The Love Boat? no Murder she Wrote? Happy Days? oh ya GoT, sucked when Martin gave up

Martin stops writing, gives up, turns over control (including creative control) to TV guys
…………….annnnd show begins to suck. Cue the guest appearances

ahhhhh Vietnamese dumbass

Arya's early travelling buddy was the bastard son of Baratheon, the Baker. I forget his name

Robert Baratheon "must not find out" not Targaryen. Baratheon wants all Taragatyena dead, thus hide the child's identity

Cliche. That is the direction the show has taken since Martin "gave up control" of the story to the TV writers. Every thing is so cliche

I suspect A.A. Dowd's surprize at seeing Shakespeare In Love beating Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture, and thus it being a special moment, is, well, surprising to me considering it has been well published of how the "campaigning" by Harvey Weinstein opened the eyes of academy voters, perhaps the wallets?