s03e02 — Queen's Landing

If I hadn't read the books, I would have thought that after the news of Jake's death, Raineera, like Dany, would have gone off the rails and burned everyone in her path. It's like she's already on edge.

It seems to be a victory... But it's only symbolic. The main opponents are alive and free. Otto Hightower's death won't affect anything anymore. And keeping the throne can be much more difficult than taking it.

Actually, it turns out that it was originally supposed to be the finale of the second season, if it had remained a ten-episode series. And that would be a great ending. I had to wait for him, but now I won't have to wait long for the development of events.

Deep down, I assumed the possibility that Laris had some kind of plan in case they were captured, that they would be intercepted and released by loyal people. Obviously not, he's just acting on a hunch. That's not a good description for a "master of whisperers."

And Daemon is really good at offending or alienating supporters. And no matter how one might say that he was wrong in demanding discipline from the new dragonriders or declaring that a witch would never be given Harrenhal, would they accept it without a murmur?

It turned out to be a cool shot. The head of Otto, one of the people who started all this mess, and the reflection of the throne and Rhaenyra in a pool of his blood.

Eamond's fashion show at Harrenhal is, of course, a real mess... It is not enough to prescribe each of the Green Ones as nits, it is also necessary to make everyone pathetic. So far, the most interesting character in the series is Aegon. The actor literally bites out good scenes for him, both last season and this one.

"It was originally written in the script that he would immediately get down on his knees, and I thought, no, he wouldn't do that. He would rather be rebellious and get himself into even more trouble. I think that's what it's important to hold on to when it comes to Aegon. Now he is in a position where his status is almost destroyed, he is at the very bottom, but there must still be something in him - and I think we managed to show it in the end — that thin thread of pride that he still clings to." (taken from tg)

According to the rumors, something else should have happened (the castle gates would not have been opened and they had to break through), apparently, those ideas were abandoned, but everything is going according to the published records. The next episode should be entirely devoted to the hardships of Rhaenyra's reign as monarch.

I started with the fact that Nirka, aka the owner of the king's strong body, could not chop off Otto's head the first time with a Valyrian STEEL sword.....

I really liked the music at the end, and the shot with Otto's blood where Rainier rises to the throne in the reflection. Even when I saw Jace's dead body, they did a good job. That's where the advantages of the series ended.

This is strange. It is not the season, since every remark of Helaine turns into a prophecy, most likely, this one refers to the fact that this capture of King's Landing by the Black side is premature, and their real reign will begin only at the very end of the Dance in the person of Aegon, son of Rhaenyra.

The attempted rape scene looked very superfluous....in general, what did people expect?)) Aegon would hardly be happy that his mother was raped, even if she was a traitor.

To be honest, I'd like to see a more controversial Rainier. One gets the feeling that she is being made too positive, and if she commits bad deeds, it is only at the suggestion of men. Like the murder of Otto. In my opinion, it would be much cooler to see the already embittered, power-hungry Rainier, who did not doubt for a second whether she would kill the man who was essentially responsible for this whole war? No, they continue to pull her teenage friendship with Alisenta by the ears, which I hope will finally end.

The whole world deserves Helaine 🥺

It's the hardest start to the series, but Rainira's situation won't give her time to recover, unfortunately. Of course, this is not the face I expected on the throne, but she is still too traumatized by the loss of her son.
Well done, Strong's son, he left his welcome gift for one-eye.

Emma Darcy is amazing, she just played the scene with Jechkris 100 out of 10. She didn't play, she lived. I cried with her.…

How Damon runs everything here. It's much easier to become a queen when you have such a cool uncle-husband.

It was painful to look at Rainier at the end of the episode, it all looked so ridiculous and pathetic, what a body and spirit the king had there, for God's sake. But why did they fuck up the dragons in this war, of course (

It's like Emma D'Arcy got too many Emmys in this episode.)

How sweetly dragons drink water, they are simply adorable creatures 🐉☺️

I want one for myself so I can fly it to work.

