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This show has been wedged to air in between RuPaul's Drag Race Season 15 and RuPaul's Drag Race Untucked, hoping for fans of that show to be too lazy to switch channels.

In turn, it also shortened the air time of Drag Race to 60 minutes with commercials instead of 90, making it appear much more heavily edited and forced.

Real Friends of WeHo disguised itself as queer representation, however it does nothing to earn it. In fact, to even exists, it cuts of half an hour of already existing acclaimed queer representation, which was, quite frankly, the worst decision MTV could have made.

This show might have stood a chance if it wasn't a pure cash grab and made to "redeem" Todrick Hall, who came under scrutiny for not paying his employees and much more.

If you want to make room for queer representation, actually make room for it. Don't take away the representation that already exists. Put your heart and soul into it and don't produce an ego boost of people who should need some time away from the spotlight.

Actually give queer people shows they want to see. Then maybe you'll get the ratings YOU want to see, MTV.

Don't force feed us trash and expect us to say thank you. Especially after peeing into our soup beforehand as well.

Give us back the normal length of Drag Race, find more space for queer shows at other times, and produce something worthwhile. Maybe that way you'll find success.

But this ain't it.

Let's face it, it was always going to be an impossible task to top the previous two episodes in their greatness. So I am not at all surprised that this one felt a bit tamer.

But nonetheless, it was an amazing setup for the Dance of Dragons. Many characters had new nuances added to them, underlining once again that nothing can really be divided into just "Green" and "Black".

Instead, Green is deeling with lots of inner conflicts themselves, which was very interesting to see.

We saw lots of scheming in this one, from all sides (except from Rhaenyra and Daemon, who seem to be the center of next episode). And the big Dance is finally on the Horizon.

There seem to be some people not liking the subtle ways characters here are portrayed and therefore decide it's bad writing, or they don't like the scene at the end, because they felt it lacked an obvious decision.

But I implore you to look at all the subtle hints that have been sown in previous episodes and in this one, as well as understanding that the source material is going to be added upon to make the characters more complex.

While this episode is not the best of the season, it also is far from the worst. And no where near comparable to the atrocity of seasons 7 and 8 and the painful mediocrity of seasons 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones.

This episode is well worth watching, despite not being the gut punch of an episode we know the 9th episode to be.

So... New principal that acts like a dictator? Check.

Needless relationship drama? Check.

Guzmán being a jerk and me being flabberghasted how people actually like him? Check.

Sexual ass*ult being framed as sexy? Yeah, that one unfortunately gets a check, too.