They changed half the cast almost arbitrarily and I spent the first 20 minutes being like :jesse-wtf: trying to figure out what happened.
Apparently there was like a 15 year time jump or something but most of the characters that didn't change actors look pretty much the same.
Anyway, the show remains very mid, but this bugged he hell out of me. I kinda feel like they went through all the trouble just so they could have a young looking actress get mostly nude in the first arc. Either that or some galaxy brain scheme to save on labor costs.
I bet the HBO execs spend a lot of time staring longingly out windows thinking about how they should have forced D&D to go to ten seasons instead of being talked into ending it at eight.
That said they need to bring back Rome, dammit! There are so many sagas from Roman history that would look so good with the GoT polish!