So I watched the last three episodes yesterday, and frankly, I'm speechless. I really don't know what I think at this point. It wasn't my choice, but the occupant of the Iron Throne isn't the worst choice of all time (though I think it is a leap). All my points above still hold, but one, the characterizations, is even more strongly felt.
I'm disappointed in several of the outcomes. Varys; he didn't "serve more kings and queens than any man alive" by being careless or sloppy. And yet... his plotting against Danaerys was "Batchelor" level intrigue (which is to say, zero intrigue at all). Bronn; only cares about himself, sells out Tyrion, Jaime, then Cersei to cover/save his own ass. And yet... becomes Master Of Coin to the new regime that is supposedly "breaking the wheel". In fact, that whole King's Council scene made me want to throw my remote at the TV. Even Jon Snow; he's had this dilemma before; the personal honor versus the honor of Man, and he had no problems betraying personal confidences for the betterment of the greater cause, but it seemed as if he went the opposite here. He's naive in some ways, but he can't be that naive after all he has seen. He HAD to know it would turn out as it did (or at least close). I'm not talking about the King's landing outcome, I mean all the intrigue that surrounded it. The way the Unsullied reacted, etc. he's no stranger to intrigue; he lied to the Wildings about the killing of Halfhand (or whatever his name was) so it shouldn't have been a challenge to him.
I did like the Cersei plot line, in the sense that I'm glad there wasn't some huge redemptive play for Arya, or Jaime... though they did forget about the two prophesies (that Cersei would die with hands around her neck, and that Arya would kill brown eyes, blue eyes and green eyes).
I liked Sansa's outcome; she did remain true to her character. But I didn't like the final outcome for Jon or Arya; I thought both were underwhelming and didn't do justice to the characters. I would have thought at least as the last living Targaryan that Jon would have a seat at the council to decide the fate of the Seven Kingdoms. Yes, I know the Unsullied had him, but that was just too simple. It's Game of Fucking Thrones; capture Grey Worm and arrange a trade.
Overall, though, I don't know. I feel... sort of empty. I didn't hate it, I didn't love it, and that's kind of the problem; Game Of Thrones wasn't about neutral.