The way they made Viserys a more nuanced character in comparison to the books is just masterful.

We meet our first lannister and I'm already like "fuckin lannisters" 😂

Rhaenyra returning after killing the boar, epic

Can we all appreciate how awesome is Paddy’s (Viserys) acting. He keeps getting better from episode to episode. Flawless acting.

My favorite part was when it was Rhaenyra who encountered the white hart; amazing symbolism I wish her father could’ve seen it; she truly was meant to be queen

Daemon’s charisma is just beyond! perfectly portrayed by Matt Smith. Meanwhile, Laenor Velaryon riding Seasmoke was spectacular.

Daemon didn't say a thing and also single-carried the entire episode. Matt Smith is amazing

I'm not sure how many people have caught it, but by episode 3 the last two digits on the king's left hand had rotted off. The attention to detail on this show is incredible.

Excellent episode, i felt for Viserys, the man is broken... Rhaenyra is conflicted... And the Stepstones! Chef's kiss

Hearing Laenor say dracarys really warm up my heart. He was just so excited !!!!

Daemon straight savage dragging half the Crabfeeders body out of the cave, this season is fantastic love everything about it!!

George RR Martin meant it when he said Viserys has more depth in the show. I see that now. Paddy is killing it 💯👏👏👏

Jason Lannister basically reminded me of what would happen if Tywin had the mannerisms and behavior of Tyrion. Also, it is interesting to see how Rhaenyra isn’t so fond of her father anymore, constantly quarreling, while acting bitter and hostile towards Alicent, her former best friend now stepmother

best episode yet! Paddy is playing such a relatable yet troubled Viserys, greatly improved from his book character. Matt Smith gives a truly epic Daemon performance without a single word.

I feel Rhnaerya's frustration. After naming her heir, Daddy has effectively pushed her aside rather than supporting her in council meetings. He dismissed her and now wonders why she's hostile? If Alicente had told her privately of Otto'a machinations I think the friendship between the girls would have survived the King's marriage.. Pity Alicente didn't have more of a backbone. Trying 2-3 years after the wedding is kinda late.

I wish they talked more about the stark difference between rhaenyra and Viserys during the hunt. The king goes off and struggles to kill a captured stag, and then you have rhaenyra walk in after leaving in anger, covered in blood with a dead boar in tow. That difference in presence is a representation of the varying strengths of the Targaryen house. It’s a shame they didn’t bring it up

I love how the showrunners added so much layers, details and personalities to characters that were just "there" in the book. This show is shaping up to be amazing, looking forward to more!

Matt and Paddy’s acting really sell their characters for me, and when they’re both on screen interacting I’m glued. Can’t wait to see the confrontation next episode !

Totally captivating show. The power structure circumstance ruthless and exciting. Matt Smith is magic.

This episode was awesome. I love seeing the vultures circle Viserys. They know/think he's so weak and easily manipulated. I loved seeing him stand up to some of them yet dealing with his own internal struggle. If only he gave Rhaeneyra the passionate speech about her being the heir.

I know everyone is talking about "Matt Daemon" and how he rocks the show. Which is true, he's awesome! But I have to say that Paddy Considine's portrayal of Viserys is damn near perfect! I really enjoy the show so far, dragon scenes were badass, the fighting sequence in the end amazing and its just exciting and fun to watch! Kingsguards armor looks perfect btw...

The cinematography of the Dragon flame coming out of the darkness was amazing on my QLED

I wasn't sure about Paddy at the beginning but each time his acting and character get more and more amazing

What I loved the most about the episode was seeing Daemon ride Caraxes, and seeing him fight as a warlock in the battle of the stone steps, in fact, it reminded me of Geralt of Rivia.

Great episode, with phenomenal opening and ending scenes. I feel empathy for Rynaera and Vaserys. Thanks for the summation

The amount of Dracarys mentioned in this episode is a gift from the Seven! Chefs kiss!

Sea Smoke looked awesome. Loved to watch someone other than a Targaryen riding a Dragon. I know he has Targaryen blood, I meant the surname.

