I've waited until now to drop this - and I know our tribe here is smaller than it was for the mid-period of Game of Thrones - but it's about damn time this got mentioned
There is SO much of this that reminds me of the "good times" of GOT . . . the ambience, the scenery, the milieau (don't worry - I'll have the "posh" washed out of my mouth by tomorrow morning).
I am in awe of so many of the actors/actresses in this - but PARTICULARLY Milly Alcock and Matt Smith
The aforementioned lady is an incredible actress that TOTALLY owns the screen - and while I am not (historically) a fan of Mr. Smith - DAMN but is he AWESOME/BRILLIANT in this !!!!!
Everything about this is as good as the world building we saw in GOT . . . and after only 3 episodes, I can tell I'll be with this until the very last episode of the very last season.
There are some (almost) jarring time jumps between episodes (with more to come) - but they are "REAL" as opposed to the "people running at ridiculous speeds and dragons flying at warp velocity" we were asked to accept during GOT S07/S08
So glad that the best franchise (to date) in the history of streaming services, has been rescued from the (literal) ashes
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