The Princess and the Queen

I'm so torn, I wish they'd done it differently, maybe 12 episodes split into 2 6's with a break and fill out the gap between episode 5-6 with a bit more and then left it for us to want it back. I feel they've expected a lot from the audience, to expect them to just ignore a 10 year odd gap, mixed with the many issues that continuity exposed. To then bring in new actors and just expect to keep flowing to me is too much.

Rhaenyra the young was phenomenally good, our group of 10 all thought her performances were the highlight of most episodes. The new actor whilst not bad just could've benefitted from a kid series hiatus over just a week, not even acknowledging how much time passed I found annoying but they've skipped ahead a few times already.

The queen was arguably an improvement but she's quite different now and missing her development is a Shame. The husband to Rhaenyra is awful, he feels like a Shakespeare actor who can't fit in with normal roles, didn't enjoy him at all.

This episode felt alot weaker story wise, less depth, gravity or importance and more teen drama and silliness. My other annoyance was the fire scene which I felt was poorly executed far too short. It just feels a really disjointed show trying to rush through so much!

I'll carry on but if it doesn't pick up by the end I won't be back for 2. I really enjoyed the first few, then the forced rushed insest angle and this just has killed my buzz for the show.

After 5 solid episodes, they decided to wipe out two of the show's main assets, and recast them completely unrecognizable. Sad.

I didn't know what I was watching until the horrible realisation slowly set in.

Milly Alcock and Emily Carey have been dispensed with, and there's no way back. Talk about shooting oneself in the face. That's the strongest two of the four actors in House of the Dragon that were of the true Game of Thrones ilk erased.

I haven't read the books, so I was expecting the storyline to be in the ascendency after episode 5, and yet instead the episode 6 was more like a maternity ward.

What an episode! Filled with Dracarys and the longest episode till now yet it doesn't contain the events I wished to see, and its not a bad thing as it's clearly a preface for the second half of the season!

We can see the changes in our characters, not only by the actors and actresses playing them but in their personalities, and other characters stays the same.

Like any episode of any show for George R. R. Martin we say goodbye to some characters some we have a bond with some we dont.

The queen is green inside out, i dont wish what's Rhaenyra's going through to my worst enemies, and there's definitely something with that mouse!

After last weeks episode this is a very different type of story telling. We had speed and violence in previous showing and this time out this was one of the most politically centered episode of the series so far. So many fans of the books are welcoming having to hag on every word that is said because so many of the characters have ulterior motives.

We have to applaud the casting of the 2 young queens but now the women have to take charge and they certainly have. D'arcey taking on the changed Targaryen where the weight of the crowd is slowly weighing her down for her duty over love. Cooke also stepping up with her fears for her family at the forefront of her thoughts. So much of the original show was centered around mothers looking out for their children with poise and calmness but there's a rare glimpse of fracture in her armor whilst speaking to Aegon. One constant but probably not for much longer Paddy Considine as Viserys is a casting for the ages. As we know he will not be returning for the second series but his presence has truly been felt throughout the 7 kingdoms. Daemon enough said about him! Prefection yet again!

So much of the story is setting up the next 4 episodes which will only start the true Dance of Dragons as i cannot see all of this story being completed by that time. We are still only 1 chapter in as apart of the story which is 5 long. Could we end up with 3 seasons just for this story and then returning to earlier times for season 4?

This has not stood still enough through so much of this episode is talking and building the divide of the Crown.

Well, it took about 20 minutes to figure what the $&@@ happened since last episode

I am torn. The original cast was awesome. Then you realize they swapped 2 main lead females. Because apparently aging makeup only works for men. The replacement for the queen was at least convincingly a look alike. But the replacement for the princess gives off a completely different vibe and character. So I very thing we understood about the princess does not suddenly seem like her

Disappointing...

The show did spend the entire next 40 minutes explaining all the new characters, but Jose family line they belong to. I think they tried to be too creative in the episodes beginning and had to spend the rest unraveling the confusion.

Did I mention how disappointed I am that they changed the princess actress? Really feels like they just killed off cool characters.