Just re-watched it. At one point, Sansa talks about thousands of Northern men surrounding King's landing. Also, Jon killed a queen that the north never really recognized. Yet, somehow, everyone agrees he should go to wall (Despite being King of the North and also a newly free liberated Northern Kingdom) Two seconds later, the unsullied leave the city for...reasons?
This is the kind of stuff that drives me nuts. The show was very careful to show actions and consequence and yet in the end was thrown out the window.
Other thoughts:
On Jamie and Cercei:
On Arya:
-The Faceless men just let you leave the Assassin order, never to be heard of again? Always thought her taking the knowledge and leaving set her up to have the god of death take her life.
On Dany/Jon:
-You know how you fix the problems with Jon? Make it so that Jon tries to reason with Dany, but in the end she recognizes he is a threat and stabs him. With his last bit of life, he kills the mad queen. Targs line comes to an end, in a tragic fashion, right in front of the throne. One wanted it, and one never did. Throne melting scene plays out the same way, and the dragon flies off.
Perfect send off and now the ENTIRE Aegon thing has meaning.
Dothraki:
Just going to find work on the docks or something? Not going to pillage and purge Westeros with no leader to keep you in check?
White Walkers:
- Was hoping when the Freefolk went North, we got a final scene where they come across a symbol like the first scene from the show. The threat is not gone, it repeats...is that not the whole point?
Night King was a great bad guy, totally ruined. Very Darth Maul ending.
Otherwise, There was lots to like, endings for Pod, Jamie (through Brienne of Tarth), the small council, Tyrion, Sansa were fitting and well done.
Great show, just wanted more payoff after the tightly crafted storytelling the series showed us in earlier seasons