s03e06 — Faceless Men

I love Gwaine Hightower! And Ulf gets more and more annoying from episode to episode. I don't know why Silverwing chose him as her rider in the first place.

Poor Helaina, why is she doing all this?.. The most innocent person in this absurdity 💔

Well, finally we said goodbye to Sir Christian Kohl. Such a prosaic death for one of the main players in this whole war. Killed by an arrow, and even by someone who had barely appeared on the screen until that moment.
Who cares, this is Lady Alisanne Blackwood, or Black Ali. According to the book, a really beautiful archer.

Each new episode is getting better. Someone may not like that there are no colorful battles and bloodshed (even I sometimes, given the budget for one episode), but this is a matter of taste, the plot is not always based solely on battles, the House of the Dragon is generally about two opposing parties and, God, these people finally get screen time.
When I remember the stuffy second season, filmed in three rooms and with two and a half actors, it gets really bad.

I didn't understand why Vermitor and Silverwing were so different in size, since they hatched at the same time and were left without riders less than five years apart, they had no other riders. Can someone suggest it in the comments?

Gwaine, Ormund, and Daeron with Tessarion are the only things that are interesting to watch right now. I want a separate series with them.

Kristol Kohl died so dramatically and vulgarly that I wanted to turn off the series.

In general, the series turned out to be much more interesting in the part about the greens. There's only one small moment when Thailand Lannister tries to answer Aegon's question about whether that person is terrible, worth a lot. But then the whole line at Tumbleton is very good.
And the blacks have the same thing as before. Rainier is drowning her own board, Daemon is rushing around, Manderly is sneering at the council table. Okay, Alin had put a little bit of intelligence into Corliss, pointed out that it was no longer for him to be mad at Rainier. But it's too late.
Then there was this sudden kiss between Alina and Beyela, who, in my opinion, had never interacted with each other on the screen before. Yes, they're kind of like a book canon, but was it really hard to bring it to this canon in a more natural way?

Fabien Frankel is exhausted. He probably exhaled at last, I hope at least now they will stop writing personal death wishes and similar comments to him)

I never cease to be surprised by Lady Jane Arryn's changes.
Now she has also become very stupid.
She knows that Reyna controls a wild dragon.
Which could burn her down along with the lock.
And he slaps her in the face.
It's brilliant.
And I would really like to know how the soldiers were able to capture the Rhine.
In the last episode, the Sheep Stealer even growled at her father.

7 minutes and 3 arrows, and the Stake was finished..Honestly, I am (like many others) I didn't like him, but I would have liked a more interesting ending for him, too..
What I liked the most was how Rainira sent Ormund a stinky and he threw up😂

The frame for this episode is well chosen. Because the Alice and Eamond line is the most intriguing arch. This clutch of eggs, which the witch pulled out as the last ace out of her sleeve to convince him to stay in Harrenhal, turned out to be a weighty argument, because it creates another bloodline claiming to be a ZHT, already the third only among the greens, and the fourth among the active ones. So events are now starting to resemble the war of the Five kings, which was at the heart of the best seasons of the IP. I like this kind of thing when there are a lot of actors. So there is more intrigue, no one is immune from death and everyone has a chance to win.

Oh, what a cutie, I can't 🥰🐉

I also watched the trailer, and I think Raineera sent Alicent not so much because of Eamond, but to get prophecies out of Helaine.

P.S. by the third season, it came to light that Heleina is a dreamer 🤣

I won't lie if I say that for the first time in a long time I expressed my joy at Kolka's death out loud)

It's getting more interesting!

Kristen Kohl's arc has already tired me out. He died exactly the way he wanted to, serving his queen. A very beautiful shot with a sword and a handkerchief.

Ormund has again shown himself to be too proud - apparently, this will one day be his death.

Daemon, as always, only makes things worse - the golden cloak publicly beat a commoner.

Alicent finally got her "freedom". I feel very sorry for Helena.

I don't even understand. Tumbleton is some kind of passageway.
Firstly, how did they find out where the Right Hand was, and secondly, it was too big a squad to set up an ambush, as they left the city.

