HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 2x04 BREAKDOWN! Every Detail You Missed!
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- House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 4 “The Red Dragon and the Gold” in-depth analysis and breakdown by New Rockstars' Erik Voss! Let our sponsor BetterHelp connect you to a therapist who can support you - all from the comfort of your own home. Visit betterhelp.com/newrockstars and enjoy a special discount on your first month.
House of the Dragon S02E04, “The Red Dragon and the Gold,” aka the Battle of Rook’s Rest, episode reaction, breakdown, and analysis of the connections to Fire & Blood, the visuals, the music, and the deeper layers of meaning in the dialogue! What is Alys Rivers’ plan? Was Aemond about to murder his brother Aegon II? Erik Voss analyzes this episode shot by shot, line by line, detail by detail for every deeper layer of meaning you might have missed, including all the lore from the world of Westeros and Game of Thrones.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Opening Titles
1:05 - Young Rhaenyra
5:09 - Weirwood Trees
6:40 - Oscar Tully
8:12 - Alys Rivers
8:39 - Alyn of Hull
9:35 - Moon Tea
11:05 - The Black Council
13:00 - Duskendale
14:53 - The Green Council
16:04 - High Valyrian
17:47 - Alicent and Larys
19:47 - Daemon’s Dream
21:39 - Alys Rivers Woods Witch
24:34 - Willem Blackwood
25:34 - Sponsor
26:50 - Drinking Wine
28:03 - Ser Criston Cole’s Plan
28:53 - Rhaenyra and Jacaerys
31:23 - Battle of Rook’s Rest
33:31 - Aegon and Sunfyre Appear
35:33 - Sunfyre vs Meleys
36:53 - Vhagar vs Meleys
40:49 - Aemond and the Valyrian Steel Dagger
42:37 - Spoiler Dungeon
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Do you think Aemond will discover the Song of Ice and Fire in Aegon's dagger?
Probably the way that he looked at the knife
Hmmmmm…yes but he will either keep it to himself or tell another character that ends up dieing or not revealing it either
If Aemond wanted to kill his brother, why not kill Christian Cole and then finish Aegon off?
@@Daveyk021too risky imo
@@Daveyk021 Pretty sure that decision was formed on a whim after seeing that he was stupid enough to come there
HOW DOES THAT BIG ASS DRAGON KEEP HIDING AROUND CORNERS⁉️⁉️⁉️
We're supposed to believe she's a "battle veteran" and that matters as well.
Seriously how does one lose sight of the largest dragon on the planet, especially from the sky!
I know right!. A true master of disguise that one.
Lol good question
It's like how the trex sneaks up on others in jurassic park lol
vhagar killing meleys is so sad when you think about the fact they probably used to ride together with alyssa and baelon 😭
They that on their riders feelings!!!
wow this fucked me up 😭
They mimic their riders emotions so that won't matter
Then Laena and Rhaenys
Dragons are loyal to the rider, not each other. Which kind of goes against what some what said that Dragons shouldn't have been trifled with, they are the power, and etc etc. The Dragons hold NO allegiance to one another.
"I won't leave Meleys"
- Rhaenys Targaryen, season 1
When Meleys turned to look at Rhaenys my heart broke.
Never cried at the television like that before
When you know its coming :(:(:( , I cant watch that episode every again. I kind of wish they would not go so much by the books.
@@chorbi1847 Cried ? Come on
@@painthuretclearly you don't understand how much the queen who never was is loved
Lol funny how Aegon was too lazy to learn High Valeryn, but stubborn enough to train/teach Sunfyre English 😂💯🔥
😂😂😂…
Sunfyre loves him so he puts up with it lol
😂😂😂 I thought the same thing! Sunfyre was so beautiful and just loved Aegon
He’s knows a little
I don’t think Aegon is really book smart. I think he probably had a hard time learning the histories and studies. When he was old enough to not have to go to studies he probably stopped and that’s when he started drinking.
Am I the only one that finds it hilarious that Alicent and Rhaenerya, while having many differences and disagreements, both use Plan Tea to make sure they dont have Sir Crispin's bastard.
