It would be nice in season 3 or when this show will end, all their kids are dead and Viserys fight Otto Hightower with their cranes to the death for the Iron Throne. And after they both die of heart attacks, Daemon crawls out of his death bed on the Throne and dies there. That would be EPIC!
Aegon is unironically the one doing the most to prevent war. He doesn't want to challenge Rhaenyra, he knows his nephews are bastards and not only keeps it to himself but actually gets along with them. Even his drunkenness and lechery in a way makes people less likely to support him as king. Unfortunately Alicent, Otto and Rhaenyra herself will ruin him
Yeah he was introduced as somewhat of a prick after the time jump, but so far he's the most harmless one among them. So far. I mean, shit, even his younger brother was more damaging in this episode.
Alicent and Otto ruin him. Rhaenyra isn't the one pushing him to challenge her claim. Rhaenyra isn't the one who forces him to marry his sister Helaena whom he can't stand. If Alicent and Otto left the succession alone then Aegon would have lived his life in blissful debauchery. Let's also not forget it's Aemond who ruined all chances of a peaceful resolution and led the the blood and cheese incident.
To be clear, Aemond didnt say the eye for a dragon line initially because he still wanted (in his opinion) justice for losing his eye. It was only when he saw that he wasn’t going to get it at that moment and that his mother was about to endanger both of them that he used the line to calm her down. It also served as a back-handed comment, reminding them that their dragon was now his.
I love the part where Viserys tries to deescalate things by yelling that they're family and the shot shows the room with everyone basically standing in their own respective groups. That dude's clinging to life because he knows as soon as he dies half those people will soon follow.
@@PlotFirst EXACTLY. This episode is not even in the books. I swear this show is already giving me GOT season 5/6 vibes and I think I'm kinda just done. No need to fall for this shit twice.
@@notmytruthTHEtruth Aemond stealing dragon is in the books. and also daemon marrying rhaenrya. other than that i dont know i didnt read it but i'm sure its there
@@notmytruthTHEtruth You clearly have not read the books. Also you do know Fire and Blood reads more as historical books right? 🤦🏻♂️. There’s no character POVs so the show takes events of it and expands it like Aemond riding Vhaegar and loosing his eye. If you think it’s like season 5/6 then I’m sorry but you’re an idiot, the shows doing justice to the books and GRRM himself is heavily involved in it.
The “crazy” sister predicted the loss of the eye in the previous episode. She said something to the effect that he would have to lose an eye before he would get a dragon.
@@hectoraccented5312 That's very true. ''Prophecy will bite your prick off every time.'' But in this case, I think Helaena only said ''He'll have to lose an eye'', not that it'll happen in order.
@Dats a paddlin to be fair they’re not the only ones that care, a lot of people care it’s just that the king stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the truth. Once he dies there will be loads of people questioning their legitimacy
@@jonasquinn7977 if the queen and her father didn’t care it would not be a war. No one else that cares has any real so say so in the matter. The King is obviously is bias as well. Not saying he isn’t but the queen being in her feelings is the main reason the war starts.
*DAEMON:* _"We could not marry unless Laenor were dead."_ *RHAENYRA:* _"I know."_ *DAEMON:* _"Let them whisper...We will know the truth of it, and our enemies won't."_ *RHAENYRA:* _"They will fear what else we might be capable of."_ *_"EACH OF US IS CAPABLE OF DEPRAVITY. And more than you would believe."_* - Daemon Targaryen
I've never seen my wifes emotions flip faster than when she was ridiculing rhaenyra for having her husband killed to marry her uncle, then to ugly crying when it was revealed hubbie was actually given the freedom he so desperately wanted.
Opening: Laena is put out to sea, ending: Laenor sets out to sea. Laenor is also seen crying and staring out at the ocean during the funeral. For the plot moving so quickly, they do a tremendous job at least setting up and doing visual storytelling here. Aemon's young actor will be missed, he also made the most of a very short amount of screen time.
I was feeling real Joffe feels when I realized that the children weren't just background scenery anymore. When bad stuff is about to go down, because of a fight between children.
The SOUND fx when those kids were straight punching the S**T out of each other, omg. They were throwing haymakers, breaking all the rules, knocking girls out, ready to bash the littlest kids with rocks, cutting eyes out. I literally stood up out of my chair while watching that scene because I didn’t know what else to do.
I think Viserys is supposed to be in his 40s at this point in the books. Dragons can bond with new riders because they will probably outlive their rider, but people can only bond with one dragon. Viserys was the last rider of Balereon, the dragon Aegon the Conqueror rode when he conquered Westeros.
Writing has been in point. -Vaemond throwing shade during the eulogy -Aemond’s swagger after riding Vhagar “It’s Me.” -Alicent and Rhaenyra fight was like Shakespeare -Viserys telling everybody to shut the fnck up. He’s so over this -nice twist from the books having Laenor “die”
@@Micolash777 "Laenor was slain by his friend, Ser Qarl Correy, while attending a fair at Spicetown in 120 AC. The merchants present reported that the two men had been quarreling before the blades had come out. Septon Eustace insists that Qarl had killed Laenor out of jealousy, believing that Laenor had become enamored of a new, younger, male favorite. According to Mushroom, Qarl had killed Laenor on behalf of Prince Daemon Targaryen, although there was no shred of proof for this" Thats taken from the ASOIAF wiki.
i like the theory that viserys is alive still because the new maestor took over. there is some speculation that the last maestor was purposely not treating his wounds to the best of his ability to let him die to start the conflicts sooner. a lot of people think that the maestors are secretly the puppeteers pulling the strings behind the scenes for the entire world and history.
I certainly think the maesters are in high-cahoots with the hightowers. Any scene with Otto and the Maesters attending the king was full of suspicious shit… and Visery’s new maester who was a trainee earlier suggested helpful treatments like cauterisation but was blown off by the old fart grand maester
its crazy how it only took 1 episode for me to go from not giving a shit about the drama between all the kids to wanting the show to only be about the drama between all the kids they were all so good especially in this episode
Admittedly to a kind of toxic extent, he’s denying reality and letting his grandson off scot free for cutting his sons eye out At the absolute minimum a significant punishment is due
@@jonasquinn7977 He did threaten to kill them all with a stone before the knife was pulled. LOL! but The king probably didn't hear that part of the story.
@@jonasquinn7977 although not much he could do there as he is king. if he takes action someone is gonna die. he is pretty much the only one keeping the family "together" and not starting war... until he dies. but in the books he calls his daughter the light of his life as he never got over Queen Aemma and will always prioritize Aemma and his daughter.
Yeah he loved his daughter undeniably. But him not caring about alicents kids probably started the worst of the conflict. Even w rhaenyra he only loved her like that after aemma was gone.
How? The kid is an absolute asshole. Not only did he steal a dead woman's dragon during her funeral, denying his cousin her birthright while she mourns the loss of her mother, he then attacked his cousins, punched the grieving girl in the face, was about to bash his cousin's face in with a rock, trying to murder him, and even had the ego to threaten to burn them alive as bastards, just like their dead father. How can these actions and his entitled bullying attitude be justified?
I truly admire how much visual story telling was used during the funeral scene. Very little dialogue but just the way each character interacts, reacts to other characters and even in the looks they gave each other told you all you needed to know.
@@tubernery The guy (Laynea’s uncle?) giving the eulogy subtly threw shade at Rhaenyra’s kids being bastards during his speech regarding how her children were “true valyeran” implying Rhaenyra’s are not and Daemon got a kick out of how blatant it was. Or alternatively he saw the attack on Rhaenyra and drew attention away from her by laughing, either are possible and why Daemon is such a good character.
