Things I liked
- We got Rook's Rest.
- Even more young Rhaenyra! ~ Hi Milly!!!
- Daemon is getting a crash course into Spooky/Mystic Westeros.
- They spent all this time setting up Cole as a stone cold warrior.... Only to have him shellshocked at what a Dragon vs Dragon war really entails. "What have I unleashed"
- Alys Rivers for best new character of the season.
- I love how disorienting the mystic scenes at Harrenhal are.
- We have ~~Muppets~~ Tullys!
- Clever bit of foreshadowing (for the end of the episode) with Alicent dropping the 🐲 figure
Weird Things / Random Thoughts
- Doesn't appear they've added anything new this week to the opening credits. Still ends with the hanging of the ratcatchers.
- War isn't romanticized... we're getting the futility of war. I've read before that GRRM writes conflict from an anti-war point of view. Could not be clearer now.
- Was Aemond really going to double-dip into Kin-slaying ?
- Do we prefer HOTD's version of why Cole gains the Kingmaker moniker ? I think the book's version makes more sense; he is a much bigger player in F&B.
- Looks like we're getting no differences in post Rook's Rest Aegon from F&B.
- Well done HBO... I can't believe Criston Cole is likeable in this episode.
- Alicent’s actions in being a horrible mother again are devastating.
spoiler
- in F&B, was Rook Rest's also a play from Cole/Aemond to drag one of the Black's dragon out and "level the field"?