Medieval succession is getting spicy!
This was dark, in more ways than one, and one of the most epic episodes of any show to date.
ok but i cant be the only one that feels as though this gotta be one of the best eps of not only hod but also got??
Best episode so far. My favorite.
At this point there’s not much else to say other than this show continues to impress in virtually every way. Every character is just written so well and the tension between characters is enthralling. We’re gearing up for Targaryen vs Hightower very soon and I love it.
The first half of the show just felt like a Staring Contest
top-tier entertainment. 10/10
This is the best episode so far. Its the game of thrones and a song of ice and fire in a nutshell. Has tension, intrigues, twists, good acting, good vfx and a godly soundtrack. Thanks to all the producers, actors, eveyone involved in the making of this masterpiece.
The Real Housewives of Westoros
15 minutes of dark scenes not that good. Light a candle my dude
This is getting better by the minute and more intense….those 2 are nothing but power together!!!
One of the best episodes in GoT history :fire:
That was tops! Fricking spectacularly directed. And the previous 6 episodes built up to this one so perfectly. I felt everything, often conflicting feelings but I felt both at once. I empathised with everyone, wanted the best for all of them but at the same time understood why they wanted blood and was horrified by how they sought it. Fantastic episode!
The lighting in this episode was so atrocious. Was that just me?
Great episode but who dimmed the lights?
I'm not convinced by the new actress of Rhaenyra ,,,, and yes I think also it was to dark ....
Outstanding episode, definitely the best yet. Also, that fight between the kids is probably the best kid fight I've ever seen in any movie or show.
What an episode! So beautifully written, shot and directed. Rings of Power should take a note from House of the Dragon on how to make a good show.
the pacing and the plot is good, but the lighting is horrible. can directors learn how to light a night scene decently again?
One of the better episodes but still worse than any mid-season filler of the original series. I can't get over how bland the cast is (especially the mid-season replacements). So much mediocre acting, so many forgettable characters.
This is the very episode, the very moment that equalled this show to peak Game of Thrones. damn. the ending.
Rhaneyra and Daemon is so wrong and hot at the same time
There are not only good guys and bad guys, there are also gray characters.I think the hdr makes it better to see it
First 30 mins boring af, complete waste of time (rewatched as literally fell asleep the first time - at 3x speed, hadn't missed a thing) - 2/10.
The rest of it was good, 7/10, overall 5/10.
My god, Rhaenyra gets more ass than a rental car seat
The episode starts very slow, with everyone gathered on the funeral of Laena (who gets buried in the sea according to Velaryon custom, with no dracarysing) and it continues to be slow-paced (maybe apart from Rhaenyra's tryst with Daemon, her confessing to him that her sons are indeed bastards, and their intimate time together) until one of the princes (later it turns out it was Alicent's younger son who couldn't get a dragon) approaches sleeping Vhagar and manages to fly her, thus claming her for himself. Later on, Laena's daughters discover that someone stole Vhagar and go to confront the prince, together with Rhaenera's boys and a fight between children begins, which soon turns deadly when one of Rhaenyra's boys takes out a dagger and attacks the prince, with the result that the kid loses his eye.
The conflict escalates further between the adults, when Rhaenrya justifies her son by saying that the prince called him a bastard so he had to defend his good name. The king keeps his daughter's side and demands to know who spreads the "lies" about the bastard origins of her sons. However, the situation escalates even further as Alicent demands "an eye for an eye" and wants that Rhaenyra's son has his eye cut off in retaliation, but even Ser Criston, who is now on her side, doesn't want to follow this command. So Alicent herself attacks Rhaenyra and manages to wound her with a Valyrian dagger. However, Alicent's dad, who is now back at court as the Hand, does not criticise her for the outburst, but in some sense praises her for having learnt how to play the game of thrones. Further on, Alicent continues to plot with Larys and offers him some advancement in the future.
Rhaenyra speaks with Daemon and offers him his hand in marriage again, this time in earnest and not in some sort of flirting as she did when she was a girl, as they would have a stronger claim to the Iron Throne together. They only need to get rid of Laenor who stands in their way. After the fight between the children and the incident with Alicent, he seems a bit penitent and promises to Rhaenyra to be a better husband and to support her boys more in the future and give up his pleasures for a time. However, Daemon hires a guy (I guess he was Laenor's lover?) to assassinate him so that he and Rhaenyra could marry, there is a fray and I think this guy kills someone else as he and Laenor are shown escaping in the boat together in the end, but it happened so fast I am not sure whom they killed, I would have to rewatch. Daemon in Rhaenyra do get married in some sort of ceremony when the blood of the bride and the bridegroom is mixed, it may be some old Valyrian custom as it definitely isn't according to the Faith of the Seven. I wonder if their marriage would be valid in Westeros? And it seemed that Alicent was cruel and aggressive but now it looks like Rhaenrya is just as bad to kill some innocent person to further her claim and realise her plans. This is the world of Game of thrones so perhaps I shouldn't complain about cruelty but some of the people here behaved themselves to a certain extend very well according to Westerosi standards.
After a questionnable previous episode, this one has definitely got my attention again. I hope the directors keep in this direction, I can't wait to see what Rhaenyra & Daemon do and the power struggle with Alicent & her father
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My only real complaint about this episode is that it was too dark. I want to see the actors' expressions clearly, especially when we're talking about the amazing Matt Smith, who gives so much of his character's inner world through microexpressions. I understand outside lighting is not a thing in this world, but this is a show, and that wasn't a great editing choice IMO.