It’s crazy to think about how dark this show is going to become as it progresses. And per wanting more dragon lore, there are still so many dragons to be introduced once the civil war starts. This is just a prelude season
Corlys velaryon: huge proponent of adoption! Seriously though, I've always wanted to adopt and my family is constantly asking me if I'm "sure" because the kids wouldn't be "mine" Having it stated like that really is nice
Such a great insight! I loved Corlys’ view! And it’s so incredibly true. There’s also a point in there of good values surviving through your children (adopted or not), and that’s more valuable than blood. As blood is only a part of us, the (maybe larger) part rest is how we’re raised.
Actually that part felt a little awkward to me. Burial at sea is an amazing tradition for a seafaring-based house. But they literally just chucked her coffin into the water at the coast and it sank like three meters and that's it. Was I the only one who felt that was awkward? Like with a burial at sea the idea is that the sea takes the body. Okay it just sinks to the bottom, but still, it's lost to the vast open sea. With this one you can just walk up to the shore and spot the awkwardly turned-over coffin just lying there. Throw a few more on top and it will look like a trash heap. I don't know. They could have at least got on a boat, sailed out away from shore and released her coffin there. To actually see it disappear.
According to Inside the Episode, this was the very first sequence shot for the season. So all the actors we’re all new in interacting with each other. That’s why I think this scene works soooo well.
It felt the right kind of quiet-awkwardness I agree, where there’s no atmosphere and the wider wings of the family don’t really have anything in common or can talk about, but no one is comfortable expressing boredom or trying to lift the mood because it’s still a funeral and it’s meant to be miserable. Another comment called it ‘unsettling and weary’ which is such a good description. Like it’s tiring to get through and it totally worls
@@Andrew11017 so many! It would have to be. And the ear popping that would occur! He didn't think to strap himself in or anything! I love all the dragon back angles we are getting. The dragon battles will be EPIC
The fact that based on the preview of episode 8 we didn’t see Viserys and only heard him speak, makes me wonder how much the weight/stress of the Iron Throne and the realm have deteriorated his body even further in this next time skip.
I first I thought the princess was trash for having her husband killed, then I was so relieved to see they devised a plan for him to escape. But you have to feel for those parents though... lost both their kids in a week as far as they knew.
@@co2_os It's so much the time jump, it's the fact that they keep switching the actors. But the directing and the story is so good, it doesn't take too much time to adjust. Another time jump and new actors are coming yet again next episode. I only hope it's the last switch in actors.
Dragon are not inherited, so Aemond didn't really stole anything. He claimed Vhaegar and she accepted him. The girls had no business call him a thief. That is not how it works and they know it. Also, yeah, what will happen with Laenor's dragon, cause that ending didn't happen in the book. He's dead in the book XD
Well, it was still quite undelicate to do that, right in the Velaryon's home during the goddamn funeral of Vhaegar's previous rider. Aemond earned his dragon, sure, but the circumstances in which he did that made the perception of being "robbed" quite legit from the girls' perspective.
What? No he STOLE the dragon. Lemme just walk out in the middle of night when everyone knows I'm supposed to be asleep and not doing this, to claim something everyone understands I have no right to claim. Bruh. They had every right to call him a thief. Its not the girls by law, but cmon it damn sure was less his. I was really pissed when he went to claim the dragon. something about it just really pissed me off. it felt like when i get up from my seat to go to the bathroom and some mf sits in it, and then tries to defend why they had a right to "claim it." Its like no the seat isn't mine by blood but to take it and use the fact that I dont own it to defend taking it is some snake sht. Fuck that little kid.
That Otto Hightower and Alicent scene was a highlight of the entire season, can't believe its not being talked about more. I mean wow, that's what I missed from GOT world. Award winning acting from Otto.
"He took their family dragon." Did Aemond though? Is there such a thing as inheriting a dragon? I think not. The thing is, he was crass and definitely not minding the fact that the former rider's family is mourning her death, but he was right: if the daughter wanted to claim Vhagar, then she should have already tried. I'm actually surprised Daemon didn't make sure they were bonded right away. Aemond took the initiative, and gained the world's largest, most dangerous weapon as a reward. (Of course all of this is so that the greens would stand a chance against the blacks, but, you know, it *also* makes sense in-world)
Seven hells. Now I know how psychopaths think. Full grown adult advocates stealing a grieving family's property and beating them up when they get upset over it, cause y'know finders keepers.
@@rickbrees3297 Dragons are not property, genius. That's not how it works. If Vhagar didn't want Aemond, he would've been killed. She CHOSE him, and they literally attacked him first in a 1v4. Plus, calling ppl psychopaths over a fantasy show? Real classy.
Dragons either accept or kill anyone that tries to bond with them. There's no inheriting one. Vhagar might have just toasted the girls if they didn't meet her standards.
Well, it was still quite undelicate to do that, right in the Velaryon's home during the goddamn funeral of Vhaegar's previous rider. Aemond earned his dragon, sure, but the circumstances in which he did that made the perception of being "robbed" quite legit from the girls' perspective.
It was still a dick move, even if he legitimised it by not being eaten alive. The Velaryon kids should have had a chance first, but they're still just kids grieving their mother so maybe let them have a couple of days past the funeral to recollect themselves and try for it? Claiming a dragon would be the last thing on their mind. Baela was well within her rights to be pissed at Aemond for sneaking in while she was grieving, and even though she threw the first punch he continued to escalate the threat out of arrogance. Fucked around, found out.
Daemon and Rhaenyra helping Laenor escape with his man was one of the most heroic things we’ve EVER seen on GoT. . Anyone else would’ve just actually killed him.. but both of them loved him and they knew he deserved a happier life elsewhere. . Fantastic episode!
@@dams6829 Yes. Rhaenyra is not entirely good and they are slowly building that up. But with this show, we have yet to see someone who is entirely honorable - and who isn't just background - Lyonel Strong sounded like he was made 100% of good stuff, but he died very quickly.
The funeral at the start gave me "once upon a time in the west" vibes where you have several loooooong minutes of no one speaking and just people watching other people and how they react. It was unsettling and weary, like a funeral should feel.
@J Hoop sigh. Looks like people don't understand that every person on this planet has different opinions. If you think rings of power is garbage then that's your opinion and nothing is wrong with that. But there is also nothing wrong with people liking rings of power. I know many people who hate house of dragon and love rings of power and vice versa and thats ok because that is their subjective opinion
2:52 - Okay that’s gotta be the most ACCURATE comparison to that whole scene I’ve EVER heard. That really did felt like watching a Jerry Springer show and Damon was the host watching the chaos occur.😆
Houses or people don't OWN dragons, Dragons choose their own riders. Vhaghar first chose Laena, when she died, he chose Aemond. Laena daughter had no right to the dragon
Aemond didn't "steal" Vhagar he "claimed" The biggest dragon in the world doesn't just get stolen, he was accepted & chosen to ride him. He would be dead if Vhagar thought that one of The girls should be his rider.... Lastly Vhagar was already with the girls when they were in pentos. They had enough time to make a bond and try to claim Vhagar The entire time they were there and the time it took them to get back to Westeros... They are just salty because they didn't
Maybe they were distracted because they were, idk, grieving?Aemond taking advantage of that doesn’t mean the girls did anything wrong, but yeah her mother’s body was barely cold rhaena’s priority should’ve been hopping onto vhagar as fast as possible, we get it.
@@judigemini178 she had plenty of time from Pentos to the funeral to claim Vhagar, it's like inheriting something from a dead parent, it sucks that they're dead, but you want to have something to remember them by. She can be mad that she didn't take The opportunity and someone else did. She was just going to have to remember that she was too sad to take action and claim what could have been hers
What? No he STOLE the dragon. Lemme just walk out in the middle of night when everyone knows I'm supposed to be asleep and not doing this, to claim something everyone understands I have no right to claim. Bruh. They had every right to call him a thief. Its not the girls by law, but cmon it damn sure was less his. I was really pissed when he went to claim the dragon. something about it just really pissed me off. it felt like when i get up from my seat to go to the bathroom and some mf sits in it, and then tries to defend why they had a right to "claim it." Its like no the seat isn't mine by blood but to take it and use the fact that I dont own it to defend taking it is some snake sht. Fuck that little kid.
