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Okay, I haven't read anything here or anywhere else about the finale, so these are my thoughts, unfiltered and unbiased by anything but my own viewing:
Peter Dinklage just won an Emmy. He was amazing the entire episode.
The visuals were motion picture quality, particularly under the keep. The music was great as always.
The scenes with Jon and Tyrion and Jon and Danaerys were extremely well done. I don't think Kit's had a better performance. The first half hour of the episode was fantastic. Right up until the point that Drogon melted the iron throne.
It should have ended there. God I wish it had ended there.
The sequence in the Dragonpit was one of the worst things I can remember.
One of the best parts of A Song of Ice and Fire is how Martin subverts traditional fantasy tropes. This is not how he's going to end the series, assuming he ever does. It's too neat, too happy. Every surviving Stark gets a happy ending. Everybody gets what they want, aside from Danaerys:
Jon's going back to the Wall.
Bran is king.
Sansa rules the free North.
Arya gets far away.
Grey Worm goes to protect Naarth in Missandei's name.
Ser Brienne leads the Kingsguard and finishes Jamie's entry.
Bronn's Master of Coin.
Grand Maester Sam and "A Song of Ice and Fire'...
Ser Podrick of the Kingsguard.
Jon finally treats Ghost like his direwolf.
This was fan service. Which is fine for the medium. Some of it was even cute. But it's disappointing that such an epic tale ends with such trite denouement.
I did like the intercut scenes with Jon, Arya and Sansa
But, seriously, a standard fantasy happy ending?
Hopefully someday Martin graces us with a satisfying ending.
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