The Burning Mill

Obviously for budget expenses they couldn't put a battle like the one of the burning mill in full. But now the war has begun and you can feel it from all the characters who have started to play their role well.

The brothel scene is a bit avoidable but not bad as a basic episode for the battles that will take place in the fourth. I would have preferred it to end with the fall of Rosby or Stokeworth. Or with the arrival of Cole's troops in Duskendale. But I'm still happy with how, even if very calmly in the series, they want to represent the war in every millimeter with episodes that will slowly become darker! I can't wait.

I think the first season of the show was amazing... The changes from the book, the actors, the characters and the pacing was totally Okay... But this 2nd season is a big waste of potentials. They cut out almost the whole north storyline and CREGAN STARK for s3x scenes between Alicent and Criston! Why?!

They don't want to give Jace the heir to the throne enough screentime... Why?!

They are totally messing up so many characters for shock value like Alicent that I couldn't even tell who she is now. And my greatest pain is the many horribly written dialogue... Episode 2 had some of the best of the show and Ep3 doesn't even have 1 I could enjoy without thinking about plotholes and everything else.

When the show is that good, the script is well-thought-out, and the production is at its best I honestly can't understand people arguing this is impossible to watch the show / the episode without yawning. Is that just a side effect from being too much on a TikTok or maybe obsessing over original materials?

For me, this season has jumped to another level of storytelling. And I'm not talking just about the script, but about how the scenes are built, the locations, the details. Daemon walking in the rain through the remains of Harrenhal... wow. The quick switch to the sea of the dead after the battle in the beginning of the episode... wow. Production team needs a raise. Can't wait to know what the rest of the season brings.

The last scene of Rhaenyra and Alicent meeting is like De Niro and Pacino meeting in Heat, brilliant acting and brilliant scene.

I have a theory, the people who are calling it slow or rating it bad are binge watchers, who probably binge watched Game of thrones too. They have this perception in their mind that something big happened in Game of Thrones every episode (btw which did happen in this episode).

I think the show has been very detail oriented but it lacks at creating hype among non-book readers or non-nerds of Game of thrones unvierse maybe because they don't get all the nuances of the show. Probably thats why they release a video after the episode where creators explain the episode.

This episode really made me realize and remember why I don't enjoy HOTD as much as GOT.. first of all it's season two there SHOULD and must be a presence of battles there isn't a coronavirus excuse anymore they have the budget they have the resources to do it but they choose not to.

Secondly which in my opinion is the biggest reason, is that there isn't really one or two characters you want to root for them there isn't a charming or an interesting character that makes you love them it's just a whole bunch of characters who are just driven by the script and you feel nothing for them, maybe some people do but I don't. Overall it's a good episode and it did it's job well but they have to start doing big things otherwise the wait will be for nothing.