Nothing new to see here. This show has zero creativity or originality. The show is so creatively bankrupt they even used the SAME SONG as game of thrones. I've never seen a spin off do that before, as if to remind you "Hey remember that thing you liked before, please like this too" At it's best it's almost half as good as season 8 of GOT. There's no likeable characters and there's no one to root for. I don't care who dies and who wins, they can all die and I wouldn't feel anything for any of them. There's no interesting plot lines, everything feels stilted or forced. The makeup and CGI are distractingly bad. The were wood tree is like shockingly cartoons CGI. Even the cinematography is flat and boring. This show is resting on the laurels of GOT, which was already damaged goods with it's deeply flawed last two seasons. The actors are not bad, but I feel like they're suffering from lack of direction. The whole thing kind of has that flat "Star wars Prequel" kind of vibe. No one is very convincing and the world isn't immersive like it was in GOT. The more the characters develop the less I like them. The battle scenes are painfully stupid, like Michael bay levels of stupid. GRRM wrote really cool realistic battles, that's part of what made ASOIAF so cool. None of that is present here. Daemon might as well be Captain America with the way he charges in and kills guys while no one can hurt him until it serves the plot, then somehow he can still around around like arrows in his leg. They really seem like they're trying to create a Marvel cinematic universe with game of thrones and the whole thing just reeks of corporate "product" there's no passion or vision here. It's just a product for the lowest common denominator. The 4th episode was the final nail in the coffin for me, it's just boring and when it's not boring it's dumb,