The third season is meeting all expectations so far, although I'm not sure how they will fit all the events into the remaining two seasons according to the timeline.
the first episode is straight-forward exciting action, and the second one came out in the spirit of Game of Thrones, where every moment seems to play a role in the future, and without these silly fillers of season 2.
in general, we are waiting, and, apparently, the dance at Harrenhal awaits us at the end of the season.
P.S. the series can be rated 5 stars, just because they showed almost all the dragons)

"Helaina, I want you to be happy."…
"I think I'd like to keep chickens...you're a good girl."🥹

Laris and Aegon are so good

There were plenty of dragons shown: Caraxes drinking water, Vhagar smashing the castle, and Syrax joyfully flying out of the Dragonstone dungeon...
but the rest... no, Damon and Rainira's couple entered the Harbor beautifully, I don't dispute that, but Otto's ostentatious murder to establish himself as a queen, what?!...
Alicent was rushing around like that the whole series, she was so determined, but she couldn't properly prepare an escape route, what nonsense... and at the end, that look at Raineera.. no, did you think that your father would be pardoned for all his machinations?!... you are literally ready to merge all your sons, but here you are so surprised for your father...
And I still can't figure out when Dayron will do something?!... how much longer will he sit behind the scenes?..

In the end, there was a feeling that this was the end of last season, which had not been edited. The first two episodes feel like the tail end of the second season, why they switched to 8 episodes instead of 10 is unclear. If in the next episode there is some kind of leap forward six months, I won't be surprised.

I wonder what Larisa's plan is. He and Aegon are interesting to follow. Well, after the dragons, they fly beautifully, drink water, back and forth.

I don't know about the books, but after this episode, it feels like the plot is coming to a dead end. It's only the beginning of the season, and it's supposed to be the fourth, and the throne is already occupied. Alicent's sons are outside the castle, separated, half-dead, with one dragon, albeit the most terrifying. Because Alicent saw Otto's dead body, will she change her shoes again and start preparing a plan to overthrow Raineera? It's strange, she should understand that the instigator of the whole conflict had to be punished. Regarding the comments that Rainira had a hard time chopping off the enemy's head.. Even if you're a queen with a dragon, it's still not every day you get to kill a human. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be her first murder with her own hands. An enemy, not an enemy, and that can be hard for a person.

yes, I liked the scene when Rainira mourned her son, but the same emotions that many people have about the ending
, I like empathic rulers, but only the way she burst into tears and barely stomped to the throne,
what was it supposed to show? for subjects? for us viewers? I want to say more and more that she is not ready for the throne at all
, the only thing I do not agree with is that she cut off her head the second time, but like that, she is not a warrior, she had not chopped off her head before, and she was also depressed

What did Alicent hope for when she escaped? Like the commotion around, won't it be up to them? There's too little time and zero resources with influence to hide
, given how her father treated her (he put an old ailing king under her, started the whole mess with the transfer of the throne), will she throw up and throw up? Well, I don't know
, and his death is controversial, like a traitor, okay, but in general, Aegon's replacement is like that.

Just give Helaine the chickens and a house away from this dead man,
and the idea that many would be happier without fighting for the throne was heard twice in the series... It is a pity that ambitious relatives get it too late, when there is little left to turn back.

I liked the episode even more than the previous one - now we finally watched the finale of the 2nd season, there was just a lot of such catharsis.
It can be seen that 100% of the scriptwriters wrote this as an ending, and it rhymes much better with the ending of season 1, where Rainira loses the throne and loses her son, here she returns the throne at the cost of her second son.

I don't understand the complaints about Raineera's reaction and Otto's execution.
Do you think it's that easy to kill a person?
Rhaenyra is not a warrior, she has never participated in battles.
I don't even remember that her dragon burned or killed someone on her command (it was in battle, not the bodies of her mother and brother in the first season)
, but here you had to kill a person with your own hands.
Not self-defense, not defense, not on the battlefield
And in front of the entire throne room
Especially in her state of grief after losing her son , when she couldn 't get out of bed .

Roaring over Jace again 😭😭😭 the path to the throne, leaving bloody footprints is very symbolic!!! The Dragons 😍🖤

Masterpice

Finally! Rhaenyra sat on the Iron Throne

I also want to go to some castle on the outskirts and have chickens, and not that's all :-)

The people are standing in a silent crowd:
an executioner, an axe, a short ladder.
Yesterday there was a throne, today there is a scaffold –
Such is the wrong profession.

All of us in our difficult times

Some kind of game! Why did Damon smear his wife in blood? Why would the Queen chop anyone's head off? Moreover, the golden cloaks have already sworn in — I would order them to be executed. Otherwise, instead of an epic comeback, it's just a circus with hysteria and snot. However, what difference does it make: the job is done — the rest is nonsense.

