What did you think of the season? EDIT: the creature is most likely one of the “Green Men.” A group of people entrusted with protecting the Isle of Faces and weirwood trees.
It was good but ended poorly Aegon running instead of facing his brother shows how weak he really is Alicent decision to give Larys strong favor again burns the Hightowers badly. Listening to him, Larys destroys Mysaria home as well as her spies That sends Mysaria to Rhaenyra who one, saves Rhaenyra life, two helps Rhaenyra sows hate and discontent in Kings landing but most importantly she helped Rhaenyra find dragon riders giving her massive advantage. Side note Rhaenyra and Mysaria get close in every sense of the word Aemond's hot headed nature is turning the small council against him so its only a matter of time before they turn on him Lannister coming back with a fleet from the Triarchy is in vain as Rhaenyra has more than enough dragons to lay waste to their ships
As long as all the set up pays off in season 3 I don't have any complaints. People want to get right to the action, but the set up is key for a good climax. Also from a business stance this will build hype for ep1 of next season
The first half of the season I was locked in. But then it started to drag and give us nothing new. Last episode was ALL buildup with no payoff and waiting 2 years for the payoff is upsetting and insulting
The season fell off after Rook’s Rest. Tbh episodes 5-8 all blend in together and I can’t even tell them apart lol. The only interesting thing that happened was in episode 7 with the red sowing
@@Roger-il8iw Nothing happened? 3 new dragon riders. Meleys and Rhaenys dead. Aegon burnt and Sunfyre crippled beyond belief. The small folk have begun rioting. One assassination. One assassination attempt. New mystery bastard characters. Armies on the march and castles being burnt. But yeah… nothing happened. Season one, viserys wife dies. Viserys remarried. New wife’s kid kills his first kids son. “Nothing happened”.
What did you expect? They took a few hundred pages of source material and decided to do several seasons of television. Everybody knew they were milking this franchise for as long as possible.
I might not be part of the popular opinion but I love The House Of The Dragon! I love every bit and piece of the entire episode! I love the storytelling, the acting, the costumes, the cinematography, the music, and more! For me, Emma and Olivia delivered the last scene! These two deserve awards for their ability to capture moments and expressions without words! The entire cast delivered and they did it with grace and whatever the materials that were given to them! From the maides to the supporting actors, and to the King's guards everyone did an amazing acting 🎭 job! I am looking forward to season 3. I dislike that I have to wait 2 years but I will wait! Btw….I do wish they had 10 episodes instead of 8!
I thought they tied up all the strings to lead into Season 3 wonderfully! The perfect balance between ending this season and cliff-hanging the next. The few seconds of the Stark Greybeards at The Twins, Raena being set up to be the ultimate wild card next season, all of it!
Yes I cannot believe the amount of impatient little idiots whining about it being boring or too slow. These people can’t recognise a great play of acting when it hits them in the face. Shame
@@a.j.1819 The acting and the screenplay setting up the acting. I guess we're kind of old school in this thread, not obsessed with immediate gratification. I love character development and the build up of tension and anticipation. Like a good meal, don't rush me, let me savor it.
When it was 50 mins in and we only just got confirmation that Daemon was for Rhaenyra, I knew we were getting close to nothing. But I thought we’d at least get to see Rhaena bring Sheepstealer to dragon stone. Super disappointing, I could’ve gone without watching the finale
@@bekongwu602 lol wut? Everything about this season was incredible, including the pacing. It does feel a bit like we got the last two episodes just chopped off, though.
1. That creature was a greenman from the Isle of faces. 2. For all the ppl saying it was a waste of a season, y'all aren't book readers. The books were always prophesy heavy, lore based and politics focused with battles on the side. 3. The writers are correcting what d&d ruined because they didn't use the lore and prophesies for over half of got. Prophecies are the motivations for a majority of the characters in ASOIAF both past and present. 4. The dance of dragons wasn't just battle after battle. Got has a lot of tv only fans thinking that especially towards the end of the show. There will be battle and death but y'all have to understand that they need to set up players and not everyone was there from the beginning. 5. (Spoiler ahead) There was always clues that dreamers and greenseers were similar, the show tying things to bloodraven and Dany makes sense because they're from Daemon's and Rhaenyra's line. Both play important roles to the future stories. Bloodraven is important in several areas for the Targaryens, the night's watch and Bran. 6. Don't watch dunk and egg, many of y'all will hate it.
Aces! Thank you for doing this so I didn’t have to. I love this show-it has managed to put characters and lore back into ASOIF and it has given me hope for HBO’s future with George’s material. My only gripe is about Corlys and Laenor: srsly, that needs to be addressed somehow because Corlys’ loyalty to Rhaenyra doesn’t make much sense otherwise. S3 will hopefully happen without the challenges (pandemic + strikes) that plagued the first two seasons . I think it’s amazing that they’ve done so well despite these
It’s crazy how season 1 was able to buy back so much goodwill from fans that felt burned by the ending of GOT only for this season to drop the ball and leave us back where we were.
Dragged it. All of Daemons illusions just for him to bend the knee? Didn’t show up by his wife’s side. He’s the reason Raynce is dead and he’s still at Harron Hall? Why did Rynera entertain any of Alicante’s words. Killing Agond doesn’t guarantee Aemond bending the knee. Trash. Wasted my time. No longer a fan. Another GOT trick. Ungrateful to viewers. No longer interested
@@AngelA-de8fbexactly, Daemon spent basically the ENTIRE season in a Scooby Doo episode getting haunted night after night. You would think that at some point bro would just get used to it or sleep at a nearby inn.
@@waltertheterrible6062It was to build his character. Daemon at the beginning of the season would never have bent the knee. His hallucinations were to bring to the forefront all of his selfishness, greed, callousness and arrogance and show that it has gotten him nothing. Like Alys said “this world will not be bent” pay attention to the show, it’s pretty obvious what they’re doing. Even if media illiterate people like yourself can’t see that.
@@darasuum1462 I forgot more last night than you'll ever know little one. This show was complete garbage. And I've read all of Martins work, they ruined the story too. What a waste of a season.
The attention to detail, fleshed out explanations, entertaining editing, and House sigils/castle names at the bottom in your video are extremely helpful and entertaining. Thank you for your hard work!!
Two whole years of wait just for the same six or eight scenes of people discussing important stuff in a shipyard, a castle, a haunted castle, and a bigger more royal castle, repeated ad nauseum throughout 8 episodes. Terrific!
It’s amazing how media illiterate you people are. “They showed us the important stuff 😢😢😢 show sucks!” Yeah, setting the scene is writing101, you’re supposed to do that. Media is not supposed to be all action, but I can’t help but suspect if they’d rush this like you would have wanted, you’d still be complaining. Watch something else that can satisfy your short attention span.
@@PerfectDark0 they literally didn't do anything for 8 episodes outside of 1 battle. the lord of the rings made 3 movies of people walking to a mountain and had better plot than this. it has nothing to do with media literacy and more about pushing the narrative forward. it moved at a snails' pace. Had they had 10 episodes, we could have at least got the blacks taking kings landing. but to save money, they chopped it. So either HBO doubles the budget for next season or it will be equally as bad and having battles pushed to season 4 and the season 3 plot stretched to the point of making the narrative dull and uninteresting like they did this season.
It’s called good writing and this is politics… did you not yet understand that in the world of Martin’s ASOIaF and HOTD politic is everything, discussions, setting up the narrative?? At this point it would be better for you to just stop watching something you won’t understand
@@z.stoyanovaYeah but the politicking and writing is nowhere near GoT level or anything in ASOIAF. It's a B-Show at best NOW. But that's because of how this season failed to push the story further with each and every scene after the half way point. So the dialogue and politicking you're referring to is often contrived and not subtle. There ren't really any clever characters to be invested in if they easily unravel under the first bit of duress they've been put under. Aemond after he gets the Crown is a prefect example of this. And I think it's done in spite of his popularity, which is a no no.
The season climaxed backwards if you ask me. The first half went as it should but the second half was lackluster with nothing but raising tensions, all smoke and no fire and this is a crime to send us into a two year wait with THIS The writers are definitely not D&D but they’re dropping the ball
If you had read the books and kept up with the lore you would have been jumping out of your seat during the last episode. This whole season has been for the true fans and I loved every moment of it 👍
@@pyramidion5911 you have shitty taste in film. this was a majorly poor decision on behalf of the showrunners. there is cliffhangers, and then there is this fucking shit.
I appreciate your exaggeration however, this is not true. A lot happened this season. The one thing that could be complained about was the pacing. We also don't want the pacing to be too fast and condensed either.
Could that creature that Daemon sees behind a tree be a sign of the fall of his lineage? This character has antlers and that’s the animal on the banner of House Baratheon, who ends up overthrowing the Mad King.
