Haven't read a lot of the responses yet, so there may be some duplication.

The Bad:

1. Jesus Fucking Christ have they made Tyrion dumb. And non-sensical. So he's right about how the city will fall, but he sends Jamie to ONE LAST TIME to appeal to her humanity? (which of course she doesn't realize until after Dany has started completely destroying the city) And this is of course immediately after Dany says "DON'T BETRAY ME AGAIN."

2. The Dany heel turn felt so fucking forced. And I thought it had been ham-fisted before. And it made absolutely zero sense. Making her "rule by fear" by seeing the city defenses destroyed and then destroying the Red Keep would have made sense. This was just forcing a square peg into a round hole.

3. Cersei again was the cartoon character that they'd worked so hard to not make her.

4. The Grey Worm shit was too ham-fisted as well. As was Jon realizing that he needs to be a leader and finally "wanting" the Iron Throne. Turning it into a tragic love story is going to be so fucking dumb tho.


The Good:

1. The Hound vs. The Mountain was good enough action. Not quite the epic fight that was envisioned, but fighting at the end of the world has some cool stuff.

2. After nearly eight seasons, they finally show what the point of the books are: THAT WAR FUCKING SUCKS. They are no heroic wars over crowns. It's all ugly and bloody and unheroic.

3. Having Arya watch the horrors of war and realize that she doesn't want to be a killer anymore was well done.


Both the bad pretty much out-weighted the good here. Or certainly the worst of the bad was greater than best of the good.