Just the facts, ma'am. That's the impression you get from watching this. It's like reading a history book - not a very well written one at that. There are absolutely no characters you can warm up to. King Viserys comes the closest to someone you can sympathize with but of course you know what happens there. OMG, if only we could have the wonderful characters like Tyrion, Varys, Brienne, Jaime (in later episodes), Jon Snow, the northerners. I could go on and on. It was not the "story" that made GoT great - it was the characters. There are too many to name. You can love them, hate them, giggle at their interactions (give me just one scene between Tyrion and Varys). This second-rate knockoff is like ZOOMING through the facts and events and you don't care about even one of the characters at all. Not. One. I assume this series will continue so please tell the show runners to breathe some life into this very dry, unmoving, not very interesting story.