Game of thrones is about treachery and plotting and they did that. I think Criston Coles and Gwayne Hightower had the best scene though, Criston the hated, dropped a bagger of a line. " That all men are corrupt. Honor is a just a mist that melts in the morning.". I wish there was more treachery in this season but I'm sure 2 of the 4 dragon riders will side with Aemon next season.
@@elericrivera2010Thank you. Someone with some media literacy in this comment section. The line of all men being corrupt and honor being fleeting like mist PERFECTLY sets up all the backstabbing and deception that will come in the next season.
Helena cannot distinguish reality and her dreams, she was actually living in her dreams thats why if you notice sometimes her reaction is like she's being confused or interrupted like she was being sucked in reality while on her dream state, imagine when ads pop up while you're browsing and you stayed watching those ads, that's helena inside her dreams
Yes! Throughout known history depending on the time period, people with prophetic gifts such as Helena are seen as mad. Of course, when democracy emerges in Ancient Greece, those with the gift for prophecy are not shunned by society but consider blessed by the Gods. But then we have healers being tortured and killed under King James I and the Salem Witch Trials. I look forward to see where they go with her character compared to how "history" portrays her because already we are seeing how the mystery of the dragons is playing out and will shape the future cultural beliefs moving forward in Westeros.
Was so excited to see sheepstealer only to see him for 5 seconds at the end. They could’ve made this episode 2 hours, or at least made the season 10 ep, it felt so rushed.
Even if you ignored the book, which the writers have clearly done, then Alicent's decision to bend the knee to Rhaenyra and sacrifice her sons still doesn't make sense in the context of how she was portrayed in Season 1. She spent most of Aegon's life fuelling his fear that once Rhaenyra ascends the throne, she will have him killed to secure her claim, to remorsefully sacrificing both him and his brothers to salavage her childhood relationship. It's character assassination of the highest order.
@@bosspoke it makes sense for her in the show but I haven't read the book. In the show she always believed that Rhaenyra would ascend the throne and kill her family to keep it because that's what her father made her believe would happen. She also believed that Rhaenyra was not fit to be queen because she indulged in debauchery and shirked her duties. But now she is the one who has plunged the realm into civil war and her son massacres innocents at the drop of a hat. She's also likely realised that there is no winning this on her side and she's doing all she can to save her only innocent children, being Haelena and Daeron and her grandchild. She probably believes that it's either they all die along with millions of innocent people or just two. It's an impossible choice and they did show that she agonised over it
Oh and apparently Sunfire is dead. LOL. that is also a major plot point they just decided to change because if i am not mistaken, Rhaenyra is supposed to die in a breath of his fire. they made this clear even in the actual GoT lore bits you can find here on youtube uploaded years ago and read by the kid who played Joffrey in the original GoT show.
You mean the part where he sees the writers give the throne to the womanz just because she's a womanz and totally sideline the best and most capable character in the show for an entire season
@@lucidmemory4146 yup the scenes don't have the kind of intriguing conversations we had in the earlier seasons of GOT which despite having no battles for 90% of the season were still captivating enough for the audience to tune in for first 5 seasons
I dont understand all the complaints. I love this series, almost as good as early GoT. Only complaint i have is that I wish this season would've been 10 episodes ,with a great battle in the end. You cant rush a show like this, then it becomes just like the end of GoT.
My thoughts exactly. I loved the pacing, the arcs of the characters (specially Daimon´s), the introduction of the magic of the children of the forrest and the themes of the song of ice and fire. BUT.....I felt let down with this last episode. You can´t build up only for so long....we (from what I´m seeing everyone agrees on that) needed an action packed strong ending here.
YEAH BUT DUDE 4 YEARS DOE. THEY STARTED THIS 2 YEARS AGO, WE GOT NOTHING THIS SEASON AND NOW WE GOTTA WAIT ANOTHER 2 YEARS. 4 GOD DAMN YEARS AND NOTHING HAS FUCKING HAPPENED
IMDB 5/10 from me. What a bullshit episode!! Are these makers vent on making House of Dragons a LGBTQ+ campaign?? Wtf was that!! Making a character again female also giving to a lesbian pro transgender?? Also now making Alicent and Rhaenyra the rightful symphatisers wtf? These scenes are making the cruelty and ruthlessness funny. Fucking garbage.
Great season. You're just too dumb to realize game of thrones has always been about conversation, dialogues, political intrigue, etc. Typical S8 enjoyer.
They are padding the show with mostly filler because there is very little source material. It's The Hobbit all over again. They want that sweet 200million per season gravy train to continue even though they don't have much of a story to tell.
@@OdinReactor yeah Everything needs to end next season. Once she takes kings landing. There isn't much story left besides the attack on her. If they do 10 episodes. First 5 is the take over and last 5 is the aftermath. I was enjoying this season but the finale proved they just dragging this for no reason.
I think I might have just had the best RUclips ad break ever 😂 ‘She feared the lives of her other children could be taken by Aemon or…..MOZAREEEELLLLA STICKS’ 😂😂
Yeah and that one fight emptied HBO's coffers.. CGI is not cheap. Each episode was the cost and the work of a 2 hour film. This show is more Character Driven. They didn't even have the money to build new empires they had to shoot what looks like the same Game of Thrones but with Dragons. 200 years are supposedly to have passed. It's like comparing the Elizabethan Court with the Victorian Court. As if any of you are gonna stop watching this shit you're stuck in it like the rest of us and they know it
I didn’t watch GOT until the entire 8 seasons were done and then binge watched it. It was so good to watch it like that not having to wait a week and then however long between seasons. I loved it. Now I’m waiting between seasons for HOTD and absolutely hating it!
My biggest gripe is that Rhaenyra is too much of a Saint, what made the Dance interesting was that while the Blacks had the "better cause" they're both equally shitty.
Rhaenyra was quite "sh*tty" to Alicent. She forced to bargain for her own son's life. The son who is already burned, bowed and broken. It would have been a small matter for Rhaenyra offer mercy to Alicent and to Aegon. The Whole Son for a Son thing already played out. It made Rhaenyra seem utterly uncompromising and ruthless. Yes the Green usurped the throne and crown and struck first and struck hard. But Rhaenyra seemed simultaneously reluctant but at the same time driven. It seemed that she believes it is her calling, her duty, her mission and thus any savagery is a necessary evil to accomplish her place on the throne. Yes the Greens do care more for power than duty.
@@ssri1675No her reticence has saved her life. She couldn’t do anything because she HAD NO ARMY! Lmao it’s like y’all don’t even watch the show. The show has been beating over your head that without an army, YOU CANNOT WAGE A WAR!!
@@victorpradha9946Lmao Rhaenyra doesn’t owe Alicent anything considering it was HER throne that was usurped and HER son that was killed first. If Alicent was so concerned about the wellbeing of Aegon, SHE WOULDNT HAVE STARTED A CIVIL WAR. Watch the show next time before commenting, damn.
@@J_ads2000they should’ve done 2 seasons with 12 episodes. Four seasons is ridiculous when we know it’s this drawn out. Especially with the 2 year wait. I’m dropping the show
You actually pay for this shit !. I got to episode 6 and stopped watching.BLACK dragon riders and lesbian everything's. Then a women leading ships WOKE LEFT RETARDS RUIN EVERYTHING
In my opinion, the wendigo like character with the antlers spotted in this episode represents the demon of the trident(Robert Baratheon). His battle armor has the stag symbol with antlers attached to the helmet. I think it symbolizes the end of the Targaryen dynasty since it was Robert’s rebellion that ended the 300 Targaryen rule in Westeros but I may be wrong.
Dude. Are you joking? Why would it? The chess pieces are still being set up. Everything is being set up for war and action. This show is running for 4 seasons.
@denicarson9082 ive been defending this show but there really should've been 2 more episodes. Ep 9 being the battle of the gullet and ep 10 having Rhaenyra take over kings landing then have it end there. This was a major disappointment
@@denicarson9082everybody has short attention spans :| I agree, not the greatest action, but I loved that they expanded on a lot of the characters’ backstories and everything. Like you said, all the chess pieces still being put into place I love it, Season 3 will be greatness
@@KingX88 Compared to the first few seasons of got this show has no payoff not to mention it took them 2 years all for there to be no payoff atleast in got every finale ended on a very very shocking high note this just feels like the execs milking this show because it's a cash cow for hbo
@@KingX88last season had to set up far more and still ended on a high note there should've been more to this season first few episodes were amazing and then nothing really happened they could tell this whole story in 3 seasons if they wanted to but there gonna milk it hard
My boy Larys out here trying to convince Aegon to join him on an Ibiza holiday while the company goes under 😭 Alright jokes aside Im honestly really upset that this is the finale we get before waiting 2 years. We ended S1 with everyone preparing for war. How are we ending S2 with everyone still preparing for war? And I don’t wanna hear any of that “character development” bullshit that you people here have been using to justify the slow pace for WEEKS. Like Daemon and Rhaenyra’s storylines this season weren’t utterly repetitive and dull (“wHaT woULd yOu hAvE me dO “) Alicent’s dumbass selling out her entire family who have no idea and are marching to their deaths and Heleana spoiling the entire show. I don't even know how Otto end up in a cell man!! You cannot convince me all this couldn’t have been the first half of a 10 episode season. HBO fumble up big time. To the writers of this show, you suck
how is a fumble when your dumbass is going to see all the episodes of season 3 lol, and dont tell me you werent entertained because if it was a great season finale you would have been shitting your pants and glazing the show lol
You’re under the fundamental misunderstanding that season one ended with a preparation for war. No, season one ended with a DECLARATION of war, and that was the death of Lucerys. Season two is the PREPARATION for war. Your grievance should be with your media illiteracy and not the writers. It’s evident you wouldn’t understand anything they would have written.
