Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-1600847-20150615133347/@comment-26498000-20150616034235

Reddyredcp wrote: You summed it up pretty well. Season 5, ladies and gentlemen! But seriously, every TV show has it's bad season(s). This one was clearly GoT's (even though I was personally fine with it). I'm pretty sure Season 6 will pick up where this one lacked - including perhaps "revived characters". Yup, pretty much. The problem I really think they ran into is they have caught up with the books and it's in a weird spot of trying to stay true to the source material and the fact that they are going to have to diverge from the books even more. This is why I think the show faltered this season.

The finale especilly felt like they were not ready to commit full heartedly to anything except Jon Snow's death, which they made sure we saw and had to watch for a decent amount of time before cutting to the credits, almost every other story felt like it ended a few minutes before it should have. Stannis' "Death", Sansa and Theon's "escape", Arya going blind, Dany being surrounded by the Dothraki, and even Cersi's story could of done with a bit more exposure.