Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-5014364-20150620174256/@comment-5014364-20150620183546

ArticXiongmao wrote: Sigh. I explained it twice. I won't again, not elaborately. Just read what I wrote. A TL;DR: they couldn't cut all the characters' story arcs in half, because that's extremely bad story telling, much worse than rushing in a few plots. They sacrificed some plot to tell a much more satisfying and complete story.

There are stopping points they COULD have used.

They could have used Hardhome as a finale, it was invented anyway!