Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-5014364-20150614172901/@comment-5014364-20150616154027

I now consider the worst change they ever made to be combining the fourth and fifth novels into a single TV season, ultimately gutting the North and Dorne storylines.

Ranking equal to Tysha, actually, though they're different kinds of choices - one was avoidable and small, the other a major decision but the result of many more pressures and limitations. Maybe they'll later say that they had no choice because they worried the actors' contracts would be up, I don't know.