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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
I think the pacing has been a bit jarring because the show was clearly treading water a bit in the hopes that Martin would drop the next book. It explains why flashbacks previously skipped (Tower of Joy) were suddenly introduced in later seasons, it explains why chunks of episodes last season were spent doing in-universe dramatic re-tellings of events the audience has already watched. It explains why time was spent on journeys over the course of a season now take place several times within a single episode.
I'm sure the last few seasons (probably 5-8) would have been paced much differently if they were adapting a completed series vs. a series in progress.
Oh well. It's still been thrilling for me seeing some of these threads come to resolution, despite any jarring pacing concerns.
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Loved episode 5, but absolutely the pacing has been jarring. We went from 2 seasons that crawled at a snails pace to this season where days/weeks pass in a moment. However, if I had to choose between the two, I'd go with this season's pace of season 5 and 6.
You're 100% correct that the problem was George RR Martin not writing or providing information fast enough. Even now he's kind of jerking everyone around with the Winds of Winter released date, basically stating he'll have it done anytime now..Martin still needs to write another book after that, but has stated that one might not even be the last one.
So basically, it could be a decade or more before Martin finishes the story. Hopefully Mr. Martin lives that long himself....In the meantime the show, which is under time and financial constraints to finish, has really suffered.