I am not watching Episode 2 heh. I will wait until Sunday. I loved the premier, and there was no way around the jumping around. They had to set up each faction and the various storylines for the rest of the season. I disagree about Stannis, I really liked his character portrayal so far. Really his badass stuff comes much later, so we shouldn't see that yet. Dillane did a great job, and I like Melissandre as well. She was really creepy after the poisoning scene.