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Originally Posted by Gravedigger
I think the show will struggle after this season, and by struggle I mean have a lot of episodes that only do well because of the success that the first seasons have built up. This season there is so much intrigue brought about by Storm of Swords but when you get into the next two books I just don't see a lot of great things happening to keep the show at the same level of excitement as the first three books did.
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I dunno, I mean they can do three episodes of Stannis marching through the snow to keep things interesting...right?
Seriously though, it will be an issue after this season and last as people will be expecting the action to be sustained, and we all know it isn't. I think the producers would like to finish with books 4 and 5 both next season for the most part. You can squeak out enough action if you combine them. Or they can add story lines like they did with Dany's stolen dragons in season 2.
Cersei is going to have to really do well to help offset the loss of Joffrey and Tywin, those guys have been killing it on the show and the loss of both will be felt by the viewers. She and Ramsay will have to take over as the main villains. I think book readers will stick it out, but show only fans may be harder to keep invested, especially if they drag books 4 and 5 out into two full seasons. The problem is there are not any really huge moments to focus on at the end of next season like there have been up to this point. Obviously Tyrion being freed and killing Shae and Tywin will be the climax of this season, but then what would be the climax for next season?
I guess it could be Dany flying away on Drogon....
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