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NEW YORK, March 21 (UPI) -- Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are excited for fans to experience the hit drama's upcoming sixth season calling it "the best one we've done." The writing duo spoke with Entertainment Weekly Monday about Season 6 and how despite being so close to the show, they feel this maybe their best work yet.
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"Dan and I talk about this a lot. This is not us trying to hype it. Usually there's an episode or two we're kind of nervous about, that didn't turn out as well as we hoped. This season there is not a weak episode," Benioff said when asked how he felt after viewing near final cuts of the season's planned 10 episodes.
"We had great directors who knew what they were doing, paired with excellent [directors of photography]. We thought at the script stage it might be our strongest season. Then the episodes came in better than we hoped," he continued.
"We're always reluctant to say it's 'the best season yet' because so much of that is in the eyes of the beholder. And Dan and I are so close to it that it's impossible to be unbiased. But that's my sense – watching them all together now, this is the best one we've done. It's also the one I'm proudest of, because it was the hardest."
Season 6 is expected to wrap up several cliffhangers from Season 5, such as the fate of protagonist Jon Snow.
Recently, actor Ian McShane who joined Game of Thrones for Season 6, hinted at what's to come, stating that his character is "responsible for bringing somebody back that you think you're never going to see again."
After fans accused McShane of revealing spoilers, the 73-year-old responded, "You say the slightest thing and the Internet goes ape. I was accused of giving the plot away, but I just think, 'Get a [expletive] life. It's only [expletive] and dragons."
Game of Thrones Season 6 premieres April 24 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.
