaking Bad(1) defeats South Park(6) with 87.5% of the vote. This was not surprising at all. I don’t know how South Park made it this far, but it was bound to go down in flames to Breaking Bad. Even I voted for Breaking bad here.
Game of Thrones(1) defeats The Office(3) with 66.7% of the vote. This also seems about right. The Office would definitely put up more of a fight against the powerhouse, GOT, but everyone knew it wouldn’t be able to pull off the upset.
Chernobyl(1) defeats Friends(3) with 52.2% of the vote. This one was tied for a long time, and someone voted a couple days ago to give Chernobyl the tight win. I very much like both of these shows, but am happy Chernobyl came out on top.
Band of Brothers(1) defeats House(6) with 52.2% of the vote. Everything was exactly the same here as above. It was tied and someone gave Band of Brothers the win by one vote. Band of Brothers isn’t my favorite, but thank god House did not make it to the final four.
Final Four Matchups
Breaking Bad(1) vs. Game of Thrones(1): This is the one we have all been waiting for. In retrospect I should have put these shows on the opposite side of the draw so this could have been the final, but due to Game of Thrones’ terrible finish, IMDB bumped it down a few notches and it was the overall fourth ranked team. Game of Thrones was very consistently good throughout its 8 season run, but as I have mentioned several times, it ended horribly. Breaking Bad was a roller coster of ranging from very good, to unwatchable for me, but it had arguably one of the best endings to a show that exists. I think this will be very close, but I am going to predict GOT takes this one.
Chernobyl(1) vs. Band of Brothers(1): The battle of the highly acclaimed HBO miniseries. After watching both of these shows very recently, I think Chernobyl is far superior. Chernobyl also came out much more recently than Band of Brothers. I think Chernobyl advances fairly easily.
Make sure to get out and vote in the most important round yet!
