[Groundhog]

The actor swap didn't bother me so much - I agree it was probably not needed, especially when handled pretty inconsistently - basically all younger actors changed. Feels like they could have hired a slightly older cast to play the younger versions of themselves in most cases. Still, D'Arcy as Rhaenyra for me is just playing an older and more mature character. I thought Alcock was great though, but it's not distracting me as much as I thought.


Overall though I'm really enjoying it. It's fun having stories in this world without the baggage of GRRM's many, many plot threads. It's definitely different to GRRM's stuff, but fun all the same. Enjoying it a heck of a lot more than Ring of Power, which I think we're now 2 episodes behind and honestly unlikely to pick it up again.