I've now watched up to episode 6, and I'm so bored. Up to now could have been covered in a star wars style pre crawl. Every episode is an hour longish and nothing happens! Now there is plenty of shows where this is also true but is full of tension and great character interactions that still push through the story. Not here. And that's not to take away from the performances, some of which are great (Rhys Ifans) and some (Matt Smith) which are being blown way out of proportion. I get world building, but guys, this is a spin off! World is built already! I thought after the first 5 episodes had established the story and we had the time jump and recast the characters things might start moving but no, still plodding away. Spending too much of the budget on pointless dragon scenes and none on the actual script doesn't make for a good show. And why some of the cast have been aged up and some of the excellent performers have been replaced entirely makes no sense, until you realise they spent too much on uneccessary cgi dragons that there was no funds left for the make up department. Extremely disappointed, especially as I was hoping this would help redeem GOT season 8.