That's the problem. You have expectations instead of just watching the story unfold. You caused yourself to be disappointed. They have to set up everything before you get to the actual war and action. People are so impatient!
If HBO can’t do better than this GRRM should take his books and ideas and go the Prime! I am so tired of the HBO producers screwing this up. I have an idea maybe they should read the books if they need a clue!!!
I will never forgive the writers for mishandling Alicent's character so badly. They turned one of the most interesting characters from the book and Season 1, a scheming, ambitious women who cares deeply for her children, into a lobotomy patient. Alicent sold Aegon out explicitly, Daeron implicitly, and told Rhaenyra their battle plans and the movement of Aemond, Criston and Gwayne. And then, to add insult to injury, suggested Rhaenyra run away with her in the woods, as if the throne matters little in comparison to the childhood relationship they had 15 years ago. What is this Ao3 fanfiction level of dialogue?
the whole season is ridiculous in that way. all are in static dialogues, almost muttered, half toned dialogues. they look like ghost actors who do not know that they are dead --'....
It was the producers, not the writers. The writers wanted 10 episodes but it would have taken another few months to come out. Producers wanted it out as soon as possible. Writer Sara Hess told Entertainment Weekly in May, “It wasn’t really our choice.”
Too late. All it takes is some youtube influencers talking garbage about the writers and now everyone has their pitchforks up agains the writers, regardless of any other facts.
@@deviatlon it makes sense with all the CGI. Marvel movies have to start rendering special effects before the movies script is even finished, 2-3 years in advance. That’s why they sometimes have theses massive CGI fights that don’t really fit with the story (like the ending of Black Widow). And that’s just for a two hour movie. HOTD probably has 3-4 massive CGI dragon battles that are still incomplete.
Despite everyone's saying, I liked this episode, just enjoying watching the true sides of different characters, they willing, conversations, looking up for hints and hidden jems. And the end was mindblowing with this soundtrack and shots, each part represented a house, I watched it two times, because it's masterpiece. Can't wait for season 3, very eager to see what Ep 1 will bring us. Also, am I the only one who thought that Lohar is a woman?
NO! and they keep calling her HIM.... I thought when she said 'I want to have children from you with my wives' I just thought, oh she must be barren, because if a male...make your own kids?
It’s one of the green men, they live on the isle of faces. I remember reading they have antlers or branches atop their heads. Creepy things. Daemon might wash up there one day. Addam visits on Seasmoke so hopefully we see the isle of faces either way.
I don't know why people are thinking it stops, not just at Aegon, but with Aemond, Daeron, and Otto and Cole as well. And then that's it. Victory... NO. It will come to Helena too. Helena is the blood of VISERYS as well, AND, she can continue to bear heirs. If half the realm believes, no, if half the realm believes in the PERCEPTION that Viserys changed his mind and chose Aegon, then that means Helena is also in direct opposition to Rhaenyra. What happens when Rhaenyra shows mercy to Helena now? She rules for now, yes, and she does have her heir, Jace, and then her other sons. But what happens when Helena, who continues to live, has other children? Rhaenyra will grow old one day, and vulnerable. Helena's children will know their history and blood. Half of the realm fought with the other. They too have not forgot. Unless one side of the family is completely eradicated, there is all the reason to believe that this will be a generational feud that will seemingly never end. WHY ARE PEOPLE NOT REALIZING THIS?!?!? I think the only people in the show we can safely assume to understand this dark reality are: Aemond, Daemon, Otto, and Larys.
Great acting from everybody. Tom glynn’s acting as a broken aegon made me feel for him. Ewan’s acting is incredible as he portrays anger and desperation.
23:16 I saw that moment as like a physical gesture marking how their relationship will never be the same since he left. The trust is still incomplete, she doesn’t trust him and he’s only following her because he was coerced by sorcery
1) Alicent saved Cole from the headsman's axe when he confessed to sleeping with Rhaenyra; 2) Wendigos are Algonquin/Native American. Doubtful that GRRM would allow a REAL cryptid into the world of Westeros; 3) Corlys is NOT Alyn's grandsire. Corlys is his FATHER.
If you watch it with the subtitles on, the wind whispers are translated. Like when Alfred Broome hears something, the wind whispers "traitor" Also Corlyss is Allyn's sire not grandsire. And Tyland messing around with some He-She Ladyboy is hilarious.
I don’t even know. They were calling him “he” in the show, but the casting is a woman… it threw me off for all those scenes, and like I guess just commit to it being a woman? But also, not like we need to be changing males to females when we already have a pretty female dominant lineup of main characters. Identity pandering is so overplayed that it’s just annoying whenever I see it -_-
@@nikhil1651998 Actresses are good though, but this sneaking to your enemys base to have conversation is really stupid if you think about it. Didn't ever happen in the book.
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The finale was anticlimactic. This season had some strong points. Really beautifully shot. Dragons looked amazing. Score was incredible. Some great acting. However, I’m starting to see that it’s the GRRM storytelling and dialogue that really makes this world so fascinating. Without that, it’s missing something. There were many questionable story choices. Some missed opportunities. Hopefully we get WOW before the Dunk & Egg show next year.
LOVED THIS SEASON THE SET UP FOR THE WAR TO COME & WHAT REALLY HAPPENED VS THE BOOKS (WHICH WERE UNRELIABLE RECOUNTINGS ANYWAY) IS A WELCOME REVELATION!!!!❤❤❤❤
Honestly this is what happens when you let Joffrey and Ramsy come together to write a story while on the toilet taking a dump, trying to make the show your own and adding weird things that don’t work, ruining characters among other things good job on making another got s8
There was literally no climax to the season. We literally watched dameon freak out on shrooms the whole show. No fighting, all political debate. I can't believe we are going to have to wait another 2 years if not more to get tf we been waiting to see!
If you’re watching a GoT series for action instead of politics, watch something else. Lmao this is literally why GoT became popular, the politics, not the action. Sorry the show runners aren’t bending to your expectations and making the show worse.
@@PerfectDark0 all the people that complain about no action probably are in love with the shitty marvel movies that have no actual significance or depth. I can’t take any opinion about this show seriously if it’s simply just about the lack of action
we watched the daughter of Damein search for a dragon 2 seasons and this entire episode to no avail. While some drunk stumbled onto a dragon unintentionally. Man this writing is next lvl.
Visions of DAEMON The Three-Eyed Crow, Winter is Coming of the White Walkers, three dragons 🐉🐉🐉of Daenerys in Game of Thrones and Rhaenyra on the IRON Throne. can't wait for the season 3🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
for a great season with great dialogue, great world building, great characterization? You people are the reason we got the garbage that was seasons 7 and 8
@@darasuum1462 not exactly. At least with GOT, they kept your full attention by doing everything you listed without dragging a story line. A 2 year wait for only 8 episodes is sort of a slap in face. Just like the ending of GOT, this finale is not what we expected (and not in a good way). Everyone was expecting to see them go to war. That was the whole point of season 2. They literally could have went to war and left us guessing which side won for the next season. Or something like that.
The season finale felt like a gist of the entire season still preparing for war. No way had I expected another Rhaenyra and Alicent's attempt to avoid conflict while wasting time sneaking around each other. Overall, the season felt slow-paced and dragged on, and the finale seemed to serve more as a prelude to the next season, which promises maybe the full scope of the Dance of the Dragons. It's challenging to wait two years for the next season, especially when this one didn't receive the warmest reception. Wanted to see Rhaena claiming Sheepstealer at the end, they robbed us of it too. Criston Cole's reflections on his wasted life around women were both humorous and poignant. Daemon’s reckoning with his dreams with visions of white walkers and Daenerys, was surprising. The makers would stretch this franchise to 4-5 seasons. After all, dragging out every bit of the narrative seems like their perfect way to keep viewers waiting and hoping for something more 😂
I totally agree ! I felt that we got robbed especially with the season finale. Best scene was with Deamon and his army .. Everything else Sucked !! I was robbed !! 🥺😭😭😭
After watching season 2, I'm convinced season 1 was just a fluke. They are padding this show with so much useless filler it's like watching the Hobbit films all over again but in slow motion.