Not for Senka, the hat is about Rainier, and as for the board, she gave up on it altogether. She is only interested in legitimizing her power.
I think the drunk horseman will defect to the Hightowns this season. And his dragon and Ulfa's dragon are a couple, if there is a battle between them. Can a dragon betray its rider?..

The actress Black Ali has a very familiar face.

Team Green 💚
R.I.P. Кристон Коль ⚔️

Has Ormund hired the faceless one to hunt the golden cloaks? Wise. Instead of the fake Baratheons, Rhaenyra should have sent the real ones, let them prove their loyalty with deeds.

With the eggs, Aymond becomes a very dangerous contender for the throne, but due to the existence of Daeron and Aegon, the supporters of the greens are scattered. There are too many fake kings in this faction who are divorced

Those who watched the episode and did not fall asleep deserve a separate achievement. Why is it so boring? So far, Darcy's snot is the pinnacle of her acting this season. The pretence trap at the beginning is kindergarten. Kohl and his colleagues saw dead people every day, but here they couldn't see the setup at close range — it was bullshit. Maggots seemed to have just been poured out of a jar onto a cow. Gwaine rips open the dude's belly, and from there some kind of compote pours out - even if they put sausages, like the intestines fell out. Why does everything look so cheap? Where did you spend all the money — on dragons?

It's funny, of course, that a simple chill guy, Aegon, is sipping wine on the iron throne with his friends and everything is fine, and Rainira just gets wounded sitting on it.

Another passing episode, as for me. At least they had finished with Kohl, his campaign seemed endless. As it is, the plot has barely progressed.

If he died ingloriously, as he should, it's funny how people like him start setting the conditions for battle, even while trapped.
Of course, Misaria knew everything, why wouldn't she know everything that was going on in the city and in the castle.
Borros does not learn anything and continues to neglect his duties to the crown.
Ormund might have been more attentive if he hadn't spent all his strength trying to withstand the stench of the guests.
Hugh covers up his ambitions by taking care of his family, forgetting to ask what they need at all.
But Gwaine, as always, is the only joy, living with dignity and caring for his family.
Rainyra finally became more determined.

At the beginning of the season, he wrote that he had already come to terms with the stupid actions of the characters, but in this episode the scriptwriters were able to surprise anyway - to send Alicent to Harrenhal... It's just that it's idiotic, why do screenwriters mock the characters so much, they've broken the bottom once again.

Or here's Baila and Alin - there's just no chemistry in the series, Jace died recently, then she talked to Addam, and now suddenly she's kissing Alin. It would have been better to remove this scene, and add more with Alisanna before that, otherwise it turns out that some kind of nouname with arrows killed Kriston (they also removed a good phrase from the book about songs)

5 stars for the death of Kriston Kohl hooray at last, however, and not only in general, the only good episode of the entire season

Excuse me

At first it seems that the series has kind of flown by and no one really moved, but Kolya's death is so unexpected and awkward, so he stands and pushes the speech and everything is an arrow in the head, goodbye!

It's a pity for Helaine to marry her brother for the sake of political games at the behest of her grandfather 😢
I felt so sad when she asked Alicent why I was here, hadn't any noble lord asked for my hand in marriage😢

A conversation between Gwaine and Daeron, about how the latter is now Ormund's little treasure, and he is happy to put him on the throne, because he cannot sit down himself.

Damon was abandoned by the entire city guard, Rainira and her board are limping on both legs, and there are only 2 episodes ahead.

I still haven't caught up with who attacked Corliss in the end?

It's kind of weird. Ormund is shown to be such a cunning strategist, he has a lot of people everywhere, everyone is so loyal and exemplary, and you stop believing in it. Even the conditional Tywin Lannister won the war only through treaties.
That's what a network of spies you need to have in order to exterminate the city guards and Velarion's people along with him so quickly.
In short, I don't believe it.

And I don't care about Kolya for a long time.