Haha
This tickled me so much 😂😂😂😂😂
The seed that was never wanted 😂
Been waiting for this all day. Best episode of the series so far. RIP Rhaenys
This…
Of the season in my opinion. There are some bangers in season 1.
Honestly I feel a little bit sorry for Aegon now. He didnt want to be King, nobody trained him to be King and now all those people that failed him (Otto, Alicent, his council) have the audacity to blame him for his shortcomings. Oh and he lost his son and is crispy now.
All he has left in this world as a source of unconditional love is Sunfyre, a dragon that could care less if he is King or not.
hes a victim. and definitely suffering from dunning kruger
Especially after they portrayed him as someone that cared for the small folk when they came asking about the sheep and pay.
"Heavy is the head that wears the crown."
Don't be making me empathetic toward that psychopath. He was a growing perv and was never meant to be king he don't even know the secrets passed down to the successor
It’s ironic how Daemon’s plans always end up being the right ones in hindsight. Rhaenys died in a 2vs1 which is what Daemon proposed that they did to Vhagar.
Yeah, they technically have more Dragons; all they need to kill is the rider Aemond. Killing Vhagar would be too hard but if they swarm it like flies they deff kill Aemond easily. The real issue would be coordination but it shouldn't be something hard if you are preparing for war.
The irony is that, in war, the only "right" decision is avoidance.
they could have killed Vhagar with Meleys and Caraxes together but it was still a reckless idea... Sunfyre would have joined aswell and Kings landing has a lot of scorpions... who knows how this fight would have ended...maybe they would have all been dead
@@Bft149exactly
true
R.I.P. Rheayns and Meleys 😢, y’all went out like OGs
After a stupid mistake that never would have happened, if the book wouldn't have demanded the outcome. 😀
waste
How is grandma Vhagar so huge yet sneaky AF? 😭
Aemond was like "lay down Nana Vhagar. You need your strength" and later Nana was like "this is how we did it back in our throple days. Watch me now" 😂 but I am mad at them and Aemond tho.
It was weird how that played out
@@Chimera_166 I CANT WAIT FOR VERMITHOR TO KICK THAT DRAGON A!!!!!
🙏🙏🙏
must be part Jurassic Park T-Rex
I feel so sad after today's episode! i know all the lore, but still meleys eye contact with Rhaenys almost made me cry....
Well think about all the small folk they killed in the dragon pit, hopefully that will help.
@@ToeKnife166nah. We didn’t make eye contact with them 😂
@@ToeKnife166 not treason though?
@giorgosspec345 I know I was bummed too....I knew it would happen but didnt want it to.
@@ToeKnife166 they shouldnt have been standing there. silly peasents
Yo I'm so sick of this big ass green dinosaur in the sky catching people by surprise. Vhagar is far too large to be so stealthy. Rhaenys c'mon baby, why would you fly over a blind spot?
Well that should be the last time that ever happens; the rest of Vhagar’s combat doesn’t really see much use or ability for stealth
Deadass, rhaenys should’ve played it smart and stayed high
Would have been even smarter to fly to Harrenhal and grab Daemon and Ceraxes to jump Vhaegar like he suggested episodes ago.
I guess that would be too damaging to the greens
I said the same thing😢 i was like "oh no fly higher plz go higher" i knew they were gonna die but i was still yelling at the tv😢😢
Well you gonna stay sick bc Vhagar killing everyone!
Targaryan are in a middle war while all daemon is behaving like he is high in harrenhall.
Harrenhall is eventually where Daemon and Aemond fight to the death. So that plays a big part of why he's there.
Fun fact: one of Alyn’s flagships when he takes over Driftmark is named “Queen Rhaenys”
That's so sweet 💕
That is actually so sweet I hope they implement that in the series.
Aww, that's nice
The erasure of the Muppet Tullys will not be forgiven
Two dragons fell (Alicent's model and Aemond's flagon) and in this episode, 2 dragons fell during battle.
Omg no way, you have eyes?
