Book readers were speculating giddily for ten weeks what the "fat northmen" casting call would yield!

I was a big fan of the show during the first three seasons. Anything after that I've learned to just treat as entertaining television, and I am prepared to just suspend my disbelief for the rest of the show because I just know it's not going to be the same show anymore. It's not as horrible as it could be, but it is very on-the-nose, conventional and it's evident that they're blowing a lot more money on a glossy image than on worldbuilding and adding book characters to the show.

I'll watch it until it ends, and hopefully we will get to read the last two books in this lifetime!