It was poorly written and fails at almost every major plot point. It's funny because I enjoyed the tyland Lannister scenes until I remembered they're part of a finale and there's supposed to be an actual point to them. A microcosm of the entire show honestly
At the halfway mark I was thinking "Ok, front end light, back end intense, just like S1 finale" Then we got to the last 10 minutes we get to Alicent... linger.... between... each... comment... and I knew this episode was going to be massive blueballs
@@sdqsdq6274 Yes they linked up, but I also believe Helaena is learning to understand her dreams/premonitions, similar to what's been happening with Daemon. Plus, do you recall when Helaena confronted Aemond from behind him in the shadows, while he was staring lustily at the Iron Throne, then, in an eerie voice, she asked him "Was it worth the price?" And recently, she explicitly told Aemond exactly where he'll die & that Aegon will rise again as king.
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 episode was trash, however, she went to harrenhal because she received a raven from Simon Strong indicating that there might be treachery afoot, so, she had to go there herself and see for herself.
She spent the whole season wondering/ guessing/ questioning if Daemon was with her or not! I mean, she could’ve certainly found out much quicker (as she showed us this episode). 😩
Cramming that Lannister story line into the finale was infuriating. To say the writing in Season 2 was lacking would be an understatement. They need to bring back Miguel Sapochnik ASAP
Right!? Either introduce it earlier or wait until season 3. When new characters are introduced in a finale, it feel like 100% set up with no pay off. They did the same in The Witcher S3, and I hated it.
Do you think Miguel Sapochnik was a good writer? We don't know of anything he contributed to S1 that aided it. We do know that he set the trend for visually dark episodes (going all the way back to GoT S8), we know he is a nepotist (Talia was played by his wife and he kept camera-fucking her mid-scene, and then ragequit the show when they wouldn't make her a producer), and that the other writers all remained consistent. It is ridiculous to think Sapochnik leaving was the cause of thise and not the Writer's Strike that forced pre-production to end early and filming to start with a shortened season. This very much feels like the penultimate episode with another 1 or 2 that actually would have been a finale.
I really thought everything would escalate after the season 1 ending. But it kinda dragged on and it felt like all major deaths were kinda forgotten within a few moments.
I'm glad Daemon is back to his normal self at the end of this season. With a show like HoTD I feel we need 10 eps a season too. Not 8 like other shows!
@@BrainPilot He needed to accept his fate that he WILL be the King that Never Was and that he has a part to play in the greater arc. Frankly, it's like one character's entire purpose is to make sure another character lives long enough to accomplish a specific task after which even that character's demise is unimportant. The task they complete before dying is paramount!
Well, it’s all about season three now. I think the opening will be quite a big bang in two years time, but anyway, next year knight of the seven Kingdom with Duncan and egg.
@@joneethling one of my favourite episodes in season 1 is episode 4 the conversion between daemon and rhaenyra in the castle is really good.. i really like how daemon and rheanyra atleast in season 1 speaks alot of high valyrian together
Does that mean her male children deserve to die? Alicent literally pushed her sons to be how they are. Aegon literally ran and hid and cried because he didn’t want throne. But now she wants to have him publicly beheaded? It just makes her seem evil. Lol she literally only asked to save herself, Helena and jahera smh.
@@dom9041543Yes Aegon ran and hid, then he had 99 innocent men killed and displayed above the ramparts, he assaulted people, and once made king had no problem harming the land for his own desires. Aemond is willing to kill his brother, kill innocents, and at the very least is incapable of stopping Vhagar reliably. "ShE mAdE tHeM" No, the system made them, like the system made her, because the system is the enemy. She doesn't want her son publicly executed, but accepts that the system demands it if she is going to have any of her family survive. Setting all that aside, Rhaenyra only demands Aegon's head, she does not demand Aemond or Daeron's heads. So evil of her to only want the living, non-warcrime family members to be safe. /s
Season 2 felt like a long ass trailer. For this episode, they wasted so much time having Rheaeys and Alicent staring at each other...we could have had a training sequence with the new dragon riders, Rhaena could have had a longer scene and claimed her dragon instead of stumbling around the whole episode :/
When you have the budget for 7 episodes - but you know fans will be pissed. So you dissapoint fans by closing the season with a filler and cliffhanger episode.