Yeah but sunfyre survived.. with wounds but still survived
@@rias.gremoryyy subdued survived with a disfigured wing. When alicent dropped the model the wing snapped off.
RIP Rhaenys 🌹
The Queen Who Should Have Been
And never will be
...who should have been more careful
@@mackrevinack A queen who knows both battle and peace! Viserys was too peaceful and others too ruthless.
I really felt bad for poor little Sunfire. That little dragon had no business being there. Haha
Inexperienced young dragon and his rider an inexperienced restless foolish boy.
@@Chimera_166 Rhaenys acted inexperienced as well, without having the excuse of BEING inexperienced.
In a drunken stuper@@Chimera_166
I like how they changed the battle from aegon and aemond killing meleys together to aegon showing up unplanned. It shows how history is recorded wrong sometimes. Because you know the story everyone told was that aegon planned to be there to fight for his people.. 😂
Yea😂
😂
I don't understand how Alys Rivers is 400 years old AND the daughter of Lionel Strong.
I assumed alys was “enlightened” like bran becoming the three eyed raven. She’s a vessel now. Hence the age
one is true, one is not
That’s the whole idea. It’s meant to be ambiguous.
Time travel
one of those things isnt true. Up to interpretation.
RIP Rhaenys and Meleys. Both were real ones and loved their dynamic. Went out like real warriors.
The last 10 minutes in IMAX would have been the most memorable moments on the big screen for this year. Now it's the most memorable on the small screen.
Dune part 2 100% topped this for imax but this was close
I love that Erik’s rage came out for Muppet facts
Agree....that made me smile
Right! Like people are really mad over muppets. Just enjoy the randomness of it
Not sure why you think it’s hot oil coming from the dragon when it’s clearly their blood that boils.
The fact Aeomond was not even wearing armor is crazy
Good catch. Didn't realize he was the only one not wearing armor in the dance of the dragons.
He never intended on needing it
What use is armor against dragonfire?
His dragon is enough protection.
Been watching for years. No one breaks it down better than you Erik
RIP 🪦 Rhaenys
RIP 🪦 Meleys
Good riddance chose the wrong team
RIP the small folk in the dragon pit
@@DR.DisInfect Good riddance Aegon, Aemond, and Cole in the episodes to come
I honestly liked the detail of the dragons open wound spewing out hot vapors/steam and its blood spilling onto men burning them like hot oil .. made sense for a beast with incendiary insides
“Dude check your voicemail!” 😂💀
I like how the statue of Aegon I is holding a shield instead of Blackfyre, because he was originally crowned as "Shield of His People"
good ol propaganda lol "I'm not conquering you, I'm here to PROTECT you"
I don't think Alyse Rivers was muddling animal parts. I think that was Weirwood pulp, which has magical properties and could probably give Daemon visions if ingested.
Ooh, nice thought! (Although bloody stuff and weirwood pulp might not be as different from each other as one might think... iykyk)
@@AlextheSuperfly oh yeah, precisely why I think this
@@AlextheSuperflylmao tru
You do know that Bran's weirwood paste probably has Jojen in it too right?
@@degotas Oh yeah... I wonder if Alyse has any Jojen paste in the pantry...
Big picture: Rhaenys would have been much too smart to fly over the blind seacliff BUT drawing out the engagement between the (2) dragons costs money 💰
And we need all the money we can get for caraxes vs vhagar
@@RandomMackem3247 likely s3
@@RandomMackem3247 s3 finale
@@giorgosspec345 still need all the money they can get since that’s the most anticipated fight since the first season
they just gotta get enough money to buy a fully stocked gerald r ford class aircraft carrier honestly
Knowing it's coming and how this all ends and I was still sad to watch it play out on screen.
Aegon only knowing really how to say “I” and “War” is also telling of his character
Vhagar is a female dragon ✨️
Thank you, I was trying to recall
Ole grandma
That last look between Meleys and Rhaenys crushed and pierced me deep. I dunno why I felt that so much😭💔
I did too 😢
Episode 4 was really good one. I loved the battle at the end. R.I.P. Rhaenys & Meleys. Looking forward to next week.