@@INRamos13 NO. 3rd person arguing this bs. If you don't see what he did as idk underhanded and unscrupulous and in some way wrong, idk what to say. You don't go out in the middle of night when everyone is asleep to do something good. what he did was wrong. and then to say "well he had every right since they didn't do it yet" ... typical "how to justify doing something wrong" logic.
Vhagar is the oldest dragon alive and has been through a few different riders. Laena Valyrion is her most recent, but previous to Laena was Baelon Targaryen (Viserys' father) and long before that was Visenya Targaryen, Aegon the Conquerors' sister. The only critique I have, is that in the book it's said that to bond with a dragon that has had previous riders, they need to warm to you. It takes time and patience to form a bond. But I guess for the sake of the episode runtime they cut that out. I too would also like to see more dragon lore in the show. I understand that they don't want to lean too hard on the fantasy elements, but dragons are essentially what has kept the Targaryens in power for generations. They're a crucial political element and yet we don't entirely know how they are inherited in the show.
I have to give the young actor of Aemond a lot of credit for delivering on that line. Now I hope his new actor can do the same for another great line in the future 💯😈
This episode solidified this show being amazing for me. Also, the history not remembering blood but names was one of the best lines delivered in recent tv history.
Dragons are not inherited through families. according to lore it is not automatic that Vhagar the big bad dragon (fun fact: is the dragon of Visenya, Aegon the Conqueror´s sister) should pass to Laena´s daughters. the only requirment is that they have Targaryen blood. For example Vhagar before belonging to Laena was Baelon´s Dragon (Viserys and Daemon´ s Father) and yet she landed with Laena. So technically Aemond did not steal Vhagar.
It’s so interesting hearing ppl talk about the dark beach scene. Seems like most ppl hate it. I saw it on a huge 4k OLED and I thought seeing the stars in the sky and them lit by “moonlight”was beautiful.
I watched it in 1080p in a room with the lights off and it was a bit grainy but looked great otherwise. I did think they could have bumped the bright contrast up just a bit more, since you could tell it was going to be an issue for some people.
Honestly this might be my favorite episode so far. Also I’m really impressed with Olivia Cooke. I went from liking Alicent to hating her guts in just 2 episodes. That takes talent. 🤣 Also, all I had seen Olivia Cooke in before this was Ready Player One, so this is a different role from what I’ve seen from her. Honestly IMO she is crushing it right now. Same with Matt Smith. Daemon is probably my favorite character at the moment. I never know who’s side he’s on and it’s really interesting.
Honestly I kinda sympathise with Alicent, sure she took it too far but it must be absolutely infuriating to see Rhaenyra get away with everything she does Hell her son just lost an eye and the perpetrator wasn’t even punished!
I am all over the place with my sympathies ... which probably is kind of the point. I don't think people are supposed to hate Alicent or praise Rhaenyra to hight heavens. I did not even get all the hate for Otto ripping into Daemon (I really don't think Dameon is all that "cool" over all). IDK I may be a bit "green" behind my ears ;)
@@drumaticpageofmusic4148 to be clear: I think Viserys is amazing and I will miss him. But since the poor guy is slowly falling apart I think some marital duties are difficult to execute. I would be jealous, too, if I had to watch Rhaenyra having fun and then with handsome guys like Cole, Strong, (her husband) and finally Daemon. Especially Daemon though Alicent doesn't know at this point of time. And I love Rhaenyra for being this woman ❤️
hahaha. after this episode, I was wondering what Matt was complaining about. That sex scene isn't graphic at all. With the exception of episode 1, there isn't much sex scenes for him.
can we not say this was funny anymore? Twitzoomer language is getting so boring already IM KILLED YOU KILLED WE ALL KILLED IT I AM DEAD I AM KILLED Not everything has to be killed or dead jesus
@@Ruddline wow, who shit in your coffee this morning? If this triggers you, you’ve got far deeper issues that need to be addressed. Find a therapist and work it out with them, no need to show your insecurities online for the world to see.
Checked on twitter, and they did INDEED film the beach scenes and most of the scenes of this episode in broad daylight and then put a reeeeeally dark filter over it. Crazy.
Cool little easter egg I found out after I watched it, the dagger the queen pulled out was the same arya used. It's also the pupil of the dragon's eye in the series poster
I find myself very unexpectedly pulling for the greens, or more just Alicent, don't know how that happens. And I was a bit confused about Larys in this episode, it didnt look like he's manipulating Alicent, not is he in love with her, but want to just weirdly serve her or something. He looked like he wanted her to acknowledge him at the funeral and she was just like meh.
That guy is seizing the terrain. He needs to know in which side he must be when the war starts cause he knows that war is a matter of time. Everyones knows it, except Viserys who willfully has turned blind. You can see it when Otto is all proud and happy that Aemond took Vhagar, the way he says it implies that he's already preparing the course of war. Larys knows that Rhaenyra isn't popular amongst the lords and the common folk, so is preparing his way to side with the ones he perceived as the stronger ones.
Totally agree great episode but the dark scense got me so mad as this was a talking point in past GoT episodes that were to dark and you could not tell who was who
the problem with Laenor getting away is that he willingly did that to his parents right after his sister died. So it just doesn't make a lot of sense..! it's a bit too cold hearted for Laenor
Yh feel sorry for rhaenys especially given what shes been through, if corlys finds out hes still alive u know hes about to go on a misson to drag his ass back to westeros. I hope he at least writes to rhaenys letting her know hes alive, I dont think she’ll tell her husband tbh just wants laenor to be happy
But he’s kind of lived for them his whole life, so it felt like it was time for him to live his own life. At last. He knows they’ve mostly cared about power, even though they of course love him too.
Thanks for raising the darkness thing, for a long time during the episode I thought my TV was broken. You could see the sun at its highest and yet the light was full eclipse-level.
Yeah I also took note of the very obvious "day for night" scenes, but yeah, otherwise good episode. I love how the beginning captured the awkwardness of family gatherings, with the added element of some family members plotting to kill the others. Also, I do think it's made fairly clear that it was the plan for Laenor to escape. It's why Daemon killed that one random guard/servant in the stairs but also why he said to Rhaenyra "You'll still know the truth" or something like that when she said that the others will think she killed Laenor. But I did like how they still let trusted us as the audience to piece that together.
The good thing I liked was how both rhanearyas and daemonds kids all get along so we know they will be united. But my favourite scene had to be funeral. You just felt the tension, which I put all down to the acting
I liked when she asked Sir Criston to attack and he reminded her that he’s only supposed to protect her “if” she’s attacked!!🤣😂🤣. Great review Jeremy, loved it 🥰. Yea the lighting was too dark, could hardly see anything. Thank you! ALL OF YOUR CRITIQUES ARE AWESOME!!!👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This episode had the best dialogue of the whole show with so many quotable lines no wonder they used them in the trailer. The Alicent Otto scene or Valerion with his wife were perfect and to top it all off the unveiling of rhaneyras plan through her conversation with daemon was also perfect.
Alternative story idea but how funny would it be as Viserys ages he turns into a zombie the first Night King, this gets his children to unite like he wanted only to stop him.
Okay I know it's film and it's not meant to be totally realistic but the dark night scenes where very accurate to how you would be watching those things in real life so for that reason I liked it. It's immersive.
Am I the only one who thinks Rhaenyra really wanted Laenor dead to send a messege and that it was Daemon who went "lol, nope" and came up with the idea of faking it? Daemon fought besides Laenor and his father for 3 years, and married his sister. He won't do Laenor dirty, even though Rhaenyra told him to (Won't be the 1st time she made a stupid move).
