I’ve been spoiled no less than 40 times on this one in the last 48 hours

Not the 10/10 that people are hyping it up to be but a strong HotD episode either way. Hard to say how I would've felt if I wasn't spoiled, surely would've enjoyed it more. Agreed about Rhaenys leaving the show. Honestly I don't remember everyyyyyyyyything from s1, but I especially forget what Rhaenys was like and what her whole deal was. She was cool, actress was cool, but I feel like losing her doesn't change much of anything unfortunately

Also agreed re: dragon personalities. Came across well in their fighting styles, I thought that was well done. It must be an all-time sad feeling to watch your dragon look back at you thinking that it failed you as it died. ROUGH! I'll never remember their names, but Aemond's big boi is such a menace. The shots of it first appearing were pretty sweet. Some dodgy CGI throughout the battle I thought, but still a great sequence. I would've loved it if they expanded the battle throughout 80% of the episode and crammed more story into the battle to fill the time. GoT really nailed the battle episodes..more often than not! I was glad to see another well done one