Otto is a fusion of Tywin and Littlefinger

I love this cast, everyone is amazing.

Rhaenyra dragging the dead boar and Daemon dragging the dead body of the crab feeder; a parallelism that astonished me

I absolutely love this show so far! That excites me!

Favorite episode so far!! Loved every second of it!

Amazing episode, thank you and looking forward to the rest of the season.

Such an amazing episode man. Seeing him walk out of the cave with half of crabfeeder 🦀 was badarse. Can't wait to see what the rest of the season has is store for Daemon.

This whole episode blew me away and was right up there with the best of the first series.

This episode was as great as expected . The show just keeps getting better ALSO I CAN'T WAIT A WHOLE WEEK FOR ANOTHER EPISODE !!!

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Great pace guys!! All the characters are so well written also!!

We finally got introduced to a Lannister

This show is awesome so far! Can‘t wait for Episode 4!

I'm just in awe of this episode. It was so good. This is imo is one of the best Game of Thrones episodes every and it's only episode 3.

My Fav. Episode so far. Great Visuals and Character building.

Was invested ipsince the first episode but this 3rd episode has me hooked for the long run. Incredible ep

Favorite part is Allicent posing a simple yet consequential question to King Viserys.

One word: Fantastic!

I love the show-don’t-tell style that the show is going for like with Viserys’ missing fingers in this episode due to the rot mentioned in previous episodes. A good metaphor for slowly breaking down due to the stress of the crown and matter of succession

Great episode. Keep up the good writing

All the actors in this show are doing such an amazing job. This show just keeps gaining steam and it's set to be epic.

Daemon might be a complicated character but we've seen him more as a charismatic bad*ss in this show. I think this series is showing more about how complex Viserys, Rhaenyra, and Alicent really are. I really enjoyed that scene between Alicent and her father. We finally got to hear what's really her inner thoughts and feelings. I believe Alicent will be just as complex as Rhaenyra as the series progresses. Because I actually think she has a good heart. She's practically a Targaryen since she grew up next to them. I believe Alicent really does love Viserys and still deeply cares about Rhaenyra. But then she wants to also please her father. It's a tough balancing act for her while still being a mother while loving and supporting her children. By making Alicent more likeable, it can make us torn when she and Rhaenyra become bitter rivals. It's really a terrific show so far. I thought maybe the battle scene at the end would piss off book fans who preferred earlier seasons of GOT that was slow-burning and thought it got too Hollywood blockbuster by S4. But I guess not because they seem to love it. Didn't bother them. One of the greatest shows I have ever seen with great character development is still Mad Men. I think HOT D is reaching their level. For me, the dragon scenes are cool but I'd rather have great character development and this series has at least 4 characters with so many layers. I don't mind the quieter scenes like Rhaenyra talking to her father or Criston or Alicent talking to Viserys or her father. Those are the scenes that makes GOT/HOT D great. The dragons and battle scenes are the superficial stuff.

Daemon is my favorite character!

Daemon makes this series. He’s a mix of Ramsey’s ruthlessness, Jaime & Jon’s fighting styles and Jaime’s swag. Can’t wait for the episodes to come!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Fantastic episode, I really really REALLY loved everything about it! Keep it up guys. My main criticisms so far is the pretty weak and underwhelming action so far (especially in terms of the way it's shot and edited), and the enormous time skips. I can understand the time skips, but I expect better from the action side of things at least... Otherwise, it's been an absolute joy each week

By far the best episode. After watching Game of thrones today and Geoffry telling me what happened to Rheanyra in the end I was pissed. But still I want to see why and how it happened. This was the best episode of the 3 so far

I really like that with everything else going on (dragons, royal dramas, war) at the heart of this episode is a single dad having trouble connecting with his teenage daughter. I also like that Viserys really loves his daughter and wants her to be happy, but he knows royal traditions wont allow it.

I loved that battle. With Rick and Morty's help, Gendry was able to warn Corlys in time to save Daemon.

