House of the Dragon - GoT Prequel Series (non book reader)

Yes forgot that !

Start of The Evil👁️

Bit of a filler episode with a few unnecessary scenes but there was progress in some of the storylines and dealt with some of the consequences of the episode 4.

I think the focus on Alicent’s rejection during the council scene was a bit lost on me. She’s witnessed enough to know how it works at this stage, particularly how the usurping of the thrown was already planned even before she mistook Visery’s death wish.

I didn't mind that we got a much slower episode this week after last week's episode, but man it felt like an incredibly long episode.

Regarding Alicent, I don't think it was as much disappointment at being rejected as a potential ruler in Aegon's absence, but more fear for what will happen with Aemond in charge. She knows she can't control him, knows he was likely responsible in some way for what happened to Aegon, and knows he'll burn the place down to get what he wants.

Also having meetings at a table in the middle of the Twins Crossing is just completely impractical. Whoever wins out of the Greens and Blacks need to order the Freys to stop that immediately.

No need blood wipes off easy. Just give it a little samurai flick.

I think they actually answered this rather cleverly in what seemed like a throwaway line about some of the halls being almost impassable due to the amount of bat guano which is a well known hallucinogen.

Daemon is, quite literally, going bat **** crazy in Harrenhal!

Middle ground literally

The twins are as weird as their descendants .

Every couple of months I have to email a team in work that the import daemon for a particular application is stuck and needs to be restarted. That's pretty much Matt Smith and his staging role at this point. I suppose the flash backs will get residuals for some of the actors.

They seem to have some sort of telepathy going on. I'm pretty sure it's said that they are kept locked up but do seem to be let out for some sort of a run from time to time.

I don’t think this season is struggling rather than just lacking much action in the last couple of episodes. When there’s a week gap between episodes, it seems like an age since something beside talking happened. While I agree that certain story arcs are drawn out, the story is being developed in a more satisfactory way that say the later season of Game of Thrones in my opinion.

Your mentions of Lfans and Season 1 got me thinking though and I feel like there’s definitely a hole left with Paddy Considine gone (Harrenhal visions aside). Maybe some of the characters aren’t being maximised at the moment but I just remember a few iconic scenes he sold.

I think the season will be judged on how strong it can finish. Expecting a couple of eventful episodes now to round out the season, purely based on how season 1 and many GOT seasons tended to finish up.

Some parts of episode 7 were sooo slow, i had to whizz through those bits..

we get another whiny kid… this series is full of sh!tty kids

Enjoyed the scene with Hugh claiming Vermithor. It unlocked Mines of Moria/Lord of the Rings memories with the balrog but a lot deadlier.

Can’t help but feel there has to be a betrayal at some stage with one of the new dragon riders.

I'd put money on the second guy who got the smaller dragon; seems like a prick who'd be easily talked into switching sides.

Not enough Rhys Ifans this season.

Felt very sorry for Vhagar at the end.

Poor guy thought he was off to see his old buddies.