No...I feel like they filled the remaining episodes already, esp the dragon duels et al. HBO told the showrunners... WE want to push the good stuff into S3 because we need the revenue from more subscriptions and renewals.
@DarkKing009 That, and self-preservation. Alicent is a good woman but......gullible and a feckless mother. To add, I blame avarice Otto and vindictive Cole as well for this war!
true, but the politics, story and characters need to make sense, which none of this does, people who are complaining about "not enough battles" need to realize its not the lack of battles that is hurting the show, it feels more like a cheesy CW show than anything near game of thrones
Very much with the politics but why introduce side quest Tyland Lannister and Tyroshi leaders to that degree especially in the finale? Do we really care about mud wrestling? It was just bad writing by Sara Hess.
Lackluster and yes great setup for next season but still was dissatisfied with the end considering no deaths or betrayals! The entire Lannister side story was weird to have so much time dedicated to it considering we could care less
Disappointed to see that Daemons plan of emptying Harenhall and taking Kings Landing (thereby completely tricking Cole and Aemomd) has been changed for Alicent surrendering it so that the show can force some sort of ‘positive feminism’ down our throats.
Plot twist: all 8 episodes of season 3 is fancy conversation on warships and dragons and in the last episode we finally see the two armies meeting up setting up for the ultimate battle of season 4
9:28 the show runner said that scene is not to confirm Dany is the princess that was promised, it is George's part yet to be revealed. It was just to tell abt the family members who are around dragonss
I loved the finale. It’s more drama. But very much building up the characters. Damien (sorry for the misspelling) already knows his role in all this and what’s to come for the coming generations. It was as if he needed that journey to now fully understand his role. His brother was always right. It could be that next season is the last one as far as these groups of characters. Remember that Rhaenyra dies and it’s a horrible death as per how Geoffrey from Game of Thrones explained it. I’m sure she gets power as we know that anyone that sits in the iron throne meets their death in a bad way. Should be interesting to see the the story comes about.
Yes, especially with that giant gap right there. Very much felt like he was going to grow a mustache and start twirling it as he monologued about finding a new dragonrider for Dreamfyre
I've been very impressed with the actor portraying Helena and I'm glad the show is expanding the role from what it was in the book. Regarding Rheyna, I was sorry that if they were going to give her the arc of the lady from the book that they didn't make her claiming the dragon more compelling. She's not very fleshed out or interesting and I'm left not interested or happy that she's about to get a dragon. I wish they had fully given her the book character's ingenuity in figuring out the way to get the dragon.
A finale should have a satisfying resolution to a major conflict in this seaaon while teasing us with a new plot point. This finale sucked and just left us with multiple cliffhangers!
I was wondering only about the final conversation between Alicent and Rhaenyra. It left so much unsaid. And it feels like either a lot has just been cut or there was much more meant than said.
Unfortunately the finale was not the battle. Disappointed after waiting so long for Season 2. I had to recap Season 1 before watching Season 2 because it had been so long I had forgotten what happened.
What was the actual point of Daemon seeing Dany? I get that she was the promised one but she also is the end of the Targaryen bloodline…that part made no sense to me
I'm kind of disappointed with the season finale because it sets the storyline for season 3. As you said, it seems that many sophomore shows played it cautiously and hope to bring people in for the next season. Now, we wait.
