I think this issue can be discussed from an economic perspective. Game of Thrones is unfinished because HBO no longer needs to make money from the IP of Game of Thrones. No matter whether the final season is good or bad, it will be fine. Use "feelings" to forcefully cut off a wave of leeks from fans. After all, the purpose of making any drama is to make a profit.

HBO does not need to use the good reputation of season 8 to set a precedent for season 9, because there will be no season 9. HBO is centered on making money, rather than satisfying the inner needs of the audience. People don’t care whether you think the final season is good or not, because no matter whether the show is good or not, it will still make a lot of money without affecting the follow-up.

Since HBO can make a fortune no matter how the final season is filmed, why bother investing so much money? The Night King dies in one episode, it stays dark in the third episode, the dragon dies in the fourth episode, and the wolf is driven away in the fourth episode. What's the purpose? Isn’t it just about saving special effects budget?

So now this situation has been created: HBO does not take the blame, but the two screenwriters are lying on the gun, losing the reputation of the two screenwriters in exchange for leeks with low investment and high output. So do these two screenwriters really have no future? No.

The two screenwriters received a share of the leek from HBO as "compensation for reputational damage." The film and television drama industry generally knows this kind of inside story, and other crews secretly know that the failure of the show is not a problem of the screenwriter's personal ability, but of HBO's rigid manipulation of the screenwriter, so next time a big production team will still invite these two screenwriters to participate in the screenwriting , it won’t have much impact on the screenwriter’s career.

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