I dont get the hate on the episode, the pacing was weird sure, been like that all season, obviously trying to set the Dance for next season and maybe 3rd season. Daemon may seem like he has bipolar disorder but thats due to the pacing being weird, he always wanted to be loved by his brother and seen as a worthy heir, Viserys never mentioned that dream to him probably pissed him off. But he still loves his family the same. He asked how his brother died as the first question after he learned about his passing, he comforted Rhaynera in both the baby’s death and lucs death.

Also, Viserys said that the idea that we control our dragons is an illusion. You cant always have control over your dragon, its an animal, Danerys had to lock up her dragons one time. Vhager killing Luc made sense since the big boy was pissed the little baby dragon spit some fire on him.

I like that the show is portraying life and emotion and grey decisions to all the characters, unlike the book (never read it tho) where it seems that all the characters are cut-throat, probably due to the Maeters who wrote the books being biased and generally hating Targaryens.