I disliked the actors swap, especially for Rhaenyra. To use Emma D'Arcy was a grave mistake. I mean she isn't a bad actor. But we all were already attached to Milly, they should just aged her, make up, like they did with so many other characters. IT SUCKED, to see Emma, I tried giving her a chance, but we jumped from a Rhaenyra with charm and was strong. To her being totally weathered child birth machine, which she by the way, said she never could se herself as. Then to just giving herself up to daemon. Like that cool dynamic where it seemed that the young Rhaenyra had the power and could influence Daemon. The older Rhaenyra was just a door mat.

I hope for the next season they can just swap back. I give it 10 out of 10 then.

Second thing, they didn't have to make a time jump, we enjoyed the present they could have added a few more episodes actually portraying those 10 years. I do like Rhaenyra's and the queen's kids, some of those characters are really interesting but it didn't have to rush like that. Like aemond targaryen was a super cool character, but he so did not look his age. Like when his eye got taken out the kids look the same age, but then after a few years he looked 25 and the other still small boys.