Quote Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg View Post
I'll be honest, I was thoroughly disappointed with the end. I was happy with the ending for a few characters: Brienne, Pod, Bron, even Tyrion and Sansa to a lesser extent. But I thought the endings for most were just garbage for what they could and should have been. After everything Jon has done to save Westeros from a second Long Night, he winds up Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, which now serves little or no real purpose with the end of the Walkers? I know he never wanted to be king, but it feels like they just completely trashed his entire arc this season.

I'm ok with Cersei and Jaime's fate, although I was rooting for something a bit more poetic for Cersei. Don't even get me started on Arya sailing west for no reason.

Best part of the episode was the scene with the Small Council. The banter was witty and generated several genuine LOL moments for me. It was really a throwback to previous seasons.
I am not sure anything else could really be done with Arya. She wanted to roam the kingdoms and be a knight when she was little in season 1. She liked Gendry but being a Lady was never in the cards for her. I think this was just an interesting way to give her a "happy" ending. I think she didn't want to be known as a killer and in the 7 Kingdoms that is all she would have been known for. I think when the Hound told her she could leave that it basically took that burden away from her. Her list is complete and she can now leave it behind.

Jon ending up in the North at the Wall is basically about as happy of an ending as he was going to get. When Tormund was leaving Jon even said that he truly wished he was going with him. I think when he said that Ghost belonged up there that he was alluding to himself but he was needed at King's Landing. I feel like when he looked back at the door to the wall closing that it was ending his old life and he gets to start anew with the Free Folk. After everything he went through always for the good of the people, now he can actually have his own life.

Sansa got exactly what she wanted and it was to be Queen. The North are free again under Stark rule.

Tyrion got what he wanted which was to help improve the realm along with having a good king in Bran.

I didn't mind where the characters ended up but how they got there kind of changed how the show approached character building in this last season. If D&D had made 10 episodes over the last 2 seasons then it probably gets where it needs to go instead of just changing the characters that quickly.