The show has a great cast, a big budget and is full of carnage and backstabbing. Plus people say ‘My liege!’ a lot. What’s not to like?
The crucial moment in any epic drama series – and I do lump fantasy series in there, because even though I recognise the dragons-and-zombies fancy of Game of Thrones is separate to the grounded real-world source of, say, The Tudors, it doesn’t really matter when the colour palette is really grey and people say “Sire … my liege!” a lot, and “harbours” and “bays” are still deeply important to the lore, so we will throw them in together here – anyway, the crucial moment is about a season and a half after the first episode airs when someone at a party tells you: “You know … it is actually worth watching.”
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