The Red Sowing

After some completely forgettable episodes, reminiscent of the worst moments of GOT, we are relieved to watch a good episode.

I still consider the season weak, with a lot of delay and little evolution. However, we finally got a head start on the Daemon madness. We saw dragons being claimed. And small character expansions that will be important in the Dance of Dragons.

My only criticism of this episode is the need to show Alicent, which is completely irrelevant. And Daemon's visions, which no one can stand to watch anymore.

Finally, a solid episode, with a great soundtrack, insanely good CGI and finally a movement for this season. 9/10.

If you're wondering where is the budget Well this episode shows for us how the budget were spent, the dragon's cg was perfect and unstoppable and the soundtrack was amazing too! Also the directions of the shoot are great.everything make sense now , I have read the book before and now I am satisfied about what happened on the dragon seeds at was awesome and the new characters such as the HEO HAMMER IM sure one the best characters on the world of game of thrones Im so excited to the rest of the story... this how you spend the budget on the right event, Thanks for HBO for making the world as it should be , and I hope the next will be blow minds.

A great episode that pushes and charges up the finale next week, really a very good if not great episode, the seeding was glorious and very gripping, great dialogues between Rhaenyra and Jace and finally Daemon has an army. Very beautiful the scene of Hugh and Ulf in reclaiming the dragons and very indicative the ending as to make Aemond understand that even the blacks are there and are well armed after this last episode, with an army that comes down from the North and the lands of the rivers. Now the battle and the dance of the dragons is more fiery than ever. Who knows if Daeron will appear at the end of this season. I can expect anything. Can't wait for next week.

Remember how terrifying JAWS was without even seeing the monster much at all? This penultimate episode said "screw that method, we're showing the monsters in all their glory." And boy were the dragons epic. Bravo to the FX and sound design crew, this should win them the Emmy. The scene in the ale house, setting up Ulf as a potential dragon rider, was a bit cheesy, but otherwise the episode packed in a lot of tension and action. My only complaint is that they've kept Daemon in limbo for the entire season, almost as if they weren't sure what to do with him. The ending shot was pure chills.

My fear, as in most seasons of these epic tales, is that we've peaked at the penultimate episode and the finale will let us down a bit.

If you were on the fence about watching this show, I think this episode is worth each moment of buildup. While many have suggested this season is too slow, I have throughly enjoyed the thoughtful writing and in-depth character study season 2 has offered through 7 episodes. Ryan Condal has proven his love of the source material through incredibly thoughtful show running and overall attention to detail. At its best, Game of thrones at still had some rough moments and forced jokes. The humor from Hot D is consistently derived from unique or spectacular situations, and the way characters face them, rather than crude jokes. Glad to see HBO using my $$$ better than me.