I was loving it ... until the time jump. I knew it was coming, but when it actually happened, I was still taken aback. It's like it's a different show, in some respects. Part of it is simply the "the role of so-and-so will now be played by" where you just need to forget about the earlier actor's portrayal of the character and now get used to a new version ... but now you add on a time jump, where you wondering how they got from A to B, and it just kind of was an unsettling, unenjoyable episode for me. It hit me different than movies that take place in different time periods, with the same characters.
Unlike the other poster, I like that this series isn't all gummed up with 50 different houses I couldn't keep track of, unlike GoT ... they introduce someone you think will be important, and then they aren't seen again for a long time .. and then they die.
I'm also happy that the characters are a bit more complex than in GoT. It's easy to root for "the hero," but life really isn't that easy. From different perspectives, "the hero" looks flawed, and you have to chose if you're rooting for or against them based on some deeper aligned morality, and I'm glad they're exploring that complexity.
Overall, it's good to finally have a series that I can't wait to see the following week. It's not perfect, at all, but it's engaging television.
