I guess for me, the problem was that I didn't like most of the info dumps, whether they were sex filled or not; the exposition often came off heavy handed and poorly designed/written. For instance in terms of non-sexposition, Sansa in the throne room; the show had already established that Ned's father and brother had died there, I'm not sure regular viewers cared to be bombarded with more names either. In a similar fashion the sexposition scene with Viserys rattling off dragon names in the tub was also weak to me; as with the kings I don't think the names were necessary, and the entire thing was so odd it just didn't feel like a real conversation. And while I understood the general idea behind Prycelle pretending to be old, his scene with Ros just felt like the writers saying "ok we need another naked woman."
To me the best exposition in the first season was Bran in the crypts with Osha. It was well shot and directed and quickly got through relatively important information without speeding or feeling heavy handed/forced. Another good example was the scene between Bran and Luwin with the Westeros map. Both scenes quickly explain important narrative details, whereas many of the others don't. I suppose the Ros/Theon one does indeed reveal important information, but then again there were like 3-4 other scenes that had already attempted to establish Theon as a ward, son of the proud Balon Greyjoy etc.
On the Littlefinger scene: Gillen is also over acting throughout the scene, although in some cases his line delivery just comes off lazy. It's a scene I've watched a couple times and now can't get through; I've skipped it multiple times since. IMO it's truly the worst television scene I've seen in a couple years (granted I only watch good shows, but still).
