Personally I thought they found a balance pretty well. It was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster at times but all of the serious parts had little hints / foreshadowing leading up to them so they weren’t much of a shock. (Though still well depicted IMO).

Spoiler Maybe I felt that the slight bit of happiness at the very end with the smiling ect wasn’t enough to cover the sadder bits that were just discussed, which worries me a bit for S3, having not read the books yet. What are your thoughts?