I don't think she wanted him to actually die, but understood his "death" was necessary. It's clear from their dialogue together that there's a genuine affection to their arrangement.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't see a damn thing when it was dark. I actually paused my TV and tried to adjust the settings to see if it would help and it didn't do a thing
Just love this show. Gets better and better. I do miss the young actresses, the current versions of Rhaenyra and Alicent are great but but the younger ones felt like they could just convey so much more emotion in a wider range, simply incredible acting.
@@Bannedconfidential She’s good, but the main look is the “concerned eyebrows” look though. The one she has with Larysfinger. I think the younger Alicent could just convey much more (innocence, anger, disappointment, frustration, uncertainty) in more subtle ways. She’s become more one-dimensional in the show now, in the past she was not.
I don't know, the dagger confrontation was beautifully tense and dramatic. Both the new actresses did an excellent job playing such such a scene. I agree that Alicent's old actress did a stellar job, but I disagree about the one-dimension: this Alicent is obviously more adult, and also even the younger Alicent began to look this way right before the time skip, when she made her pivotal change (symbolized by her "menacing" entrance dressed in green). Still, even the current Alicent still shows anexiety and vulnerability, she's indeed way bitter and obsessed than before but still feels like her heart ain't cold enough for the cruelty of the game.
Love your reactions!!! 🤟😃 Alicent did nothing wrong!!! Aemond did nothing wrong!!! PS: Aemond was attacked first & Alicent was protecting her son. Just saying. Dragon are claimed, not inherit !!!🤟😎🍀 Team Green !!!🟢🟢🟢
I would agree that Aemond was just protecting himself but Alicent was not protecting anybody. Her pride was damaged and she decided a child had to pay for it.
I would love to see Viserys just defy all odds and just keep being alive while looking more and more zombie ish
Viserys the white walker
@@klaykid117 nah, he just gets tired of all the shit and with the help of some mumbo-jumbo turns into Melisandre.
The true Night King
It would be nice in season 3 or when this show will end, all their kids are dead and Viserys fight Otto Hightower with their cranes to the death for the Iron Throne. And after they both die of heart attacks, Daemon crawls out of his death bed on the Throne and dies there. That would be EPIC!
@@draxrdax7321 Would die of laughter, this better happen now
My favorite part of this episode was right after Alicent loses her entire mind, the whole room just looks around like "Well......bedtime?"
Did someone say KFC?
They enjoyed the show
Loses her mind is an overstatement. Her son just got mutilated 💀
“This proceeding is at an end.” What a line in context.
ya hey so should take your kids eye out lol😅
"No matter how fat the leech grows, it always wants for another meal."
Daemon described Otto's hunger for power in a sentence.
He was right, Otto Hightower is a c*nt
So that's what he said. I couldn't understand his mutter at all 🤣
Daemon is not a saint either.
Daemon described Daemon's hunger for power in a sentence.
@@alinazhidil9817 Daemon murdered his wife.
Aegon is unironically the one doing the most to prevent war. He doesn't want to challenge Rhaenyra, he knows his nephews are bastards and not only keeps it to himself but actually gets along with them. Even his drunkenness and lechery in a way makes people less likely to support him as king. Unfortunately Alicent, Otto and Rhaenyra herself will ruin him
Yeah he was introduced as somewhat of a prick after the time jump, but so far he's the most harmless one among them. So far.
I mean, shit, even his younger brother was more damaging in this episode.
That's something i never considered. He has such a punchable face i never thought he'd be the one likely to keep the peace
@@KillianProse I don't think Aemond did anything wrong in all honesty
He also does not really want the throne, and of what we know of GoT history, it'll suit him ill.
Alicent and Otto ruin him. Rhaenyra isn't the one pushing him to challenge her claim. Rhaenyra isn't the one who forces him to marry his sister Helaena whom he can't stand. If Alicent and Otto left the succession alone then Aegon would have lived his life in blissful debauchery. Let's also not forget it's Aemond who ruined all chances of a peaceful resolution and led the the blood and cheese incident.
To be clear, Aemond didnt say the eye for a dragon line initially because he still wanted (in his opinion) justice for losing his eye. It was only when he saw that he wasn’t going to get it at that moment and that his mother was about to endanger both of them that he used the line to calm her down.
It also served as a back-handed comment, reminding them that their dragon was now his.
I want this show to go on for 7 seasons and have Paddy Considine's character still be alive.
Next ep Viserys still alive looking like the crypt keeperxD
The Undead King
Granted
Bolognese!
Episode 9 will be Weekend At Viserys
I love the part where Viserys tries to deescalate things by yelling that they're family and the shot shows the room with everyone basically standing in their own respective groups. That dude's clinging to life because he knows as soon as he dies half those people will soon follow.
He’s is the only one stopping them from killing each other at this point
The depth in the way everyone was looking at each other was so deep and with so many layers. Incredible story telling.
Is this comment satire? Please say yes.
@@PlotFirst EXACTLY. This episode is not even in the books. I swear this show is already giving me GOT season 5/6 vibes and I think I'm kinda just done. No need to fall for this shit twice.
It’s a fictional history book that only summarized events. They kind of need to make a lot of stuff up to fill in the gaps.
@@notmytruthTHEtruth Aemond stealing dragon is in the books. and also daemon marrying rhaenrya.
other than that i dont know i didnt read it but i'm sure its there
@@notmytruthTHEtruth You clearly have not read the books. Also you do know Fire and Blood reads more as historical books right? 🤦🏻♂️. There’s no character POVs so the show takes events of it and expands it like Aemond riding Vhaegar and loosing his eye. If you think it’s like season 5/6 then I’m sorry but you’re an idiot, the shows doing justice to the books and GRRM himself is heavily involved in it.
The “crazy” sister predicted the loss of the eye in the previous episode. She said something to the effect that he would have to lose an eye before he would get a dragon.
This episode I also heard her saying stuff about dragons in cloaks of green and cloaks of black… hmmmmm
But he lost the eye because and AFTER he gets a dragon, RRM likes to put prophecies in his books that never came true the way they were spoken
Didn't they speak about Targaryens having two powers: one to ride dragons and other to foresee the future
@@hectoraccented5312 That's very true. ''Prophecy will bite your prick off every time.'' But in this case, I think Helaena only said ''He'll have to lose an eye'', not that it'll happen in order.
@@Hana9916 yeah I mean he only got to that fight and lost his eye because he claimed vhagar so it makes sense
I laughed out loud when Aegon said “we know. Everyone knows. Just look at them” in reference to Raenyra’s children 😂
Lol the funny part is they are the only ones that care though 😂. The king obviously don’t and it drives them crazy.
@@datsapaddlin
The king doesn't care about alot of things. It's gonna be really funny when he dies and a war starts thanks to his weakness.
@Dats a paddlin to be fair they’re not the only ones that care, a lot of people care it’s just that the king stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the truth. Once he dies there will be loads of people questioning their legitimacy
@@Ready-ForTheEnd the whole family has their flaws and that’s the reason it’s gonna be a war because it’s about personal feelings over the kingdom.
@@jonasquinn7977 if the queen and her father didn’t care it would not be a war. No one else that cares has any real so say so in the matter. The King is obviously is bias as well. Not saying he isn’t but the queen being in her feelings is the main reason the war starts.
*DAEMON:* _"We could not marry unless Laenor were dead."_
*RHAENYRA:* _"I know."_
*DAEMON:* _"Let them whisper...We will know the truth of it, and our enemies won't."_
*RHAENYRA:* _"They will fear what else we might be capable of."_
*_"EACH OF US IS CAPABLE OF DEPRAVITY. And more than you would believe."_* - Daemon Targaryen
I've never seen my wifes emotions flip faster than when she was ridiculing rhaenyra for having her husband killed to marry her uncle, then to ugly crying when it was revealed hubbie was actually given the freedom he so desperately wanted.
By killing an innocent man
@@daquaviousbingleton9763 yeah they forgot about him .
