Leaving The Expanse off of this list is criminal

I thought the second one was good, but the resolutions one didn't do anything for me.

It's also worth pointing out there's still an extra king running around in the show who was long gone by this point in the books. Investing us more in Asha's character will probably serve to make Balon's death more impactful than in the books (though that's not saying much).

Can't argue with that. It was definitely rushed. I thought it was fine until the end, but the way it ended was just so anti-climactic. Also part of why I think it's so obviously a replacement-device rather than anything of greater narrative importance, the show routinely phones these types of things in.

The show's Tysha analog is Tysha. She was discussed a few times. And Jorah's early double-cross against Dany was there in Season 1.