Other than that, it was a great episode. I continue to be amazed by the performances of Emma D'Arcy and Olivia Cooke, and I loved the twist at the end of the episode. That is one change from the book that I more than happily accept.
Why the hell is Leanor still alive? He died in the book, end of story.
[I do not believe the rating on this episode... Currently 62%. I do believe we may be having some RoP trolls coming past and dropping bad rating numbers.]
That said, holy crap! What an episode!
We thought there were family issues in GoT... They had Nothing on their ancestors.
Playdates were never so brutal.
Not much can be said about this episode, it has to be seen. I don't want to give any spoilers either. The arc was well done, complex, and makes you wonder, what was planned and who planned what portions and to what was contrived to it's fullness or was extra added unbeknownst to those planning?
The plot thickens and the primary actors played their parts exceptionally well. Never a dull moment in Westeros that's for sure!
There was a hint of Jon Snow coming through where he obviously got that trait. I hope you pick up that within this episode... 9/10
Great for weird reasons
Pros
+The bias towards Rhaenyra is now so bad that it's actually gone full circle and is entertaining with how crazy and stupid the writing is lol. Alicent trying to gouge Luke's eye out in the middle of the room full of people while the kingsguard prevent anyone from interfering except Rhaenyra was fucking hilarious. Daemon and Rhaenyra's relationship portrayed as a loving romantic one is fucking hilarious. Laenor and his lover setting up that cheesy ass skit and then throwing someone else's body in the fire, cutting off his dreads to prove it's him, and then rowing away might be the dumbest and funniest thing I've seen/read in the ASOIAF universe.
+Vhagar getting her new rider
+Kid fight was pretty good Aemond firmly grasping how badass he will become
+Funeral was pretty good
+Alicent and the majority of the actors are great
Cons
-Larys being a lil creep
-Aegon being a lil freak
-Helaena getting no character outside of the Kasandra treatment
-Rhaenyra's new actress is kinda mid
All these little details at the funeral are amazing. Not much happens really but their faces and the few dialogues provide enough material for a book. Shagging your uncle at the day of his wife's funeral (and just days after the father of your kids died): why not?
That's exactly me in kindergarten! Well, not quite as brutal, but what I'm supposed to say? Kids will be kids ... And mothers will defend them like lionesses. And it's awesome to watch.
The story leading to Rhaenyra's second wedding is told well. I love how she protects her husband. Like many gays - even in modern society - he feels guilty for what he is 'cause the society does not approve (what an awful feeling that must be) but Rhaenyra always seemed to accept his sexuality and offered him a way out of their "10 years contract". Love it. Although it's the show's constant "problem" that they have so many time jumps in their story arches, I will accept that some events (like the wedding and his escape) are sort of summarized. I guess the show's story spans way too much time to be told in all its details. My first thought was that I really like to see him return later in the show. On second thought, it's better that he's gone for good since there's some questions I have: like, what happened to his dragon? Does he follow him? Can he then really live an undercover live w/o his noble privileges? Was his happy exit maybe only added to make Rhaenyra look better?
PS: The night is dark indeed. What did you expect? There were no LED bulbs in Westeros.
I love it! But cant get around the thought I am watching a medieval-fantasy 'bold and the beautiful'-flick ....
Show is nothing but inbred crap!
First half was boring but the second half made up for it. Highly intense.
OMG one of the best in THOD yet !
Not sure what Rhaenyra's game overall was. I mean she takes a dark-haired lover who fathered her 3 children, then she sleeps with Daemon to have a blond baby... and then she has her husband killed (is he or was it a plot within a plot) in order to marry Daemon... we could have had that 4 episodes ago. So WTF?
But of course, we had to add the whole illegitimate children, in-fights among the family, the handicapped whisperer and the slighted lover poisoning Alicent's thoughts etc.
When you boil it down, there's not much of a story in HoD - a convoluted reiteration of all the scandalous affairs of GoT, but unfortunately none of the depth and intricacies...
I know it's supposed to be nighttime for part of this episode, but didn't they learn from Game of Thrones not to make people squint to see what the fuck is happening on the screen?!?
The first five episodes are great but the final five episodes are just epic in comparison.
why the fuck is it so dark?
Well, it's started. The road to madness
Rewatching this specifically for the eye scene after watching ep. 10, cannot wait for season 2 and any and all war crimes that befall the Greens.
The dark scenes were a little too dark but man this episode was amazing. Especially the last 5 minutes with Rhaenyra and Daemon - love the duo
What the fuck just happened!!
This episode just blew my fucking mind. I'm not kidding.A solid 10 for this episode.
A very well done episode! Enjoyed it thoroughly
the first episode that felt well written
this episode gave me back the excitement to see something more, I would usually watch every episode on the dot with it's release but I procrastinated watching this one and honestly, this one was a hit, a little messy at the start, that's for sure but the ending wrapped it up pretty good
Great episode! My favourite so far.
Finally a episode thats up there with the original GOT.Now bring me some more.
Was it Laenor at the last scene with no hair?
Great episode
Greatest Episode so far until now, The war just started and thing's for sure Gonna be soooooo bad
this is so interesting
This is first episode all season that actually evoked memories of the first seasons of game of thrones. Despite some great performances previously, when this series is done, I wonder how many will look fondly at episodes 1-5 other than curiosites.
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What an amazing episode. This was peak TV.