Episode 5 won't be any better.
Cristen Cole's "Kingmaker" title hits different when you know he impregnated both a future queen and a former queen. Any Shakespearean double entendre in "maker" in Kingmaker title?
You dare speak ill of the our Lord Commander and your Lord Hand.
😀
I actually think the animals within Harrenhal are a subtle nod towards the houses that come to hold Harrenhal afterwards.
The bats for House Lothston.
The goat for Vargo Hoat.
The hound for House Clegane.
this is great take on symbolism. I like it.
Nice catch!
The Hound is from Harrenhall? Good to know.
Mountain hold Harrenhal with sigil the three hounds.
Not officially really but more so as house clegane held Harrenhal for a while under the mountain (not the hound) @@Janellabelle
Rhaenys and Meleys were my favourite pair. It's so sad to see them go. =(
*and The Dragons danced.....*
Its a whole Christmas Carol thing with Daemon. He has been visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past (young Rhaenyra), and the Ghost of Christmas Present (Aemond) - all thats left is the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, which will be whom, I wonder?
How could Lyonel Strong be Alice rivers’ father but also have Alice be 400 years old
Same question immediately came to my mind.
Fun Fact: Meleys was the dragon of Alyssa Targaryen, sister wife to Baelon Targaryen whose mount was Vhagar so at some point before they were "technically" partner dragons.
Vhagar teleporting like Jason Vorhees. Took him awhile to get up comfortably but after crashing he can speed blitz behind a castle quickly
🤣🤣
Like the iron fleet and Jamie’s army. They could all teleport. So were some characters’ intelligence 😂
6:29 Tobey Maguire got bit by a spider, but see, Daemon, it was a goat.
I call BS on that sneak attack, we saw the cliff before the battle. You telling me that big ass lizard was able to hide and launched itself fast enough to attack like that?
Exactly bruh that was a blatant plot hole. How do you NOT SEE THE LARGEST DRAGON IN THE WORLD
@@liamdamster Hmm answer seems pretty simple. It is behind something bigger than itself.
Kinda like all the dumb decisions in GoT. It's infuriating. Rhaenys should have known better.
A cliff + castle. Still, it's quite a reach.
Yes that was def a plot hole, as im sure Rhaenys would take the caution to play it smart especially when vhagar is around
The blood on his hands literally symbolizes the blood Daemon has on his hands (Jaehaeras)
More than that, by propping Rhaenyra up he's made this whole war happen (that's effectively what dream-Rhaenyra was saying with that whole "you created me" bit), so it's the blood of the realm as well. Multi-layered mucky hands!
i bet rhaenys regrets not dracarysing the whole green faction now😭
Viserys used the term King Consort in season 1 when talking about Rhaenyra needing to marry. I know it came up a few other times too. I don't think that term is coming from Daemon.
When Daemon meets with Willem Blackwood, when he’s dazed, in the sub titles Willem says “I’m only Regent until my Nephew Benjicot becomes of age” we getting Bloody Ben
When they bumped together it reminded me of stormtroopers lol
45:18 "I'm still alive, just very badly burnt"
What? That doesn't match the time stamp
Is that Will Farrell's character from Austin Powers? 😂
Number 2
Mostly dead isn't the same as all dead.
@@nancyjay790 Love The Princess Bride ❤️
feeling Rhaenys' death harder than any other GoT death so far
Except for Hodor´s... yeah
@@lekalitzin1119oh for sure
There are many deaths far worse in GOT.
@Chimera_166 dude nvr said there weren't just tht tht was the one he felt the most
@@Chimera_166 this is jus my opinion! rhaenys has been one of my all-time favorite characters since the books!
