Game of Thrones2,ep 1 This Sun(see USA Today article on the women of Westeros) +Richard Armitage as John Porter Revisited(see link below)

USA Today impressed with the powerful female characters in Geo Martin's Game of Thrones:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/story/2012-03-28/game-of-thrones/53836540/1