The audience — no matter whether you’re — should be united on a few notes: (1) It was awfully funny last week to that he’s been, at least temporarily, outmatched by Rhaenyra; (2) The formerly magnetic Daemon has been almost been completely wasted this season at Harrenhal and has now endured, like, six weeks of visions that were certainly orchestrated by Alys Rivers. This week, however, the haunting of Daemon moves past beheading young Rhaenyra and watching Viserys further fall apart. By way of the Weirwood tree, he sees a montage vision of future events including Daenerys, her eggs, her blood-magic dragons, and White Walkers, which collectively (and apparently) suggest the message that “winter is coming,” which he later utters out loud.
Finally, these visions are going somewhere, even if they do feel very “wtf” and almost random in execution. These new visions miraculously lead Daemon to bend the knee to his Queen (his vision also included her on the Iron Throne) when Rhaenyra surfaces in Harrenhal upon suspicion of her husband’s treachery. His new attitude feels awfully abrupt (it sure looks like the show isn’t going to include Nettles from the book), but that oddness does not surpass what we saw go down in Daemon’s head.
In an episode with very little action, at least viewers could react to the “what the hell is happening” factor: OMG! Let’s unpack Daemon’s vision at the Godswood: Brynden Rivers confirmed to be the Three-Eyed Raven, White Walke.