When Aemond was talking in Valyrian to Aegon he wasn’t thinking about how it would affect his dragon riding. That wasn’t part of the plan so he had no way to know it would come in handy later. In the books it was but not here.
agreed. too many people are caught up with Aegon commanding Sunfyre in english/common speech. he's had the dragon since it was a hatchling and they have a strong bond. knowing high valyrian isn't some prerequisite.
maybe Aemond, by saying to everyone that Aegon killed Maelys/Rhaenys, gives him a narative where Aegon is the hero in order for him to not tell that Aemond purposefully burnt him : if he doesn't say anything, he gets to be the hero and respected, if he says something, he might bring down his brother, but appears weak, doesn't help the realm and is still burnt to the crisp. With this narative, Aemond push Aegon to never reveal the truth, hence the version we get in the book
@michaelpereira147
Coles and many thousand armies from both sides saw this huge incident clearly, how can they keep this secret?
I've not read this far into the book, but watching ep5 preview and hearing them say that Aegon is the one that slayed Meleys felt like propaganda from the Hightowers and I think this is really going to wind Aemond up. And this rage and feeling of invincibility will be his eventual downfall.
Best episode of the series so far🙆🏾♂️🔥🔥
Yes! I yelled 😱
Best episode since battle of the bastards
Can we talk about Jace getting snippy with his mother
He said "where have you been" like a parent when their teenager comes home after curfew 😂
I hope king aegon is okay , I saw him fly over kings landing in a hurry while I was getting a bowl of brown in flea bottom …he’s been such a good king I hope nothing melted him down
There's been chatter among the townsfolk that rheanys killed him and sunfyre
@@alishayan9225 seven hells , gods be cruel if the word you share is true.
He’s just getting started. Him
And Sunfyre have quite a few more riders and dragons to take out 😊
You speak ill of his grace?
Soo they got wifi and computers in westeros but not a news crew?! Make it make sense
I feel like Daemon couldn’t understand young Rhaenyra’s high Valyrian because well it was muffled and it was a dream and Aegon couldn’t understand Aemond’s because he was too lazy or didn’t care enough to learn it.
One critique I have is that Aemonds attention wasnt on Meleys. If you notice after he burns Aegon and Sunfyre he was looking for Aegons body in the sky. It wasnt until Meleys went back that Aemond was like Meleys is just another obstacle in his way to kill Aegon. Also he had his sword drawn but sheathed it bc he was going to use the kings dagger instead, so yes Aemond was planning to kill Aegon with his own favorite dagger Aegon flaunts all the time
Goid catch
*good
Drinking game idea: you gotta take a shot every time you hear deviated septum and Caraxes 😂
Even after reading the book and knowing what would happen this was a heartbreaking episode to watch even hearing sunfyre get hurt was just devastating.
"We brew Plan Tea at dawn" -Alicent on the daily probably🤣
You guys really do your homework! I watch other explanation videos and they’re good but yours is always so in depth and your channel provides so much information/details it’s really something else. Absolutely love this channel !
Damn the muppet drag 😂
That point about the King on the chessboard not bring an attack piece and the queens being the real deal was just awesome.
Watched all the reviews by significant channels on UA-cam and yours is BY FAR. The most in depth and absolute best. Also how good of a job you do explaining the stories is beyond helpful to those who just watch these shows one time.
Incredible work. Keep it up
Calling it: Paddy Considine cameos in Daemon's next draem
I feel like Egon dropping the picture of wine and breaking the golden dragon on that thing also signified his dragon
thats exactly what was said in the video lmao
@@raquelmunaron2253 obviously premature commenting
Vhagar is so stealthy Rhaenys didn't hear those big ass flapping wings of Vhagar hovering besides the cliff.
*SHE WENT OUT LIKE A TRUE WARRIOR!* 😫🔥💯🐉
This was painful, I love all the Dragons
I notice that when Rhænys and Meleys return to the battle the first time, they climb up from behind the castle, following the same path Æmond and Vhægar will later fly when they kill them.
the burning mill scene being just one big blur and a puddle of water is absolutely criminal 😂
While I do think Aemond plans on finishing off Aegon, I didn’t see it as him standing over his brother with his sword poised to kill him. I saw it as him walking through an active battle, armed, looking for the crash site. Then sheathing his sword when he found it.
same
Aemond definitely not trying to finished off Aegon, he probably draw his sword due to some sort of defense mechanism. He's trying to sheath it before Ser Crispin called his name.
