But then, true to punk's anti-authoritarian ethos, when Fireside shows got too established and too familiar, it started to lose its audience.
Two former Northern lords flayed by Ramsay Bolton in honour of his heritage, one brutal introduction for Arya into the game of many faces, one humiliated, flagellated and beaten High Septon, one gagged Tyrion Lannister captured by a familiar face with little to lose and the execution of Janos Slynt by Jon Snow, who proved he is his father's son by wielding the sword himself.
The 1982 Jets advanced to the A.F.C. championship game only to lose (sound familiar?) in Miami's mud.
I'm sad to lose a familiar face, but after his actions this week, I would've been furious if he was the one to survive while Benny bit the dust.
Her grief was personal, intense, and familiar to anyone who has lost a constant companion: "I keep wanting to pick up the phone to discuss something with him," she told me.
Not long after my mother died in 2014, less than eight months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, my dad and I performed a ritual familiar to anyone who has lost someone they love: we went through her closet to decide what to hold on to.
Over time the scientists must increase the voltage of stimulation just to register the same sensory input, a routine all too familiar to anyone who has lost brain strength with age.
"A lot of people abandon their activity trackers after a few months because it's something they have to take off and charge and it's not familiar to them - they tend to lose them or forget to put them back on," says Ariel Carpenter, marketing manager at the French firm, which also sells such dedicated kit.
There was nothing to lose, except a familiar and comfortable life that was keeping me unfulfilled and lifeless.
"Man, I spend most of my time trying to avoid work!" Did your character in How To Lose Friends... feel familiar?