My Highlights: - the manwoman thing that fights the Lannister dude in the mudd - the endless Alicent dialogues that I always skip - the black bastard who is always pissed - the loveknight who states in therapy with himself that all men are evil - that we don't see armies and only a few cuts of dragons - I mean come on we all want crying women and endless soft dialogues bEsT show ever (BC twilight is not a show) Gimme more damn Alicent in season 3 PLEASE
A whole season of talking in circles, walking around & half-heartedly planning a war. GRR martin was talking about this all along. RIP Rhaenys, the Cargylls & Jaehaerys for carrying the season, the Queen who did something, the Guard against deluded writers & the Prince who died for filler Hope all those fans who told us to be “patient” are eating their words & seethe for another 2 years. So much for S1 being the build up to the “Dance of Dragons”
I just watched season 1 episode 5, when her dad gets kicked out of the castle he warns her that this was going to happen, and look it did. Watch 7 minutes into season 1 episode 5 to see what i mean
@@BrainPilot HOTD could have been epic, I watched ep 7 Vermithor scene like 20 times. It was done exceptionally well, and the dragon noises are way more advanced, eerie and unique then ever before. But the season finale was a massive blue balls
Season 1 was great. But not feeling this season. Blood and Cheese plot was too rushed. A lot of the dialogue during mid-season was lazy and unsophisticated writing. Many missed opportunities build upon characters and their motivations. Saddens me say, but I just felt a bit disinterested. Sort this out HBO
The people saying 3 or 4 seasons are ridiculous, 5 is the perfect number and what was mentioned back during S1. S3 can open with Blacks taking of King's Landing, then the Battle of the Gullet turning Rhaenyra cold, ending with the Butcher's Ball for Blacks W S4 opens with Tumbleton and the taking of Dragonstone. Maybe the Greens win this season? Nope, just Maegor with teats so the Dragonpit happens and with the Gods, L's all around S5 can then provide good focus for the final section of the war, the death of literally everyone in power. Second Tumbleton Aegon III Hour of the Wolf I hope it ends with the Hour of the Wolf and the appointment of the 7 regents
These writers are not even close to Game of Thrones quality. I put up with an entire season of Daemon losing his mind hoping the finale would make up for it, and we get no action and more garbage.
The episode was okay for an epidoe 8, but for a season finale it was't good... specially when the audiance has too wait for another 2 years after only build up ...
A very average season. I don’t expect battles every episode but when you wait two years I feel you deserve more. Other than the big battle, episode 4 I think, I can’t really remember much else happening. The last few episodes in particular blend into one. The finale had some cool scenes but as others have said, it’s basically a trailer and I don’t think that was the right move.
Season 2 was disappointing. It's just dragged out and most of the times, it was repetitive. Basically, Daemon just slowly envisioned that it doesn't matter what happens to them, they are only in the prequel series ;) The 8 episodes could have been told in 4 episodes and continue the storyline in a more paced way.
IF WE DON’T GET COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF DRAGON ON DRAGON VIOLENCE, EXPLOSIONS AND DESTRUCTION WITHIN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF SEASON 3!!! Enough with CSPAN Westeros!
I am glad that Aliston realised that Rhaenyra should be Queen. I thought she couldn't see how manipulative and disgusting her son Aemond is and how he is trying to rule the kingdom. It is also about time Daemon accepted Rhaenyra as Queen too. I am glad King Eagon has left and their sister knows that Aemond tried to kill King Eagon. I see a war coming for Season 3 and I am all here for it.
Explained? Does this even need an explanation? They obviously gonna strech the material cuz they wanna milk this show for Millions of dollars at the cost of quality and crying fans
Someone who doesn’t truly appreciate & enjoy top-notch acting, ASOIAF lore, scheming & politicking, impressive direction & cinematography, sharp dialogue, enjoyable comedic relief, impeccable costuming & set dressing, and wants ACTION-ACTION-ACTION 24/7 - I don’t think this is for you. Maybe try the Transformers movies. More your speed.
I missed the sharp dialogue then Alicent being butchered, daemon storyline being pointless because he could have just saw the prophecy without the dozens of visions, none of it is sharp
@@randomusername3873 Yeah that entire Daemon being high each episode was pointless when in the end Alys River could have just taken him to the tree from the start.
I don't fully agree with that because, in comparison, season 2 of GOT Was far better. And less action. we would often hear about the wars Rob Stark or jamie and tywin had fought, but we never as the audience watched any action. My biggest issue is the writing. The characters speak in a similar manner as GOT However, there seems to be substance missing similar to like season 7 of GOT There seems to be a disconnect with the characters, too. I'm still not sure if it's one dimensional acting. Some of the casting is pretty questionable, and others in the cast are fantastic, especially the older cast like Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Matt Smith, and Paddy Considine Or the script has not given the audience what is needed for the audience to connect with the characters. I can enjoy the show, but it's not close in tier to GOT, and as long as I separate them, it's fine.
Very poor season. Now, 16 episodes across two seasons and still difficult to care about whether any of these characters live… or die. Utter fail in storylines. Dull. A costume drama, full of cartoon characters.
What did you think of the finale of House of The Dragon season 2? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
saying Daemons journey this season was boring only betrays your lack
Let’s be clear a season finale should have a battle! Boring !!!!!
