After last seasons shall we say bumpy finale no one would have expected the third season to bounce back and not only did it bounce back it actually the second season all together. With the final of season three having been aired you all knew that I have to check it out the very chance that I got and well this is an episode that I have a feeling people are going to love and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the episode that is alot more better then season 2 finale with the episode in question being called simply just "The Treasons At Tumbleton" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when Rhaenyra learns that Aegon is not only alive but so is Sunfyre she sets down a dark path which creates more enemies then friends while Daemon and his men finally launch there attack. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. This episodes plot is much like alot of the things in this episode so much more better the the plot of the last season finale with this episodes plot being something that does feel like a massive pay off to the whole the season. Whilst yes granted this episodes plot can be seen as being a bit weak in some areas as the episode doesn't really explain alot of things in it's plot when the plot does get something right it really does get it right and while it doesn't top any of the earlier Game Of Thrones plots it doesn't really need to it just needs to do it's own unique thing and that's exactly what we get in this episode with the plot being about as good as it was ever going to be and given the fact the season 2 finale was so bad that wouldn't have been a high bar to reach and yet this episode just on it's plot alone sails past it easily and while yes there are somethings in the plot that people won't agree with irregardless of if they've read Fire And Blood or not as this episodes plot doe make for some good television in it's own right as this is a plot that will either in a positive or negative way get people talking with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen and Emma D'Arcy as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen. Also starring in this episode is Olivia Cooke as Queen Alicent Hightower , James Norton as Lord Ormund Hightower , Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon , Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria , Tom Glynn-Carney as King Aegon II Targaryen , Ewan Mitchell as Prince Aemond Targaryen , Phia Saban as Queen Helaena Targaryen , Bethany Antonia as Lady Baela Targaryen , Kurt Egyiawan as Grand Maester Orwyle , Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower , Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers , Abubakar Salim as Alyn Of Hull , Clinton Liberty as Addam Of Hull , Kieran Bew as Ser Hugh Hammer , Tom Bennett as Ser Ulf White , Ellora Torchia as Kat , Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Prince Daeron Targaryen , Joplin Sibtain as Ser Jon Roxton , Tommy Flanagan as Lord Roderick Dustin , Dan Fogler as Ser Torrhen Manderly , Archie Barnes as Lord Oscar Tully , Jordon Stevens as Elinda Massey , Annie Shapero as Alysanne Blackwood , Oscar Eskinazi as Prince Joffrey Velaryon , Simon Chandler as The High Septon and Jessica Temple as Marna.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. The fact that we have good acting in this episode isn't really all that surprising as there s always some really good acting in all of this shows episode and yet here in this episode it did feel like the the episodes actors where kind of upping there game a little bit acting as not only do we get the usual good acting from all of the episodes main characters but also the characters that we just met in this season turn in some really good performances. With the best actors in this entire being both Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen and Emma D'Arcy as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen as both of them have great scenes both together and apart where they can really show off there acting skills with Matt showing of that he can the action man type of actor and Emma showing of that she can do these really dramatic scenes and make you believe in them and heck they were both so good in the episode that it really was hard to put one over the other as the episodes best actor as they were both equally as good and equally as engaging to watch in the episode with Matt bringing his usual charm to Daemon and Emma giving of more manic energy in her performance as Rhaenyra both of which are things that really do shine through there final performances. With the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.
Doing the CGI for this episode is PixStone Images , Pixomondo , Outpost VFX , RVX , Red Visual Effects , Rodeo FX , The Third Floor London and Viridian FX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Much like with the episodes acting it's not really all that surprising that we got some really good CGI in this episode as all of this shows episodes have given us some really good effects and while there really isn't any cool shot that shows of the VFX like there was in last weeks episode we do still get some really impressive looking effects shots in this episode. With the episode making great use of digital doubles for alot of it's crowd scenes which is something that does blend in really well with what was filmed practically with there actually being alot more practical effects then there are CGI effects which was quite surprising to see and yet it is something that does make the episodes VFX blend in all the more as now the makers of this episode had something there on set to blend the visual effects into as while something like the dragons will always be CGI how they do the fire isn't always done inside of a computer as for this episode they used a flamethrower and added the dragon in after the fact and that one little thing is something that does make the effects on the dragons all the more better as now when it comes to lighting the dragon can be lit as if it was actually there on the day of filming as there is a light source that can help do it in this case it's the light coming off of the dragon's fire it's a simple thing and yet it's something that alot of show and film makers fail to do and yet as this episode proves it does help to make the episodes effects be all the more better because of it.
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This episode is easily better then the season 2 finale as unlike that episode which was never intended to be the season 2 finale this episode was and may god can you tell the difference right away. As this episode does feel like a big pay off to something that the season was building towards as all throughout the season we kept on getting told about and kept on visiting Tumbleton and seeing how insane Ormund Hightower has become with him willing to risk the lifes over every one including the towns children all so he can put someone on the Iron Throne and rule in the shadows this is something that does make us come to hate him as a character and it's something that the season 2 finale was missing as there was no one to truly hate in that episode as the episode felt like the calm before the storm episode where everything is fine. Where as in this episode it is very firmly the story is so here so move out of the way or it's going to kill you that's the type of episode that this was and that's the type of episode that it truly needed it needed to hell for the character in Tumbleton and we needed those characters to feel unsafe as that will make it all the more satisfying not only for those that don't make it out of the episode alive and well but also for those that do and thankfully this was something that was corrected this time around as if it wasn't and we got a finale like we got in season 2 then the show would loose alot of good faith that it spent weeks trying to get and yet due to the fact that it actually gave us a finale and not just the tease of one it meant that the show could deliver on the things that we were promised at the start of the season.
