Totally fair. I’m not sure how you could really remove it entirely, though. There’s just no way the show would have ended without dealing with who is ruling. We can’t really cut to the Starks farewells without understanding that Bran is King and Sansa has declared independence, can we? I agree about the small council scene; it should be trimmed (definitely remove the Song of Ice and Fire) or cut.

After this, I bought “The Long Night” episode and began playing with the color correction, because I think most of the problems people were having could have been easily mitigated with a gamma curve. Here’s my try:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/576/picture:0

These shots are all done with the same correction. The episode may require some shot by shot correction, but I think this curve actually works pretty well overall.