honest opinion ab hotd s2 ending:
i personally feel like it could have been better. like it didn't feel like a season finale, i wasn't on the edge of my seat like i was with s1's ending. and i know the story takes time to develop but PERSONALLY i feel like so much time this season was wasted on daemon in harrenhall and pointless scenes between alicent and rhaenyra (i personally didn't like them). it all just felt very much like a filler the entire season
NOW, i believe they should have ended the season out with a bang, like maybe, teasing the battle of the gullet, like how they did in season 1 with rhaenyra looking into the camera after luke. but that's just my personal opinion.
overall, this season was not as good as season 1 in terms of plot, but this season def had a lot of great things ab it