anarchistica

In Game of Thrones the entire War of the Five Kings happens because of the stupidity of House Stark. Despite having been dictators of the North for 5000 years they're completely incompetent when it comes to even the most basic strategising and politicing. It seems that the same thing is happening in House of the Dragon, with another blundering leader with shoulder-length hair.

Other than the idiot plot there are several problems. We see people being tortured by... crabs? Because those eat humans? The Hand "kinda forgot" Daemon had a dragon? A 14-year-old picks the King's bodyguard?

I haven't read Fire & Blood so i don't know who to blame for this. In any case, the writing is weak. On top of that it feels like too little and too much happens. There's a 6 month time time jump which results in the show "telling" us what happened instead of "showing" us - a rather basic mistake. I understand you cannot devote time to everything but there should have been at least one single step between where Alicent and Daemon start and where they end up.

Apparently the next episode will also feature the adult versions of the girls. Hopefully this will fix the pacing and provide a much-needed B-plot.

The theme of this episode is intolerance. Jeff learns to tolerate Chang, the gang learns Pierce does tolerate homosexuality, Britta learns she can't even tolerate herself and Troy learns he can't tolerate someone who can't tolerate Abed.

It does leave quite a lot to be desired. Why didn't Annie tell Britta? Why does the librarian wear such a weird top? Who thinks Andy Dick is funny? Why does this review have to be 600 characters when others have written much much shorter ones? Does Britta not know how to kiss? Would Annie really have gone for it? Why does Paige dress like Blossom despite not being 15?

Overall, pretty average with some fun moments.

The scene with Annie playing Hector the Well-Endowed "making a deal" with the Elf is one of the most memorable in all of Community. Her gesturing and Troy's reaction (taking notes, asking questions) are absolutely hilarious.

Other than that it's a bit of a mixed bag. Chang is crazy in a fun way and Pierce throwing a snack at Garrett is hilarious, but the latter being so mean seems out of character even for him.