@@daquaviousbingleton9763 no one is innocent in Westeros
@@samlewis3555 Copium bro, the dude was innocent, but westeros is an eff'ed up place
@@rjohnm666 Lol not really
Opening: Laena is put out to sea, ending: Laenor sets out to sea. Laenor is also seen crying and staring out at the ocean during the funeral. For the plot moving so quickly, they do a tremendous job at least setting up and doing visual storytelling here. Aemon's young actor will be missed, he also made the most of a very short amount of screen time.
Aemond
@@ravenwhiteduck6460 thank you lmao. I feel like I need a wiki page open to keep up with all these slightly different names.
@@jaycollins2036 even I mix them up from time to time, definitely look up Aemon though, he's great
Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke were both brilliant this episode.
I was feeling real Joffe feels when I realized that the children weren't just background scenery anymore. When bad stuff is about to go down, because of a fight between children.
Allicent: wears green
The 7 kingdoms: “a call to war!”
Aemond: steals a dragon
The 7 kingdoms: “it be like that sometimes”
The SOUND fx when those kids were straight punching the S**T out of each other, omg. They were throwing haymakers, breaking all the rules, knocking girls out, ready to bash the littlest kids with rocks, cutting eyes out. I literally stood up out of my chair while watching that scene because I didn’t know what else to do.
I think Viserys is supposed to be in his 40s at this point in the books. Dragons can bond with new riders because they will probably outlive their rider, but people can only bond with one dragon. Viserys was the last rider of Balereon, the dragon Aegon the Conqueror rode when he conquered Westeros.
But a new rider can bond once the current rider dies.
@@tsheporabekane4172I know, I don't think I suggested otherwise.
He also doesn't seem to want a dragon himself, as long as he can avoid to have one
@@barbara832001: When you said "dragons can bond with new riders" I insinuated that you meant dragons can have more than one rider at a time.
@@tsheporabekane4172 Oh, okay.
Writing has been in point.
-Vaemond throwing shade during the eulogy
-Aemond’s swagger after riding Vhagar “It’s Me.”
-Alicent and Rhaenyra fight was like Shakespeare
-Viserys telling everybody to shut the fnck up. He’s so over this
-nice twist from the books having Laenor “die”
What happened to Laenor in the books?
@@Micolash777 He died in the hand of Qarl.
@@Micolash777 "Laenor was slain by his friend, Ser Qarl Correy, while attending a fair at Spicetown in 120 AC. The merchants present reported that the two men had been quarreling before the blades had come out. Septon Eustace insists that Qarl had killed Laenor out of jealousy, believing that Laenor had become enamored of a new, younger, male favorite. According to Mushroom, Qarl had killed Laenor on behalf of Prince Daemon Targaryen, although there was no shred of proof for this"
Thats taken from the ASOIAF wiki.
That was lame he should have actually died it was so dark and then bam copout
i like the theory that viserys is alive still because the new maestor took over. there is some speculation that the last maestor was purposely not treating his wounds to the best of his ability to let him die to start the conflicts sooner. a lot of people think that the maestors are secretly the puppeteers pulling the strings behind the scenes for the entire world and history.
I certainly think the maesters are in high-cahoots with the hightowers. Any scene with Otto and the Maesters attending the king was full of suspicious shit… and Visery’s new maester who was a trainee earlier suggested helpful treatments like cauterisation but was blown off by the old fart grand maester
Ah yes, The Grand Maester Conspiracy. Some Alex Jones conspiracy theory shit in Westeros lol.
its crazy how it only took 1 episode for me to go from not giving a shit about the drama between all the kids to wanting the show to only be about the drama between all the kids they were all so good especially in this episode
King Viserys is single handedly curing everyone's daddy issues - loving his daughter no matter what
Admittedly to a kind of toxic extent, he’s denying reality and letting his grandson off scot free for cutting his sons eye out
At the absolute minimum a significant punishment is due
@@jonasquinn7977 He did threaten to kill them all with a stone before the knife was pulled. LOL! but The king probably didn't hear that part of the story.
@@jonasquinn7977 although not much he could do there as he is king. if he takes action someone is gonna die. he is pretty much the only one keeping the family "together" and not starting war... until he dies. but in the books he calls his daughter the light of his life as he never got over Queen Aemma and will always prioritize Aemma and his daughter.
ONLY his daughter...the other 4 kids he raped alicent for receive no care from him at all
Yeah he loved his daughter undeniably. But him not caring about alicents kids probably started the worst of the conflict. Even w rhaenyra he only loved her like that after aemma was gone.
Gosh I really love AEMOND. Im so sorry but his “do not mourn for me mother” speech is just badass. I have to give him an applause for that
How? The kid is an absolute asshole. Not only did he steal a dead woman's dragon during her funeral, denying his cousin her birthright while she mourns the loss of her mother, he then attacked his cousins, punched the grieving girl in the face, was about to bash his cousin's face in with a rock, trying to murder him, and even had the ego to threaten to burn them alive as bastards, just like their dead father. How can these actions and his entitled bullying attitude be justified?
SAME! Makes it conflicting knowing his future ark 😅😅
That was amazing can’t lie
Oh boy just wait till we get to Grown up Aemond.
Just a minor spoiler but Aemond’s gonna have a BIG part in the finale.
Nah, eff him, attacked his cousins, called them bastards, broke Luke's nose, tried to bash Jace in the head with a rock. He is an ass.
I truly admire how much visual story telling was used during the funeral scene. Very little dialogue but just the way each character interacts, reacts to other characters and even in the looks they gave each other told you all you needed to know.
Yes, and I am curious why did Daemon laugh during the funeral scene?
@@tubernery The guy (Laynea’s uncle?) giving the eulogy subtly threw shade at Rhaenyra’s kids being bastards during his speech regarding how her children were “true valyeran” implying Rhaenyra’s are not and Daemon got a kick out of how blatant it was. Or alternatively he saw the attack on Rhaenyra and drew attention away from her by laughing, either are possible and why Daemon is such a good character.
The acting of the show is so good that when Qarl and Laenor were about to fight it felt off as if they were putting a performance for the witness
Or maybe Laenor rlly thought Qarl was trying to kill him but he was in fact trying to shave his hair. Laenor was just being stubborn.
@@gudhaxer41343 lol Qarl told him Valarien steel swords work the best
@@gudhaxer41343 no it was literally an act between the two
Whipped out the pitbull platinum pro skull shaver
I thought the actors where a bit hammy on their delivery...like they were rushed to film the fight but it made sense in the end.
It’s crazy to think about how dark this show is going to become as it progresses. And per wanting more dragon lore, there are still so many dragons to be introduced once the civil war starts. This is just a prelude season
Also there will be more dragon lore, because it will become more plot relevant.
i just wanna see Cannibal tbh, don’t even care that he’s not relevant.
Corlys velaryon: huge proponent of adoption!
Seriously though, I've always wanted to adopt and my family is constantly asking me if I'm "sure" because the kids wouldn't be "mine"
Having it stated like that really is nice
Lol Corlys is the ultimate proponent of adoption
Such a great insight! I loved Corlys’ view! And it’s so incredibly true.
There’s also a point in there of good values surviving through your children (adopted or not), and that’s more valuable than blood. As blood is only a part of us, the (maybe larger) part rest is how we’re raised.
People don't realise that ideology is also heavily patriarchal. And one (of many) reasons male rulers were preferred
based show
@@kirathekillernote2173 Oh shut up.
i think they did the funeral really well, not many tv shows or movies get across the feeling you get
The kids just not being able to pay attention
Actually that part felt a little awkward to me. Burial at sea is an amazing tradition for a seafaring-based house. But they literally just chucked her coffin into the water at the coast and it sank like three meters and that's it. Was I the only one who felt that was awkward? Like with a burial at sea the idea is that the sea takes the body. Okay it just sinks to the bottom, but still, it's lost to the vast open sea. With this one you can just walk up to the shore and spot the awkwardly turned-over coffin just lying there. Throw a few more on top and it will look like a trash heap. I don't know. They could have at least got on a boat, sailed out away from shore and released her coffin there. To actually see it disappear.
