I found that season two had the same problem that a lot of nexflix-style shows run into. The first season was a heavily crafted narrative of interconnected stor

I found that season two had the same problem that a lot of nexflix-style shows run into. The first season was a heavily crafted narrative of interconnected stories. I remember when I first watched it I described it as a puzzle box. It was always a few steps ahead of the viewer. But the second season didn't have any of the intrigue. It felt like the pacing of the plot was delayed without payoff. Instead of keeping viewers (or at least me) interested through good storytelling, it draws out the inevitable. I think this happens because in the first season the writers and showrunners have to produce an entire work without feedback from the audience. But after that first season, characters take on a life of their own through the fanbase. We expect Maeve to be a bad-ass, we expect The Man in Black to get his comeuppance, etc. This was the fundamental problem with the end of GoT as well. Think of how many episodes we watched Bran sit under a tree doing nothing.