GRR Martin's Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire)

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Professor S

I love this show, for one, because it is so well thought out. Example: In the first episode Ned takes the head of an innocent man, only to have his head taken as an innocent man in the 9th episode

The man wasn't "innocent" though - he had broken his vows. I thought the better part of those two scenes was how Ned explained to his children that he had to be the one to swing the sword, since he cast the sentence.

Joffrey ordered Illyn Payne to do it right after casting the sentence.

Another good example is the whole thing about Dany not being able to be burned, while Visaeris was. This was shown several times throughout the season, like when Visaeris was in the bathtub and complained that the candle wax dripped on him hurt. Then he was killed by the molten gold.