The first season starts like a saxon version of Supernatural (the hero is a monster hunter after all) before morphing into full Game of Thrones mode. I would recommend a bit of patience with the first three episodes as some filling in is done later to expand on what initially seems to be a fairly low budget.and unoriginal production. Midway through the 8 episodes things start to get more interesting and by the final episode things are hopping. i gave the show a 7 because of the slow start but can understand why so many people have rated it higher,