Facts that’s how it was lol
@@user-ks5ob9rh7xbut I get it that’s how they get us hooked by stretching the story out because we already know what’s gonna happen lol
It was poorly written and fails at almost every major plot point. It's funny because I enjoyed the tyland Lannister scenes until I remembered they're part of a finale and there's supposed to be an actual point to them. A microcosm of the entire show honestly
Saw someone tweet exactly how i felt: "Did i just watch a 70 minute trailer to season 3" lol
Exactly how it felt, very little plot progression
I thought the episode was boring. Nothing happened. But I am excited for season 3.
At the halfway mark I was thinking "Ok, front end light, back end intense, just like S1 finale"
Then we got to the last 10 minutes we get to Alicent... linger.... between... each... comment... and I knew this episode was going to be massive blueballs
Right😂😂😂😂
They keep dragging 😭
One of the best parts of this episode was when Alyn told his father, Lord Corlys, how he really felt about him.
Yeah that was a powerful moment!
I really struggled to care about that storyline. Don't know whether it's the wooden acting or poor dialogue but never kept my attention
As Helaena is maturing, her visions are becoming more clearly understandable to her unlike before when they were all just a bunch of visions.
not really , somehow daemon touching the tree link her up , can already tell in the scene , she reminds me of that dude in the wheelchair in GoT
@@sdqsdq6274 warg u mean
@@sdqsdq6274 Yes they linked up, but I also believe Helaena is learning to understand her dreams/premonitions, similar to what's been happening with Daemon. Plus, do you recall when Helaena confronted Aemond from behind him in the shadows, while he was staring lustily at the Iron Throne, then, in an eerie voice, she asked him "Was it worth the price?" And recently, she explicitly told Aemond exactly where he'll die & that Aegon will rise again as king.
The Season that never was...
Perfect way to phrase it
That ones being doing the rounds lol
😭😭😭😭
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
I agree completely. There’s too many choices. People move on.
Season 3: Welcomes back D&D to subvert your expectations!
@@sunyu2016 fact and I won't be surprised if season 3 many people don't get hype for
@@SoldierSpiderx I bet they won’t.
@@sunyu2016 honestly same I feel like they going either drag it out or skip alot of the battle and show us the end of the battle
i find it so funny that rhaenyra sent alfred broom to see daemon. Only to use her dragon and get there within an episode😂😂
😅 ooofff
The episode was trash, however, she went to harrenhal because she received a raven from Simon Strong indicating that there might be treachery afoot, so, she had to go there herself and see for herself.
She spent the whole season wondering/ guessing/ questioning if Daemon was with her or not! I mean, she could’ve certainly found out much quicker (as she showed us this episode). 😩
Feels like Ep8... of a 10 episode season
Yeah I get that too
Yeahhhh unfortunately
Episode 8 of the first season was the best episode of the season... Here it's objectively the worst.
Not Rhaenyra waiting 8 weeks to take a 20min trip to Harrenhall
Cramming that Lannister story line into the finale was infuriating. To say the writing in Season 2 was lacking would be an understatement. They need to bring back Miguel Sapochnik ASAP
Right!? Either introduce it earlier or wait until season 3. When new characters are introduced in a finale, it feel like 100% set up with no pay off. They did the same in The Witcher S3, and I hated it.
Do you think Miguel Sapochnik was a good writer? We don't know of anything he contributed to S1 that aided it.
We do know that he set the trend for visually dark episodes (going all the way back to GoT S8), we know he is a nepotist (Talia was played by his wife and he kept camera-fucking her mid-scene, and then ragequit the show when they wouldn't make her a producer), and that the other writers all remained consistent.
It is ridiculous to think Sapochnik leaving was the cause of thise and not the Writer's Strike that forced pre-production to end early and filming to start with a shortened season.
This very much feels like the penultimate episode with another 1 or 2 that actually would have been a finale.
Agreed. They need to get rid of Sarah Hess and Greta patel. Terrible writer and an equally awful director
Amen, well said!
Jace hasn't been completely idle. He flew all over on a dangerous diplomatic mission. Secured support from the Starks, formed an important bond.
They almost cut out everything related to him this season 💀
@@Hear.myvoice
Yeah they had to scramble due to Zaslav axing 2 seasons.
I really thought everything would escalate after the season 1 ending. But it kinda dragged on and it felt like all major deaths were kinda forgotten within a few moments.
