[Groundhog]

One thing I'm interested in is how much this show is about to "change". I'd never read the books (although I'm currently halfway through the first book thank to this series), but the one thing that always sorta bugged me about the Fantasy genre is that it can all get a bit silly and jolly really, with dwarves/elves/dragons/magic etc., and that has always turned me off. I couldn't get more than 100 pages in with Lord of the Rings, for example.

What I love about Game of Thrones the show (and the book) is that it's heavily focused on plot and characters, and while it certainly has it's Fantasy elements, they are really secondary to the rest of the plot. At this stage. Given what we saw in the first and last episodes, and occasionally hinted throughout the rest, leads me to believe that things are going to take a major turn shortly. I hope it doesn't push me away.