King of the Narrow Sea

This episode, while not majorly eventful, led to the first major domino that will surely dictate the course of the plot. Sort of like Robert dying in GoT (**not saying Viserys dies**).

Great acting, dialogue, cinematography... The pace and quality is akin to early GoT and I am all for it. My one suggestion is to not watch this episode with your parents, or children if you are a parent.

I want to give Milly Alcock a special shoutout because she doesn't have the resume as many of the other major characters, but she is absolutely killing it as Rhaenyra. The characters as a whole are expertly nuanced which really feeds into the gravity of each plot development.

8.8/10.

Every episode so far I have wondered if it will season 8 itself.

So far so good. In fact it keeps getting better.

The writing and players of the story is intriguing. The historical look is on point, with the political plotting. There has been so many crumbs added that you know what might come in the future.

I expect absolute chaos and death but I know why and I'm here for it.

Go the ... no go that... maybe him... no she is better....

If it continues in this vain then all will be good.

The jump forward in time and change of actors will be a shock in the first 10 or so minutes if written well but if poorly done then I would assume the episode will be a bad start to the ending

Lets pretend season 8 never happened.

Another really compelling episode.

On one hand, I hadn't expected certain stuff that happened here to happen until at least the next episode, but on the other hand, that excites me for what's to come. I've not read the book, so please don't smite me when I say I'm going in blindly to this series (huge fan of HBO's Game of Thrones though).

I really dug the way this episode was directed, especially the brothel scene. Claire Kilner did a really good job, and all of the performances from the cast are reliably fantastic. I've said it once and I'll l say it again; Ramin Djwaldi is a musical genius.

I also really enjoyed Alicent and Rhaenyra's scene. It'll be interesting to see how their relationship is handled.

All in all, great stuff. This is some top quality television.

What an amazing episode, to even think that there is innocent character in the world that George R. R. Martin created will be an absurdity. You see, everyone and I literally mean everyone even the characters we love and support seek their own benefit even if it means lying, deceiving and even cheating to get what they want.

There are some surprising events that took place in this episode, not to me as I've read the book but it's kinda surprising that it happened this early, i guess this show will not be 5 seasons as promised.

I believe that this is the last episode that we will see Milly Alcock (princess Rhaenyra) and Olivia Cooke (queen Alicent) as there will be a jump in the timeline that with it will start the dance of the dragons.

This right here is the episode that made me fall in love with HOTD!

It wasn't the dragons, the sets, or the battles.

It was the absolutely amazing story and character building, the payoff is coming in the next episode and I am soooo excited!

What an amazing way to put the pieces in places for the upcoming fight for the throne. The characters are so sly in fighting for the throne, it's just bafflingly good writing that I never seen before even in the original GOT.

Such a witty episode, I freaken love it, each character just had their entire world rocked and I am here for it! Let's go, bring ittt!