Yeah anyone saying it was done badly is just being a turd. Anyone who didn’t read the book is gonna find it horrifying as is. The choices of what they left out just took a little weight away from the moment that probably keeps it from that Red Wedding level of holy shit.
I knew what was coming and it still made me anxious and get sweaty ass palms. Thought it was fine. My wife was really going through it.
I really need watchers on the wall back around to give me screen cap breakdowns of the trailer for next week plz
Damn this show making me seem like an asshole because I wanted a more traumatic child murder scene. Thanks Ryan Condal
I woulda liked 3-5 more minutes of Jace/Cregan bro’ing down, and a more book-accurate blood and cheese scene, but otherwise this was pretty perfect. I’m thrown off by Aegon not being a completely evil shit, but looks like that’s starting next week. Them having Criston and Alicent getting freaky is an interesting choice too. Iirc, that’s only like very barely alluded to in the book, like “oh he was Rhaenyra’s sworn shield and champion and nudge nudge she def tried to bang him or he tried to bang her, and it went bad and now he’s Alicent’s sworn shield…”…I don’t think it’s ever even openly alluded to, just more kind of like an unsaid, “they were very close friends” type of deal like when historians don’t say two dudes who were definitely gay are gay lol
I like the changes they made to Mysaria's character. a lot more nuanced. In the book she was depicted as being the willing mastermind behind the entire murder. In here involvement here was more muted and coerced by Daemon.
Oh shit we are getting the Cargyll twins duel next aren't we? That was pretty open ended and could be interpreted multiple different ways in the book. Interested to see how they will adapt that. Going to be heartbreaking regardless.
was the implication there being that Larys’ efforts to root out spies basically ruined her and she had to escape kings landing? thought it was interesting to have him say he chose Alicent’s handmaidens personally and she immediately distrusts them. And he’s just walking around planting seeds of doubt in Aegon now.
Remember last season he had his ops burn down the building she was operating from. He tried to have her killed.
Love the new intro. Liked that they opened the ep in the north. Was nice to hear that score kick in. As far as the ending, that's about as tasteful as you can depict a scene like that. Didn't know Hugh was a character I'm supposed to hate, let alone one that would ever show up again, but I guess I do now...