My God, Emma is just an awesome actress!!! I'm just in awe of Rainier, what kind of emotions.. I feel so sorry for her! I've already lost two sons because of this fucking war.. When she sat on the throne, it was finally a great moment!!!Matt's cool too, of course, and he sings, at least there's more of him in this episode.. Damon is straight-up cool, but I think he's upset in his heart too))I'm enjoying the third season more and more. So many events are not inferior to the first episode. And I liked Otto's execution!

Somehow, I wasn't ready for everything to turn out exactly the way Alicent and Rainira had agreed (the bookies would probably laugh). Considering all the unforeseen twists, such as Aegon's escape, Aymond's seizure of power, Jace's death, etc. To be honest, I expected that the deal would fall through and there would be some kind of hack. And then Eamond was wounded in Harrenhal, which leads to the fact that the whole confrontation now rests on the witch who is supposed to save him. And if she hadn't done that, then the story would have already ended 😄 somehow it turns out to be a bit shoddy, because this witch showed Damon a vision of PLIO and that it was Raineera who should rule, but then why would she save Aymond 🤔 out of resentment and in the hope that Aymond would give her the castle? Well, it's doubtful, considering how bloodthirsty he is.

That's it, that's it, that's it, that's it, that's it, that's it, that's it, that's it, that's it!

Why the hell would they let Rhaenyra chop off Otto's head if there was an old grandfather's method of burning it with a dragon?

And so Rainira sits on the Iron Throne, having executed Otto Hightower and followed the bloody footprints to the desired one, and looks pitiful and sad.
A feast victory that brought suffering and the loss of children.

Is Eamond, prostrated at Alice Rivers' feet, going to be saved by her? After all, she wants Harrenhal)

These two wretches Laris and Aegon went to meet Kohl, and now where do we have the army of the northerners? Who did Vhagar dig up so well🤔😬

The fool with the Sheep Thief did a lot of things and got fed up fast, wtf at all?
You've done things, so go take the consequences.

It's a pity that it's not possible to end there.

as soon as I saw that this episode was written by Sarah Hess, I immediately realized that the rose candle (Rainice at the coronation, let's remember)
color correction is still terrible, in places it all looks like it's painted on cardboard backdrops
Damon is as handsome as ever, and Glynn-Carney is butting heads with Hess and Condal for scenes for Aegon.

Laris is definitely quite a player. He stole Aegon and left Otto Reinier as a gift. both ours and yours. I wonder where his line goes and how it ends.
On the other hand, Otto was literally under Alicent's feet all the time. I honestly thought Eamond had mislaid him when Otto was shown in a cage at the end of the second season. in short, the question...He's in the dungeon..Some guards saw him for sure. Why didn't it come to light? Did Laris have that kind of influence?
and another question next. If I'm not mistaken, Otto was supposed to be poisoned in Straomest. to the homeland. Has he sent any letters saying he's going to be back? Why didn't anyone miss him?
I don't remember a lot of things, I'd appreciate an explanation.

God, what a krinj Rainier. What kind of speeches were there in the past series about the king's heart and some kind of spirit. Alicent seems to have more spirit.

Rainira raised good sons, and she did it really well. And the throne, the wars... it's not hers)

Are we going to discuss that the Golden Cloaks are actually just yellow?)In Game of Thrones, they seem to have prettier uniforms.
Aegon is a strong man, of course, to stab an unarmed grandfather, then ask for more help

I don't agree that Rainira is weak. She has never run a state before, she will study, it's a matter of experience. She could have done it. It is important to punish traitors, but not to overdo it. Excessive cruelty is not a sign of strength, but rather of weakness.

Damon is so good in this episode.🔥

The lightning–fast capture of King's Landing is an easy ride (is that what they say in general?) 😅

Such ease for black at the beginning does not bode well for the future. As it seems to me.

I like Emma and the scene at the beginning of the episode too. But overall, her Rainier is kind of pathetic.
That's how I wanted to see the domineering, evil Rainier, ready to go over their heads, avenge their sons. And they keep showing us nothing but snot. This is not what I imagined after reading the books.