Kriston wanted to die on the battlefield, and Kriston got it. I even felt a little sorry for him at the moment with Alicent's handkerchief, especially considering how Alicent doesn't give a shit about him or her children already.
The character has been completely changed compared to the first season, when she threw herself at Rainier with a knife. Now, for some reason, her relationship with Rainira is soaring exclusively, is she her enemy)) I really, really feel sorry for Helaine in this family of fools.

Vermitor and Silverwing are like cats!

It always touches me that the golden cloaks can simply resign and this is not considered some kind of betrayal of the crown. He wanted to leave, he wanted to come, just think of the elite troops.

Ormund was made into a caricature villain, but the actor is good.

Once again, Damon is investigating ratting in the harbor in one face, and Messaria is standing beautifully on the balcony, burned down some woman who was stealing from the kitchen, well done.

I'm just looking at the beginning, but I'm so glad that the whiner was pierced with arrows.

Why can't Gwaine take Dayron with her?
I feel sorry for him, he asked me so much not to leave him.

And I'm really sorry for Helaine. Rainier is annoying

Again, the scriptwriters have shoved some kind of crap in. So the geniuses set up a trap, pretended to be corpses, but couldn't cut up the homeless people who were all trying to catch up? And it was necessary to drag an entire army in a ring? Well, at least they finally got rid of this Kolyan.
Well, our rogue prince also looks so funny in this armor of golden cloaks.
Rainira could have said long ago that there was an oathbreaker hiding in such and such a city, and the loyal residents of that city should hand him over or leave the city. And then whoever didn't hide, it wasn't my fault.

Why can't black just figure out all the former green knights in the KG and find them?... They were clearly involved in the murder of the golden cloaks. Why don't they charge each house for gold to pay for the same cloaks? So far, there are many victims that could have been avoided. Misaria is a mega useless character.

I see everyone was waiting for Kolya's death.

I remember how in the first season Kohl jumped up to little Eamond to see how serious his injury was, I remember his face. The scriptwriters tried very hard to ruin the character, but for me he is a teacher and an assistant who was always there for Alicent's children, it is a pity that he died thinking that Eamond abandoned them.

I've watched Ser Crispin's death scene about ten times. That's the only reason I got a five.

You know, I've become a fan of Emma D'Arcy. I know a lot of people scold her for acting, but I started to really like her by the middle of the third season. These facial features, dresses, and the way she carries herself exude the strongest aristocratic vibe. You can laugh at me, but I'm getting high. It's a pity that I know how it's going to end.

