I've waited until half way through season 1 to write this review to give it every chance. Mixed feelings - I think the acting is great overall, visually superb and I'm intrigued as to where the story is going (I've not read the books, but was a huge fan of GOT until the last season). I feel the rushing through time is affecting the character development and ability to let the political games grow and play out well. The drama we have had so far hasn't had the impact I feel it could have had if more time was given to let those character connections grow. More could have been done for example to build up to the crab feeder battle, it just sort of came and went instantly without really feeling invested in it at all. If what we've seen so far was fleshed out to at least a full season, we could have seen more plot development in the political side as well as a better lead up to that battle.

A big jump in time coming up, not sure how that's going to go as i've just started to really appreciate the younger actresses, and now they're finished. Initially I preferred Rhaenyra but in the last couple of episodes I've been leaning more to Alicent, left me wanting more from her which is a shame for the actress as I think she was just coming into her own now. I hope the pace slows a bit now they're switching to the older actresses, 6/10 so far imo.