4:27 Daemon's dragon looking absolutely smashing

Laenor Velaryon riding his dragon seasmoke was epic...🐲🐲🐲

Epic series!

Daemon was so cool in this episode 🔥 I love his character so much

Excellent episode I love the show overall

Absolutely loving the quality of the dialogue in this series.

I like the new soundtrack. They did a great job with this show.

I want the Score when Rhaenyra went back to the Camp after killing the boar in full length!

I was humming that call to action theme from Smith's Doctor Who as I watched Daemon take on the crabfeeder's army

I will miss young Rhaenyra

The Targaryens are eating away at one another more and more with every timeskip and it's handled so well! It'll only get more stressful as more time passes, I'm scared but excited for their story at the same time

The acting my god is phenomenal! I was blown away by Matt smiths sheers presence and power without uttering a single word!

That last fight though... "uuuuuh we will put him in an impossible situation on purpose to really show how little we care about realism, so that war scenes will be easier to write"

Good job!!👏

HOTD Episode 3 was 🔥

Wow episode 3 is great

I love this episode ❤️

apart from everything else can we appreciate also how good is new music as well!

Once again, HBO has proven how unbelievably good they are with the casting. Starting from the costimography (have to point out Steve Toussaint as Corlys Valeryon) to the portrayal itself, every character is dripping with personality. While I was quite worried of having a well-known actor, like Matt Smith, taking me out of the show, his portrayal of Daemon has done quite the opposite and immersed me in the show just that bit more. As much praise this is for the actors, it's even more so for the casting crew who felt that connection.

All hail Dameon Targaryen King of the Stepstones and Narrow Sea🔥🩸🐉

Wicked episode!

Daemon Targaryen plot armour from arrows, dozens of men, and immunity from a deadly contagious disease. Casuals: “oMg tHiS iS gUy iS sO bAdAsS” 🥴

I loved Alicent in this episode! You could see her trying to reapproach Rhaenyra many times. Alicent is clearly in a difficult position - a place her father led her to - and felt deeply the loss of her friend. Of course, I don't blame Rhaenyra for acting and feeling the way she is 🤷‍♀️ It would be perfect if Rhaenyra and Alicent could be a couple and live happily ever after 😭

Laenor coming in on Seasmoke ….perfection.

Every time one of the Dragons swoop in and breathes fire and brimstone onto the hapless enemy I get chills.

magnificent!

My new favorite word: "Daemonesque"

In the books, Daemon beat the messenger that brought him the news of Viserys' marriage almost to death. Here, they changed it and put the scene in the Stepstones to show his frustration with his brother.

Viserys perplexed laugh after "the boy just turned 2 Otto" 😀

HOLY shit the battle was amazing. Daemon is my new favorite character lol❤

Viserys says in private to Rhaenyra she won't be replaced as heir, but that's not enough. He needs to say it publicly, so the lords can swear fealty again to set aside any doubt of succession.

Music for this episode, 👌🏻

I was just waiting for it . I was like, at some point it’s going to cut to 10 minutes of Dameon

Rhaenyra says in the wagon on the way to the hunt that she hates the sound the boars make when they're stuck, then she knifes one to death herself. That's an important character moment because she's learning about herself and that she'll do what she finds distasteful if provoked.

Do we have an official OST release? The piece with the chorus from around the 1:55 mark is superb.

The viserys smile 0:13 is so wholesome

GRRM about Roberts's hunting scene in GoT: "When the king goes hunting it's not like you walk through the woods with a spear. HoTD: Challenge accepted.

loved the green fingers.

WHY IS THAT SONG NOT IN THE INTRO THE VOCALS ARE AMAIZING

you're saying the war didn't go to plan, but what exactly was the plan? in what scenario can a couple of grown dragons not win this war within a couple of days?

Awesome episode. However, I wish we actually got to see Daemon fight that one character at the end

I gotta say the Crab Feeder was a bit of a let down. Feeds people to crabs, Doesn't say anything, doesn't fight, then gets killed off screen.

INCREDIBLE 💥🔥IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

Next level

Rhaenyra is my fav she’s a badass