Freaking brilliant casting. Tyrion, Littlefinger, Robert (my favorite character from the show, dude was amazing), Veras, Sansa, Arya, and plenty more... all great at portraying their characters. Well, Renly is a little... weird, but, you know, he's still good on the show, if different. This is the best show on TV I've seen in a long while, and a much better book to television conversion than Legend of the Seeker - the show based on Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth. I am consciously waiting all week to see the next episode. It's freshly on my mind day after day and I'm always in high, high anticipation. A show hasn't done that to me in a long time. Sure, I liked watching Clone Wars (being a huge Star Wars fan of that era of the mythology [Separatists vs. Republic]), but I kind of get to it when I get to it (download). A Game of Thrones, however? Man, I am on the ball with that crap! Martin will finally release his latest book soon, after a ridiculous five or so year wait, so it's one of the best times to be A Song of Ice and Fire fan right now!