When Kohl turned over two people who were holding on to each other, it seemed to me that one of them was breathing. And I was thinking – is it a mistake of filming or is he still alive? If you 're as straight as a rampant machine , you can see that he 'll win the whole army alone .
Great, it's an unworthy death for a traitor, but who was it? Judging by the reactions, was Stark aware, but Tully wasn't?
Yes, Damon is too impulsive, even though there is truth in his words for their world and morals. 🙃
Let's say the Vulture King really became such an important problem right now - did Borros really take the entire army with him?
Poor Ulf – there's no one to brag about
Naive Alicent , however , it seems that she has already had at least a little effect on Misaria…
Damon should thank you for not leaving secretly, but for respectfully announcing your resignation. They could have ambushed him and sold him.… I wonder if the others also wanted to resign, or did his usual rude response to the old man influence their decision?
Yes, Alin is right: as some have accurately noted, dad does not recognize, does not come to kindergarten concerts, but he plays the offended one... 🙃
Two cripples, one of them is the king, of course Lannister will get the dirty work. Lannister is afraid to sincerely admit, and Laris expressed everything to his face – is that why Essos?
She's like Thanos, she's got what she wants. "At what price?" "At the cost of everything" 😆
Poor Dayron, even his beloved uncle can't save him now... ☹
And who asked Alicent to donate? You raised the children yourself so that you came ready to give up Aemond, and for the sake of saving Helaine, you agreed to Aegon.… Even Helaine had turned her back on her.…
Poor Rhaenyra – she has no army, no city guards, no money, just the throne itself, and Damon decided to fish for bait? I found a businessman, but did he run a business from his own house or someone else's? To search for objects, to ask about his house, to torture him for answers... are they motivated by the pure unwillingness of a female ruler? "
Poor Ulf is lucky," Could we bring a couple of trusted friends to the castle under supervision?
Did the Vulture King happen to be in Tumbleton (irony)? Wasn't that the Baratheon deer on the soldiers?
Oh, how! Were the Baratheons following Rhaenyra's orders? My uncle did well to understand quickly, it's strange that Ormund didn't decide to check them out – I thought he would point to Gwaine for verification… But weren't the Baratheons too quick to get their weapons? Or were they mercenaries?
So my wife left home by herself, chose a long way during the war, instead of getting out of the city to find a settlement closer… And she left without waiting for the news about her husband, although she could understand it.…
I bet Rainira will never let Helaine go, since she knows about her dreams... And interestingly, Rainira is also gradually turning from an idealist with good intentions into a calculating one.…
Oh, Corliss is too obsessed with thoughts and did not notice the enemy. At least Simon was attentive (although he pretended to be a live bait, he was not stupid)... And even though both sides had formally lost a commander , Kohl was no longer a force .…
But if you don't want to burn down the city, is there any other way? After all, the 2 weeks that will pass until the Tallies reach there – they will scrape together all the reserves of the region, make fortifications, will be able to withstand a siege for months ... Maybe they will burn not the city, but the surrounding counties that provide food? Burn the field and let the fire reach the city, so that there is no other choice but to leave? Are there any ships capable of navigating shallow rivers? It seems that the Greyjoys were like that…
Do Addam and Aline become heirs, or does it pass to the granddaughters from the daughter, the children of Damon? Or is there another male relative who will make demands?
Let's see how things will be in the next two weeks.…

P.S. I wonder what plan the witch came up with...

How they keep escalating Tumbleton. They'll have to do something epic.
We say goodbye to Kohl, well, figs with him
But I don't believe in Corliss's death, considering that his abductor was standing in the audience just a couple of scenes ago, where he said that Corliss was a cool person. Well, death wasn't shown for a reason. But because it doesn't exist.

Does anyone else feel like everything is kind of, I don't know, like a music video? I have a strange feeling, I don't know the theory of filmmaking at all and so on, but I miss the old school or something, classical storytelling. There doesn't seem to be any dynamics in this series, but it's still kind of ragged, the lines are torn just like that. Even in the last episode - ahhh, Alicent and Heleina got stuck, the lantern was smashed, ptsd! And no matter what and where, they were simply found in this series. It's like the neural network has thrown up moves for the sake of movement, but somehow it doesn't really work.

It's a pity for Kolya, of course, it's not clear what this prelude to an ambush was about, and how they outran his squad and managed to surround him.

Alicent and Rainira are doing something like that again, damn, I understand she's worried about Helena.. By the way, Helena reminded Morgan so much. She also had prophetic dreams. It's cool))) Killing my son is of course a tin can, well, I don't want her to leave)) God, I hope nothing happens to her..Damon is really cool in this episode, what a!! I like it so much every time Rhaenyra sits on the throne, it was so insulting how this Hightower called her kapets.. Also infuriating is this witch who found Aymond damn.. And Misaria too, that she hid everything))

Finally, Kohl died, after the scenes of his tedious hike from the last episode, I wanted to sleep. And how I love the scenes between Alicent and Rainira, well, just the most magnificent actresses, they play out every note of tension, grief and sorrow, bravo, I would watch their dialogues for hours!

The latest series from Kohl's efficiency is zero for absolutely everyone. It's neither cold nor hot from the existence of this character. I should have killed him at the peak of everyone's excitement, but at least I didn't have to wait for the whole episode, which was very gratifying. Did he wrap Alicent's handkerchief around the hilt of his sword, without even fixing it, so that he would lose this sword from his hands during the battle?

