Some very bland acting with actors not fitting their role, in particular Paddy Considine as King Targaryan, simply did not feel/act regal and had no strong screen presence, Matt Smith as Daemon started with evil intent then just faded away with no real direction. Others played their part with Graham McTavish standing out for me and to a lesser extent Fabian Frankel

The storyline, although linear, seemed to waste too much time on idle chit chat, one episode filled with an actor pathetically dying the entire episode and even skipping areas where the plot could have been used to grab you and jumping forward in time (you work that out yourself as nobody ages except the children). Speaking of plot, sorry, there seems little substance there either. More like a soapie with some swearing and soft porn to excite the desperate.

Aside from the usual CGI for both the back grounds and dragons, I rarely felt there was any big build up or excitement to keep me yearning for the next episode.