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.
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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”?
Things I liked
MuppetsTullys!Weird Things / Random Thoughts
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The Harenhall ghosts are certainly taking Daemon on a journey. The mirroring with Aemond as well is pretty on point.