I just did a marathon of watching the first three seasons for the last couple weeks. I read the books between watching the first three seasons when they were first aired and my recent marathon. It's amazing to me 1) how much stuff you catch watching it a second time that you miss the first time around and 2) how much stuff from the books that is in the show that I just didn't really notice the first time around especially with season one where I felt like I spent most of the session lost in terms of who the characters were, what houses are what, etc. So looking forward to this season. Still ****** it's only 10 episodes long.