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* [[Dull Surprise]]: Bless their hearts, but Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke have a very limited emotional acting range. It's more striking when compared to the children actors. Justified for Emilia as her character has suffered emotional and physical abuse from her brother and once he died, she begins to show a little more life. There is no excuse for Kit however.

* [[DVD Bonus Content]]: The first season Blu-ray release contains "In-Episode Guide", a series of pictures narrated by the actors over the history of Westeros especially Robert's Rebellion where each character tells the viewer of that event [[Unreliable Narrator|from their point of view]].

* [[Elephant in the Living Room]]: Over the eight thousand years since the Long Night, the conditions at ~~The~~ Wall have steadily been ignored, leaving the garrison there undermanned, undersupplied, and incapable of holding the wall against the Wildlings or the White Walkers. Outside ~~The~~ Wall, nobody seems to openly acknowledge the dangers the coming winter will bring. Even the Starks' own words, "Winter is coming", haven't prepared them.

* [[Elephant in the Living Room]]: Over the eight thousand years since the Long Night, the conditions at the Wall have steadily been ignored, leaving the garrison there undermanned, undersupplied, and incapable of holding the wall against the Wildlings or the White Walkers. Outside the Wall, nobody seems to openly acknowledge the dangers the coming winter will bring. Even the Starks' own words, "Winter is coming", haven't prepared them.

* [[Eloquent in My Native Tongue]]: Khal Drogo's Westerosi is very limited, but when his speech in Dothraki is subtitled he's revealed to be a highly intelligent war leader, a loving husband, and an eloquent and fiery speaker. It sometimes overlaps with [[Strange Syntax Speaker]], as the Dothraki don't have words for things like plate armour or castles.

* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]:

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* [[Foreshadowing]]:

** Theon is all too eager to kill a direwolf (sigil of the Starks) in the pilot.

** Arya shoos her [[Cool Pet]] Nymeria away to save her from being killed by the Lannisters. By "The Pointy End," Arya must too run away to avoid capture and possible death from the Lannisters.

** Arya shoos her [[Cool Pet]] Nymeria away to save her from being killed by the Lannisters. By "The Pointy End", Arya must too run away to avoid capture and possible death from the Lannisters.

** Cersei justifies her incestuous relationship with Jaime {{spoiler|and having his children}} by invoking the precedent set by the Targaryens. [[Analogy Backfire|Except that the Targaryen]] penchant for incest led to [[The Caligula|Aerys Targaryen]], foreshadowing that Joffrey will be an uncontrollable lunatic of a king and do things like {{spoiler|having Eddard Stark executed in defiance of all diplomatic sense}}.

** When Ned asks Petyr if the Gold Cloaks of the King's Landing City Watch will side with him to {{spoiler|overthrow Joffrey}}, Petyr replies that the Gold Cloaks are ultimately loyal to whoever hand them their paychecks. Much of the series stresses how the Lannisters are the richest noble house in Westeros.