Characters need to evolve.
The appeal of the show is that characters have an arch. Hound and Jamie are good guys now. Dany is seemingly a bad guy. Tyrion still has a soft spot for his sister and vice versa.
They're condensing stuff way too much now.
I think the problem is how quickly these character changes are happening now. Before it could happen over a season or several episodes, but with only 6 episodes to wrap things up yes they're condensing things too much.