There were no easy decisions to be made and even the best deeds from the most pure at heart rarely went unpunished. The series was an honest and in-depth exploration of political dysfunction. Martin’s sprawling A Song of Ice and Fire saga was far more sophisticated than the sum of its most prurient parts. Despite what some legendary TV actors might have you believe, Game of Thrones wasn’t all just “tits and dragons.” The eight-season HBO series based on George R.R.