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that is—after the arm flailing and the omgomgomgomg!!!

I love how it doesn't dash straight into the Baratheon visit—it could easily have done that, and ignored the White Walkers segment entirely, but I was thrilled to bits to see that they left it in, and gave it the weight that it deserved. For those of you not familiar with the books, they are told in largish chapter chunks in a different POV, but alternating, e.g. Bran, Catelyn, Eddard, Jon, Daenerys, Jon, Tyrion, Eddard, Bran, etc etc (that's not the actual order of the first book, I don't have it with me to check). But the books generally (always?) have a completely separate prologue, from a POV of a minor character we are unlikely to ever see again but these prologues are vital in unravelling the rest of the story. It's a very clever way of avoiding incidental pieces of backstory—because the author's world is frankly complicated enough!

http://www.tv.com/watch-the-first-14-minutes-of-game-of-thrones-video/story/25532.html

What do you think? Do tell! I'm dying to discuss this with someone.