Game of Thrones: The Story So Far

It's the best ever It's a mixture between fiction and non fiction that makes us believe as true.. The messages behind this story are really great

I know "GOT" -- the reverse morality tale -- has been trending for the past few years, but I have to say I'm not impressed. The show itself is awful. The best thing about all seven seasons so far is the theme song (and great graphics on the intro).

Sean Bean -- AKA, the best of Season 1 -- doesn't last to the end of the season. His family -- the only quasi-moral characters of the series -- are broadly dispersed to be messed with and traumatized in their own ways, MAINLY by the evil Cersei and her minions. (No spoilers, but COME ON!)

The theme seems to be that good people will be punished... unless you have a dragon, then of course everyone roasts equally if you're not careful.

So many references to a "Mad King," but everyone in the show seems rather mad. Touched by all of the seven deadly sins -- as well as a few more sins the creative team just tossed in for good measure.

After the overdose of violence and inappropriate sexual acts carried out from seasons 1 through 7 the viewer is ready for the White Walkers to take over.

This summary is lacking in both crucial information (ex: we never even get to know who the Greyjoy house really are beyond some short mentions) and in emotional power. They intersperse incredibly short clips of footage from the show with comments from not only the actors in the scene and George R.R Martin, which are fitting, but also actors with smaller roles unrelated to the footage and random journalists (Why, BBC? Why?) That and the common narrator voice used causes the summary to seem choppy, cheap and unable to catch either the tone, the beauty or the epic nature of the series.

As somebody who has seen the entirety of the series you will likely be annoyed at the lack of detail and the lack of respect shown by the BBC in the creation of this.

As a potential new viewer of GoT I don't think this is the best way to get caught up or the best way to be introduced to the show. Better to just read the Wikipedia summary and/or watch previous episodes before starting season 7, I think.