Plus, postponing the battle from season 2 to season 3 - we'll see the consequences right away.
What will happen to our guardsman? He saved the queen, but lost the prince ... 🙃 On the other hand , the prince understood the risk and therefore ordered his mother to be locked up and flew himself…
We won, but at what cost? A Pyrrhic victory? How many of our fleet are left?
Lady Arryn is right–why her? Why not go to your ancestral castle or hide somewhere in Essos?
It's unusual to see a fire-breathing creature drinking water 😅
That is, they defeated the Triarchy fleet, but not the ground army?
Well, Corliss is alive, that's good. Plus, Alin also seemed to be a good commander, he could replace him if anything.
Damon hurried and didn 't hear about his girlfriend , but no – the other one said
Who exactly told Jasper, and what exactly? Why would the white cloak say anything to anyone? Was he afraid for her or because of her?
Couldn't she have teased Damon? "Remember which of us was loyal."
The Harrenhal soldiers in the corridors are to blame for themselves, because they stood and watched, Or did they think it was one of their own?
Poor Simon But there was no need to assault a famous psycho... I take it Eamond's armor protected him? I should have kicked him in the legs… But if not, the blow hit the target, but it was still necessary to hit more or on the legs, not to hope for one blow.… I hope our witch won't help him because she's offended by Damon, or will Last and Aimonda suffer from dreams too?
The master is cunning – he was able to exchange his life 😁
As soon as Damon approached the camera, I immediately thought that it was Otto who was pleased to see his humiliation and that he would see Raineera in the tone he had taken away from her. So did Larris grab him on the very day he was about to hit the road in season 2?
It's mean to talk about her father when you yourself prepared the ground for Aegon's rule in every possible way, At least from the second time you succeeded – Theon Greyjoy suffered for a long time in season 2.…
If Alicent was willing to sacrifice Aegon, who was just a pawn in her father's game, then she shouldn't be offended by the death of her father, who started all this... 🙃

P.S. I didn't check with the last episode, but it seemed like some of the details in the credits had been changed.

I don't know what Rainier is in the books, but thanks to Emma for the sensual performance. 🙏
We've seen enough one-sided bossy guys in this universe.

I liked everything, the whole episode.

Fuck!!!! How cool was the scene of Rainyra's ascension to the throne shot 🤌🏻 The reflection in Otto's blood is just brilliant.
And the approach of the four dragons to King's Landing? The director clearly deserves the highest praise.

Damon shouldn't have lied to the witch about Haringhall. The plot if he just said "let's see" 📉📉📉📉
Then obviously the witch would have no reason to cure Eamond.

I liked the series more than the first one, it turned out to be more emotional here. I liked the moments with Damon, I wonder how the line of Aegon and Larissa will unfold, I wish they would show more about them)
it feels like Rainier got the throne too easily in the series, but they seem to have moved on. I liked the ending with Otto and how it was filmed.
the fights are somehow not very staged, there is no realism and showiness. They all fall with one blow, come up one at a time, the blade barely touches - killed. I would like to see quality in such scenes.

Damon and Rainira's tandem looks amazing, you can look at it forever. Rainyra is more merciful and kind-hearted, Damon helps her release her dark side at the right moment and becomes a support for her in moments when she doubts. He knows that it is she who must take off her head, and at the moment when she reaches for her sword, he sees how she doubts and therefore gives her his sword, again giving that very support. Although, of course, it would be more beautiful and masculine if she pronounced the "verdict" proudly and decisively, and Damon blew his head off.
…
It is clear from her that she no longer wants all this and is moving on not by her own will, but by the will of her father, who placed this burden on her.…

"She has me" he's good🔥

Rainira is naive

ABSOLUTE CINEMA
I've been waiting so long for Hightower to kick back.
I really don't want to look any further.

Were you amused by how they called the Snake in the middle of the sea, like, will he hear and answer underwater?

Oh, better than the last episode.
Emma plays better, and it's understandable why she plays like this: Jace, Otto's own execution. Rainier wasn't trained to fight with swords, much less execute herself, of course you'll be emotionally moved at least a little bit. She's never done anything like this before, it's not like you're hunting a wild boar. And then Damon also gave her a Dark Sister, which is practically a symbol of royalty, the sword of Visenya and all that. Of course, she could have ordered Daemon or the cloaks to execute Otto, but symbolism is important here: the true queen executed the usurper's hand with the sword of Visenya. Well, it was beautifully shot with the reflection of the throne in the blood.

