We Need To Talk About The Very First Episode Of "Game Of Thrones"

When Winterfell appears for the first time, its name appears in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Such a helpful geography lesson! I wish they continued with this. . .

They're all so happy. So young. So ALIVE.

Too bad you'll be dead in one hour.

Ned: “The White Walkers have been gone for thousands of years.”
Bran: “So he’s lying?”
Ned: “That man sees what he sees.”

Ned saying, "he sees what he sees" is interesting, considering the visions Bran would later have.

LOOK AT THEM!!!!

When Bran points out that Jon doesn’t get a pup, Jon responds, “I’m not a Stark.” Jon also says this to Sansa in the Season 6 finale. To which Sansa replies: “You are to me.”

In the pilot, they do not interact at all. Sansa is close to her mother and into Joffrey while Jon is an outsider, despised by Catelyn and looking to The Wall. They are the most different of the Stark kids.

We do not get to see these abs enough.

When Robb trades seats with Jon during their haircuts, he teases Jon, saying, “He’s never met a girl he likes better than his own hair.” Bless that beautiful mane.

People have pointed out that all of the Starks whom Robert touches when he arrives in Winterfell are now dead. And it’s true. He greets Ned and Catelyn with embraces, he pats Rickon’s head, and he shakes Robb’s hand.

“She belonged with me,” Robert says. “In my dreams, I kill him every night.” Ned then assures Robert, “It’s done … The Targaryens are gone.” Robert then says “Not all of them …" You got that right

Long live the braids.

Benjen warns Jon about the ramifications of joining the Night’s Watch: “None of us will ever father sons.” To which Jon says he doesn’t care. Benjen responds, “You might if you knew what it meant.” Hmm. The line may prove that Benjen knows who Jon's real parents are. He would thus know that Jon not having children could mean the end of the Targaryen royal line. As Rhaegar’s son, Jon arguably has more of a claim to throne than Dany.

When we first meet Jaime, it's like, hellloooooo!. Also, I kinda miss his Prince Charming hair.

In the pilot, Jaime says this line before pushing Bran out the window. In Season 6, Jaime explains Cersei’s ferocity as a mother, and that she would burn a city to the ground to save her child. He says about her, “The things we do for love.” Cut to the finale, and Cersei really does burn the city to save Tommen. Which leads to a second defenestration: Tommen jumping out a window. Whoa.