@nilstsv_0569 right. I was dissapointed in the finale but first 4 episodes were good and 7 was also dope when the claimed the dragons. The twins episode wasnt bad either. Writes strike hurt this season but s3 will be good and all these haters will be back for it just like. In the meantime Dunk an Egg will come out but not sure what to expect from that
@@nilstsv_0569 At least Game of Thrones was better (except the ending of course). I don't remember being this bored throughout the first 2 seasons of GoT lol
This will be much more enjoyable when I can watch all the seasons start to finish....loved this season and thought it was beautifully shot. Next season will provide the action everyone craves.
Daemon saying winter is coming, acknowledging the dream, paying heed to his brother' choice of heir was goosebumps. Still sad that GoT ruined this centuries old struggle in the end.
Heleana didn't attempt to stop her sons death because she accepts that she has no agency in the grand scheme of things. the prophencey demands that what happens MUST happen, let the pieces fall as they may.
What did you think of the season?
EDIT: the creature is most likely one of the “Green Men.” A group of people entrusted with protecting the Isle of Faces and weirwood trees.
Filler
A good episode, but very disappointing for a finale. Feels like season 2 was just a trailer for season 3.
It was good but ended poorly
Aegon running instead of facing his brother shows how weak he really is
Alicent decision to give Larys strong favor again burns the Hightowers badly. Listening to him, Larys destroys Mysaria home as well as her spies
That sends Mysaria to Rhaenyra who one, saves Rhaenyra life, two helps Rhaenyra sows hate and discontent in Kings landing but most importantly she helped Rhaenyra find dragon riders giving her massive advantage. Side note Rhaenyra and Mysaria get close in every sense of the word
Aemond's hot headed nature is turning the small council against him so its only a matter of time before they turn on him
Lannister coming back with a fleet from the Triarchy is in vain as Rhaenyra has more than enough dragons to lay waste to their ships
As long as all the set up pays off in season 3 I don't have any complaints. People want to get right to the action, but the set up is key for a good climax. Also from a business stance this will build hype for ep1 of next season
😊they dragged it , they left out like 3-4 big time scenes
Daemon seeing the ending of GOT season 8 and then going on a suicide mission immediately after makes sense now.
hahhaha he saw Dumb and Dumber writting couldnt take it
I was super hyped when I saw the white walkers and Daenerys, but then I remembered season 8 of GOT. Still cool to see though.
Lmao
@@cruelty5780 No one could. The tree should show him daemon about Bran the broken. And maybe he'll burn Winterfell to the ground. 😤
I asume sir you made a pun, because the season 8 was so dark that only with a flashlight advertised from TEMU he could have seen anything at all..
We got robbed of 2 episodes, this was a classic episode 8 of a 10 episode season.
Agreed I didn’t like this episode but I feel like it would’ve been fine if it wasn’t the finale.
I didn't even think of that! As I recall GoT was 10 episodes per season, right?
The writers and actors strike is what happened…. Do you guys keep up with the news or….
@@Hiddenone995 bums
@@SMRBI Except for the dumpster fire that was season 7 and 8. Its almost like they havent learn their lesson
3 seconds of Starks army marching down gave me goosebumps.
The first half of the season I was locked in. But then it started to drag and give us nothing new. Last episode was ALL buildup with no payoff and waiting 2 years for the payoff is upsetting and insulting
Yeah that ending was sniffing its own farts, they expect us to be hype to wait another 2 years after this nothing season
@@MarshallWorkman ok
The season fell off after Rook’s Rest. Tbh episodes 5-8 all blend in together and I can’t even tell them apart lol. The only interesting thing that happened was in episode 7 with the red sowing
Garbage season. Nothing happened. So much stark story that they just deleted. Absolutely a garbage season.
@@Roger-il8iw Nothing happened? 3 new dragon riders. Meleys and Rhaenys dead. Aegon burnt and Sunfyre crippled beyond belief. The small folk have begun rioting. One assassination. One assassination attempt. New mystery bastard characters. Armies on the march and castles being burnt. But yeah… nothing happened.
Season one, viserys wife dies. Viserys remarried. New wife’s kid kills his first kids son. “Nothing happened”.
The trees whispered "Traitor" when Alfred heard them, source is the subtitles.
Nice, I wasn't watching with subs
I knew that without subs, I thought it was pretty clear
That part was lowkey funny 😂 like the wind whispering “loser” whenever one of the joke characters acts pathetic
@@haterhayder lol
Could it have been referring to the writers?
"Has She seen his knees recently?? " lol. You made my day , narrator !
we were about to go to war at the end of season 1 and we are about to go to the same war at the end of season 2 lolololol
Season 1 ends with ambitious daemon finally supporting rhaenyras claim, season 2 ends with the exact same thing😂😂😂
yeah it's going to keep stretching as long as they renew the show. it'll be the same by end of s3. maybe, just maybe s4 will be the war itself
What did you expect? They took a few hundred pages of source material and decided to do several seasons of television. Everybody knew they were milking this franchise for as long as possible.
War is coming...just like winter is coming in GOT😂😂😂
"Eight seasons, you've been saying and yet not once until season 8 you've shown the final battle." -Daemon.
@@ssri1675
Season 1: We are building up for a war
Season 2: We are still building up for a war...
season 3: not going to war yet!
@@motulifelikefigures1987
Season 4: The war is over! In the background.
They did the same shit with “WINTER” I’m over this show 😩
House of Dragging
Lmao 😂@@LakeNell
I might not be part of the popular opinion but I love The House Of The Dragon! I love every bit and piece of the entire episode! I love the storytelling, the acting, the costumes, the cinematography, the music, and more! For me, Emma and Olivia delivered the last scene! These two deserve awards for their ability to capture moments and expressions without words! The entire cast delivered and they did it with grace and whatever the materials that were given to them! From the maides to the supporting actors, and to the King's guards everyone did an amazing acting 🎭 job! I am looking forward to season 3. I dislike that I have to wait 2 years but I will wait!
Btw….I do wish they had 10 episodes instead of 8!
Agree 1000%❤
I love it as well for the same reasons you give!
I thought they tied up all the strings to lead into Season 3 wonderfully! The perfect balance between ending this season and cliff-hanging the next.
The few seconds of the Stark Greybeards at The Twins, Raena being set up to be the ultimate wild card next season, all of it!
Yes I cannot believe the amount of impatient little idiots whining about it being boring or too slow. These people can’t recognise a great play of acting when it hits them in the face. Shame
@@a.j.1819 The acting and the screenplay setting up the acting. I guess we're kind of old school in this thread, not obsessed with immediate gratification.
I love character development and the build up of tension and anticipation. Like a good meal, don't rush me, let me savor it.
I was so hyped that there were 15 minutes left at the end just to find out they filled it with making of content. I feel very much betrayed
When it was 50 mins in and we only just got confirmation that Daemon was for Rhaenyra, I knew we were getting close to nothing.
But I thought we’d at least get to see Rhaena bring Sheepstealer to dragon stone. Super disappointing, I could’ve gone without watching the finale
lol same
This…….
Lmao the same here what kind of Assholes are these 😅😆
Same… I whispered “traitor” to the showmakers like the ghosts of Harrenhal did 😂
Dameon camping whole season in Harenhal is wild....
In the fucking book, he spends an entire YEAR at Harrenhal, wtf are you talking about??? Like why comment about shit you don’t understand??
And the acting was all weird. Too many weird facial expressions s by the actors…. Bad writing and bad acting all season long
@@bekongwu602 lol wut? Everything about this season was incredible, including the pacing. It does feel a bit like we got the last two episodes just chopped off, though.
Only too realize he wasn't ment to be ''king''.
@@citizen_wayne lol this season was hot garbage
1. That creature was a greenman from the Isle of faces.
2. For all the ppl saying it was a waste of a season, y'all aren't book readers. The books were always prophesy heavy, lore based and politics focused with battles on the side.
3. The writers are correcting what d&d ruined because they didn't use the lore and prophesies for over half of got. Prophecies are the motivations for a majority of the characters in ASOIAF both past and present.
4. The dance of dragons wasn't just battle after battle. Got has a lot of tv only fans thinking that especially towards the end of the show. There will be battle and death but y'all have to understand that they need to set up players and not everyone was there from the beginning.
5. (Spoiler ahead) There was always clues that dreamers and greenseers were similar, the show tying things to bloodraven and Dany makes sense because they're from Daemon's and Rhaenyra's line. Both play important roles to the future stories. Bloodraven is important in several areas for the Targaryens, the night's watch and Bran.