First thing I thought as well, I immediately rewatched the scene to make sure he was sheathing it before hearing Cole...
It's viserys that suggest rhaenyra find a king consort. That wasn't an invention by daemon. Also all the queen consorts have been called your grace so I don't really think daemon is doing anything wrong
If Josh Brolin’s Cable thought us anything is that once you taste that first kill, the next ones are gonna be easy. This is what happens to Aemond once he accidentally kills Luke.
I think Vhagar read his intentions and acted on it. He meant to kill that boy.
@@Clairejart Aemond clearly commanded Vhagar to stop.
In the books, Drogon's blood was also smoking.
It did here too
In the video they say it's lung fluid. I think it's dragon's blood. just compare it to Drogon's blood in the meereen arena.
Was that sap from the Weirwood tree that shown symbolically as blood on his hands? Could explain his dreams and why the drink made of the same sap sent him in further delusions
The fact that Rhae speaks inaudibly could symbolize how Daemon feels out of control of significant events and doesn’t have a clear way to the throne.
Harrenhal as the Overlook hotel is fascinating
Also I believe they are purposely leaving hints about the Maesters being part of a conspiracy. Back in season 1, it was a maester who had to interpret Rhaenyra's message to Borros Baratheon who then sides with the greens.
I wonder if it's simply a conspiracy to get the Hightowers more power, or if they really do want to rid the world of magic.
Daemons red stained hands could also be from the red sap of the warewood trees. He may have sleep walked out there and thus it might be the red sap that makes the trees appear to be crying blood. It would be interesting if it somehow relates to that, especially with alys rivers involved
This episode reminded us of the importance of our native tongue. Imagine Aegon feeling embarrassed for not responding to his brother in front of his council.
rhaenys watching the life leave meleys's body was so sad
Oils? I assumed it was blood that dropped on the soliders below while Vhagar was bleeding from it's wounds.
... small note, it was Lord Gorman Massey, the one pouring himself a second cup of wine, not Broome. But yeah Broome's pommel leaning up against the table near Rhaneyra's map figurine is definitely a foreshadow of his intentions made known later in the story.
How is vhagar getting into smaller dragons necks when its the slowest out there? Also how is it doing sneak attacks when its literally a flying fortress? Damn plot armor.
Not plot, writing and budget
He said just because you’re on a dragon doesn’t mean you can see everything below.
yes aemond was reading the valeryian on the dagger probably why they reminded us how well he knows the language in the small council meeting. He will mention it to alicent later on most likely after she cant find it in any of the books.
interesting theory
I get that vahgar has war experience, but where did aemond get battle experience from
Was so happy to see our boy Mr blackwood again. He was such a badass slaying brackens back in the days of courting Rheneara and he's right back at it now even if you claims it's because of the oath his father swore
Plus last episode Daemon stating that the vassals should obey their liege lord no matter his condition is foreshadowing how the greens council will obey Aegon after he is incapacitated
Loving the Muppet/Sesame Street sas!
Cant believe the Benjicot namedrop wasnt mentioned in this video 😭
21:20 also daemon and aemond are both second sons who believe they would be more fit to be king
If Rhaena claimed Vhagar there wouldn't be a war. This hurts me everyday!
I noticed that Vaegar always sneak attack. With that dragon's size, it doesn't need to.
Large predators usually are ambushers, because they lack the speed to chase down prey. Tigers, the biggest cats, are ambush predators, as are Jaguars. And while Male lions are the second biggest cats, they don't hunt, the females do, and they are considerably smaller.
@@biffyqueen Male lions actually do hunt, as ambush predators. A single male lion tends to bring his pride more meat than 3 or 4 females combined, but they refuse to chase down prey in the heat of the day. Lionesses are mostly diurnal pack hunters, while the male lions are almost exclusively nocturnal solitary ambush predators. They will not chase an animal down in the heat of the day, but will lie in wait in a tree or a ditch in order to pounce on any big game that get too close, killing them in the first strike before their prey can do anything to react.