'House of the Dragon Season 2' Episode 3 Review: Rhaenyra and Alicent Finally Meet; GoT's Prequel Series Garners Positive Reactions From Critics

House of the Dragon's Season 2, Episode 3 premiered on July 1, generating positive buzz. With vengeance driving the narrative, the coming conflict promises a brutal war. Caught between power-hungry advisors, Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Alicent (Olivia Cooke), who meet at Great Sept, face the devastating consequences of their deepening rift. Critics describe the episode as a tense calm before the storm, as the Greens and Blacks inch closer to a clash. Check out early reviews of the hit show below. House of The Dragon Season 2 Episode 1: Did JioCinema Censor Sex and Violence in the HBO Show? Here's What We Know!

HT: "The meditative and pensive third episode, adapted by David Hancock and directed by Geeta Vasant Patel, is more interested in the processing the shared hurt and regret at both ends, embroidered in scenes involving dialogues and impressions."

IndieWire: "Shockingly, and intriguingly, we watch Alicent digest the fact that she placed Aegon on the throne as a result of miscommunication. I’m not getting my hopes up, but this opens the door for Alicent to shift loyalty, or at the very least to relinquish the vigor of her cause. She convinced herself since Viserys’ death that what she heard was absolute, but there’s humility and terror in her eyes when she realizes her the truth."House of the Dragon Gets Season 3 Renewal: HBO Confirms Targaryen Legacy Continues (Watch Promo Video).

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IGN: "Perhaps it’s the devastation of the battlefield, or all the gratuitous nudity, or the fact that we see a dragon in flight, but Episode 3 feels more like the sort of high fantasy drama we came to House of the Dragon for than the two previous episodes – and one that offers far more promise for the future. Rhaenyra is back to herself and Alicent now understands the stakes, and that will drag both courts into a conflict that looks set to blow up, properly, any second now. Right? Surely."

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