– Introduced all the “Main” Characters (At least for the first season)
– Set the tone of the show (White Walkers and Feuding Families)
– Warned viewers that this show was not a conventional one: Multiple storylines panning across different locations
– Wasted no time in a shocking cliffhanger: Jaime Lannister pushing Bran Stark off the balcony after he caught him having incestuous liaisons with his sister the Queen.