slate had a decent opinion piece, stating that the writers are cleanly going For surprise (wtf moments) over substance, which is definitely fair

another interesting point made in that article is that by doing so, the show might be the last television series that we as a nation collectively watch together when it airs live . Hell I turned off my the 76ers-raptors game seven to watch Game of Thrones because I was not going to have the end spoiled for me.

I hope there’s more shows like this in the future but I’m not optimistic. maybe all of the spinoffs they’re doing