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Crew members allege director Amy Seimetz was set up to fail.

“When she arrived on set seven weeks before the show started filming, she was given half-finished scripts, a first-time showrunner in [Joe] Epstein, a tight schedule, and near-impossible expectations from HBO, those sources say. ‘Amy was doing her best in an impossible situation, but she was going to lose this no matter what,’ one production member says. ‘Honestly, I think HBO handed her a shit stack.’ (Seimetz declined to comment.)”