Every fucking scene this season feels like a burden the writers *had* to put in, rather than something that organically happened.

Ned Stark's death worked because we saw the gradual movements that led to that point. We saw him breaking the unwritten king's landing code, we saw him trusting people he shouldn't have, we saw him getting on the wrong side of the Lannister s, we saw Joffrey with an increasing level of immaturity and viciousness. It worked because all the pieces were there for that final ending, and it was brilliant. All I'm asking is for that same level of care and nuance.