Game of Thrones – The Kingsroad
Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones was a significant improvement
over the first, mostly because they had already done a lot of the hard
work of setting up a vast interconnected network of families and
kingdoms (or at least the ones that matter at this point), and just let
the story threads they had put in place unfurl for about an hour. There
were a few new faces to introduce, most notably Sandor Clegane, a knight
with a scarred face in the king’s service known as The Hound; and
Doreah, one of Daenerys’ servants who teaches her about lovemaking. With
the introductions kept to a minimum the quality of the production was
allowed to shine, and it was just an entrancing episode. The viewing
numbers I gave last week turned out to be inaccurate, but they were
still good enough to earn the series a quick renewal for a second
season, and I’m excited to see these actors portray these characters for
at least another 18 episodes.
