This season finale lifted so brilliantly. It hurled itself into the stratosphere with an intoxicating mix of public acclamations, secret meetings, portentous dreams and mud wrestling.

This episode played with the nexus of power and class quite elegantly. Who deserves power? And more importantly - when and why might you share it?

Of all the things I was expecting in this episode, the Black Queen taking a pit stop on the Magical Mysaria Tour was not among them.

After the colossal impact - oh dear, poor choice of phrase - of last episode, I’m not surprised House of the Dragon scaled back on the epic in favour of Epicureanism.

Don’t get me wrong, the Battle of Rooks Rest and the slow build towards it was incredible, but right now I need a moment to simply seethe.

An incredibly tense final scene between two women characters realising a colossal screw up has occured could only be interrupted by FULL FRONTAL MALE NUDITY!

In an episode that covers between 24 to 72 hours after the foul murder of wee little Jaehaerys, “Rhaenyra the Cruel” is a masterclass in what happens when people disregard reason and double down on their emotions.

A grieving and distraught Queen Rhaenyra utters four words that sets in train a devastating sequence of horror that even she - as hellbent on revenge as she is - was unlikely to have predicted.

The decision to create separate Greens and Blacks trailers for House of the Dragon Season 2 was pretty inspired.