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When Benioff and Weiss called Maisie Williams before filming of S8 started they told her that Arya and Gentry would have sex she thought at first they were pranking her.

The question that immediately arises is whether that is a significant plot point or just HBO throwing in a bit more gratuitous sex because that's what HBO does.

GOT is full of redemption arcs. Arya's journey is more exotic than most, but her great moment of decision came several seasons ago, back in Bravos. She went to Bravos bent on revenge and reciting her kill list. She joined the Faceless Men, always conflicted about whether to join them for real, or simply exploit them in order to train herself up as a revenge monkey. In the end, she declared her true identity to be Arya Stark of House Winterfell, abandoned the Faceless Men, and began her journey home. Dying in the crypts of Winterfell would be one suitable ending, but I think she'll live long enough to see Cersei finished (whether she does it herself or not). If Arya does survive the war, the question is whether she can find her way all the way back to reintegration into normal human relationships. Gendry has always been the obvious lifeline if that's her fate. Establishing the liaison with Gendry just increased the odds that Arya survives.

From a purely narrative standpoint, I was disappointed that Arya and Gendry had sex. I know, I know … it's HBO, which is a bastion of all sex, all the time. Did the showrunners never stop to consider that the fact that Arya has not been sleeping her way through eight seasons makes her a unique character? They've now brought Arya back to the pack. I guess this leaves Brienne as the only virgin on the show. FWIW, episode 2 was mostly a long goodbye to favorite characters who are about to die. Arya, however, has not yet reconciled with the Hound. I think they'll both survive the next episode and meet again in King's Landing.