Rafe Judkins, the showrunner, had previously stated that the shutdowns were ultimately good for the series as it allowed them to refine and perfect the show. He said it even allowed them to delve into the possibilities and storylines of Season 2 (assuming it gets renewed) as they improved the first season.
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“If my job is to protect the spine and the heart of what’s there, sometimes that is changing things. Because sometimes if you did them exactly as they were, a new audience to it wouldn’t actually understand the heart of what’s there because a lot of it is expressed inside someone’s head or it’s expressed by a character that gets a POV that we can’t really do on television. It’s those kind of things. You know a huge cast member coming for one scene and then not appearing for three books later causes all sorts of logistical problems.”