The way Damon was clearing her way through the castle was beautiful and so easy for him.
They're with Eamond Biba and Boba. At least Damon had the brains not to touch the castellan of Harrenhal, and this idiot strained Granny Vhagar (didn't it seem to anyone that she looked smaller than in the first season?), burned everything (again), mowed everyone down, got a feather in the rib and is now lying at Alice Rivers' feet like a good The boy. Now she's going to work it out to the fullest.

The dragons are all beautiful, but Caraxes is a sweetheart, he flies so funny, he's so long, his paws dangle in different directions 🥹

In the book, five Hightowers were carried out with their feet: Gwaine, Otto, Ormund, Hobert, Brindon. There's only one thing here so far. Otto, the main culprit of this mess, got what he deserved.

"You can't hurt animals 😊"
"her sons were kind"
Heleina 🥺 I want to take her in my pocket

we clearly have a trend here: 1 episode = -1 important character. Can it be Kristan Kohl in the next one?

It seems that Rhys Evans just has other plans for life than playing DD - first he disappeared from the frame for a long time, and then he was quickly killed. By the time many viewers had completely forgotten who Otto was. )) The whole scene, of course, is far-fetched - a symbolic "step through blood," which no ruler is obliged to do. You'd think they'd take her into a gang, not put her on the throne. She did the work of an executioner, she did it badly and on someone else's orders.)) "Inspires"!

Well, that's a disgrace)

I see that no one gives a damn about subordination, hierarchy: a sobbing Rainier is grabbed by a guardsman (why should she?), the dowager queen slaps the castle without guards, goes into the bathhouse to the boys, who look at her like a piece of meat, at the chambers of this dowager queen of some kind of horseradish the guards are not worth it, the dowager queen of some dick came to rape the lord - why all of a sudden? Because he thinks she's a traitor? Yes, who is it???

They keep making a moron out of Helaine. What kind of tracks? What kind of chickens? Why would she want to do that? the girl is at least of noble blood, ale. Running away with Alicent is just a song - everyone's got a bolt on Drogon's mom, right? Yeah, I see. Hel can literally sit on a dream with his mother and Jekheira and fall into the fog. but who needs it at all.

Eamond was also made a moron, like all the greens. Otto was leaked, but at least Reese Evans is finally free of this nonsense.

The world has been waiting for a Targaryen woman to take the throne since 2011. Well, finally fucking!!!

It seemed to me that Otto's appearance had finished Rainier off: she was already there on her word of honor and holding her face with one dragon wing, and then there was such an emotionally loaded character. It's scary to kill in public for the first time, and as luck would have it, there's no strength or rage — just grief. I can't help but kill, they'll consider it a weakness, I also promised Alicent without blood, and now her folder has to be publicly executed, because well, Damon can't be trusted with this action, everyone will think that he's the king, you have to do it yourself, well, why is everything samaaaaaa again. Son, why did you leave me alone in all this?..

So far, I like everything, the imba, the cannon, the bomb, the question is different, I've spoiled the death of all the characters, etc. in general, will the creators go down this road or will there be something unexpected, let's say

Well, in small things, everything looks expensive and rich, dragons, decorations, heads flying back and forth, natural dark fantasy

And yes, I like Emma D'Arcy's game, there's something about it.

And yes, Damon, well, probably a favorite character for many, as well as the actor's game.

The scene of Rainira's grief reminded me of the painting Ivan the Terrible kills his son. Despair, her fright, the hope of bringing her dying son back to life. The actress conveys a complex range of feelings and states that cannot be enumerated in words. I'm thrilled😃👏🏻

Lady Arryn gave out the base, walked around in a perfectly tailored dress, and struck a balance between bluntly calling Reyna a complete fool and not giving her any reason to burn down all her possessions on Sheep Stealer, right down to the Eagle's Nest.
A beautiful woman 🔥

Uh ok

This is a coup

I have PTSD from seeing dragons over King's Landing. It's good that everything went well this time, and the townspeople didn't have to dig into the ground.
There's something about Rainyra's contract with Alicent that's not very coordinated. Wasn't the point in letting the three girls leave quietly, wasn't that what Alicent had bought herself with treason? Then why were they detained again? I mean, it's clear that the detainees didn't know the details, but there had to be some kind of guarantees, some kind of plan, otherwise what's the point?

