If this show was on the CW it would be the most watched show on the channel, ever. But this is a HBO show and these plot lines have no place in it or anywhere near GoT property. There is no balance of characters. The show is lacking in everything that made GoT great, except dragons that are normally just there and don't do too much, woop-dee-doo. I get where the show is going but I am not intrigued by how it's getting there, none of the characters are likable and I really couldn't care less on who wins in the end. The send this lazy plot back to the cw and trying again in a few years. Expand the universe, add to the mythology, create interesting characters that we'll want to invest in. Leave this trash where it should have always been. In the trash.