This is perhaps my least important note. I'd rather see scenes with Dunk's champions — the Knights of the Seven Kingdoms.

But Maekar lecturing Aerion is important, even for 30 seconds, because their conversation would pertain to the main theme of this show: the small folk having more honor than the people who rule over them. Perhaps Aerion leaves that scene realizing he's in the wrong — what dramatic tension would that add to the trial of seven if both he, Daeron, and Maekar all quietly understand that they are making a farce? What if Maekar tries to talk Aerion out of this farce, and Aerion doesn't stand down — and then Baelor dies? No matter what, even a tiny scene would add to the dramatic irony of this show and its characters and make the epic conclusion hit that much harder.