The "kidnap a white walker" is a classic macguffin. Unfortunately, it's not a very good one.

My biggest logic complaint: Jon telling Gendry to go back to Eastwatch to send a raven to tell Dany "what happened."

I agree. I feel like it would have been weird if they didn't explore it a little bit (they're both young, attractive, powerful and single), but think they will take the foot of the gas without pushing it much further.

Yeah, could be. Speaking of character arcs, I'll be interested in seeing how Littlefinger's ends. Seems like the writers haven't known what to do with him since he left King's Landing/The Eyrie. He's basically been reduced to glancing at people sideways for the past three seasons.

"Which Lady Stark?"

Yeah, this kind of seems like a "writer" line, used to set up the "Tell Lady Sansa her sister is here" moment.

At this point, why wouldn't Littlefinger just ride it out with the Starks? Or has he be covertly working with King's Landing?

I was rooting for Bronn. There are two other dragons.

Yeah, I'm putting my money on a reunion, but guessing it under different circumstances than just Jon returning to Winterfell.

Nice call. It's basically the same shot.

Not necessarily. Jamie may have been part of the 2-3:30 training session and Bronn in the 3:30-5.

I can't wait for the Stark group hug when Jon returns.

"Every time we’ve got a whiff of success, a giant pelican by the name of Fate takes a four-and-a-half pound shit right on top of us.”

I'm guessing that since the ep clocked in a 1:16, burning time wasn't something the director had to do. There's also something known as pacing: the rhythm and flow of a show or film. The final episode was engaging, engrossing and beautiful. The director made many decisions that led to that sum of the parts. I'll…

This post left me WAY more confused about the writer's intention than the finale did.

I'm not amazed because the first season is such a slog to get through. But it's more than worth the effort.

I think the important part is that Kevin believed her, unquestionably, because of his love for her (and the fact that he had his own adventures in alternate reality).

I think it was definitely a nod to that — or, more specifically, they were using people's expectations for a Lindelhof show to their advantage in crafting that final episode.

wait, are you trying to say 'so good' or 'so god'?

Kevin's trips to the afterlife were resolved in the penultimate (yeah, that's right, penultimate) episode. It didn't explain where exactly he went there, or why he was able to go there, but instead focused on WHY he kept going there: he was a coward when it came to relationships, to exposing himself and making himself…