King of the Narrow Sea

This episode, while not majorly eventful, led to the first major domino that will surely dictate the course of the plot. Sort of like Robert dying in GoT (**not saying Viserys dies**).

Great acting, dialogue, cinematography... The pace and quality is akin to early GoT and I am all for it. My one suggestion is to not watch this episode with your parents, or children if you are a parent.

I want to give Milly Alcock a special shoutout because she doesn't have the resume as many of the other major characters, but she is absolutely killing it as Rhaenyra. The characters as a whole are expertly nuanced which really feeds into the gravity of each plot development.

8.8/10.

This right here is the episode that made me fall in love with HOTD!

It wasn't the dragons, the sets, or the battles.

It was the absolutely amazing story and character building, the payoff is coming in the next episode and I am soooo excited!

What an amazing way to put the pieces in places for the upcoming fight for the throne. The characters are so sly in fighting for the throne, it's just bafflingly good writing that I never seen before even in the original GOT.

Such a witty episode, I freaken love it, each character just had their entire world rocked and I am here for it! Let's go, bring ittt!

It is completely captivating to watch the webs he is weaving from the angle of the audience. The man is not willing to ever give up his hopes and dreams, which can be applauded even if they way he is going about it is wrong.

Once again we get some intense conversations between him and Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) that steal the show. These two are phenomenal on screen together and never disappoint. Their relationship is evolving and changing as the season goes on. Both are strong-willed and stubborn, making it clear there is a whole lot in store for the two of them.

As stated above, there is not a whole lot of action in House of the Dragon episode 4. It is more about the story development and laying the groundwork for something major to come. Eventually the shoe will drop and things will get crazy - and we cannot wait to see how that shakes things up in Westeros when it does.

Every episode so far I have wondered if it will season 8 itself.

So far so good. In fact it keeps getting better.

The writing and players of the story is intriguing. The historical look is on point, with the political plotting. There has been so many crumbs added that you know what might come in the future.

I expect absolute chaos and death but I know why and I'm here for it.

Go the ... no go that... maybe him... no she is better....

If it continues in this vain then all will be good.

The jump forward in time and change of actors will be a shock in the first 10 or so minutes if written well but if poorly done then I would assume the episode will be a bad start to the ending

Lets pretend season 8 never happened.

They've missed the point. Not everything has to be 100% about the plot. This is a character driven episode, meant to develop our characters and it is done so well with just about every scene. We learn more of character dynamics, personalities, goals and motivations, etc... and it's all handled with great care. It's not boring just because there isn't an action set piece or a fun dragon scene. This episode is focused on character and it still builds the plot with how the characters end up and how their relationships are affected. This is the house of the dragon, so it will focus on the members of that house. There is plenty of tension without a big action sequence. Give it a watch, if you're just looking for spectacle, you'll hate it, but if you are interested in what the show is actually about, and how game of thrones once was when it was one of the best shows ever, you'll love it.