I don’t really want to get into arguing over who has decoded the episode “correctly”. I don’t really think that it’s about extracting the hidden hard-coded meaning, I think it’s about constructing an interpretation of events and then drawing out which point might be made from that interpretation.

It seems to me that Rhaenyra is learning new and exciting (terrifying) things about power, and what it really is. She’s a quick learner and a quick thinker.

You sound like a hideous men’s rights / MAGA chud type and you’re not nearly as clever or funny as you think you are, but I gotta say, we’re on the same side on this issue. The “controversy” over the Prince’s kiss is straight-up nonsense.

Please bear with me; I didn’t rewatch the first two seasons before starting this one...