# Game of Thrones, The Kingsroad, 4/24/11

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**Created:** [April 24, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-the-kingsroad-4-24-11/579563 "2011-04-24T16:27:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-the-kingsroad-4-24-11/579563/1 "2011-04-24T16:27:39Z")

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Alright, the first week had some discussion about how the format of the threads should go. This week we’re going to go for **NO SPOILERS**! Boxed or otherwise. This thread is only for discussion of what happens in the episode or the [premier](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=605110). If you want to talk about spoilers, and I know you do, see the [spoiler thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=605757).

Last week we were introduced to the Starks, the Lannisters, and the Targaryens. Ned Stark is a lifelong friend of the current king, Robert Baratheon. After his closest advisor dies, Robert offers the position to Ned. Across the sea we see the family that Robert usurped to take the throne, the Targaryens. Viserys marries off his sister to a powerful warlord in order to raise an army and win his throne back. Back in Winterfell, we learn a bit about Lannister family dynamics and see Bran take a fall.

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