Well. After eight seasons we learned why the books are called A Song of Ice and Fire, while the show is Game of Thrones.

I know next to nothing about military strategy. I didn't know that trebuchets belong behind the lines; I didn't know calvary are supposed to harry the flanks. But even I know that the one thing you don't do, if at all possible, is let your enemy decide the battlefield. The Dead didn't teleport to Winterfell and the majority of their army were on foot. Is there a reason they didn't scout to find them during the day and nuke them with dragonfire when they were at their most vulnerable?

Among other things 'fell' is an old word for 'terrible' or 'deadly'. The Starks used to be known as 'the Kings of Winter'. Someone once pointed out the oddity that most of the House words are threats or boasts - 'Ours is the Fury', 'Hear Me Roar' etc - while the Stark words seem more a warning: 'Winter is Coming'. Unless they weren't just a warning, but also a threat.

I have no idea what they thought they were doing with that. It bears reminding that the Night King is a show-only invention - so far - and we have no idea if GRRMs ending will be remotely similar. I hope not. A duel, or even a battle, feels cheap for an enemy of this scale.

(I might have preferred that to what we actually got...)