I definitely enjoyed the episode, but kind of felt it wasn't a big bang besides the final minutes.
The scene in the arena was kind of ridiculous, and I don't mean that in a bad way, but just seeing everyone, like literally almost every major character, in the same vicinity. That was crazy, I don't think I ever expected to see so many of them together and not fighting. That was kind of cool and seeing the dead still alive that far south put on the full show was fun. I love how Jon said he would keep his word, and was brought up multiple times how that was very much like Ned, yet by the end of the episode we find out how big of a liar Ned actually was! His lying is the reason Jon is alive. While it was great to see Jon and Dany get it on, doing so during the reveal felt a bit odd. Granted, I don't think it will matter much, just felt odd.
The scene with Littlefinger may have been the biggest hurrah moment of the season. This was the only logical ending to this storyline and it was pulled off well in the end. My gf cheered when Sansa turned to Littlefinger and that way Arya just sliced his throat in the hall in front of everyone was bad ass. Bran finally pulling through when he seemed to be in a daze that whole time. Also Sam walking in to see Bran was a great scene and Sam with his odd face reactions to Bran were great.
Obviously the ice dragon was the highlight. That ending was bad ass. I always wondered how they would pass, I predicted the wall would come down, but it didn't fully. There was no magic spells, just pure force from the dragons blue fire (was it actually fire?).
While a lot of plot points were obvious and some of the story telling was poorer than previous seasons, there was one plotline that I did enjoy and was not so much expecting. Cersei's pregnancy and her regained alliance with the Iron Bank. I thought the Iron Bank backing Stannis would likely end their role in either the show or siding with the crown, but the whole Euron working with Cersei and paying back the bank seemed like a good storyline and plot point I didn't really expect to be so important.
So is Theon going to the Iron Islands when Euron isn't there? And I'm guessing Tormund and Beric didn't die, but I hate leaving the fate of people like that. Where's Gendry?