Daenerys Targaryen first episode from a frightened girl to an empowered woman, was widely praised. Gilbert said that "Clarke doesn't have a lot of emotional variety to work with as Daenerys, aside from fierce determination, and yet she is riveting." In his review for "A Golden Crown," Todd VanDerWerff for "The A.V. Club" commented on the difficulty of adapting such an evolution from page to screen, but concluded that "Clarke [...] more than seal[s] the deal here. IGN's Matt Fowler also praised Clarke and noted that Daenerys's choice to watch Viserys die was "powerful" and an important shift in her character. "Time"s
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