Alicent is also a clueless chunya. Kill my sons, but I have nothing to do with it. I am not me, and the hut is not mine. Well, since you've already decided to run away with your daughter, then finish the job, mumble. Deal with Eamond and give Helaine and her children a chance to live in peace. It's not sunny, you can't keep everyone warm. She also apparently forgot who the prisoners were. He's shaking some rights, demanding something, challenging it. Be grateful that you're not sitting behind bars in a damp dungeon.

Rhaenyra can only sympathize for now. She's trying to put things in order and get things right, but as luck would have it, everything is going against her.

Misaria was disappointed, although her act should have been expected. But what's the point of it? If Rhaenyra loses the war and the Greens take the throne, who will need her there? Aegon is "dead," Aymond is gone, and soon he will be declared dead, too. They want to put Daeron on the throne, in any case, Alicent won't decide anything anymore, and Ormund doesn't need Misaria for nothing.

Didn't Bayla flirt with Addam in the last episode? Or is it no longer important to her?

Well, it's just that a huge hole was dug by a Lannister, and the poor man was already dying. The cat in the tray digs deeper.

I didn't think that they would do Kohl's death like in the book. But he really deserved that kind of death. Without honor.

Christian Kohl is a legend
Stark and Tully shit their pants at the thought of having to fight a real man. Even the two of them were afraid of one another, and they could only kill surreptitiously with a crowd or a woman's hands.
Although on the other hand, this is Ned Stark's ancestor. He doesn't mind being hit in the back, and it's in his favor. He took the glory for killing Arthur Dayne for himself, as if he had won honestly)) Family traditions are respected

From the very first minutes, they brought a joke - an ambush that pretended to be dead for how many days) The archers in this series rule (they always show up on time and remain incognito), only Damon is a cheater, and finally they won't waste time on Kohl's line anymore... "My king, I wrote it on my own. - It's a shame, we're a family... The scenes of Alice with Eamond, Alain and Reyna are something between when you don't know how to build a romantic line and dialogues from adult films... Damon is the only capable golden cloak) Trolling Hightower is smearing himself with shit before an audience, because why not wash up before a visit) For some reason, a murderer with Alicent has a better chance of success than without her, Eamond, apparently, will run out of the shadows as soon as he sees her) The final twist is as usual - you can cut everyone at night, because no one knows about patrolling, and Corliss is a sucker who, as usual, no one guards, but now we all know how everyone will die in the finale, they will be cut off on a walk in the woods by some people)

I have a question.
That's the kind of sheep-stealer Damon killed.
Why not show Raina as a new rider now and say, "Rainira, it's arrived in your ranks! Reyna rode a wild dragon!!"?
That's how it was with Eamond - the rider died, he jumped on the dragon and easy.
Wouldn't such a lie be convincing?

Kohl was finally killed, he was infuriating for almost the entire series

How stupidly Kohl died at the beginning of the episode spoiled my mood until the very end, even though I was never a fan of him. Maybe it was done on purpose: like he wanted to die pretentiously in close combat with a sword, as befits a real knight and, let's not forget, the STRONGEST WARRIOR in the KINGDOM, but he was killed like an idiot with arrows from afar. But I didn't enjoy it, it pissed me off. Like his role in this season turned out to be meaningless.…

Then Alan and Baila's kiss happened completely out of the blue. I know that she actually married him in the original source. But in the series, they didn't make any prerequisites for this couple at all, so I looked at it with a stony face. Baila and Adam had more reason for a romantic line, at least based on what was shown in the series.

Ormund is an arrogant idiot who almost got Dayron killed. Thanks to Gwaine - he's generally the most adequate and positive character this season for me personally. I wouldn't be surprised if Ormund's weakness for odors is the reason for his death. The scene when he threw up is the most disgusting 🙈

And here's what I liked: So this is Rainira's plan to send Alisanthe to kill Edmond instead of a bunch of mercenaries. Yes, it's cruel, but as far as I'm concerned, it's still the smartest and most cunning move, although I've seen others say that she's stepped in again.

In general, I already want to end this whole war, and it seemed to me that season 3 was the last, but it turned out that there would still be a 4th. Most of the narrative, both in the past and this season, is dragging on very slowly, and yet there is something missing from this series compared to "Game of Thrones."