6. Don't watch dunk and egg, many of y'all will hate it.
Write on!
Aces! Thank you for doing this so I didn’t have to. I love this show-it has managed to put characters and lore back into ASOIF and it has given me hope for HBO’s future with George’s material. My only gripe is about Corlys and Laenor: srsly, that needs to be addressed somehow because Corlys’ loyalty to Rhaenyra doesn’t make much sense otherwise.
S3 will hopefully happen without the challenges (pandemic + strikes) that plagued the first two seasons . I think it’s amazing that they’ve done so well despite these
It’s crazy how season 1 was able to buy back so much goodwill from fans that felt burned by the ending of GOT only for this season to drop the ball and leave us back where we were.
Yes exact feeling! Thought it’s be a redemption but NOPE
Dragged it. All of Daemons illusions just for him to bend the knee? Didn’t show up by his wife’s side. He’s the reason Raynce is dead and he’s still at Harron Hall? Why did Rynera entertain any of Alicante’s words. Killing Agond doesn’t guarantee Aemond bending the knee. Trash. Wasted my time. No longer a fan. Another GOT trick. Ungrateful to viewers. No longer interested
@@AngelA-de8fbexactly, Daemon spent basically the ENTIRE season in a Scooby Doo episode getting haunted night after night. You would think that at some point bro would just get used to it or sleep at a nearby inn.
@@waltertheterrible6062It was to build his character. Daemon at the beginning of the season would never have bent the knee. His hallucinations were to bring to the forefront all of his selfishness, greed, callousness and arrogance and show that it has gotten him nothing. Like Alys said “this world will not be bent” pay attention to the show, it’s pretty obvious what they’re doing. Even if media illiterate people like yourself can’t see that.
@waltertheterrible6062 RIGHT!! Or at least try a different room?!
Hell go sleep by your dragon!!
I added this episode to my sleep time ASMR playlist…
Episode was great. You're just not smart enough to enjoy it it seems.
It was boring the dragons die and the episode was far too slow
@@darasuum1462 I forgot more last night than you'll ever know little one. This show was complete garbage. And I've read all of Martins work, they ruined the story too. What a waste of a season.
@@darasuum1462what’s smart about this episode? This whole season? Please enlighten us.
@@darasuum1462 There is nothing smart about Condal and Hess's writing lol
The attention to detail, fleshed out explanations, entertaining editing, and House sigils/castle names at the bottom in your video are extremely helpful and entertaining. Thank you for your hard work!!
Two whole years of wait just for the same six or eight scenes of people discussing important stuff in a shipyard, a castle, a haunted castle, and a bigger more royal castle, repeated ad nauseum throughout 8 episodes. Terrific!
It’s amazing how media illiterate you people are. “They showed us the important stuff 😢😢😢 show sucks!” Yeah, setting the scene is writing101, you’re supposed to do that. Media is not supposed to be all action, but I can’t help but suspect if they’d rush this like you would have wanted, you’d still be complaining. Watch something else that can satisfy your short attention span.
@@PerfectDark0 they literally didn't do anything for 8 episodes outside of 1 battle. the lord of the rings made 3 movies of people walking to a mountain and had better plot than this. it has nothing to do with media literacy and more about pushing the narrative forward. it moved at a snails' pace. Had they had 10 episodes, we could have at least got the blacks taking kings landing. but to save money, they chopped it. So either HBO doubles the budget for next season or it will be equally as bad and having battles pushed to season 4 and the season 3 plot stretched to the point of making the narrative dull and uninteresting like they did this season.
It’s called good writing and this is politics… did you not yet understand that in the world of Martin’s ASOIaF and HOTD politic is everything, discussions, setting up the narrative?? At this point it would be better for you to just stop watching something you won’t understand
@@z.stoyanovaYeah but the politicking and writing is nowhere near GoT level or anything in ASOIAF. It's a B-Show at best NOW. But that's because of how this season failed to push the story further with each and every scene after the half way point.
So the dialogue and politicking you're referring to is often contrived and not subtle. There ren't really any clever characters to be invested in if they easily unravel under the first bit of duress they've been put under. Aemond after he gets the Crown is a prefect example of this. And I think it's done in spite of his popularity, which is a no no.
"a castle, & haunted castle, & a bigger royal castle"
😂😂😂 lmao, you nailed it
The season climaxed backwards if you ask me. The first half went as it should but the second half was lackluster with nothing but raising tensions, all smoke and no fire and this is a crime to send us into a two year wait with THIS
The writers are definitely not D&D but they’re dropping the ball
Season 2 in retrospect: All blood, no fire.
If you had read the books and kept up with the lore you would have been jumping out of your seat during the last episode. This whole season has been for the true fans and I loved every moment of it 👍
D&D are the worst writers known to man lmfao
@@pyramidion5911 you have shitty taste in film. this was a majorly poor decision on behalf of the showrunners. there is cliffhangers, and then there is this fucking shit.
Comparing to D&D is very low
Thanks for the breakdown. Looking forward to s3 even though this one was slow. I like the maps you provide in the breakdown.
they showed more in the last 6 minutes of S2E8 than the entire Season 2....
fr the first 6 mins where i felt its dance of dragons
I appreciate your exaggeration however, this is not true. A lot happened this season. The one thing that could be complained about was the pacing. We also don't want the pacing to be too fast and condensed either.
We used to have filler episodes, but now we have a whole season as a filler!!! Season 3, better be remarkable!!!
Literally just commented the same . Great minds think alike 👍.
I think this show was simply designed to sell more books.
So people don't have to wait 8 years for something to happen.
I agree ! It was one long teaser for season 3.
Could that creature that Daemon sees behind a tree be a sign of the fall of his lineage? This character has antlers and that’s the animal on the banner of House Baratheon, who ends up overthrowing the Mad King.
They mustve ran out of money. They used the dragons to sell this show and then just used them as background props
Trying to save Jace, and Daemon's deaths for season 3.
Game of thrones is about treachery and plotting and they did that. I think Criston Coles and Gwayne Hightower had the best scene though, Criston the hated, dropped a bagger of a line.
" That all men are corrupt. Honor is a just a mist that melts in the morning.". I wish there was more treachery in this season but I'm sure 2 of the 4 dragon riders will side with Aemon next season.
@@elericrivera2010Thank you. Someone with some media literacy in this comment section. The line of all men being corrupt and honor being fleeting like mist PERFECTLY sets up all the backstabbing and deception that will come in the next season.
I knew it cause they didnt have enough money for daemon's wig.
@@Zethisis25thank you for the spoiler, shame on you
daemon deadass camped at harrenhal and tweaked for a whole season
It was like if Ken Burns did a Burning Man doc
He wasn’t even in the story in the book so they just put him there to have people not forget about him
@@mikeealigThen the book sucks even worse
Lol
Helena cannot distinguish reality and her dreams, she was actually living in her dreams thats why if you notice sometimes her reaction is like she's being confused or interrupted like she was being sucked in reality while on her dream state, imagine when ads pop up while you're browsing and you stayed watching those ads, that's helena inside her dreams
Yes! Throughout known history depending on the time period, people with prophetic gifts such as Helena are seen as mad. Of course, when democracy emerges in Ancient Greece, those with the gift for prophecy are not shunned by society but consider blessed by the Gods. But then we have healers being tortured and killed under King James I and the Salem Witch Trials. I look forward to see where they go with her character compared to how "history" portrays her because already we are seeing how the mystery of the dragons is playing out and will shape the future cultural beliefs moving forward in Westeros.
Was so excited to see sheepstealer only to see him for 5 seconds at the end. They could’ve made this episode 2 hours, or at least made the season 10 ep, it felt so rushed.
Yup should have been 10 episodes after waiting 2 years ...
Right? And what even happened? Does he eat her, she becomes dragon rider 🤷🏻? Only have to wait 2 years to find out.
Even if you ignored the book, which the writers have clearly done, then Alicent's decision to bend the knee to Rhaenyra and sacrifice her sons still doesn't make sense in the context of how she was portrayed in Season 1. She spent most of Aegon's life fuelling his fear that once Rhaenyra ascends the throne, she will have him killed to secure her claim, to remorsefully sacrificing both him and his brothers to salavage her childhood relationship. It's character assassination of the highest order.
I think they’re trying to portray it as ‘she’s trying to save the daughter’ but yeah poorly done and also an illegally boring season finale
Could be a trick. But if not, then yeah that is terrible character building. I thought it made 0 sense for her character.
