Huh, I completely forgot this was coming out today. Lets see if I remember anything from s2 or am lost the whole time.
Ulf griping about not being a lord. IIRC I pointed out that a knighthood was much much too minor a reward for the loyalty of a dragon rider.
Very late seasons GoT lack of scouts / battlefield awareness.
Wow, lots of changes from the source material. I regretted not getting the Battle of the Gullet as the S2 closer, but it made for a great opener even if we had to wait two years. Really well done. I did hate bringing in Sheepstealer and her unexpected rider, and now wondering if we don’t get Nettles at all. The whole Ulf/Addam/Hugh camping trip was a waste of time, setting up future plot twists that don’t really need explanation. And I despise how they’re writing Rhaenyra’s story arc, robbing her of agency, as well as turning Jace into a whiny sulking teenager - took away a lot of emotional resonance from the final moments. So bravo on capturing one of the most brutal conflicts of the Dance so well, but not a fan of some major directions we’re going. Please please please, more Tessarion and treat my magnificent Blue Queen right.
It had to happen when they made her the “hero” of the story, if the rest of the story is going to go anywhere close to the books then the hero can’t be the one making the decisions she does. Great episode to start the season, hope they didn’t blow their entire battle budget on that.
Too true. The only hero in this war is Cregan Stark, and given later events, one can argue Westeros would have been much better served if he’d been less honorable and more power hungry. Bit of a fatal flaw with that House.