I'm shocked that people are outraged by Rainira's reaction to Otto's execution. I understand that the setting involves cruelty and harshness, but it feels like all the commentators are convinced that they could easily execute anyone who was very unpleasant to them. Well, camon, guys…

I feel sorry for Simon Strong.
Aymond will survive, of course. It's not fair.. Alicent's children are extremely tenacious.
The arrival of 4 dragons - uhhh, beautiful.
but Rainyra's snot-drool is not. The actress spent the entire second half of the episode trying to make some kind of angry face, then unhappy. these bloody footprints are just a super idea (no). then this approach to the throne, with stops and suffering. ugh.
At the beginning of the episode, I believed her, but then I didn't.
Well, without Damon, she would have been killed 20 times.

Series 🔥

Were you hoping to see Raineera plunging into a frenzy of grief and darkness, after the death of her second son, would it be time? There are no more hopes for screen time for Aegon, nothing good will be prescribed for Eamond either, Alicent is a traitor, Helaine has no comments, in short, some kind of pain. They would also have said in plain text, "WE're ALL ROOTING FOR RAINIER, we're not expecting a good drama." We need to stop watching it somehow.

I remembered Damon's phrase from the first season, "But if the king is not afraid, he is powerless. If you want to be a strong queen, inspire respect and love. But the subjects should be afraid of you.", so the execution scene among the subjects can only cause pity and bewilderment, because Rainira does not look like a strong queen at all, even with tears. Hardly anyone there knows that her son died, they don't care, although she could turn this loss into anger and determination, they see Rainira in front of them, who cannot execute her enemy, what kind of respect can we talk about here? If you can't execute the sentence yourself, let the dragon execute it, so as not to look like a puppet in the hands of a Daemon who offers you a sword himself? But the way she cries, then gives this sword back... "She herself has never killed a man, that's why she feels so bad," listen, she's not an ordinary peasant, but a woman who wants to be a queen🥴 either give it to the dragon, or hang it, since you can't do it with your own hand, than show yourself Like this.

The whole world is a civil war, and you're Helaine and the Sheep Stealer in it.

Oh, if you forget about the book and take into account the first two seasons and 2 episodes from the third. God, Rhaenyra is not worthy of the throne. She cries all the time, she can't hold a sword in her hands, she even executed a traitor purely on her orders, and then, not the first time, it's a disgrace. She would have stood over him and cried if it hadn't been for Damon. She's been stuck in the castle all seasons, now Rhaenys is fighting for her, then Jace, then Damon, then Corliss, then Baila. Missaria is breathing in my ear, but she's still listening. And how is she going to rule? At least he's sitting on a dragon and not falling.
I don't know who among those present would be a normal king/queen. There are no candidates. Everyone is stupid. Aegon is stupid, Aymond is a tyrant, Rainyra is useless, Damon is crazy. vtf.

The bookish Rainier may be different, but I like the humane and emotional queen, after all, her father was Viserys, who was also not particularly violent.
Emma Darcy is simply amazing. She deserves an Emmy for just one scene with the dead Jace, it was very painful and heartbreaking.
But reading the comments, I can't understand why people are annoyed by her emotions, whether it's the death of a third person! the baby or the first! There is a murder of a man in life. It's strange to expect a blind pursuit of the throne, as if personal tragedies don't mean anything at all.

The only sane person, despite his background, left the series.

Emma played too much on Emmy. It was strong, from the beginning of the series to the end.

Helaine is such a bun. Oh, how I wish she could have been allowed to raise chickens in peace😓

A very strong series, everything is on top: musical accompaniment, direction, dynamics
No wonder this episode scored a record 9.5 points for the series.

My respects to Emma Darcy, especially at the moment when she occupied the throne, she had the whole gamut on her face, from uncertainty to ... as if "growing roots" into this throne, as if he himself or the spirits of those who occupied it before him, cheered her up at that moment.

