The Green Council

I mean what is it to hate on this episode for real(Maybe a slightly thing on the WHICH IS OBVIOUS WHY SHE DOESNT DO IT)Yes its a filler,BUT a GREAT one...Again the perfomances,dialogues the interactions of the characters are on point and now you pretty much know who to hate and who to love...But the main thing for me is...Give a proper thank you from your bottom of your hearts to Ramin Djawadi...This man for eleven years make this franchise's episodes 10 times better and he did it once more...I have literally goosebumps everytime his work is showed off in the series...Let the haters be hate,this is the best new show that came out on 2022.

Wow! I am impressed how this show keeps delivering every single week! The following episode keeps getting better than the last!

This was yet another amazing episode! The events of the previous episodes set in motion how this episode plays out and what is to come!

The characters are once again the best part of the show, with Rhaenys being the standout here! I really enjoyed her scene! It was cold and intense! Great soundtrack! I also like the development of Alicents character and how all this is more of her fathers wishes than her own!

This show is overall just amazing at this point! Let the Dance of Dragons begin!

....and with dislike the show I don't mean I dislike the show but I dislike the characters. And with dislike the characters I don't mean I dislike the actors but I mean I dislike the characters.

It's been a while that I really got drawn into a show. O how I dislike Alicent's character. The sneaky way how she came to be the king's wife, the trying to be fair and just and fragile but at the same time being so conniving and strong. O how I detest her but at the same time much credit for Olivia putting on such a performance.

For now I think I am more team Rhaenyra but we'll shall see how it all plays out.

And many credits to RR Martin. He's showing what a brilliant writer he is. He's showing how to have powerful women in shows without it being shoved down your throat. It also shows that people really don't care if there are lead female characters as long as it is a well written show.

Seriously after episode one I had my doubts about this show but this show is right up there with the original GOT. Great acting, writing, special fx everything is just hitting the right buttons for me.

A dangerous power vacuum emerges within the Targaryen kingdom.

For me the highlight of the episode is the portrayal of the strategic actions taken by certain individuals to seize power and their ruthlessness. This generally flows in a plausible way throughout the story and builds towards a spectacular conclusion.

I agree with some other reviewers in that certain aspects are allotted too much emphasis, such as the search for Aegon, but I do not think it is as detrimental as some would suggest.

The big spectacular scene near the end feels like it happens for the sake of spectacle. It feels like the writers and filmmakers want to have their cake and eat it by giving a certain character a supercool moment, but then have her make a decision that defies logic in order to protect future storylines.

Visually it is as brilliant as ever, with great cinematography, editing, action sequences and generally beautiful art design.

All actors are on great form such as Rhys Ifans and Olivia Cooke, but a certain presence from the previous episodes is sorely missed.

Let's face it, it was always going to be an impossible task to top the previous two episodes in their greatness. So I am not at all surprised that this one felt a bit tamer.

But nonetheless, it was an amazing setup for the Dance of Dragons. Many characters had new nuances added to them, underlining once again that nothing can really be divided into just "Green" and "Black".

Instead, Green is deeling with lots of inner conflicts themselves, which was very interesting to see.

We saw lots of scheming in this one, from all sides (except from Rhaenyra and Daemon, who seem to be the center of next episode). And the big Dance is finally on the Horizon.

There seem to be some people not liking the subtle ways characters here are portrayed and therefore decide it's bad writing, or they don't like the scene at the end, because they felt it lacked an obvious decision.

But I implore you to look at all the subtle hints that have been sown in previous episodes and in this one, as well as understanding that the source material is going to be added upon to make the characters more complex.

While this episode is not the best of the season, it also is far from the worst. And no where near comparable to the atrocity of seasons 7 and 8 and the painful mediocrity of seasons 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones.

This episode is well worth watching, despite not being the gut punch of an episode we know the 9th episode to be.