House of the dragon Episode 8

This episode should have been called “Farewell Good Kings”

Oh ya spoiler, the king passes on.  I will not spoil or get to much in the plotting of this episode. It is something people should watch and really it was only ok to watch.

This episode was hard to watch as someone who has lost and sat by them as they went from a Mountain of a Man to a feeble cancer ridden shell of what he was. Entertainment today is so lacking in things that tear at you heart. This episode wow it hurt. But hurt is a good way, a way where a person you were invested in and cared about passed on. I would say this, Have tissue, it will rip at your heart if you ever had a love one taken by a horrible disease. FUCK OFF CANCER!

The episode started with the legitimacy of the succession of “The Lord of Tides” which was also the true title of the show. The Lord of tides has been injured (later we know killed) and the Bastards of Rhaenyra and their legitimacy is called to question and all parties are on the way to Kings Landing to have it Settled by “The Hand <Otto> of the king” as the King is on his death bed.

We get some politicking once everyone is there. Leading up to the petition in the throne room with Otto sitting the Iron Throne. Vaemond Velaryon is the one wanting to be named in place of the Bastards. We certainly get the dialogue. It seems Otto will certainly side with him until the doors open and the bed ridden disease ridden King comes in.

It was a long walk, one most time I would have said, to long to boring to stupid, why not just bring him in. But you understand in this He is still king and was still powerful. When he finally stumbled and his crown fell off it was Daemon there to pick it up and help him.

As truly fucked up as Daemon can and has been, the love and respect was still there, the scene worked in spades. I appreciated it and understood it and felt the pain.

The king sets the throne and ask why there is a question to the succession.  Rhaenys is called to settle it at which point she brings up a compromise Rhaenyra and Rhaenys had talked about earlier. To which the King seemed pleases with until Vaemond goes full retard. And when I say full retard, this dude went full on!

Vaemond Velaryon in front of the King calls his grandchildren BASTARDS and his daughter a WHORE.  The king says he will have his tongue, but Daemon says he can keep his tongue. Granted he said it after cutting his head in half. YES, yes, I smiled with pleasure.

We get a Dinner scene which is very nice, knowing the books I was concerned how it would go, but I enjoyed it. Love Paddy I really did, he is a father, Husband and Grandsire and just wants his family to be at peace. Before he leaves the Banquette, it appears he gets that. I am glad he gets to see them together he can rest in peace.

The final scene is just that, Rest in Peace good king.

Paddy better get a damn Emmy for this show or there is not justice left for great acting in Hollywood. Alicent I still cannot like her acting, the lines were great, she just is not believable for me. Otto was not bad in this, but he was more minimal in it. Daemon was great as always and Rhaenyra I have liked her and she is still likable.

The kids were aged up again and actually worked well, I hate time jumps and getting around to fast as a rule, but this is done really well and they remember to show things that will make it believable. Someone sat down clearly after GOT and said ((Find all the things we fucked up in GOT and make sure it cannot and does not happen again))

There was some things I have to take away from this episode. Alicent and her son’s conversation after his raping a servant girl was just so cringe to me. Also, some of the politicking in the Throne room before the king arrived.

I will give it an 8 out of 10.  I did a second watch this morning, so the onions were not so potent, and emotions did not cloud my judgement because I wanted to drop a 9.5 last night. But on second watch those scenes still bothered me enough to ding it.

All in all an outstanding performance by Paddy Constantine. Matt Smith says more in actions and his looks than he does words. I find myself wanting to see them as kids together.

I will again compare this show to the abortion amazon is conduction on Tolkien. I could have taken every act of this episode, even the ones I did not like, and had more information and progression with plot and character growth, than all of a BILLION DOLLAR ABORTION from Rings of Amazon.

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