Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ secret weapon? Loyalty to George R.R. Martin

Season 1 of HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1 has concluded, and it was a huge success. The series launch was one of HBO’s top three most-watched premieres of all time. The show boasts one of the highest IMDB-rated episodes of any series in the Game of Thrones franchise. It also has something its predecessors didn’t: a fully completed story to adapt. That’s likely no coincidence when it comes to explaining why it’s landed so well with critics and viewers.