I guess the problem i have is they had the right formula in season 1 and they deviated from it. Stick as close to the source material as possible. Quit making up your own stuff. I totally get that they need to streamline and cut characters and even entire storylines. That is expected, they did that in season 1 and it worked fine. But when they tried to dumb down the storylines they did take from and make up their own twists and plots they just fell well short of GRRM's work and writing.

I'm not a fanboy. But what Peter Jackson did with the lord of the rings was brilliant. He used technology to bring the original characters and story to life not try to make the story more palatable for modern day morons who want trashy daytime TV type plot twists and stereotypes...

I'll say this. It's still must watch stuff but it makes me want to read the books even more...

Season 1 = 5/5
Season 2 = 4/5