I didn't expect one-eye to be stabbed so easily. On the other hand, maybe the witch is coming out to unleash on Damon with the Wounds that Highgarden didn't give her. 😁

He cuts everyone down with a wild buzz, making way for her, she walks over the corpses to the throne. Specifically, in this series, the perfect couple, goosebumps.
They smeared the end of it with snot, of course, it would be more effective to chop it in pieces, even during his lifetime, and then cut off his head and crush it with his foot. And then roar. It is clear that she is in grief, she is tired, but it seemed to me that anger should overwhelm at this particular moment.
But come on)

I disagree with the comments about Rainier... In my opinion, it's quite a consistent portrayal of the character - I don't know how in the books, but in the series she wanted to avoid war and bloodshed all the way. When the knight who locked her in the tower and allowed her son's death offered to take his life for it, her first reaction was, what's the point? It can be seen that she thinks in terms of the value of human life, rather than in terms of valor/honor/conquest, which is more typical for male characters and the setting of this world in general. This brings them closer, by the way, to Alicent, who also apparently doesn't care about treason or not, her son is on the throne or not, just to avoid mass slaughter. Therefore, it is natural that Rainira does not hold back tears when she makes eye contact with Alicent. They both don't want killing and death around them. In general, I felt an unambiguous anti-war/anti-violence pathos in this scene, it was very beautifully shot and played flawlessly.

I also don't share the outrage about Rainira's emotionality during Otto's execution. As some have already written, the first murder is always the hardest. Moreover, she was still not raised as a man, being taught practically from the cradle to fight and kill. And as others have pointed out in front of everyone, under a lot of pressure — of course it's hard! But then again, she was the one who had to do it (others write here about a guardian or a Daemon, or like letting a dragon rip, but that's not it) It was a performance: a demonstration of power. Then, of course, she would not kill herself, but she had to punish Otto with her own hands!
I was surprised that she managed to completely chop off her head the second time. As for me, this is a success 👏
Yes, Rainira sat on the throne a little uncertain and scared, but again, her emotions are very understandable. She's in shock and doesn't believe it happened after all, plus she hasn't really recovered from Jace's death yet. Rainira has the right to show emotions, not to be a cruel and cold queen. I prefer to see this version (although the dripping snot in the execution scene was superfluous for my taste!) the human queen.

Otto deserved this end, because he started it all. Without him, the Targaryen family would have flourished further, and not practically disappeared as a result.

We shared Otto with many of us, but he was alone.

The entrance courtyard at King's Landing is back

My son has arrived

I love dragons 🥰

Why doesn't anyone understand that the villains in this war are black?

Hospade, what a utopian depressive fatalist Dr. Martin is, he always ends up with some kind of Aries thread. The only one pulling this series is Matt Smith. It would be better if Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters were filmed, there is more hope there.

Damon is awesome, but only during the war. It feels like it was created for her.

Not sad for Jace's death
Sad for Rhaenyra's loss

Surprisingly good first episodes, Rainira 💔💔💔

Wow! It's like fire!

Emma D'Arcy gave her best performance here. From the pain of losing his son to the rage to punish his enemies.
Damon is back, and their chemistry with Rhaenyra is the best thing about this series.

The beautiful death of Aymond Targaryen. I'm going to miss this sadistic little guy.

The beginning of the season is very cheerful
I watched the episode in one breath
I felt Rhaenyra's trauma from the loss of her son, her thoughts about the cost of this throne. At the cost of everything ©.

I probably have an unpopular opinion, but the series was much more interesting before the young Rainier changed to an adult. At least crack up, the actress playing the adult Rainier is completely different and not interesting at all. And there's absolutely zero chemistry with Damon, but a couple of these characters were just fire at the beginning of the series.

Damn, the episode has just started, and I'm already crying 😢

It would seem that Rainira has reached the Iron Throne, what else will the 8 episodes be about?
To be honest, Rainira is really on edge because of everything that is happening, she looks and behaves desperately, not at all like a Queen. Where is that confident and combative girl from her youth?

Otto Hightower.. Alicent did not calculate this moment clearly, and she could have taken her father on the run with her, although the escape did not go according to plan.

Actually, from episode to episode, we look further as the Targaryens destroy the remnants of their heritage 🙌

The actress playing Rainira is just something brilliant, amazing.

HBO, well, that's it! I like the way things are going, well done. And this scene with Otto's severed head, a pool of blood and a reflection of the ascension to the throne 🔥

I don't understand the attacks on Emma Darcy, it was played great. The emotional state when your son died is clearly shaky, on Dragonstone it is logical that she has hysteria, shock and rejection (questions why did you do this, Jax?). Before Otto's murder, I remind you that she had just said goodbye to her son and immediately flew to win the throne by trusting Alicent, and it worked (first four guards wanted to cut you at the entrance, and then the whole guard, where they were on the verge of death, and lo and behold! The Golden Cloaks come running to save them, thanks to Daemon 20 years ago). How's the swing? Or an ordinary day where you have to be brave, steadfast and unwavering because the audience wanted you to. Emma, we give you 10/10 for the game!

