re: About to Start Game of Thrones- Is it actually that good?

In absence of a completely botched ending (which seems unlikely) GoT is on track to become the best TV series to date. There is really no other show that has been produced with such great expense with such an outstanding cast and such a complex/ambitious plot encompassing so many story arcs pulled together across so many diverse and wide ranging geographical locations. There's really nothing else in the same leagues as GoT in terms of an epic TV series.