They seem to be in a rush to wrap it up, looking forward to seeing how it goes. The books have been great reads and the show has up till this year, done the books justice. I think some of that has been lost but then again it seems like the story line got lost for awhile.
"Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin.'"
The books far far out-do the tv show. That said, I've never missed one of the tv show episodes, I just hope that fat lazy commie George RR martin Finishes his series before he croaks :-D