"Umdlalo weetrone" eziphelileyo kunyaka ophelileyo, kodwa inzala kumboniso kwaye ayicingi ukuba isuse. Abalandeli bajonge phambili kwincwadi kaJames Hibberd "ayikwazi ukubulala inamba", apho ichazwa ngokweenkcukacha indlela idutyulwe ngayo ingcaciso, kwaye enye yeendinyana zomthengisi ozayo ipapashwa ngendlela efanelekileyo.
Esi siqendu sichaphazela i-fitsiming yedabi kwidrafti - idabi lokuqala lemidlalo yetrone, eyaboniswa kwisiqendu sesithoba sexesha lesibini. Xa yayiphuma, uGeorge Marina, uDavid Benweff noDan Wayssu, kwakufuneka acele ngokoqobo ukubanjiswa kwe-HBO kangangokuba babelwe uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali olongezelelweyo lokudubula. Ekuqaleni, yayicetywe ukuba ukusuka edabini kuya kufuneka ishiye, okanye ukuyisusa kuphela umhlaba, emva koko usebenzisa into eyenzekayo kwi-Mfansin Work Shoin.
Besinexhala, sisoyika kakhulu ngesi siganeko ngaphambi kwexesha lesibini. Baye bagqobhoza ukuguqula idrafti edabini yomhlaba, onokuthi abi,
- Uyakhumbula u-Adess. I-showranner yongeze ukuba banoyolo kwakhona kwaye bakhokelele uthethathethwano olungapheliyo, bexoxa ngokuba zingaphi izikhephe ziya kuba nakho ukufumana kwaye kufaneleka ukuba ufanelekile kuyo yonke le nto. Yonke into eyayinomdla kumabhaso olwandle yayiyinto engekhoyo, ngelixa ithatha inxaxheba kwiimfazwe ze-Epic, kwaye, ngokucacileyo, i-Bentioff kunye ne-mesiofs kunye ne-mesiofs kwaye ekugqibeleni inokukholisa wonke umntu.
Ababonisi bafumana izigidi ezibini ezizigidi ezibini zokudubula, kodwa uMartin, owayenengxaki yemeko ye-Episode, kwakufuneka anciphise incwadi yencwadi. Isigqibo sokudibanisa idabi yayilokuba uqinisekisile kwaye kukhokelele kwinto yokuba i-HBO inyuse kwakhona uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomboniso, kwaye abaphulaphuli babone ngaphezu kwedabi le-Epic.
Okungakumbi malunga nokubethelelwa kwe "Game yetrone" emva kokupapashwa kwencwadi ethi "Umlilo awunakubulala iDrako". Ukuqala kwentengiso kucwangciselwe u-Oktobha 6.