Yeah this finale felt like it was mainly done to set up the next season rather than conclude this season
I agree with you.
Season 3 we better get 20 deaths per episode, Bloodbath, Showing temporary Extinction of Dragon’s,’ And multiple Daemon battles
I'm glad Daemon is back to his normal self at the end of this season. With a show like HoTD I feel we need 10 eps a season too. Not 8 like other shows!
Lol relax there's not going to be battles every single episode
@@DuneLover1472not with that attitude
@@BrainPilot He needed to accept his fate that he WILL be the King that Never Was and that he has a part to play in the greater arc. Frankly, it's like one character's entire purpose is to make sure another character lives long enough to accomplish a specific task after which even that character's demise is unimportant. The task they complete before dying is paramount!
We do have (at least) 2 more seasons. I know the action scenes are a highlight but too much dragon warfare will diminish its impact imo
Well, it’s all about season three now. I think the opening will be quite a big bang in two years time, but anyway, next year knight of the seven Kingdom with Duncan and egg.
Yeah at least there's something next year!
@@BrainPilot correct 👍
How did we go from the highs of season 1 to this? Feels like the show is fan fiction at this point.
Season 1 had one good episode. It was junk. Season 2 had nothing.
1 - It was always fan fiction
2 - Shortened season due to Writer Strike
3 - Not enough Paddy Consadine
Paddy was the heart of the show. Everything has gone downhill since then
@@joneethling one of my favourite episodes in season 1 is episode 4 the conversion between daemon and rhaenyra in the castle is really good.. i really like how daemon and rheanyra atleast in season 1 speaks alot of high valyrian together
"What if we just have everybody dither around for eight episodes, then end the season abruptly just as something interesting's about to happen?"
Alicent kinda forgot that she was driven by her love for her children
True, but then they all kind of just disregarded her
Does that mean her male children deserve to die? Alicent literally pushed her sons to be how they are. Aegon literally ran and hid and cried because he didn’t want throne. But now she wants to have him publicly beheaded? It just makes her seem evil. Lol she literally only asked to save herself, Helena and jahera smh.
@@BrainPilotthey didn't
Aemond did
Aegon never did
And daeron, well, I guess she doesn't even aknowledge him now😂
@@dom9041543Yes
Aegon ran and hid, then he had 99 innocent men killed and displayed above the ramparts, he assaulted people, and once made king had no problem harming the land for his own desires.
Aemond is willing to kill his brother, kill innocents, and at the very least is incapable of stopping Vhagar reliably.
"ShE mAdE tHeM"
No, the system made them, like the system made her, because the system is the enemy.
She doesn't want her son publicly executed, but accepts that the system demands it if she is going to have any of her family survive.
Setting all that aside, Rhaenyra only demands Aegon's head, she does not demand Aemond or Daeron's heads.
So evil of her to only want the living, non-warcrime family members to be safe. /s
@@thomaswillard6267so I guess her jumping in front of a dragon to shield aegon was something I made up in my mind
I was amped for a battle, yet all I got was scenes leading to the war. "How many wives do you have?!?" Made me laugh out loud😂
Alicent’a character arc is destroyed, the prophecies are terrible, it all fell apart when they changed Aemond far too much
I belive they can finish the whole book in just 12 episodes.
Imagine they have two more episodes just to surprise us next weekend. See you in 2026 guys
The unintentional mid season finale for the finale
I’m confused. Jon Snow brought everyone together. Would he be the prince that was promised
In Valyrian apparently the word prince is gender neutral but I mean he unites everyone under Dany so maybe she still is ?
@@moy8952 but Jon is a Targaryen so couldn’t not be him.
@@jayferguson8834 Probably because he didn't receive the name Targaryen from Daenerys
@@wolfslayer7678 he's Rhagars son
The show clearly wanna put Dany upfront as girlboss prophecy, but we all know Jon is the prince that was promised.
Season 2 felt like a long ass trailer. For this episode, they wasted so much time having Rheaeys and Alicent staring at each other...we could have had a training sequence with the new dragon riders, Rhaena could have had a longer scene and claimed her dragon instead of stumbling around the whole episode :/
😂😂😂 I swear, every time BrainPilot says Aemond’s name I hear “Airman” 😅
When you have the budget for 7 episodes - but you know fans will be pissed.