According to Inside the Episode, this was the very first sequence shot for the season. So all the actors we’re all new in interacting with each other. That’s why I think this scene works soooo well.
It felt the right kind of quiet-awkwardness I agree, where there’s no atmosphere and the wider wings of the family don’t really have anything in common or can talk about, but no one is comfortable expressing boredom or trying to lift the mood because it’s still a funeral and it’s meant to be miserable. Another comment called it ‘unsettling and weary’ which is such a good description. Like it’s tiring to get through and it totally worls
Laenor: "I should've been there"
Rhaenyra: "Those should be our House words"
Got a nice chuckle out of that.
That scene where Aemond rides Vhagar had me on the edge of my seat
The fact he was able to hold on defies all physics 😂 but eh....it's a dragon so.... physics be damned 😂
@@roxystarlite4106 i wonder how many gs if any they would experience while riding a dragon
@@Andrew11017 so many! It would have to be. And the ear popping that would occur! He didn't think to strap himself in or anything! I love all the dragon back angles we are getting. The dragon battles will be EPIC
Was waiting for this review. Best episode of the season so far
The fact that based on the preview of episode 8 we didn’t see Viserys and only heard him speak, makes me wonder how much the weight/stress of the Iron Throne and the realm have deteriorated his body even further in this next time skip.
fully deteriorated because he'll be dead. That's what I gathered from the preview.
I believe that Larys is going to kill Viserys for Alicent. I can feel it...
He will die at the end of the next episode for sure
@@tsheporabekane4172 I think he will just die from the infections he has. Looked like he was missing an arm in the latest episode
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Lord Larys: Do you want me to commit anymore atrocities, my grace?
Aemond acting like Edward Elric and pulled the ultimate law of equivalent exchange an eye for a dragon
I first I thought the princess was trash for having her husband killed, then I was so relieved to see they devised a plan for him to escape. But you have to feel for those parents though... lost both their kids in a week as far as they knew.
Also the random guy that they murdered to use as the corpse stand in...
Wait THEY planned it?! I thought the guy chose to not kill him? Who's body was burned then?
@@bishbosh4815 the dude that got his neck snapped on the staircase
@@itskashkashi OH
@@alexanderforbes1452 seriously ppl are acting like no one died just coz it was not him? WTF guys ?
Honestly this show keeps getting better. This episode was packed with momentous events
Once you get over the rough time jump, it's good. But it kinda feels like a different show.
@@co2_os It's so much the time jump, it's the fact that they keep switching the actors. But the directing and the story is so good, it doesn't take too much time to adjust. Another time jump and new actors are coming yet again next episode. I only hope it's the last switch in actors.
Dragon are not inherited, so Aemond didn't really stole anything. He claimed Vhaegar and she accepted him. The girls had no business call him a thief. That is not how it works and they know it.
Also, yeah, what will happen with Laenor's dragon, cause that ending didn't happen in the book. He's dead in the book XD
those pesky unreliable narrators. 😁
The book is a narrative based on outside perception where the show is based on what actually happened
Well, it was still quite undelicate to do that, right in the Velaryon's home during the goddamn funeral of Vhaegar's previous rider. Aemond earned his dragon, sure, but the circumstances in which he did that made the perception of being "robbed" quite legit from the girls' perspective.
What? No he STOLE the dragon. Lemme just walk out in the middle of night when everyone knows I'm supposed to be asleep and not doing this, to claim something everyone understands I have no right to claim. Bruh. They had every right to call him a thief. Its not the girls by law, but cmon it damn sure was less his. I was really pissed when he went to claim the dragon. something about it just really pissed me off. it felt like when i get up from my seat to go to the bathroom and some mf sits in it, and then tries to defend why they had a right to "claim it." Its like no the seat isn't mine by blood but to take it and use the fact that I dont own it to defend taking it is some snake sht. Fuck that little kid.
Alicent Stabtower was definitely the standout of the episode! 🔪😱
LOL Stabtower. Loved it! HAHAHAHA
Awful woman, fantastic character, tremendous actress
@Raymond Sims yeah at this point she's clearly still the victim
Alicent Stabtower
Ser Incel Cole
Aemond One eye
Otto "Middlefinger"
Larys "Bigfoot"
Then there's Aegon lol
Alicent (Eye for an) Eyetower
That Otto Hightower and Alicent scene was a highlight of the entire season, can't believe its not being talked about more. I mean wow, that's what I missed from GOT world. Award winning acting from Otto.
This show is a crazy mix of Jerry Springer, soap opera and Dungeons & Dragons. And I’m here for it. 😅
Aemond is a badass in the books. Looks like they are making sure it shows.
"He took their family dragon." Did Aemond though? Is there such a thing as inheriting a dragon? I think not. The thing is, he was crass and definitely not minding the fact that the former rider's family is mourning her death, but he was right: if the daughter wanted to claim Vhagar, then she should have already tried. I'm actually surprised Daemon didn't make sure they were bonded right away. Aemond took the initiative, and gained the world's largest, most dangerous weapon as a reward.
(Of course all of this is so that the greens would stand a chance against the blacks, but, you know, it *also* makes sense in-world)
Seven hells. Now I know how psychopaths think. Full grown adult advocates stealing a grieving family's property and beating them up when they get upset over it, cause y'know finders keepers.
@@rickbrees3297 Dragons are not property, genius. That's not how it works. If Vhagar didn't want Aemond, he would've been killed. She CHOSE him, and they literally attacked him first in a 1v4. Plus, calling ppl psychopaths over a fantasy show? Real classy.
Dragons either accept or kill anyone that tries to bond with them.
There's no inheriting one. Vhagar might have just toasted the girls if they didn't meet her standards.
Well, it was still quite undelicate to do that, right in the Velaryon's home during the goddamn funeral of Vhaegar's previous rider. Aemond earned his dragon, sure, but the circumstances in which he did that made the perception of being "robbed" quite legit from the girls' perspective.
It was still a dick move, even if he legitimised it by not being eaten alive. The Velaryon kids should have had a chance first, but they're still just kids grieving their mother so maybe let them have a couple of days past the funeral to recollect themselves and try for it? Claiming a dragon would be the last thing on their mind.
Baela was well within her rights to be pissed at Aemond for sneaking in while she was grieving, and even though she threw the first punch he continued to escalate the threat out of arrogance. Fucked around, found out.
Daemon and Rhaenyra helping Laenor escape with his man was one of the most heroic things we’ve EVER seen on GoT. .
Anyone else would’ve just actually killed him.. but both of them loved him and they knew he deserved a happier life elsewhere. .
Fantastic episode!
They still murdered some random guy lol
@@BlazerManiacNumber96 Yeah my gripe with this
Heroic they killed an innocent person??? Y’all are dumb af 🤦🏽♂️
but parents lost both their chikdren
@@dams6829 Yes. Rhaenyra is not entirely good and they are slowly building that up. But with this show, we have yet to see someone who is entirely honorable - and who isn't just background - Lyonel Strong sounded like he was made 100% of good stuff, but he died very quickly.
Alicent: and WHERE were you?!?
Rhaenyra: I went to take a walk
Me: oh you went to take SOMETHIN alright
The funeral at the start gave me "once upon a time in the west" vibes where you have several loooooong minutes of no one speaking and just people watching other people and how they react. It was unsettling and weary, like a funeral should feel.
That Terrance & Phillip “Uncle F*cker” clip took me out. 😂 I haven’t seen that in years.
