Smallfolk

Just like the last episodes this one was lacking what makes the series great that is, strong situations and strong characters

instead, most of what happens is a bit naive and uninspired, to say the least... they sent a few ships with food and this was enough to start a riot ? One could claim that this is not realistic and even if it was it should be set-up correctly... it should have been developed more...

the episode did not go any deeper into the lives of the protagonists... it did not follow anyone a bit closer or dug a little deeper... remember Tyrion Lanister, how he was always drunk, looked down on, always in brothels and taverns, meeting new people and getting into situations or adventures which he resolved his own way? Well, this character was phenomenal... the characters in S02 are shallow and uninspiring, taking up space than giving flavor to the outcome...

given the above one has to consider that GOT hadn't revealed its quality before the end of S01. But the expectations are high for House of the Dragon.

Warning, not for people with a 2-minute attention span who can only find stimuli for themselves, should the production they are watching throw bloody and hard-hitting action in front of them. What we are offered here is an incredibly well-staged character development that will reach its next climax soon enough. By whining about there being too little action, the poor undemanding Marvel fans are causing negative reviews and can therefore possibly be held responsible for the ratings falling. You might regret it, because what follows will overshadow everything that has come before and make up for the botched 8th season - if it continues to be written as well as it has been so far.

Come on you guys, this episode is not bad. This is the exact same slow build up that made the first 4 seasons of GOT so great. We inevitably more towards a big clash of the parties, slowly but surely.

I see everyone just saying that nothing happened this episode, but that is just wrong. There were a lot of amazing scenes and moments, some intricate schemes and revelations.

The only thing I can understand though is Daemon. He is chilling in Harrenhal not doing anything for a bit too long now. It's time for him to come back.

Other than that, I really liked this episode. Get your head out the gutter guys, this is just what Westeros has always been.

I happens rarely, but this is the second time in the entire series, that I used the fast forward function in some scenes.

It wasn´t bad but it also wasn´t good either. I don´t care about action as long as there is either real character development, a clever or catchy story development, the introduction of something you feel that really matters or anything with a bit of special wit, charm other something that would be genuinly simply exciting.

Many things felt kind of random, the dialogues are ok, but without verve and certainly not to the point. Some story elements that were introduced in the episode, will drag on a bit but as viewer you expect they will be kind of pointless and basically will just provide the "action cannon fodder" for the final episodes.

All in all it´s still solid but authors shouldn´t complain too much if they get replaced by an AI soon.

Season 2 - It is soooo unbelievably slow. Waiting for a week for one episode where literally nothing happens. Bits and pieces that's all.

As someone said in the review it is just a filler episode.

I am so glad I was late to the party and I could binge watched HoD season one and it was fantastic 9/10. But honestly, if I had to wait a year for this. I understand people's frustrations. But now to wait every week for an hour episode, stretched out without any major event, without suspense. The writing or directing or honestly I do not know what went wrong, but it is very disappointing and went from the wonderful high peak straight downhill.

We are in year of Dragon, we should make House of Dragon great again.