S3E1
Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood
House of the Dragon · 2026-06-21 · 66 min
FLICKFEEL
73
from 55 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
Driven by her faith in Alicent, Rhaenyra positions herself to take King's Landing while the Triarchy sails to take on Corlys in the Gullet.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
10
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
50
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 55 comments — 20 said when.
😴 middle death — Great ends, the middle gives up. Hard going most of the way through. In the last stretch it was tender and painful at the same time, which is the state people mean by being moved. Very little of it ever resolves.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
😴 middle death — great ends, the middle gives up
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“Sheepstealer is baby gurl”
FancyShrimp▲ 3,736about 0–15% inread it ↗
“Baby gurl no what is you doing”
FancyShrimp▲ 3,736about 75–100% inread it ↗
“Honestly didn’t expect this much action in the first episode.”
thirtydayhump▲ 1,912about 0–15% inread it ↗
“Such a stressful episode holy fuck”
johnppd▲ 1,667about 75–100% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Loni Peristere
- written
- Ryan J. Condal
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Phil Daniels as Maester Gerardys
Paul Kennedy as Lord Jasper 'Ironrod' Wylde
Max Wrottesley as Ser Lorent Marbrand
Nicholas Jones as Lord Bartimos Celtigar
Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne
Archie Barnes as Ser Oscar Tully
Abigail Thorn as Sharako Lohar
Tommy Flanagan as Ser Roderick Dustin