The fact that Jeremy has been reviewing this show weekly but not LOTR: ROP tells u everything
Yup. It tells us that movies and tv shows are subjective
@J Hoop sigh. Looks like people don't understand that every person on this planet has different opinions. If you think rings of power is garbage then that's your opinion and nothing is wrong with that. But there is also nothing wrong with people liking rings of power. I know many people who hate house of dragon and love rings of power and vice versa and thats ok because that is their subjective opinion
@@MoviesAndTvShowsAreSubjective na man Lotr is garbage and the viewing numbers prove it
@Dislike Button again by whose measure? critics , audience ? they are all subjective. Not every one votes
@@MoviesAndTvShowsAreSubjective don’t feed the trolls dawg.
2:52 - Okay that’s gotta be the most ACCURATE comparison to that whole scene I’ve EVER heard. That really did felt like watching a Jerry Springer show and Damon was the host watching the chaos occur.😆
Bravo 👏. Bringing Terrence and Phillip to relevance for this show. I honestly could not stop laughing at that.
yeah that got me good.....
Houses or people don't OWN dragons, Dragons choose their own riders. Vhaghar first chose Laena, when she died, he chose Aemond. Laena daughter had no right to the dragon
Vhagar is a she. .
Aemond didn't "steal" Vhagar he "claimed" The biggest dragon in the world doesn't just get stolen, he was accepted & chosen to ride him. He would be dead if Vhagar thought that one of The girls should be his rider.... Lastly Vhagar was already with the girls when they were in pentos. They had enough time to make a bond and try to claim Vhagar The entire time they were there and the time it took them to get back to Westeros... They are just salty because they didn't
This. Chad Aemond simply outplayed them.
Maybe they were distracted because they were, idk, grieving?Aemond taking advantage of that doesn’t mean the girls did anything wrong, but yeah her mother’s body was barely cold rhaena’s priority should’ve been hopping onto vhagar as fast as possible, we get it.
@@judigemini178 she had plenty of time from Pentos to the funeral to claim Vhagar, it's like inheriting something from a dead parent, it sucks that they're dead, but you want to have something to remember them by.
She can be mad that she didn't take The opportunity and someone else did. She was just going to have to remember that she was too sad to take action and claim what could have been hers
What? No he STOLE the dragon. Lemme just walk out in the middle of night when everyone knows I'm supposed to be asleep and not doing this, to claim something everyone understands I have no right to claim. Bruh. They had every right to call him a thief. Its not the girls by law, but cmon it damn sure was less his. I was really pissed when he went to claim the dragon. something about it just really pissed me off. it felt like when i get up from my seat to go to the bathroom and some mf sits in it, and then tries to defend why they had a right to "claim it." Its like no the seat isn't mine by blood but to take it and use the fact that I dont own it to defend taking it is some snake sht. Fuck that little kid.
@@INRamos13 NO. 3rd person arguing this bs. If you don't see what he did as idk underhanded and unscrupulous and in some way wrong, idk what to say. You don't go out in the middle of night when everyone is asleep to do something good. what he did was wrong. and then to say "well he had every right since they didn't do it yet" ... typical "how to justify doing something wrong" logic.
Vhagar is the oldest dragon alive and has been through a few different riders. Laena Valyrion is her most recent, but previous to Laena was Baelon Targaryen (Viserys' father) and long before that was Visenya Targaryen, Aegon the Conquerors' sister. The only critique I have, is that in the book it's said that to bond with a dragon that has had previous riders, they need to warm to you. It takes time and patience to form a bond. But I guess for the sake of the episode runtime they cut that out. I too would also like to see more dragon lore in the show. I understand that they don't want to lean too hard on the fantasy elements, but dragons are essentially what has kept the Targaryens in power for generations. They're a crucial political element and yet we don't entirely know how they are inherited in the show.
I have to give the young actor of Aemond a lot of credit for delivering on that line. Now I hope his new actor can do the same for another great line in the future 💯😈
“I have so many Everybody Loves Rhaemon jokes” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This vid was unnecessarily hilarious
Holy fuck! The uncle fucker song caught me off guard. I haven’t heard that in ages.
This is why we love you Jeremy. 😂
Oh man, you absolutely killed me with that Terrance and Phillip segue! xD
This episode solidified this show being amazing for me.
Also, the history not remembering blood but names was one of the best lines delivered in recent tv history.
That Palpatine reference cracked me up!
Dragons are not inherited through families. according to lore it is not automatic that Vhagar the big bad dragon (fun fact: is the dragon of Visenya, Aegon the Conqueror´s sister) should pass to Laena´s daughters. the only requirment is that they have Targaryen blood. For example Vhagar before belonging to Laena was Baelon´s Dragon (Viserys and Daemon´ s Father) and yet she landed with Laena. So technically Aemond did not steal Vhagar.
I AM DYING at the Terrance and Phillip clip. OH my GOD. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s so interesting hearing ppl talk about the dark beach scene. Seems like most ppl hate it. I saw it on a huge 4k OLED and I thought seeing the stars in the sky and them lit by “moonlight”was beautiful.
I watched it in 1080p in a room with the lights off and it was a bit grainy but looked great otherwise. I did think they could have bumped the bright contrast up just a bit more, since you could tell it was going to be an issue for some people.
Yeah the scene is okay on a big screen in the dark, but could not see a darn thing when trying to watch on mobile. Not sure what happened there.
@@ManforSomeMarkets Mobile streaming compression is awful, there’s your problem
@@ManforSomeMarkets I watched it on my fairly decent laptop and I was straining to see anything for a lot of it.
Honestly this might be my favorite episode so far. Also I’m really impressed with Olivia Cooke. I went from liking Alicent to hating her guts in just 2 episodes. That takes talent. 🤣 Also, all I had seen Olivia Cooke in before this was Ready Player One, so this is a different role from what I’ve seen from her. Honestly IMO she is crushing it right now. Same with Matt Smith. Daemon is probably my favorite character at the moment. I never know who’s side he’s on and it’s really interesting.
Honestly I kinda sympathise with Alicent, sure she took it too far but it must be absolutely infuriating to see Rhaenyra get away with everything she does
Hell her son just lost an eye and the perpetrator wasn’t even punished!
I am all over the place with my sympathies ... which probably is kind of the point. I don't think people are supposed to hate Alicent or praise Rhaenyra to hight heavens. I did not even get all the hate for Otto ripping into Daemon (I really don't think Dameon is all that "cool" over all). IDK I may be a bit "green" behind my ears ;)
Also: Rhaenyra gets laid all the time by handsome guys and Alicent...well. xD
@@cupxcak3119 🤣
@@drumaticpageofmusic4148 to be clear: I think Viserys is amazing and I will miss him. But since the poor guy is slowly falling apart I think some marital duties are difficult to execute.
I would be jealous, too, if I had to watch Rhaenyra having fun and then with handsome guys like Cole, Strong, (her husband) and finally Daemon. Especially Daemon though Alicent doesn't know at this point of time. And I love Rhaenyra for being this woman ❤️
"everybody loves Rheamon" absolutely killed me
hahaha. after this episode, I was wondering what Matt was complaining about. That sex scene isn't graphic at all. With the exception of episode 1, there isn't much sex scenes for him.
can we not say this was funny anymore? Twitzoomer language is getting so boring already
IM KILLED YOU KILLED WE ALL KILLED IT I AM DEAD I AM KILLED
Not everything has to be killed or dead jesus
@@Ruddline wow, who shit in your coffee this morning? If this triggers you, you’ve got far deeper issues that need to be addressed. Find a therapist and work it out with them, no need to show your insecurities online for the world to see.
Checked on twitter, and they did INDEED film the beach scenes and most of the scenes of this episode in broad daylight and then put a reeeeeally dark filter over it.
Crazy.
It's a technique called Day for Night, they used it as well on Mad Max Fury Road
They can't legally have underage actors acting after dark, I think was the reason.
@@MyUniqueVibe It's also a massive pain in the ass to try and achieve natural night-time lighting at night.
Daemon at the family quarrel was like 🤷🏼 a rare backseat moment in a time of controversy 🤣🤣
I like that he only stepped in when Cristin did.
