Why only 8 episodes?

[JHyde]

I'm going by the fact that they had very exposition heavy episodes this season. Presumably they just would have tried to tell us more big stories, not spent more time with the people we love.

If that had been the case, hell yes, I'd say two more eps, but based on what we saw, I'm not so sure that would have been wise. They probably wouldn't have given them more production time, and it was a sprint as it was.

I honestly think they need to reappraise that. This season really suffered from a ridiculously fast shoot, actors who were all over the shop filming episodes and then reshooting, and one director doing half the episodes is mad. Especially with such a short shoot.