It Took Game Of Thrones Just 9 Episodes To Break The Rules Of Storytelling

While HBO’s Game of Thrones was a game-changing series from its pilot onwards, it was the show’s ninth outing that truly threw out the rulebook when it came to fantasy genre tropes and TV conventions more broadly. It is no exaggeration to say that HBO’s Game of Thrones is one of the most influential shows of the 21st century. Without the cable network’s risky 2011 adaptation of author George R.R. Martin’s acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire novel series, viewers would never have gotten the deluge of big-budget, mature fantasy shows that followed.