Things I liked

• We got Rook's Rest.
• Even more young Rhaenyra! ~ Hi Milly!!!
• Daemon is getting a crash course into Spooky/Mystic Westeros.
• They spent all this time setting up Cole as a stone cold warrior.... Only to have him shellshocked at what a Dragon vs Dragon war really entails. "What have I unleashed"
• Alys Rivers for best new character of the season.
• I love how disorienting the mystic scenes at Harrenhal are.
• We have ~~Muppets~~ Tullys!
• Clever bit of foreshadowing (for the end of the episode) with Alicent dropping the 🐲 figure

Weird Things / Random Thoughts

• Doesn't appear they've added anything new this week to the opening credits. Still ends with the hanging of the ratcatchers.
• War isn't romanticized... we're getting the futility of war. I've read before that GRRM writes conflict from an anti-war point of view. Could not be clearer now.
• Was Aemond really going to double-dip into Kin-slaying ?
• Do we prefer HOTD's version of why Cole gains the Kingmaker moniker ? I think the book's version makes more sense; he is a much bigger player in F&B.
• Looks like we're getting no differences in post Rook's Rest Aegon from F&B.
• Well done HBO... I can't believe Criston Cole is likeable in this episode.
• Alicent’s actions in being a horrible mother again are devastating.

Things I liked

• Intro updated! Jaehaerys and Rat-catchers shown. Luke's death no longer shown 😔
• Braken v Blackwood!
• Rhaenys keep speaking truths.
• "It's a big chair, made of swords" - Daemon cracks me up.
• Ulf is growing on me.
• I love how we were shown a gruesome after-battle in the Riverlands, and everyone is basically saying "That was a cheeky skirmish between the Brackens and Blackwoods"
• Loved seeing "little" Moondancer.
• It seems we're walking towards evil stepmother and Maegor with Teats after all/

Weird Things / Random Thoughts

• That was Bloody Ben, right ?
• Hull is everyone's favorite shit-talking uncle.
• That was Alys Rivers over a Harrenhal, right ?
• Did.... they make Aegon's posse from the previous episodes the new KG ?
• It's been a while since I read F&B, but I don't recall Daemon getting prophetic/dragon dreams.
• Wait... is the show implying that the curse of Harrenhall could be tied to the weirwoods ?
• The premise of the secret Sept meeting is ridiculous, but the scene itself was great.
• I am not buying "Seasmoke is acting out because it's bored" - I think this might be a sign that something happened to Laenor.
• I appreciate that the "misunderstanding" angle in HotD is being sidelined. While misunderstandings did play a role in the events leading up to this point, the conversation at the Sept makes it clear that Alicent knows Viserys didn't truly want Aegon to be king. At this stage, Alicent's actions are more about ignorance, greed, ambition, and other emotions that have entangled her and the rest of the characters deeply..

I loved Otto in this episode.

Slowly realizing that VizzyT was great.

Also Peak Otto:

“Daughter, as long as we are together we can work through any issue”

“I have sinned, dad”

“OMG y’all are the worst - that does it - leavin’ right now for Oldtown to hang with Daeron”

Things I liked

• New intro still rules. I may have to re-watch it, afaict it didn't change from a week ago.
• Laughin' out loud at Daemon smirking in his own corner while the Black Council was trying to figure out Blood & Cheese.
• The scene between Daemon and Rhaenyra was incredible.
• Seasmoke Sighting!
• Daeron Mentioned!
• The brother's duel

Weird Things / Random Thoughts

• The cut at Rhaenyra with Viserys/Aegon was odd... I thought that was a flashback of Aegon with Jaehaerys/Jaehaera.
• The Seasmoke scene... for a second there I thought that was John Macmillan (Laenor's actor)
• Tom Glynn-Carney is the early MVP and IMHO most improved actor of this season. I really hope they update all imagery of HotD to feature him vs Rhaenyra for S3 and beyond.
• Phia Saban (Helaena) is a masterclass at saying so much without words (or as few of them as possible).
• Shoutout to the twins, once the Cargyll duel started - I was on the edge of my seat - and unable to tell them apart.

To put that into context:

if all you had was a $100 USD Note, the equivalent of that “slap on the wrist” fine would be $1.23

For Colombians who suffered at the hand of the guerrilla-paramilitary conflict, it was not 70 years ago.

The paramilitary group mentioned in the article, AUC, disbanded around 2006-2008.

Mine is a spoon that is different from all the other… and it is specifically for cat food.

That’s the supplemental one. Main one’s offscreen.

Kang the Convicted

Great LastWeekTonight episode. Very clearly the F in FDA is silent….