I just felt like 6 is where the writing became very amateurish. Iirc, 5 was where source material ran out. It has been a long time so I can't pick out details b

I just felt like 6 is where the writing became very amateurish. Iirc, 5 was where source material ran out. It has been a long time so I can't pick out details but I recall the change in quality between 5 and 6 was pretty Stark to me. One thing I remember is that instead of "smart" characters really being smart, everyone else got dumb as hell. Then the smart character would 'win' and another would make a comment basically explaining how smart they were. I know a lot of people think it was good right until the finale and only dislike it because a certain fan favorite has a "change of character". Except it wasn't a change & was obviously telegraphed since season 3 or 4.