A Son for a Son

It's good to be back in this beautiful and dangerous world of House Of The Dragon.

Ep 1 kicks off right after the events of the season 1 finale. Queen Rhaenyra is grieving the loss of her son as Darmon is head strong for vengeance. We get a lot of the greens in this episode as they are trying to identify their allies through Westeros. Alicent worries that she is losing her voice among her sons and father the hand.

A good episode, I would definitely see it as a filler episode, good progress on terms of who is on whose side but other than that it is establishing the season with a twisty end.

Team Black all the way ! 7/10.

What a fantastic comeback after such a long wait. Being the first episode of the season, it's natural to pick up where everything left off-the story, the emotions, and so on. Yet, it still felt incredibly well-paced, with a lot happening at once, reconnecting us with the characters from the previous season, and gradually setting the stage for what's to come, which we understand will be total chaos.

This keeps getting better and better! I had lower expectations for the start of this second season to be honest, but from what I've seen today, I understand that the first season was just a warm-up; and this season... well, this season is going to be pure hell and madness.

Been waiting for ages for season two and boy oh boy it did not disappoint! The episode kicks off with an emotional punch with Rhaenyra mourns about what happened in season1 last episode. The grief is noticeable, and it sets the tone for what's to come in this show.

The political strategies are intense, with alliances shifting and betrayals happening everywhere. And of course the most important thing is the dragon action scenes that are literally breathtaking!!

As a reader of the books the characters are brilliantly played, each driven by their own goals and haunted by their past mistakes.

A 9 out of a 10 is simply because of the last 7 minutes of the episode, didn't find it so convincing but the story must keep going!

After years of waiting, House of The Dragon is back and better than it was before. Just like all premieres should be, it's a soft, sad, and suspenseful slow burn that leads right up to the next big cause of the Dance of Dragons. Blood and Cheese sequence was rushed and underwhelming but it's overshadowed by the rest of the episode's amazing writing, dialogue, acting, and cinematography. This season will truly be something very special and I cannot wait. Emma D'arcy does such a great job playing the part of a vengeful grieving mother as she mourns the loss of Lucerys. The new season is filled with familiar GoT themes like revenge, anger, rage, sorrow, and DRAGONS!!!!

The overall episode for start of the of the season 2 is good, tension is rising up slowly. You can feel the grief and sadness in the whole episode. Especially applause for Emma D'arcy for her excellent acting like this. You can feel her pain and grief on her face, what an actress well done! Also, I could mention that I liked Helena's performance in this episode ( Helena, I don't know the real actress name sorry). One more surprising moment for me is Aegon. In this episode you see him like gentle and not brutal person like his brother but it will change though. Sad for ending, it's not enough.. it could be better. Blood and cheese moment is not enough. I didn't read the books but I know one thing that, it would be script better than it was. The moment which they have give for blood and cheese characters were not enough. Should have been more dramatic and impactful.