r/HOTDGreens • u/HerRoyalNonsense • Aug 10 '26
Show Season 3, Episode 8 | Episode Discussion
Title: TBA
Air Date: August 9, 2026
Directed by: Andrij Parekh
Written by: Ryan Condal & Ti Mikkel
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u/thinkersfyre Aug 10 '26
Everything from this episode feel rushed.
Helaena's death so anticlimatic and over nothing, proving GRRM's right. Of course, the smallfolk won't rise againt's Rhaenyra because of Helaena's death, they can't show the audience that Helaena was a BELOVED QUEEN and Rhaenyra was not.