First off, there are ZERO protagonists in this show, everyone is a villain. That coupled with each episode time-jumping 5-10 years giving the viewer no chance to even get to know the complexities of these horrible characters, horrible as in they are all bad guys. I don't care at all about anyone, those that start off as a maybe turn out just like every one else. I get that some stories can have all antagonists and we're left to either root for the lesser of evils or just to observe in that state of dislike. For these reasons, i don't care about the show, i couldn't be less interested in a follow up season, maybe i'll watch it when it ends, maybe i'll forget it exists. I'm guessing Martin gave HBO a rough outline, basically character sheets and let them loose on the script. It reeks of poor structure, and those very basic of character mistakes i described above. What a waste of a great IP.