Not sure what everyone was really expecting from making a show on a series of books by GRRM where not even GRRM has any bloody clue how to wrap up all the snarled and multitudinous story lines. I think we are getting what we deserve for the time invested in a story that the author can't even figure out how to properly wrap up.
ETA: I guess when this trip started, we might not have realized that GRRM was so far from knowing what the hell he was doing, so got caught in the trap.
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