Club foot man has foot fetish. Eyepatch man probably really likes eyes.

And who was the woman? Did she kidnap boyking or just ... know he was hiding under a table?

I was wondering why I didn't remember anything about a dragon in this episode, but now I remember I fell asleep in the middle of the episode. As I was really only paying attention to Viserys, now I don't have much idea what everybody is doing.

And yes, I think she could have Darcarys-ed the whole royal family then and there, but I guess she didn't want to deal with that shitstorm so just shouted at them and flew away back home.

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Also really eyerolled at the foot fetish moment. Really cheap.

Think it's a reaction to people complaining that all the timeskips make the story feel sole-less.

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I got very confused by the twins (are they seriously called Erryk and Arryk?). No idea who they are or why there were lingering shots like they were important. Confused by the fight to retrieve the king. They're all on the same side, no? They're both working for Hightowers?

I think that if the Hand spoke to the boyking first, then he could get him to send people to kill Dr Who & his wife before they find out the King is dead. The Queen getting to him first, and telling him not to, has prevented that. So, I think what the writers had in mind was a race against time with the future of the realm hanging in the balance. But it was badly botched.

The premise of the whole thing is a bit ropey. Firstly, there's the far-fetched situation with the Strong bastards. But the reason Queen Hightower is going along with installing her son is that the realm wouldn't accept Dragon Princess as Dragon Queen, so Dragon Princess would need to kill boyking and eyepatch. But Queen Feet didn't care about her sons inheriting the throne, and if those factions were united, they would own all the dragons. Who's on the other side that would be fighting that war?

Yes. Gone away for 6 years so presumably Lady Driftmark has been consolidating her power over the Driftmark. Which Rhaenyra should have been doing while she was popping out Strongs.

Right, so because Crusten (not correcting, Cole is the worst character. Got cocked once and has been bitter ever since) got there first, Allicent was able to impress her plan on Aegon. There's not really anything stopping the Hand from just sending people to kill Rhaenyra and her family without Allicent knowing. They've had a plot to install Aegon on the go without her knowing already.

Good question about who would war ...

Thinking about it, Princess did nothing to strengthen her claim or control over the court. She has no allies on the council now her dad has died. There are some that will stand by their oath but maybe more out of integrity than belief in Rhaenyra. But she'd have to want to press that claim, and I'm not sure she wants it.

She has dragons. That's the main advantage. Aegon does not and Allicent cannot rely on the Valaryons for their support and dragons. Aemond has the largest dragon. They're outdragoned.

There's also this trifecta or trimark or whatever that's causing trouble. I'm sure they could find advantage stirring this shit up and finding people to support either claim.

So it could be whipped up into a devastating civil war where no one knows why they're fighting or who they're fighting for.

Sounds like Spinal Tap lyrics.

There was some subtlety there - Otto not appearing to know Myseria(?), despite that message from her about Daemon and the princess in the whorehouse getting him the sack. That accent feels deliberately bad as well. Child fighting pit wasn't good either though, it doesn't feel like a fit with this society.

Helena prophesising the beast under the boards was interesting, but it feels like planting that seed might have pushed the showrunners into that bad showpiece.

Gonzo’s right (dammit). This show has rewarded the drudge of sticking with it. The last two episodes (not the leaked finale, haven’t seen that yet) have been top tier.

Except the foot fetish scene. That was shit.

Just got round to it tonight. What's ace about it? Would love to see what you've seen.

I just laughed at the Sea Snake coming out of his convenient holding pattern to get his 'enders surprise entrance. And at the accidental dragon killing, very silly. That's if the lad is dead like, I'd not put an off screen and between series surprise rescue dive past a show with writing as bad as this.

I also got confused by how many children the queen is supposed to have (the midwife said she's been through it five times before? I thought she only has the two kids? Am I tripping?). Curious about who has a dragon, how they got them and why some important Valeryons like old lazy bum Sea Snake don't have them if there are a few known to be pottering about unclaimed. Has Dr Who got two dragons now? Greedy cunt

I think I fell into the habit of being too harsh on this, to the point where the crowd scene where Aegon was being kinged felt like something from Monty Python and the sky battle close-ups looked like Neverending Story (and everything else was a bit Knightmare). Maybe the cooling off period will help me to stop shaking my head at season 2, because despite all the flaws it was kind of enjoyable on the whole and I expect I'll carry on watching. So many shit bits though, and hardly any of the strong personality characters Thrones was so good at.

Ah right, fair enough. I was forgetting about the gay Valyrian and Dr Who's wife being half Targ

Don't give a flying fuck about any of the characters but thought it was alright in the end.