@@bosspoke it makes sense for her in the show but I haven't read the book. In the show she always believed that Rhaenyra would ascend the throne and kill her family to keep it because that's what her father made her believe would happen. She also believed that Rhaenyra was not fit to be queen because she indulged in debauchery and shirked her duties. But now she is the one who has plunged the realm into civil war and her son massacres innocents at the drop of a hat. She's also likely realised that there is no winning this on her side and she's doing all she can to save her only innocent children, being Haelena and Daeron and her grandchild. She probably believes that it's either they all die along with millions of innocent people or just two. It's an impossible choice and they did show that she agonised over it
Oh and apparently Sunfire is dead. LOL. that is also a major plot point they just decided to change because if i am not mistaken, Rhaenyra is supposed to die in a breath of his fire.
they made this clear even in the actual GoT lore bits you can find here on youtube uploaded years ago and read by the kid who played Joffrey in the original GoT show.
It's called character development lol. Should the characters just stay the same all the way through and never change?
I had been hoping Daemon would bend the knee and they would get back together and I was SO EXCITED to see it just as I imagined!
Daemon seeing the vision of future was the only good part from this episode for me.
I thought yhe stuff with the lannister was good
@@chriskennedy2298the mud wrestling with a woman that says she’s a man? Common
Even worse, there are some content creators with that reveal in the thumbnails lol. It's all trash and garbage.
Oh yeah he forgot see where his descendant Daenerys burns down the city
You mean the part where he sees the writers give the throne to the womanz just because she's a womanz and totally sideline the best and most capable character in the show for an entire season
House of "all talk , no bark" would be a more fitting title.
House of Dragging
“All bark, no bite”
The “barking” is the “talking” in this analogy.
@@lucidmemory4146 yup the scenes don't have the kind of intriguing conversations we had in the earlier seasons of GOT which despite having no battles for 90% of the season were still captivating enough for the audience to tune in for first 5 seasons
I dont understand all the complaints. I love this series, almost as good as early GoT. Only complaint i have is that I wish this season would've been 10 episodes ,with a great battle in the end. You cant rush a show like this, then it becomes just like the end of GoT.
My thoughts exactly. I loved the pacing, the arcs of the characters (specially Daimon´s), the introduction of the magic of the children of the forrest and the themes of the song of ice and fire. BUT.....I felt let down with this last episode. You can´t build up only for so long....we (from what I´m seeing everyone agrees on that) needed an action packed strong ending here.
YEAH BUT DUDE 4 YEARS DOE.
THEY STARTED THIS 2 YEARS AGO, WE GOT NOTHING THIS SEASON AND NOW WE GOTTA WAIT ANOTHER 2 YEARS.
4 GOD DAMN YEARS AND NOTHING HAS FUCKING HAPPENED
@@ZugzugZugzugsonwhy are you shouting?
@@Dannzt yes i am yelling through cyberspace with my all caps
@@Dannzt he's upset. That's why. Any more stupid questions?
8 episodes was such a fucking poor choice these writers are absolute garbage
IMDB 5/10 from me.
What a bullshit episode!! Are these makers vent on making House of Dragons a LGBTQ+ campaign?? Wtf was that!! Making a character again female also giving to a lesbian pro transgender?? Also now making Alicent and Rhaenyra the rightful symphatisers wtf? These scenes are making the cruelty and ruthlessness funny.
Fucking garbage.
Great season. You're just too dumb to realize game of thrones has always been about conversation, dialogues, political intrigue, etc. Typical S8 enjoyer.
Naa they are just dragging things along
@@as978like I said before they are milking this crap.
@@kylebraymen2483 stop talking about yourself
Ain't no way this show shouldn't end next season. They shouldn't drag this for 4-5 seasons
Naw get it over wit no more filler
sadly they will and i hope they dont fuck up something thats already been finished bad
They are padding the show with mostly filler because there is very little source material. It's The Hobbit all over again. They want that sweet 200million per season gravy train to continue even though they don't have much of a story to tell.
@@OdinReactor yeah Everything needs to end next season. Once she takes kings landing. There isn't much story left besides the attack on her. If they do 10 episodes. First 5 is the take over and last 5 is the aftermath. I was enjoying this season but the finale proved they just dragging this for no reason.
@@OdinReactorwhat do you mean? The book is completed and they have the author for counsel
I think I might have just had the best RUclips ad break ever 😂
‘She feared the lives of her other children could be taken by Aemon or…..MOZAREEEELLLLA STICKS’ 😂😂
One dragon fight for less then ten minutes in the whole season , what a joke
The guy that Lannister fights that's definitely a man right that used to be a woman or a woman that used to be a man😊
Ikr only our boy Aemond and the badass Queen who never was were the only ones giving us what we WANTED
@@tfunktofani what
Yeah and that one fight emptied HBO's coffers.. CGI is not cheap. Each episode was the cost and the work of a 2 hour film. This show is more Character Driven. They didn't even have the money to build new empires they had to shoot what looks like the same Game of Thrones but with Dragons. 200 years are supposedly to have passed. It's like comparing the Elizabethan Court with the Victorian Court. As if any of you are gonna stop watching this shit you're stuck in it like the rest of us and they know it
wHaT a jOKe
That took two years to produce. Yikes!!
Covid and writers strike 🥱
Him being hated when he is wildly popular and likable is freaking giving “we didn’t read the very short by relation material” and that wild wins
Two years and 200 million dollars! 25 million per episode! Yikes!!
those CGI dragons are expensive bro
@@OdinReactorwatch the behind the scenes. Quality isnt cheap.
I didn’t watch GOT until the entire 8 seasons were done and then binge watched it. It was so good to watch it like that not having to wait a week and then however long between seasons. I loved it. Now I’m waiting between seasons for HOTD and absolutely hating it!
It's painful isn't it. I remember having to wait ONE WHOLE YEAR to find out if the Red Witch was going to resurrect Jon Snow. It was the worst! 🤣😭
I started watching at the end of season 7. It was everything to binge watch it like that.
I did the same thing !!🤣
My biggest gripe is that Rhaenyra is too much of a Saint, what made the Dance interesting was that while the Blacks had the "better cause" they're both equally shitty.
I was hoping she’d start losing her mind kinda like danerys did in the last season of got (executed better though)
Exactly...her sainty caused all this shit. They had lot of opportunities to strike
Rhaenyra was quite "sh*tty" to Alicent. She forced to bargain for her own son's life. The son who is already burned, bowed and broken. It would have been a small matter for Rhaenyra offer mercy to Alicent and to Aegon. The Whole Son for a Son thing already played out. It made Rhaenyra seem utterly uncompromising and ruthless. Yes the Green usurped the throne and crown and struck first and struck hard. But Rhaenyra seemed simultaneously reluctant but at the same time driven. It seemed that she believes it is her calling, her duty, her mission and thus any savagery is a necessary evil to accomplish her place on the throne. Yes the Greens do care more for power than duty.
@@ssri1675No her reticence has saved her life. She couldn’t do anything because she HAD NO ARMY! Lmao it’s like y’all don’t even watch the show. The show has been beating over your head that without an army, YOU CANNOT WAGE A WAR!!
@@victorpradha9946Lmao Rhaenyra doesn’t owe Alicent anything considering it was HER throne that was usurped and HER son that was killed first. If Alicent was so concerned about the wellbeing of Aegon, SHE WOULDNT HAVE STARTED A CIVIL WAR. Watch the show next time before commenting, damn.
i feel like we got robbed only having 8 episodes this season
8 epizodes and lackluster ending.
Don’t matter all the episodes were terrible.
That's the only way to describe my feelings after this episode. Robbed and scammed.
The show runners wanted 10, HBO shot them down and said 8.
@@J_ads2000they should’ve done 2 seasons with 12 episodes.
Four seasons is ridiculous when we know it’s this drawn out. Especially with the 2 year wait. I’m dropping the show
HBO knew to automatically charge me for a new month before this episode cane out coincidentally
pirate it.
they are clearly robbing you in broad daylight.
pirates (like me) win while loyal paying customers (like you) get cucked and robbed.
You actually pay for this shit !.
I got to episode 6 and stopped watching.BLACK dragon riders and lesbian everything's. Then a women leading ships
WOKE LEFT RETARDS RUIN EVERYTHING
In my opinion, the wendigo like character with the antlers spotted in this episode represents the demon of the trident(Robert Baratheon). His battle armor has the stag symbol with antlers attached to the helmet. I think it symbolizes the end of the Targaryen dynasty since it was Robert’s rebellion that ended the 300 Targaryen rule in Westeros but I may be wrong.
That's what I was thinking too.
It's supposed to be a green man I think since harrenhal is the closest to the Isle of faces
How is it that season finale has 0 battle scene?
Dude. Are you joking? Why would it? The chess pieces are still being set up. Everything is being set up for war and action. This show is running for 4 seasons.
