Yep, I enjoyed it as an initial episode. It didn’t come out of the gates swinging quite like GoT, but it felt good hearing some of those family names during the tournament after it’s been so long, and the familiar music at the end had me ready for next week.
I have to admit that I have my doubts about this series living up to GoT in any way, but I also feel like the writers are baiting us a little into thinking that it’s going to be more of a slow burn, and then they’re gonna hit us with a couple jackhammers at some point later this season. I don’t know… all in all, a solid but not great premiere. 7.5 out of 10 for me