I don’t understand why so many people leave out the most important revelation long term to the story... The parentage of John Snow.
The either minimize it or like this vanity ignore it completely.
Long term this is the single most important revelation to the story and people get so tied up in the cgi and backstabbing the miss the big things.
Add to this revelation, the fact that the Targaryen banner contains a three headed dragon. Ok, there’s Dany, obviously, now Jon (so is his actual surname, “Fire, or Flame”?).
A few episodes back, Tyrion unleashed the two imprisoned dragons. He had to get very close to do this, at one point begging the beast, “please don’t eat me”. Neither dragon put a mark on him. Tywin suspected Tyrion was not his son. This begs the question, is Tyrion the son of a Targaryen, instead of Tywin Lannister’s child?
Possibilities, possibilities.
I think a lot of people don’t consider it that much of a revelation, because the evidence for it was so strong in the books, they just take it as a given.
It’s a bigger surprise to the show watchers, but if you read the books, it more like “finally, we got that out of the way”.
I appreciate your bringing that up, I watched the scene but didn't understand its relevance.
The other noteworthy tidbit in the finale was the white raven arriving at Winterfell signaling that Winter is here.
As for next season the only predictions I'll make is that the dragons will make short work of the zombies from beyond the wall.
Also, could it be that Jon Snow is the Prince That Was Promised , and that is why the Red Witch was able to bring him back from death?