Game-to-movie adaptations are hit and miss, and mostly miss, but given the first episode it seems that they have hired great actors who are working off of a good script and have good direction.

I knew the story from the game, so I did view with some expectations. Those expectations have been fulfilled and it seems like this is going to be a pretty faithful adaptation to the video game in a way that actually expands the story beyond the game. In my view, this is generally what's necessary for good video game movie adaptations.

I'm definitely going to keep watching, and I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I think HBO has a winner here.