idk I thought it was jarring for maybe 10 min but I felt like all the new actors were pretty good by the end, even Rhaenyra. I do miss young Rhaenyra’s mischievous grin, but it makes sense for that character that it faded away in the intervening years.
The characters all have nice backstories and complicated relationships now, and I’m more excited for the next episode than I was for most of the earlier ones. Feels like there’s more narrative momentum now.