It’s pretty amazing how the show managed to start off with a really strong 1st season, then get slightly worse in an almost linear progression toward the sh!tshow that was Season 8. The rate of decline might have increased after Season 4, but it was still a non-stop slide until the end. Everything you would expect from modern media was added, from shoe-horned in diversity, to explicitly gay stuff that is only rumored in the books, and over the top feminism. Thank God that is over. The two writers that oversaw this disaster will be moving on to Star Wars. At least that franchise is already horrible, so there’s only so much damage they can do.
And there's already a prequel planned, and rumor of two more possible spin-offs coming. Nothing like overkill.