I have to watch again too.
The post show was on some women power shyt from the director of the episode.
This was my least favorite episode so far. I really hope they are not sacrificing storytelling for political purposes.
The entire show is about a woman being in place to inherit power during an age where women had no power. This is literally the story, from the books, that has been detailed to varying degrees since 1996. Got nothing to do with politics or wokeness. The very first GoT book has a basic accounting on this very story.
This was the best episode of the season IMO. Rhaenyra has been in an odd malaise ever since she shut down Daemon with the dragon. Hasn’t been assertive, lots of moping etc. Finally she has a sense of what she’s up against, who her enemies are and the importance of alliances.
My only complaint is that Otto needs/needed a counter balance. He’s been the only guy scheming, outside of Corlys. With Littlefinger you knew there was Varys on the opposite side of the coin, with major players (Ned, Tyrion, Cersei etc) flipping the coin. Here it’s just Otto and his only opposition is the king who is an idiot. So Otto might as well be playing by himself. He’s a dope character but would be stronger if he was going against a formidable opponent.