So you dissapoint fans by closing the season with a filler and cliffhanger episode.
No...I feel like they filled the remaining episodes already, esp the dragon duels et al. HBO told the showrunners... WE want to push the good stuff into S3 because we need the revenue from more subscriptions and renewals.
I think daemon think rhaenyra is the prince that was promised because he doesn’t actually fully see danys face
That's an interesting theory!
I think he just witnessed the end of house targaryn and the rebirth with dany
Alicent betraying everyone because she's obsessed with her bestie
😂😂😂
In a romantic kinda way I guess..
@DarkKing009 That, and self-preservation. Alicent is a good woman but......gullible and a feckless mother. To add, I blame avarice Otto and vindictive Cole as well for this war!
Since shogun I’m following you. By far the best recaps! I guess the next HotD recap will be in mid 2026.
Glad you enjoy the videos, thanks for tuning into them!
We already lost one queen 😞, and another is preparing 🫢
Not everything needs to be explosions and blood and dragon fire. The politics are really important to the story.
true, but the politics, story and characters need to make sense, which none of this does, people who are complaining about "not enough battles" need to realize its not the lack of battles that is hurting the show, it feels more like a cheesy CW show than anything near game of thrones
Very much with the politics but why introduce side quest Tyland Lannister and Tyroshi leaders to that degree especially in the finale? Do we really care about mud wrestling? It was just bad writing by Sara Hess.
Sure, what was political about Rhaena's Wilderness Adventure (™)
The problem is that they’re totally butchering the story and writing nettles out and rewriting all this tripping on acid bullshit with Damon
Cope
Lackluster and yes great setup for next season but still was dissatisfied with the end considering no deaths or betrayals! The entire Lannister side story was weird to have so much time dedicated to it considering we could care less
They could have had a character just tell what happened to save time. I frothy came out of nowhere and didn’t fit the rest of the tone of the episode.
Seasmoke claiming Adam was my season highlight 😂
That was a good moment!
I was waiting for something big to happen the whole episode and it never did 💀
Yeah I thought we'd get a battle but we didn't! I guess that's for Season 3!
Thank you, finally someone understands the writing for alicent
Disappointed to see that Daemons plan of emptying Harenhall and taking Kings Landing (thereby completely tricking Cole and Aemomd) has been changed for Alicent surrendering it so that the show can force some sort of ‘positive feminism’ down our throats.
You've already started out wrong! You clearly weren't paying attention if u think Alicent started this war!!!
Plot twist: all 8 episodes of season 3 is fancy conversation on warships and dragons and in the last episode we finally see the two armies meeting up setting up for the ultimate battle of season 4
I’m glad they didn’t rush and show us wars in E8. There was some good payoff
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9:28 the show runner said that scene is not to confirm Dany is the princess that was promised, it is George's part yet to be revealed. It was just to tell abt the family members who are around dragonss
I loved the finale. It’s more drama. But very much building up the characters. Damien (sorry for the misspelling) already knows his role in all this and what’s to come for the coming generations. It was as if he needed that journey to now fully understand his role. His brother was always right.
It could be that next season is the last one as far as these groups of characters. Remember that Rhaenyra dies and it’s a horrible death as per how Geoffrey from Game of Thrones explained it. I’m sure she gets power as we know that anyone that sits in the iron throne meets their death in a bad way. Should be interesting to see the the story comes about.
did anyone think aemond was gonna push helaena?
I was so bored I wished he would.
No
Yes, especially with that giant gap right there.
Very much felt like he was going to grow a mustache and start twirling it as he monologued about finding a new dragonrider for Dreamfyre
I've been very impressed with the actor portraying Helena and I'm glad the show is expanding the role from what it was in the book.
Regarding Rheyna, I was sorry that if they were going to give her the arc of the lady from the book that they didn't make her claiming the dragon more compelling. She's not very fleshed out or interesting and I'm left not interested or happy that she's about to get a dragon. I wish they had fully given her the book character's ingenuity in figuring out the way to get the dragon.
A finale should have a satisfying resolution to a major conflict in this seaaon while teasing us with a new plot point. This finale sucked and just left us with multiple cliffhangers!
Love daemon’s vision
Yeah it was the best one out of them all. This and the Viserys ones
I was wondering only about the final conversation between Alicent and Rhaenyra. It left so much unsaid. And it feels like either a lot has just been cut or there was much more meant than said.
