I enjoy what they are building. Several threads being slowly unwound but not so much that you cannot follow the characters or the story.
A few random thoughts --
The crab pirate is clearly going to be more of a problem than the King thinks. That should be a fun one and I suspect it will lead to some dragon fighting action. I'm always down for dragons roasting crabs.
I like Lord Corlys (whew, trying to wed his 12 year old daughter to the King was a bold move!) and see him as a budding Littlefinger.
Over/Under on episodes until Princess Raenyra shares a kiss with Ser Criston Cole is 3.
So, is Alicent Hightower now going to be both Princess Raenyra's best friend and her mother?!?!? Oh, that won't get awkward at all.
What exactly was Lord Hightower's (the Hand) plan for confronting Daemon had Raenyra not shown up with her dragon? Did he think Daemon was just going to hand over the egg because a dozen knights were standings there? Daemon's dragon could have snuffed them all out in a heartbeat if he wanted to. Raenyra was right that taking a dragon (or two or three) would be the best way to make Daemon give up the egg. They need to give her more to do around the small table than just fill the water goblets.