The dead direwolf and dead stag (sigils of House Stark and House Baratheon, respectively) found on a hunt don’t bode well for the future, either. Wheels are also set in motion as Ned is appointed Hand of the King, and his wife Catelyn discovers that her sister believes her husband to have been murdered by the Lannisters. With Eddard Stark at the pilot’s center, the series’ focus on the way characters’ family codes affect their personal morals (and vice versa) is clearly laid out, as Ned takes his children to watch an execution for desertion - which he carries out - and the Lannisters demonstrate just how much power their wealth buys them. The episode that started it all, “Winter Is Coming,” is a neat encapsulation of everything we love about Game of Thrones.
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