Unfortunately the finale was not the battle. Disappointed after waiting so long for Season 2. I had to recap Season 1 before watching Season 2 because it had been so long I had forgotten what happened.
What was the actual point of Daemon seeing Dany? I get that she was the promised one but she also is the end of the Targaryen bloodline…that part made no sense to me
I'm kind of disappointed with the season finale because it sets the storyline for season 3. As you said, it seems that many sophomore shows played it cautiously and hope to bring people in for the next season. Now, we wait.
Guys remember, they only about to shoot season 3 in mid 2025, so we are all need to wait at least 2-3 years…for Season 3.
My Highlights:
- the manwoman thing that fights the Lannister dude in the mudd
- the endless Alicent dialogues that I always skip
- the black bastard who is always pissed
- the loveknight who states in therapy with himself that all men are evil
- that we don't see armies and only a few cuts of dragons - I mean come on we all want crying women and endless soft dialogues
bEsT show ever (BC twilight is not a show)
Gimme more damn Alicent in season 3 PLEASE
A whole season of talking in circles, walking around & half-heartedly planning a war. GRR martin was talking about this all along. RIP Rhaenys, the Cargylls & Jaehaerys for carrying the season, the Queen who did something, the Guard against deluded writers & the Prince who died for filler
Hope all those fans who told us to be “patient” are eating their words & seethe for another 2 years. So much for S1 being the build up to the “Dance of Dragons”
While i dont particularly like all the book changes, i hope to god Helaena gets a good ending. Or at lest, nothing painful. She is truly a purd being.
thanks for the video
I just watched season 1 episode 5, when her dad gets kicked out of the castle he warns her that this was going to happen, and look it did. Watch 7 minutes into season 1 episode 5 to see what i mean
What about that stag kight that was next to the tree just before daemon's vision?
Two seasons of build up and tension with basically nothing happening come on not cool
Just lije GOTs HOTD's best parts are people in rooms talking lol
thanks for making an explanation not 35 minutes long
Lol… She coulda gone to Harrenhall in two seconds every day if she wanted to.
Genuinely could have done
this chapter was fire for real. just that now the long waiting i dont ike at all.
Season 2 = asking for more sugar for the coffee, but its not sweet enough !
I just posted my very first breakdown video for hotd. It's so hard to make them! It took me the whole day to figure out the copyright problems. :D
I need more DRAGON CLIP
The title card "clicks" are weird. What are you clicking? There's nothing to click lol
Shogun>HOTD
Shogun was such a good show to be fair
@@BrainPilot HOTD could have been epic, I watched ep 7 Vermithor scene like 20 times. It was done exceptionally well, and the dragon noises are way more advanced, eerie and unique then ever before. But the season finale was a massive blue balls
If anyone thinks either season 1 and 2 are a patch on GOT season 1 &2 you’re lying or like boring people talking in the dark . Such a let down
the whole season was the big ad for the next season and so on.
The writers are trying to drag the show to 4 seasons when it should've been 3. The first half lived up to the hype but the second half was a drag.
I liked the finale and i think it ended at a good spot…however i do think season 3 should be the last season of this series
Season 1 was great. But not feeling this season. Blood and Cheese plot was too rushed. A lot of the dialogue during mid-season was lazy and unsophisticated writing. Many missed opportunities build upon characters and their motivations. Saddens me say, but I just felt a bit disinterested. Sort this out HBO
Yeah the 8 episode structure probably meant that they didn't have enough time
Maybe HBO should look up the meaning of Finale - this wasnt it.
Idk how they gonna finish all of this in two seasons, there soo much ground to cover still.
the writers are utterly fucked ahahaha whover preplanned 4 seasons was as high as Daemon
The people saying 3 or 4 seasons are ridiculous, 5 is the perfect number and what was mentioned back during S1.
S3 can open with Blacks taking of King's Landing, then the Battle of the Gullet turning Rhaenyra cold, ending with the Butcher's Ball for Blacks W
S4 opens with Tumbleton and the taking of Dragonstone. Maybe the Greens win this season? Nope, just Maegor with teats so the Dragonpit happens and with the Gods, L's all around
S5 can then provide good focus for the final section of the war, the death of literally everyone in power.
