I finally got caught up, couldn't sleep so stayed up all night watching episodes 5-7.
Must say I am liking the show a lot more than I thought I would, not that it is a bad show, the acting is great and the quality of the production as a whole is fantastic, it is just that I expected it was a tad too "high fantasy" for me.
I'm more of a fan of low fantasy which focuses on regular people than great heroes or in this case kings and gentry, but I have been pleasantly surprised both by the strong normal/lower characters and indeed (in places) the very normal/down to earth ways some of the nobility act.
All the political scheming is one aspect of the nobility I am just as interested in as the every day lives of the common people and lower soldiers, yeah I do rather like the Nights Watch stuff. There are still times where I think "oh no not another scene just to show that a noble is extravagant or lecherous or whatever" but I can survive those by knowing some awesome interesting thing will be just round the corner.
Also Sean Bean is awesome...even if there was far less of the stuff that interested me I would probably watch just for him. Well him and Arya Stark cause her character is brilliant.
