The show has great writing, directing, and cinematography, but the casting choices are terrible. Not a single interesting character. Someone decided to hire British B-list actors instead of striking characters like in GOT. I'm not even trying to compare the two shows, but how can you not acknowledge the lack of interesting characters in this one. We are a visual culture, and we want interesting faces to look at. It is very interesting to see the quality special effects and dragons. I love hearing the familiar family names in this origin story. But it's hard to watch because I don't care about the characters. I'm not even sure who the protagonists and antagonists are. Yawn.