The vomit scene was very necessary. Someone watched "Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"😏 But of course, this is another humiliation for both men and, in principle, the Greens - after all, Ormund is just saying that Rainira will not burn people because she is a woman and has a weak stomach.

I think this episode is for Gwaine. He's gorgeous, he's bold, brave, smart, and just plain handsome.

Well, how sorry I am for this little guy, let him and Tessarion go far away from this pi*dec🥺

Question.
When Heleina talks to her mother and asks where are the people who were supposed to bring their daughter to them...
where is Heleina's baby daughter?! Is she still in the castle, or was she able to be taken away, or is she no longer alive? 💔😭

Just a few minutes have passed from the episode, but life has already become better and the sun has begun to shine brighter. Let's remember Kolka

I'm surprised these lords weren't killed earlier. Demian pretends to be a guard, this sea lord generally walks openly. The corpses are being dragged by a man with his sailors! No, it's cool, of course, closer to the proletariat, but it seems like the end is natural. I feel sorry for the guy, he even became positive in his own way. If some kind of dead insider and now dead outsider. He behaved stupidly, but this is not a claim to the plot, everything is natural, just a statement of fact. To go partisan with a couple of dozen people without caution is a sentence. They were in such a hurry to see the parking lot that they didn't even examine the bodies properly. But there should be a lot of blood from so many corpses, and there's not a drop. They missed such a simple ambush. Although maybe the guys are already so exhausted that they are already missing the obvious things. I continue to marvel at the Queen's shortsightedness and impulsiveness. External enemies are understandable, but we must prioritize them according to their importance. On the one hand, there are a few Hightower forces that are hiding behind civilians. They won't move anywhere while the dragons are patrolling. On the other side is Vhagar. Yes, it's a big dragon, but damn it, he's the only one! There's no hope without an army. On the other side is the Royal Harbor, which is full of problems and diversions. Rainyra has allies. I return to my thesis. Promise them a few pennies for a piece of gold. Promise lucrative positions and exclusive contracts for supplies to the yard and to the city. Surely there are some mines and industries that can be promised for pinning down enemies and gold. But he stubbornly doesn't do anything. The secret Police is not organized, and neither is the network of informers. Instead, there are isolated harsh reprisals that do not add points to Rainier against the background of the crisis situation in the city. She walks around the castle from side to side and often chats with her friend Alicent. He offers her a plan to go find and kill his son. Well, kick-ass! Again, they found the loot somewhere to pay all the mercenaries of the kingdom to look for the horseman of the Vhagan, but they did not find the money to inform the rebels.

What's with the ingenious multi-pass at the end? Damn, I feel sorry for Corliss.

Kohl almost reached out to Jon Snow with his conceit. It's been a long time since I've been so happy about the death of a character in Westeros! Well, in general, I look at it all and think - Alisenta, was it really worth it? After all, it was you who started all this.

I was touched by how Aegon sat with his legs tucked up like an innocent maiden and asked Lannister if he thought he was bad?
Pity the fool.
but it seems to me that we are seeing Aegon's rebirth live without registration and SMS. what will come of this is a big question, but it is interesting to observe.

If he got a well-deserved senseless death, finally, no heroic songs.
Sending Alicent after her son is somehow completely stupid. In general, Rhaenyra doesn't get along with the board, it's okay if she can't rule and make decisions herself, but she doesn't really have anyone useful on the board, Otto was more useful with her father. What was the point of returning to the throne on dragons if she had conflicts with the nobility, the guards, the church, the people, her own allies, etc.

Does it seem to me, or has Rainyra changed her character too much in this episode? Sometimes she was so worried about ordinary people and problems in the city, they showed her as such an unhappy, insecure, but clearly a positive heroine, and then suddenly she was all bitchy, collapsed on the throne, she didn't care about other people's problems. As if there were no prerequisites for such changes.

So in the last episode, Bayla got close to Adam and we were shown the obvious chemistry, so that in this episode she suddenly started sucking with his brother? Have they ever had a dialogue before? Wtf