Second Tumbleton
Aegon III
Hour of the Wolf
I hope it ends with the Hour of the Wolf and the appointment of the 7 regents
Thanks
We are going to get Gta 6 before the dance of the dragons
These writers are not even close to Game of Thrones quality. I put up with an entire season of Daemon losing his mind hoping the finale would make up for it, and we get no action and more garbage.
I am so happy and laughing my ass off that most of those so-called Leakes were wrong. FYI were is Otto Hightower?
The black cells
I just want Daemon to live happi
Alicent started it all.
*Viserys*
The episode was okay for an epidoe 8, but for a season finale it was't good... specially when the audiance has too wait for another 2 years after only build up ...
A very average season. I don’t expect battles every episode but when you wait two years I feel you deserve more. Other than the big battle, episode 4 I think, I can’t really remember much else happening. The last few episodes in particular blend into one. The finale had some cool scenes but as others have said, it’s basically a trailer and I don’t think that was the right move.
Season 2 was disappointing. It's just dragged out and most of the times, it was repetitive. Basically, Daemon just slowly envisioned that it doesn't matter what happens to them, they are only in the prequel series ;) The 8 episodes could have been told in 4 episodes and continue the storyline in a more paced way.
Best part of this season was the ending what a waste of 8 weeks don’t bother with season 3
Blue Balls finale🤣
A like for every "drag"
People always getting overhyped and judge too early. Lotr s2 is gonna be much better then this
They kinda forgot that it wasa finalle
It did have that feeling to it for sure
Not much of a climax compared to previous season.
IF WE DON’T GET COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF DRAGON ON DRAGON VIOLENCE, EXPLOSIONS AND DESTRUCTION WITHIN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF SEASON 3!!! Enough with CSPAN Westeros!
this show sucks wtf was this ending!
They better not wait two years to premiere season 3! 😒😖😡
It's probably going to be!
We waited 2 years for a whole 8 episodes of boring ass buildup
Season finale is a meh! Should've ended with battle at gullet? Lol
Yeah that would have been the best way for the season to conclude
I am glad that Aliston realised that Rhaenyra should be Queen. I thought she couldn't see how manipulative and disgusting her son Aemond is and how he is trying to rule the kingdom. It is also about time Daemon accepted Rhaenyra as Queen too. I am glad King Eagon has left and their sister knows that Aemond tried to kill King Eagon. I see a war coming for Season 3 and I am all here for it.
Explained? Does this even need an explanation? They obviously gonna strech the material cuz they wanna milk this show for Millions of dollars at the cost of quality and crying fans
Someone who doesn’t truly appreciate & enjoy top-notch acting, ASOIAF lore, scheming & politicking, impressive direction & cinematography, sharp dialogue, enjoyable comedic relief, impeccable costuming & set dressing, and wants ACTION-ACTION-ACTION 24/7 - I don’t think this is for you. Maybe try the Transformers movies. More your speed.
Only watched GOT after Season 8 . Maybe I should do same with HOD
I missed the sharp dialogue then
Alicent being butchered, daemon storyline being pointless because he could have just saw the prophecy without the dozens of visions, none of it is sharp
@@randomusername3873 Yeah that entire Daemon being high each episode was pointless when in the end Alys River could have just taken him to the tree from the start.
@@randomusername3873 you’re the people I mean lol
I don't fully agree with that because, in comparison, season 2 of GOT
Was far better. And less action. we would often hear about the wars Rob Stark or jamie and tywin had fought, but we never as the audience watched any action.
My biggest issue is the writing.
The characters speak in a similar manner as GOT
However, there seems to be substance missing similar to like season 7 of GOT
There seems to be a disconnect with the characters, too. I'm still not sure if it's one dimensional acting.
Some of the casting is pretty questionable, and others in the cast are fantastic, especially the older cast like Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Matt Smith, and Paddy Considine
Or the script has not given the audience what is needed for the audience to connect with the characters.
I can enjoy the show, but it's not close in tier to GOT, and as long as I separate them, it's fine.
6/10 for whole season. Terrible ending
Lohar... another girlboss. Are you kidding me?
Very poor season. Now, 16 episodes across two seasons and still difficult to care about whether any of these characters live… or die. Utter fail in storylines. Dull. A costume drama, full of cartoon characters.
Season 2 is lame.
I loved it, just disappointed in the finale.
I agree, it was super lame.