There shocking isn't alot of Alicent in this episode with the character only appearing in a non speaking role at the end of the episode. This was kind of weird note to end the season on for her character as she is main character in the show and yet she's given literally nothing to do in the episode this is something that would have been fine if this was the big episode 9 of the show as then you could argue that she's going to be showing more up in the next episode but this is meant to be the series finale and whilst there was no way for the makers of this episode to fit her into the episode in a meaningful way they still could have had have a small scene with Aemond just to resolve there plot together for this season but at the same time tho given that Aemond ends up with Aegon again one does have to wonder if Alicent is going to be playing a bigger role in season 4. Unlike Alicent Rhaenyra does get alot to do in this episode as she basically starts to become more and more unhinged like Daenerys was at the end of Game Of Thrones only here it is something that is being handled alot more better due to the fact that it was something that's been built up all throughout the season starting with the loss of her son Jace as for every minor victory that Rhaenyra had this season she suffered a minor loss with those losses all coming together when she finds out that Aegon is not only still alive but so is his dragon , added in with the fact that we've seen betraying her friends and closest allies all throughout the season it does make her turn into being more of a villain feel more natural whereas with Daenerys it was something that quite literally happend in one episode and heck even Rhaenyra had a similar scene that Daenerys had in the finale of Game Of Thrones with characters giving a speech that could both be seen as being inspiring but also evil and twisted.
It wouldn't be a good finale episode without a bunch of characters dying and that is something that we got in this episode with the most shocking death coming right at the end of the episode as we find out that Helaena has died by jumping from her room in The Red Keep what makes this all the more shocking is the fact that we never see her jump the episode shows her walking up to her window and then it cuts to something else before later showing us the after math which was a masterful way to do that death as at first we get the cliff hanging scene of does she she jump or not and then we get the shock of finding out that she she did infact jump and given the fact that she was basically a prisoner in her own home was something that does make alot of sense. This is something that does tie into the fact that Rhaenyra is becoming more and more insane on some basic level as all throughout the season we have seen her trying to manipulate Helaena in someway shape of form with the only one who was able to get her see straight being Alicent and now that Alicent is no longer in the castle it did mean that Rhaenyra wasn't able to get Helaena to do what she wanted which in this case was something small like getting her to eat something and due to the fact that the Rhaenyra herself isn't thinking right instead of trying to reason with her like she would have done at the start of the season she gets her guards to force feed her and while that isn't the thing that makes her wants to kill herself as that is the fact that Rhaenyra herself outright says that Helaena will always be a prisoner in the castle it is something that did contribute to it and because of that we did get a pretty shocking death out of it when it would have been super easy for the makers of this episode to just have this death be and mean nothing.
Now then this episode had / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and ten minuets and six seconds. Which to be fair for a House Of The Dragon finale is the running time that you'd want the episode to have as the episode does have so many things to wrap up from this season that to do so in a smaller amount of time would do a huge disservice to not only the episode on it's but the season as a whole as it would mean that something would have to fall through the cracks and be forgotten about inorder for the episode to meet that running time in the first place yet due to the fact that the makers of this episode clearly realized that they made a mistake last season with that finale episode it felt like that they went over board to fix that with this seasons finale and apart of that does include having a longer running time with the episode itself having more then enough plot there to cover this amount of running time in the first place. However tho the episode doesn't really use it's running time all that wisely due to the fact that the episode doesn't take the time to fully develop it's plot which in all fairness it kind off didn't need to do as it could be argued that te rest of the season was spent adding things to this episodes plot which would make it more developed in the first place but it still would have been nice if sometime was spent on developing the plot of this episode with it being made clear as day that the makers of this episode cared more about killing off characters then they did about giving u a well developed plot. The same thing is also true for the episodes character development as while the episode didn't need to develop it's characters due to alot of them getting there development in previous episodes it still would have been nice if some of the character got some kind of development even if it was something small with it being make clear as day that the makers of this episode are more focused n giving scenes with a drunk Ulf then there were in giving it's characters development but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho it tho.
So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With a good chunk of the episode just being spent of The Battle Of Tumbleton which in all fairness was something that was gong to always be the case as its the very thing that the season had been building towards in the first place and therefor it does make sense for a large portion of the episode to be focused there but it still would have been nice if we got an action scene or two in another location just to keep things interesting. With the best action scene in the whole entire episode of course being the whole Battle Of Tumbleton itself due to the fact that you really can't just pick out one moment or one segment from this battle and all it best bit of it as the battle itself was just so awsome to see on screen as we do get to see alot of soldiers both Hightower and Targaryen and men from the north all fighting it out and it is something that does create for an interesting battle scene as while the Targaryen men and the men of the north are fighting on the same side it doesn't mean that any of them will make it out alive with even Daemon getting into a hand to hand fight with someone and almost getting killed if the makers of the show are willing to do that to main character and make us believe that they could kill him off then alot of the side characters don't stand a chance with the rest of the episodes action being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Overall if you haven't watched this episode before now go and watch it as it is just that good of an episode that does make you want to watch season 4 just to see what happens next and while we do have another two years to wait before the final season what be sure is that this episode is alot more better then the season 2 finale was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well a all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very season really does earn itself a grand old of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 with the episode earning an 8 out of 10 from me.
Now then a for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.
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