By season five however some of the main cast seemed to be developing strong suits of plot armor and by the end of the show, ridiculous decisions were met with even more ridiculous outcomes. That strong sense of cause and effect mostly continued in the first four seasons of Thrones. His death in the final episode of season one was brutal, but it was a natural result of him making some poor decisions and trusting the wrong people. I loved the head of the House Stark but he played the high-stakes game of thrones and he played it badly. Let’s take Ned Stark as a perfect example. Instead, in my eyes, it was a story with clear cause and effect. I remember when Game of Thrones was still in its infancy a lot of people used to describe it as “the show where anyone could die.” Sure, that’s a grabby description but I never saw Thrones like that.
