King of the Narrow Sea

They've missed the point. Not everything has to be 100% about the plot. This is a character driven episode, meant to develop our characters and it is done so well with just about every scene. We learn more of character dynamics, personalities, goals and motivations, etc... and it's all handled with great care. It's not boring just because there isn't an action set piece or a fun dragon scene. This episode is focused on character and it still builds the plot with how the characters end up and how their relationships are affected. This is the house of the dragon, so it will focus on the members of that house. There is plenty of tension without a big action sequence. Give it a watch, if you're just looking for spectacle, you'll hate it, but if you are interested in what the show is actually about, and how game of thrones once was when it was one of the best shows ever, you'll love it.

I realized now (after watching the last 2 seasons of game of thrones ) and this episode is that what makes a good TV show or even a movie is not the action or score or visual spectacular or even good acting (of course these 3 elements will enhance the experience) but not necessary make a good show..

what really make a good show is the writing ... I think writers is under paid in this industry, my openion is that they should paid even more than the actors ,

what make this episode the best of all previous 3 is the writing...to prove my point further the last 2 seasons of the game of thrones had it all except the writing , they had good directing excellent picture super score and great acting and still the weren't the best episode of the tv show; simply because the writing wasn't from RR Mmartin books,

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!

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.

King of the Narrow Sea is another outstanding episode, as it manages to explore, once again, all the characters in depth. The pacing is very good, and the episode never gets boring or slow, the costumes are perfect, and the acting is still on a top level, with all the actors acting at their best, it will be sad to see Milly Alcock and Emily Carey leave the cast. Viserys is seen with a different light in the episode, emerging as a strong king, Daemon is again very clever and ambiguous, and his chemistry with Rhaenyra is undeniably good. The conflict between the princess and the queen is increasing and hinting to a future war between the two. The episode shows an important theme, treated in an uncommon way: sexuality; there is a constant juxtaposition between Alicent and Rhaenyra and how they live their lives. However, unlike in Game of Thrones, in this episode the nudity scenes are not free and useless at all, they are built to enhance a character's perception or another, developing their attitudes towards the matter. They are not shown for the mere pleasure of the spectator, they are used to tell a story. Overall, the episode shows a lot of everyday life of King's Landing and uses them to teach more to the protagonists, who are often segregated in the Red Keep. The episode remains outstanding, and the problem of the dialogue seems already fixed, leading to an almost perfect development of the characters, that shows once more that this TV series doesn't need dragons to be good, as they are briefly shown in these four episodes; they are almost secondary characters, witnessing that the writing is perfect. I adore the fact that they are using the show to depict the canon version of the book Fire and Blood, as the latter often shows different versions of the same story.