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Yup. Pretty solid first episode. That should whet peoples' appetites to return to this universe.

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I like that there weren't massive winks tying it to ASOIAF throughout, but just to book end it.

Really liking a number of characters. Rhaenyra is certainly less annoying than Dany (I love Emilia Clarke, but let's face it.. her character had an air of entitlement to her from the first minute), but her character/acting also seems a little flat. Hopefully she picks that up over the show since you want the protagonist to be able to carry the show when needed.

Hightower seems like a good hand of the king on the surface. But the stuff with his daughter was a little shady/greasy. Looks like there will be plenty of deceit and betrayal. Exactly what you want for series like these.

Interesting that Daemon is supposed to be the reckless/mad-seeming one but also doesn't seem all bad either. Shades of Jamie Lannister and I could see a similar arc happening with him, where he will do noble things for his blood.

Looking forward to seeing where it goes!