OMG, the south park insert KILLED ME!!! Perfection!!
This show is getting better by each episode... Hoping the final episode would be a blast
Hope in later seasons it doesn't turn into like GOT S8
Lmao the Jerry Springer comparison is so accurate 😂
Thank you for pointing out how dark this was. No one else is talking about it.
Idk it never bothered me. I have eyesight issues, and I was perfectly able to see every scene that was in the dark.
In my opinion was very realistic I loved it!
I had to turn all the lights off in the room just to see. Not a big deal but i wouldn't try watch it again in the middle of the day.
Cool little easter egg I found out after I watched it, the dagger the queen pulled out was the same arya used. It's also the pupil of the dragon's eye in the series poster
Dude, the drama! I can’t, it’s so goooooood! 😅
I’m so so glad for the ending.
Laenor was all like "Peace out"
An innocent man died. What is wrong with you...
@@tsheporabekane4172 its just a series. An act based on fictitious names and events.
@@tsheporabekane4172 a nameless character. Nobody cares
@@tsheporabekane4172 Nobody cares.
I find myself very unexpectedly pulling for the greens, or more just Alicent, don't know how that happens.
And I was a bit confused about Larys in this episode, it didnt look like he's manipulating Alicent, not is he in love with her, but want to just weirdly serve her or something. He looked like he wanted her to acknowledge him at the funeral and she was just like meh.
That guy is seizing the terrain. He needs to know in which side he must be when the war starts cause he knows that war is a matter of time. Everyones knows it, except Viserys who willfully has turned blind. You can see it when Otto is all proud and happy that Aemond took Vhagar, the way he says it implies that he's already preparing the course of war.
Larys knows that Rhaenyra isn't popular amongst the lords and the common folk, so is preparing his way to side with the ones he perceived as the stronger ones.
Yo the editing this video is peak 😭one of my favorite reviews of yours so far I couldn’t stop laughing 😂
Totally agree great episode but the dark scense got me so mad as this was a talking point in past GoT episodes that were to dark and you could not tell who was who
Rhaenyra pulled up to the funeral with a mission that’s for sure
the problem with Laenor getting away is that he willingly did that to his parents right after his sister died. So it just doesn't make a lot of sense..! it's a bit too cold hearted for Laenor
well, "putting ur own wellbeing ahead of ur parents' emotion" will be lowest of sins in westeros history😄😄
Yh feel sorry for rhaenys especially given what shes been through, if corlys finds out hes still alive u know hes about to go on a misson to drag his ass back to westeros. I hope he at least writes to rhaenys letting her know hes alive, I dont think she’ll tell her husband tbh just wants laenor to be happy
and he abandoned his dragon, seasmoke
It’s because he didn’t hold up his part of the offer, and to keep the kids safer /
But he’s kind of lived for them his whole life, so it felt like it was time for him to live his own life. At last. He knows they’ve mostly cared about power, even though they of course love him too.
4:54 Oh man, that has to be the BEST use of a clip I've seen in years
Aemond became one of my favourite characters this episode. Stealing that dragon like an absolute boss!
Not to mention how he confronted the kids. His confidence sky-rocketed to the heavens after taming that fucking leviathan.
he cant rly steal a dragon, thats what kid said but in reality dragon chooses its rider not the other way
Thanks for raising the darkness thing, for a long time during the episode I thought my TV was broken. You could see the sun at its highest and yet the light was full eclipse-level.
Yeah I also took note of the very obvious "day for night" scenes, but yeah, otherwise good episode. I love how the beginning captured the awkwardness of family gatherings, with the added element of some family members plotting to kill the others.
Also, I do think it's made fairly clear that it was the plan for Laenor to escape. It's why Daemon killed that one random guard/servant in the stairs but also why he said to Rhaenyra "You'll still know the truth" or something like that when she said that the others will think she killed Laenor. But I did like how they still let trusted us as the audience to piece that together.
The Palpatine clip was so good. LOL.
History remembers names not blood quote was FAR BETTER than the You can't quench thirst with Salt Water (from RoP).
What Jeremy is asking for in the beginning is called a portmanteau
The good thing I liked was how both rhanearyas and daemonds kids all get along so we know they will be united. But my favourite scene had to be funeral. You just felt the tension, which I put all down to the acting
Everyone it showed Daemon smirking and leaning in the shadows I cracked up; his facial expressions were so on point
I literally loved how the episodes ended,on top of that, the fights amongst the children was quite phenomenal
I liked when she asked Sir Criston to attack and he reminded her that he’s only supposed to protect her “if” she’s attacked!!🤣😂🤣. Great review Jeremy, loved it 🥰. Yea the lighting was too dark, could hardly see anything. Thank you! ALL OF YOUR CRITIQUES ARE AWESOME!!!👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Guys, I cried when i saw she gave Laenor the freedom that he longed for. Team Black 1000%.
The kid fight was pretty intense
This episode had the best dialogue of the whole show with so many quotable lines no wonder they used them in the trailer. The Alicent Otto scene or Valerion with his wife were perfect and to top it all off the unveiling of rhaneyras plan through her conversation with daemon was also perfect.
Alternative story idea but how funny would it be as Viserys ages he turns into a zombie the first Night King, this gets his children to unite like he wanted only to stop him.
Okay I know it's film and it's not meant to be totally realistic but the dark night scenes where very accurate to how you would be watching those things in real life so for that reason I liked it. It's immersive.
I agreed 👍 was fantastic
It's not immersive when it's just a black screen. It's the opposite. Have to pause it and turn off the lights so it totally takes you out
LMAO when you tossed in that Phillip and Terrance song!
Am I the only one who thinks Rhaenyra really wanted Laenor dead to send a messege and that it was Daemon who went "lol, nope" and came up with the idea of faking it?
Daemon fought besides Laenor and his father for 3 years, and married his sister.
He won't do Laenor dirty, even though Rhaenyra told him to (Won't be the 1st time she made a stupid move).
I don't think she wanted him to actually die, but understood his "death" was necessary. It's clear from their dialogue together that there's a genuine affection to their arrangement.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't see a damn thing when it was dark. I actually paused my TV and tried to adjust the settings to see if it would help and it didn't do a thing
5:05 i cant remember the last time i laughed that hard 😂😂 you're f**king awesome jeremy!
Aegon at Viserys: "They're the only brunets in this family. I don't know what else to tell you."
Just love this show. Gets better and better. I do miss the young actresses, the current versions of Rhaenyra and Alicent are great but but the younger ones felt like they could just convey so much more emotion in a wider range, simply incredible acting.
The younger Rhaenyra yes but I love Olivia Cooke’s Alicent so far.
@@Bannedconfidential She’s good, but the main look is the “concerned eyebrows” look though. The one she has with Larysfinger. I think the younger Alicent could just convey much more (innocence, anger, disappointment, frustration, uncertainty) in more subtle ways. She’s become more one-dimensional in the show now, in the past she was not.
I don't know, the dagger confrontation was beautifully tense and dramatic. Both the new actresses did an excellent job playing such such a scene.
I agree that Alicent's old actress did a stellar job, but I disagree about the one-dimension: this Alicent is obviously more adult, and also even the younger Alicent began to look this way right before the time skip, when she made her pivotal change (symbolized by her "menacing" entrance dressed in green). Still, even the current Alicent still shows anexiety and vulnerability, she's indeed way bitter and obsessed than before but still feels like her heart ain't cold enough for the cruelty of the game.
Love your reactions!!! 🤟😃
Alicent did nothing wrong!!!
Aemond did nothing wrong!!!
PS: Aemond was attacked first & Alicent was protecting her son. Just saying.
Dragon are claimed, not inherit !!!🤟😎🍀
Team Green !!!🟢🟢🟢
Ur on the wrong side bro
I would agree that Aemond was just protecting himself but Alicent was not protecting anybody. Her pride was damaged and she decided a child had to pay for it.