Tedious, full of tropes and utterly unengaging.

Boring characters saying things that have been said time and time and time again.

'This is your birthright... blah, blah, blah.'

'We have ruled these lands... blah, blah, blah.'

'We have to do this for the throne... blah, blah, blah.'

WHO CARES???!!!!!

And am I alone in being totally alienated by the way cruelty and violence is glamourised in this show? I'm not looking for this level of sadism in escapist fiction. I find the morality questionable at best.

Great production values and wonderfully shot though. Which I guess is what brings in viewers superficially. I'll give them that.