I am up to ep6 and I am completely bored and annoyed. Every bit of the story feels forced not fluid. What made GOT great was the fluidity of the progression of characters and the story itself. HOD feels like a repetition of the GOT but in a bad way. NO SPOILERS but ep5 and the party was horrendous. Regardless, the story is their but the Directors want to force the story and it CLEARLY shows that it is under "New Management".

After watching the first 3-4 episodes of GOT I was hooked. A majority of the time watching TV shows and/or movies, I usually can guess the next steps of the story before it progresses, at this point, I just try to enjoy the unfolding of it.

GOT got me guessing most of the time and shocked a lot of the time. The progression of the characters was magnificently done.

HOD has no shock or guessing, just more of "Really, this is what they come up with?" while I am watching it unfold into 3-4 star show.