@denicarson9082 ive been defending this show but there really should've been 2 more episodes. Ep 9 being the battle of the gullet and ep 10 having Rhaenyra take over kings landing then have it end there. This was a major disappointment
@@denicarson9082everybody has short attention spans :| I agree, not the greatest action, but I loved that they expanded on a lot of the characters’ backstories and everything. Like you said, all the chess pieces still being put into place I love it, Season 3 will be greatness
@@KingX88 Compared to the first few seasons of got this show has no payoff not to mention it took them 2 years all for there to be no payoff atleast in got every finale ended on a very very shocking high note this just feels like the execs milking this show because it's a cash cow for hbo
@@KingX88last season had to set up far more and still ended on a high note there should've been more to this season first few episodes were amazing and then nothing really happened they could tell this whole story in 3 seasons if they wanted to but there gonna milk it hard
I absolutely love Simon Strong. Cute little sensitive, smart teddie bear.
labelling characters with their name, house sigil, allegiance, etc, such a great idea, thank you for that
My boy Larys out here trying to convince Aegon to join him on an Ibiza holiday while the company goes under 😭 Alright jokes aside Im honestly really upset that this is the finale we get before waiting 2 years. We ended S1 with everyone preparing for war. How are we ending S2 with everyone still preparing for war? And I don’t wanna hear any of that “character development” bullshit that you people here have been using to justify the slow pace for WEEKS. Like Daemon and Rhaenyra’s storylines this season weren’t utterly repetitive and dull (“wHaT woULd yOu hAvE me dO “) Alicent’s dumbass selling out her entire family who have no idea and are marching to their deaths and Heleana spoiling the entire show. I don't even know how Otto end up in a cell man!! You cannot convince me all this couldn’t have been the first half of a 10 episode season.
HBO fumble up big time.
To the writers of this show, you suck
Brilliant.
how is a fumble when your dumbass is going to see all the episodes of season 3 lol, and dont tell me you werent entertained because if it was a great season finale you would have been shitting your pants and glazing the show lol
Better than nothing
@@jmz2144rather have nothing
You’re under the fundamental misunderstanding that season one ended with a preparation for war. No, season one ended with a DECLARATION of war, and that was the death of Lucerys. Season two is the PREPARATION for war. Your grievance should be with your media illiteracy and not the writers. It’s evident you wouldn’t understand anything they would have written.
This is still so much better then what is currently out, especially for fantasy
I think our reality has a lot of fire going on as well 😁
They’re dragging this show with so much useless filler. The changes they’re making don’t even make sense and is lack luster
Stop bitching
Alicent crying and sobbing and sniffling for with no dialog for nearly 10 minutes. Smh. Dragging wayyyy more than anything I've ever watched.
@@TCthaCrisis they are given too much screen time to B role characters that bares no consequence to the overarching story
Show feels like a tribute to GOT.
One of the most boring series in 2024. Not even near with GOT even the season 8 that people are whining about
that was a boring episode. I can't be the only one who thinks this.
Am with u man 😂
it was terrible man did D&D get rehired wtf was that!?!?
That's the problem. You have expectations instead of just watching the story unfold. You caused yourself to be disappointed.
They have to set up everything before you get to the actual war and action. People are so impatient!
@@denicarson9082 the freaking show set those expectation what the hell are you talking about??
I’m pissed 😤 lol
Gotta love the sprinkles of sarcasm in between the explanation
I'm rewatching Vikings series with Ragnar Lothbrooke
I’d stop after season 3…… it goes downhill after that
Sameeeee
I was thinking of doing the same... Second half of the season lacked a good dose of testosterone and adrenaline rush..
Team Bjorn
Good choice...
This finale was a great trailer.
Can't wait for Season 8, Should be OUTSTANDING 😂
😂😂😂😂😂 right
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If HBO can’t do better than this GRRM should take his books and ideas and go the Prime! I am so tired of the HBO producers screwing this up. I have an idea maybe they should read the books if they need a clue!!!
Amazon? They'll make it a woke joke not even worth watching.
They are too busy trying to extend this series.
It could've been over in 2. But they are trying to get 4.
@@chrismeandyouAnd this isn't?👀
@@Tmshi97 Compared to what they did with Lotr, this boring Dragon season was a masterpiece.
The fck u talkin bout? 😭😭😭
I will never forgive the writers for mishandling Alicent's character so badly. They turned one of the most interesting characters from the book and Season 1, a scheming, ambitious women who cares deeply for her children, into a lobotomy patient.
Alicent sold Aegon out explicitly, Daeron implicitly, and told Rhaenyra their battle plans and the movement of Aemond, Criston and Gwayne. And then, to add insult to injury, suggested Rhaenyra run away with her in the woods, as if the throne matters little in comparison to the childhood relationship they had 15 years ago. What is this Ao3 fanfiction level of dialogue?
the whole season is ridiculous in that way. all are in static dialogues, almost muttered, half toned dialogues. they look like ghost actors who do not know that they are dead --'....
I love the story line for season 2, cant wait for season 3 ☺️
(also, i need to prepare my heart for the ending)
You clearly didn’t watch the same show
It was the producers, not the writers. The writers wanted 10 episodes but it would have taken another few months to come out. Producers wanted it out as soon as possible. Writer Sara Hess told Entertainment Weekly in May, “It wasn’t really our choice.”
Too late. All it takes is some youtube influencers talking garbage about the writers and now everyone has their pitchforks up agains the writers, regardless of any other facts.
So tired of corporate greed
Thank you for clarifying
2 years isn't enough for them to produce 10 episodes?
@@deviatlon it makes sense with all the CGI. Marvel movies have to start rendering special effects before the movies script is even finished, 2-3 years in advance. That’s why they sometimes have theses massive CGI fights that don’t really fit with the story (like the ending of Black Widow). And that’s just for a two hour movie. HOTD probably has 3-4 massive CGI dragon battles that are still incomplete.
Despite everyone's saying, I liked this episode, just enjoying watching the true sides of different characters, they willing, conversations, looking up for hints and hidden jems. And the end was mindblowing with this soundtrack and shots, each part represented a house, I watched it two times, because it's masterpiece. Can't wait for season 3, very eager to see what Ep 1 will bring us.
Also, am I the only one who thought that Lohar is a woman?
NO! and they keep calling her HIM.... I thought when she said 'I want to have children from you with my wives' I just thought, oh she must be barren, because if a male...make your own kids?
@@evaspearing8405 she is a woman actually, saw it on her TikTok recently
I'd go off on Corlys too if I had a dad who dissed me my whole life, then tried to play nice after I was grown and made a life without him.
I think the "creature" might be some - sort of prophecy to Baratheon and Stark alliance in the future, being also the downfall of House Targaryen.
I thought it looked like Robert Baratheon in his war helmet. At least the top half.
It’s one of the green men, they live on the isle of faces. I remember reading they have antlers or branches atop their heads. Creepy things. Daemon might wash up there one day. Addam visits on Seasmoke so hopefully we see the isle of faces either way.
Idk bro it has HOOVES I thought it was a wendigo 😂
@@J_ads2000 oh! that sounds interesting. I hope we get to see it too.
I don't know why people are thinking it stops, not just at Aegon, but with Aemond, Daeron, and Otto and Cole as well. And then that's it. Victory... NO. It will come to Helena too. Helena is the blood of VISERYS as well, AND, she can continue to bear heirs. If half the realm believes, no, if half the realm believes in the PERCEPTION that Viserys changed his mind and chose Aegon, then that means Helena is also in direct opposition to Rhaenyra. What happens when Rhaenyra shows mercy to Helena now? She rules for now, yes, and she does have her heir, Jace, and then her other sons. But what happens when Helena, who continues to live, has other children? Rhaenyra will grow old one day, and vulnerable. Helena's children will know their history and blood. Half of the realm fought with the other. They too have not forgot. Unless one side of the family is completely eradicated, there is all the reason to believe that this will be a generational feud that will seemingly never end. WHY ARE PEOPLE NOT REALIZING THIS?!?!? I think the only people in the show we can safely assume to understand this dark reality are: Aemond, Daemon, Otto, and Larys.
I thought it was just me. Thank the comment section!!
Great acting from everybody. Tom glynn’s acting as a broken aegon made me feel for him. Ewan’s acting is incredible as he portrays anger and desperation.
23:16 I saw that moment as like a physical gesture marking how their relationship will never be the same since he left. The trust is still incomplete, she doesn’t trust him and he’s only following her because he was coerced by sorcery
1) Alicent saved Cole from the headsman's axe when he confessed to sleeping with Rhaenyra; 2) Wendigos are Algonquin/Native American. Doubtful that GRRM would allow a REAL cryptid into the world of Westeros; 3) Corlys is NOT Alyn's grandsire. Corlys is his FATHER.
Corlys IS his grandsire. He is the child of Laenor. Along with his brother. Which is why Seasmoke chose Adam as his rider
Book alicent hated rhaenyra.
