Game of thronse

1. Season one: enter the dragon lady

North of the Wall, a patrol of the cloistered Night's Watch order is ambushed by undead White Walkers. One of the men escapes south where, for his troubles, he is beheaded by the Lord of Winterfell Eddard Stark (Sean Bean).

Noble Ned dismisses the babblings about animated corpses and insists it is solemn duty to execute the deserter in person. However, traitorous soldiers are soon the least of his worries. Hundreds of miles to the south in King's Landing, "Hand of the King" Jon Arryn dies in mysterious circumstances. This is obviously bad news for Jon Arryn but opens a new career opportunity for Ned, as his old friend, King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy), travels to Winterfell and offers to make the Warden of the North the new Hand of the King

Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister, Sean Bean as Ned Stark

There are a few sticking points. For one thing, Ned has no interest in becoming entangled in courtly intrigue at the capital. And Robert has brought with him his loathsome extended family. These include cruel Queen Cersei of the powerful House Lannister, her dashing but self-regarding twin Ser Jaime 

Most unpleasant of all is Robert's ghastly son and heir Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) – literally a spoiled prince whose brattish temperament could not be more different from that of the garrulous, profane Robert (it's almost as if they are not related…).

Still, if things are bad for Ned – who resists Robert's offer but is made to understand he really doesn't have a choice – they are worse for his son Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright). Climbing a tower, the adorable poppet happens upon Cersei canoodling with Jaime – yes, her twin!. "The things I do for love," sighs Jaime, shoving Bran out the window to his presumed death.