Honestly, i don't trust the ratings on this site anymore. If the people who watched and loved GoT is the same people who rated HotD, i can definitely not trust the high rating this show have.

As many others already have said; this is a soap opera that completely pales in comparison with Game of Thrones.

GoT - until it was butchered - was an epic with complex and intriguing story and characters. This show is clearly written by people who's only capable of writing one-dimensional stories and characters, similar to every other mediocre tv show.

There's not one single likable character that you love to love or love to hate. Nobody to root for or against. Not one to actually invest in and care for. They all have cardboard personalities.

While GoT was juggling the focus on a plethora of interesting characters and houses with a lot of brewing intrigues and forthcoming threats, HotD is pretty much just focusing on one character and one house and a bunch of gossip and backstabbing, worthy of a high-school drama. On a positive note; you won't need maps and family trees to follow this show. It's as complex as an episode of "Blossom."