They killed her grandson and traumatised her daughter into a great depression
Alicent is the most ruined character in the whole show besides Rhaenyra herself.
Maesters didnt knew what was going on in her head, now we see(Martin was still working on s2)
I don't like how hey ignored how the death affected Heleana. She seems more like some oracle now than a real human.
Sorry about your wife, but thank you for amazing content as always! You should be past 1m subs by now.....I've loved the channel for a long time!
A huge waste of 8 weeks
OK, go watch All american, and cry a river
If you watch it with the subtitles on, the wind whispers are translated. Like when Alfred Broome hears something, the wind whispers "traitor" Also Corlyss is Allyn's sire not grandsire. And Tyland messing around with some He-She Ladyboy is hilarious.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one that noticed this. So far everyone simply calls him a man and moves on.
13:25 - I’m so sorry to hear this. I hope things are much better for you now.
Isn't Lohar a woman here?
definitely! I was so confused
Yes
Ok good to know I wasn't the only one confused 😅
I don’t even know. They were calling him “he” in the show, but the casting is a woman… it threw me off for all those scenes, and like I guess just commit to it being a woman? But also, not like we need to be changing males to females when we already have a pretty female dominant lineup of main characters.
Identity pandering is so overplayed that it’s just annoying whenever I see it -_-
what is a woman?
I loved the conversation between Rhaenyra and Alicent tbh. Olivia Cooke is such a brilliant actor.
Such a stupid scene. I was willing to forget it first time in king's landing but this made me laugh.
@@tengr0057 oh, well.
@@nikhil1651998 Actresses are good though, but this sneaking to your enemys base to have conversation is really stupid if you think about it. Didn't ever happen in the book.
The tension was so breathtaking!!
A pretty stupid scene with good acting
I love this channel. New Rockstars crowd sources and takes from other channels. Thats why their videos are always last. Yet this channel truly has knowledge and it’s definitely the best because of that.
The finale was anticlimactic. This season had some strong points. Really beautifully shot. Dragons looked amazing. Score was incredible. Some great acting.
However, I’m starting to see that it’s the GRRM storytelling and dialogue that really makes this world so fascinating. Without that, it’s missing something. There were many questionable story choices. Some missed opportunities.
Hopefully we get WOW before the Dunk & Egg show next year.
Exactly. It is the dialogue and storytelling and depth that is lacking. Not blood and gore.
I joked with my wife that the Finale would end with Daemon and Aemond flying towards each other and it finishing like "Rocky." Didn't even get that
LOVED THIS SEASON THE SET UP FOR THE WAR TO COME & WHAT REALLY HAPPENED VS THE BOOKS (WHICH WERE UNRELIABLE RECOUNTINGS ANYWAY) IS A WELCOME REVELATION!!!!❤❤❤❤
Honestly this is what happens when you let Joffrey and Ramsy come together to write a story while on the toilet taking a dump, trying to make the show your own and adding weird things that don’t work, ruining characters among other things good job on making another got s8
Excellent summary 👌
There was literally no climax to the season. We literally watched dameon freak out on shrooms the whole show. No fighting, all political debate. I can't believe we are going to have to wait another 2 years if not more to get tf we been waiting to see!
If you’re watching a GoT series for action instead of politics, watch something else. Lmao this is literally why GoT became popular, the politics, not the action. Sorry the show runners aren’t bending to your expectations and making the show worse.
@@PerfectDark0 all the people that complain about no action probably are in love with the shitty marvel movies that have no actual significance or depth. I can’t take any opinion about this show seriously if it’s simply just about the lack of action
Not political debate either just yaas queen
@@satanicthumb83agree - marvel fans just want senseless action pow pow visual effects, not the story.
@@dv9239exactly, there's not even political debate just mindless filler
14:24 “stop pouting. I’m not, I’m mewing✨”
we watched the daughter of Damein search for a dragon 2 seasons and this entire episode to no avail. While some drunk stumbled onto a dragon unintentionally. Man this writing is next lvl.
I nailed it! I always try to figure out the final scene in your videos and this was the first time I got it right! Great job all season!!!
Visions of DAEMON The Three-Eyed Crow, Winter is Coming of the White Walkers, three dragons 🐉🐉🐉of Daenerys in Game of Thrones and Rhaenyra on the IRON Throne. can't wait for the season 3🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
We waited 2 years for this 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
for a great season with great dialogue, great world building, great characterization? You people are the reason we got the garbage that was seasons 7 and 8
@@darasuum1462Thank you!!
@@darasuum1462it’s not hard to realize people want a good war that’s 2-3 episodes finale with everyone dying sadly
@@darasuum1462 not exactly. At least with GOT, they kept your full attention by doing everything you listed without dragging a story line. A 2 year wait for only 8 episodes is sort of a slap in face. Just like the ending of GOT, this finale is not what we expected (and not in a good way). Everyone was expecting to see them go to war. That was the whole point of season 2. They literally could have went to war and left us guessing which side won for the next season. Or something like that.
@@darasuum1462this season was garbage what you talking about
I wanna know who the hell kidnapped Otto 😂😂😂😂
Do you though? 😂
Drone has imprisoned him
The deep state😂
Club foot
The season finale felt like a gist of the entire season still preparing for war. No way had I expected another Rhaenyra and Alicent's attempt to avoid conflict while wasting time sneaking around each other. Overall, the season felt slow-paced and dragged on, and the finale seemed to serve more as a prelude to the next season, which promises maybe the full scope of the Dance of the Dragons. It's challenging to wait two years for the next season, especially when this one didn't receive the warmest reception. Wanted to see Rhaena claiming Sheepstealer at the end, they robbed us of it too. Criston Cole's reflections on his wasted life around women were both humorous and poignant. Daemon’s reckoning with his dreams with visions of white walkers and Daenerys, was surprising. The makers would stretch this franchise to 4-5 seasons. After all, dragging out every bit of the narrative seems like their perfect way to keep viewers waiting and hoping for something more 😂
This season suckkkkked and I hope they do better next season. What a crock of nothing!
@@Mallymutts86 stop bitching
I totally agree ! I felt that we got robbed especially with the season finale. Best scene was with Deamon and his army .. Everything else Sucked !!
I was robbed !!
🥺😭😭😭
Too late fuk this show!
After watching season 2, I'm convinced season 1 was just a fluke. They are padding this show with so much useless filler it's like watching the Hobbit films all over again but in slow motion.
@@Sunsplash.1217 Yes - Daemon and his army were fire, and the only finale-worthy scene.
....Did not expect the season to end like this....
it was an admirable teaser for the season 3 trailer to the movie from season 4
Fuck this show…it’s 85% filler just to milk more seasons out of it. I’m done
still great bish lol and you watched, or else it wouldnt have been entertaining. shut up and take it in. you know your dumnas is going to see season 3
Bro its just like in GOT, character developements> Action. And they cant afford a big Action scene in any episode.
@nilstsv_0569 right. I was dissapointed in the finale but first 4 episodes were good and 7 was also dope when the claimed the dragons. The twins episode wasnt bad either. Writes strike hurt this season but s3 will be good and all these haters will be back for it just like. In the meantime Dunk an Egg will come out but not sure what to expect from that
@@nilstsv_0569 At least Game of Thrones was better (except the ending of course). I don't remember being this bored throughout the first 2 seasons of GoT lol
Liar, you'll be back for season Three
Sound he hears is “traitor” per the subtitles
@thinkstory thank you for this recap love this serious but can we please 🙏🏾 have you review the last episodes of AHS Delicate 😭?
I wake up early to watch this ..now i regret it
How can you end with 0 action or a big death or battle or anything
This will be much more enjoyable when I can watch all the seasons start to finish....loved this season and thought it was beautifully shot. Next season will provide the action everyone craves.
This season finale was not worth a stake dinner party with friends ‼️
Yes
Daemon saying winter is coming, acknowledging the dream, paying heed to his brother' choice of heir was goosebumps. Still sad that GoT ruined this centuries old struggle in the end.
16:15 I think the antler man thing is Robert Baratheon, like 'I'm coming for you dragonspawn, expect me!'
When I saw it I immediately thought Robert Baratheon
Heleana didn't attempt to stop her sons death because she accepts that she has no agency in the grand scheme of things. the prophencey demands that what happens MUST happen, let the pieces fall as they may.
Yes!
We Want Episode 9 and 10 in this Season 2 also :)
Thank you this was awesome by the way I love a spoiler keep them coming
Been rewatching GOT. Didn’t realize HOTD is completely spoiled in one of the episodes.😂
Joffrey is a villain in and out of universe.
Yes but the story has been passed on from generation to generation so we don’t know how much of that is true or lost in translation
Which episode?
@@paulraines9635 true 😂
@@giodarcangelo1087 I’m guessing it’s not far off but I’m avoiding research to confirm. 😂