The ending of the series did not go into the throne room at all, we have already seen the tough Rainier, we have seen the domineering Rainier and (maybe I'm mistaken) She's even killed someone before..
It's unlikely that this scene with tears in the eyes of the entire audience will be perceived as an indicator of strength, well, obviously not, or sitting on the throne with tears in your eyes...
From the point of view of the plot, it's clear that all this is hard, but after the first two seasons, seeing Rainira again as a girl who acts on her uncle's orders is already It's completely ridiculous.

The scene with the flight of the 4 dragons is great, and Alicent did a great job too, but apart from our entry into the castle, the rest is questionable. And Rhaenyra would have doubted earlier that the guards were actually swearing allegiance not to her, but to Daemon.

Alicent will now apparently plot again, although only her character seemed enlightened, as if she realized everything in life and decided to live for herself + stop drowning for the throne she didn't need. But after such a finale, when Alicent saw how she was told "thank you" for her help, expect trouble, as they say. Although again, she was essentially offering her son, and as it is, the life of a father who ruined both Alicent's and Rainira's lives for the life of a runaway son is not a bad deal (Alicent, of course, will not consider it that way).

The question is-we don't have an army now, did Eamond kill everyone? Or did he just sweep away those who were on the way, and now Veygar won't do anything without him? Hm... and then they write in the comments that he didn't die - that's what the disorder would be then, I thought that at least one psychotic son had been neutralized. If he survived, then this is a disorder, and the witch could have become the head of Harenhall anyway, if everyone there was killed, at least formally, who would forbid her, since she was there alone?

So far, season 3 is weaker than the first, yes, they showed the battle and the capture of the Harbor, and Rainier on the throne, but all this lack of drama against a plotless background happened in fact. In previous seasons, someone complained about the lack of movement, but here, on the contrary, movement, but without depth, without complex intrigues (except for Alicent)

Since the first season, I've been thinking that if the ending is like in the IP, then why make the same series with exactly the same ending? To scream in the finale of "House of the Dragon" the same way as in the finale of the IP?

Damn, well, I can't start with this ending, Rainyra was really made a girl here, whom Damon put on the throne and yells at everyone who looks bad while whispering in her ear, where is our Rainyra, to whom we are accustomed? Where's the QUEEN?!
Emma Darcy was actually shown as a defenseless little girl in this episode, which is very strange to see, because she hasn't behaved like this for at least a season.
Yes, killing and losing your son are emotions, but you do understand that wars are being waged for you, and you yourself were going to fight with the guards a couple of minutes ago, and now, looking at rat Otto, who launched this whole sur into action, let's cry for him...
It's not the emotions themselves that annoy, but the scene itself is all about In the throne room, there's really something wrong with her(

Help! Who voiced Otto Hightower and Alin Watres in the hdrezka voiceover? It's a very familiar voice, but I still can't remember who else he voiced.

The director is probably proud of the awesome find "... she goes to the throne, leaving bloody footprints."
How much cooler is Hedge Knight shot anyway..

Well, how did we all live without the episode of the rape of the queen

Wow. For the first time, Alicent is behaving sensibly and trying to convince, or could it have been a couple of seasons earlier, when she was only engaged in creating funny photojabs with her face? You can forgive everything for the scene in the castle with Damon, she's dumb, but she's so funny... Rainira, as usual, made a pinata out of Otto, well, that's why it's such a bummer at the end...

We must pay tribute to Emma, she knows how to act out tearful scenes.

Missaria of the Russian Orthodox Church is so brave, I would say oborzevaya.

"She has me!"
Well, that's the kind of Vicious prince we love, not the one who caught trips in Harrenhal. This episode is just his.

I don't think it's very far-sighted to communicate with new riders like that, who can betray you at any moment and fly away on dragons. Well, of course they violated the order and they should be punished for it, but humiliating them over and over again is somehow not ice. Besides, they are new to all this, ordinary people from the grassroots, and they don't really understand or know anything.

Vhagar is as pretty as ever, drinking Caraxes is such a sweetheart.

Eamond has funny armor, but I like that he doesn't stand on ceremony-he stabbed one and the other. But everything was blurred by this crawling towards Alice.

Grandfather was exhausted.