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Originally Posted by Victor
wasnt season 5 during the writers strike? and it was less episodes than the other season or than intended I think? so its likely they would have fleshed the characters out more and given them more nuance without the strike.
Season 5 wrapped late summer 2007, month before the strike began.
Not sure if they ever revealed the reason for shorting the last season from 13 to 10 episodes, but if I had to guess I would say that even at HBO, the combination of mediocre ratings and high production cost isn’t desirable.