GoT To Have Shortened Final Seasons

I feel like this isn't surprising. Sopranos did a two part final season and this is really HBOs successor to that. The 13 episodes seems like an weird number of eps though.

So if they go through with the current plan, the show will end in Autumn 2017?

Yep, that's how I see it.  There is a reason why this information is coming out now, because Season 7+ hasn't officially been renewed.

There are two angles here worth discussing IMO:

One is HBO wants more seasons of GOT simply for subscriber count and it gives them more lead time to create or adapt a new flagship series (related or not related to ASOIAF universe).  HBO's emphasis won't be in a episode count but by amount of seasons. D&D work their ass off to produce 10 episodes a year and spreading it over 2+ seasons will lighten their load and allow them to cram more special effects into their episodes.

Two is it's pretty obvious that we don't have much left to tell in this story.   I'll redact listing certain S6 spoilers here, but It's a general assumption with the books that the endgame is nigh,

That's why I was puzzled as hell when Lombardo or somebody from HBO came out and teased more than 8 seasons a few months ago.  And yes, it hurts to think that we are towards the end, but it's for the best gang.  

What I'm optimistic about is that we'll get new in-universe content after this series finishes.  GRRM has a great relationship with HBO and hopefully he'll be involved with the creation of the new series, while he presumably finishes A Dream of Spring. 

I think HBO is going to push D&D hard for at least two shorten seasons, but I won't be shocked if there are three shorten seasons of 5 episodes each.  

I think it makes sense to have only 13 episodes after this season. I don't want to discus what I expect to happen in S6, but when you look at the first 5 seasons it makes sense.

Many of us think that GRRM can't end this story with only 2 more books. So it is logical to assume that D&D can't end this story in 2 more seasons (S6 and S7.5).

But it is not logical.


- Dany and Tyrion already met at the show.
- Stannis and the Baratheons are dead
- Myrcella is dead
- Sansa is in the North, so no the Vale plot and no Harry
- They cut YG
- They cut Arainne and Victarion
- Barristan Selmy is already dead
- LSH is cut
- every storyline is simplified ( minor characters from KL, Meereen, the North, the Riverlands, Braavos, and every other place were cut)

Me too, but it's better to rip off the bandaid and see your show go out with a beautiful bang. It sucks to watch your favorite show get bloated, meandering and lose sight of the original direction and characters. *cough* Walking Dead *cough*

That is still speculation.

No spin-offs planned yet.

www.ew.com/article/2016/04/15/game-thrones-spinoff
watchersonthewall.com/dont-get-your-hopes-up-for-a-game-of-thrones-spin-off-just-yet/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

It's coming though unless Seasons 6-8 are horrible. (no shot of that)

@envie I agree with you, but they also have to be writing S7 right now and for that to work they have to know how many episodes they are gonna do... at least roughly. Also, they always know more than they can say in interviews. It's just the nature of these things.

The final episode count/season structure will need to be announced within the next month so they can break Season 7 properly. I'm actually surprised they haven't started writing it yet, they're usually doing that around this time of the year at the same point they're finishing the last bit of post-production on the season about to air.

I'm pretty sure D&D haven't slept in a decade.