Regent

GOT would narrate a lot about the habits and life of the key characters. Their personalities were made obvious to the viewer - some were evil, others were dumb, some were enjoyable, there were the thugs, the thieves, the whores, the spies even the executioners... if you've seen GOT you know what I mean... most of the most important characters were gradually proven to be unique. Interactions were also very very complex and there was always a sense of the need they had to survive... which was absolutely brutal... HOD is drifting away of what made GOT great and is sliding to a kind of shallower style... Still, GOT did not show its quality until season 2 but even so, the expectations for HOD are very high.

In my opinion, this is the weakest episode of the season so far. After all the crazy events of the last episode, the stakes felt so high and the tension at its maximum. The dance had begun. But this episode is very chill which does not really make sense to me. And I feel like there are so many aspects they could've explored in the aftermath of the insane battle last episode that they didn't. I would especially love to have seem them explore Aemond's character more, now that he literally attempted kingslaying AND kinslaying and is now on the iron throne: what kind of person has he become, what his motivations were, etc. As for the scenes we did get in this episode, most of them are okay-good, but nothing was.particularly captivating or engaging to me. Some scenes felt repetitive or like they didn't accomplish much, like Rhaenyra's arguing with Ser Alfred and the council yet again. Daemon's visions were cool in ep3 and ep4 but they're getting tiring now. Moments I did really like were the common folk trying to escape King's Landing and Baela and Corlys' conversation. The Brackens denouncing Daemon as a tyrant was also a good scene, but I honestly wasn't invested enough in the Brackens/Blackwoods conflict to care too much. Overall, this was just a good episode, rather than a great or outstanding one like the first 4. Ep2, for example, was a much better example of an episode that was focused on the aftermath of a huge event and was nearly entirely dialogue-based with little action, while still being excellent in quality. But I'm hoping that most of the less interesting bits in this episode are setup for the final 3, so I may look on this episode more favorably in the future.

I can't understand why people are being so critical. Is all you care for blood & gore?

The last episode was amazing yes, a thrilling experience that left me at the edge of my seat. Though everyone condemning this episode as a "filler" aren't paying attention.

There are so many plots being put together, where things are starting to make sense and add up to something greater.

Had we not had these episode prior, The Red Dragon and the Gold would not have been so successful. We saw the build up of conflicts, power tripping and ignorance, lead to a devastating battle that changed the whole direction of this show.

Patience is a virtue. I am eager & waiting to see the chaos that's about to unfold.

After a strong episode, I think we needed an episode like this to explain things, and I think what is coming is strong. I hope that Damon will end these dreams that he is having and start developing his plan, and we will see the Damon that writer George R. R. Martin promised us. The scenes of Craxis were amazing and the photography was distinctive, as we are accustomed to in The series. I am waiting for the next episodes and I hope that there will be a fight between Aymond and Damon and we will see who will win. Aymond's character's strength lies in his dragon, Vegar. I do not think he is able to face Damon without a dragon. In any case, the episode was beautiful and I advise watching it.

After the battle ended, I saw that the lions were suffering a lot. I want to understand why black people experience more pressure from the Green Party. So far, Rhaenyra hasn't done anything. The Black Party really needs a mastermind for this tense party. The episode had fairly good dialogues. We understand some important things and important characters, but... I want to understand why Damon is still trapped in two minds because I really want to see the Damon that George Arrard Martin said he was. I really want Damon.

To start working hard and put an end to the bad dreams that destroyed his personality. Really, I rated it an 8/9. The episode had good dialogue, but I wish Damon would finish this.