House of the Dragon spoiler thread

[Stalker0]

Seems so. I think Laenor is doing a runner with his boyfriend to one of the free cities.

Just when you thought Gendry had invented rowing....

This was a very solid episode. I really like these kind of meeting episodes, lots of personalities and tensions all in one place, it creates interesting eruptions. The Alicent "explosion" was very interesting, as was the kid fight.

Got to hand it to the kid, he's like, "yep lost an eye, gained a dragon, totally worth it"....what a baller.

You can tell the king is basically done though, I mean the Queen literally grabbed his weapon against his explicit orders and tried to kill his daughter or grandson....and he did nothing. I mean you can argue whether the Queen was entitled or not, but the King had given express orders that this was done, and she publicly and violently disobeyed....with no repercussion. That is going to cost him I think....assuming he lives much longer.

 

[Zardnaar]

Just when you thought Gendry had invented rowing....

This was a very solid episode. I really like these kind of meeting episodes, lots of personalities and tensions all in one place, it creates interesting eruptions. The Alicent "explosion" was very interesting, as was the kid fight.

Got to hand it to the kid, he's like, "yep lost an eye, gained a dragon, totally worth it"....what a baller.

You can tell the king is basically done though, I mean the Queen literally grabbed his weapon against his explicit orders and tried to kill his daughter or grandson....and he did nothing. I mean you can argue whether the Queen was entitled or not, but the King had given express orders that this was done, and she publicly and violently disobeyed....with no repercussion. That is going to cost him I think....assuming he lives much longer.

I don't think he will be around much longer.


Watched S1E10 and S2E1.

Not quite peak GoT. HotD is holding up alright probably not as good as S1-4. There's no Need/Tyrion stand out so far imho king.

Enjoyed tonight's episode anyway. The plots thicken.

 

[Older Beholder]

Probably my favourite episode so far. I liked the dragon riding scene, thought the show did a good job of making it feel both terrifying and exhilarating.

It didn’t take long (at least for me) to adjust to the aged up actors and all the new kids. I’m really looking forward to the remainder of the series.

 

[Zaukrie]

That really was a good episode. Though the one "good" character killing off her husband set that back.....

 

[Rabulias]

That really was a good episode. Though the one "good" character killing off her husband set that back.....

Um, yeah, about that....

Spoiler

You realize that her husband was in on faking his death and was the bald guy in the boat at the end, right? That's why the body's face was thrown into the fire to be unrecognizable.

 

[Zaukrie]

Um, yeah, about that....

Spoiler

You realize that her husband was in on faking his death and was the bald guy in the boat at the end, right? That's why the body's face was thrown into the fire to be unrecognizable.

It wasn't clear to me that she knew that......but I guess she likely did now that you mention it.

And, it was clearly that when we couldn't see the face, let alone when they showed him....

 

[wicked cool]

Episode was excellent. Edge of my seat with queen vs daughter. Really good acting

 

[Older Beholder]

It wasn't clear to me that she knew that......but I guess she likely did now that you mention it.

And, it was clearly that when we couldn't see the face, let alone when they showed him....

We see Daemon murder someone just before the fight is staged.
Upon the reveal at the end it would imply that this was him supplying the body for the fire, and thus, he and Rhaenyra were in on the plan.

 

[payn]

Some good tension and development. I'm not too pleased to see Laena and Laenor basically written off without much ado about the story.

 

[Tonguez]

Some good tension and development. I'm not too pleased to see Laena and Laenor basically written off without much ado about the story.

Yeah especially when they pretty much erased the entire Laena- Rhaenyra relationship from the series

 

[Zardnaar]

We see Daemon murder someone just before the fight is staged.
Upon the reveal at the end it would imply that this was him supplying the body for the fire, and thus, he and Rhaenyra were in on the plan.

Yeah good for Laenor but they still murdered someone for a body.

 

[Older Beholder]

Yeah good for Laenor but they still murdered someone for a body.

I was pointing out that without that scene it would be ambiguous as to whether Rhaenyra and Daemon were in on that part of the plan, or if they had been tricked by Laenor. But yeah, I do think it still makes them more sympathetic then if they had actually murdered Laenor.

 

[Tonguez]

Yeah good for Laenor but they still murdered someone for a body.

Yeah, but he was just an expendable servant, nobody in Westeros cares about dead peasants

 

[Stalker0]

Yeah, but he was just an expendable servant, nobody in Westeros cares about dead peasants

Yeah by GoT standards any scheme that ONLY has one peasant die is practically the moral high ground option

 

[pukunui]

Finally got to see the latest episode. Pretty slow start. Some of it was hard for me to see. Too dark.

The stakes are pretty well set now. The “greens” (Alicent and co) vs the “red and blacks” (Daemon, Rhaenyra and co).

The dragon scenes were good. Looking forward to seeing some dragon fights.

 

[Zaukrie]

If he'd have named his brother heir after Damon married his daughter..... Then almost none of this would happen.....

 

[pukunui]

If he'd have named his brother heir after Damon married his daughter..... Then almost none of this would happen.....

Yeah, but then there'd be no more story so ...

EDIT: Just watched tonight’s episode. Masterful performance by Paddy Considine. Finally bringing his warring family back together only to unwittingly send them hurtling apart again right at the end.

If you watch with the captions on, the very last one is “breathing stops”. Le roi est mort.

I feel like they mixed up Aegon and Aemond’s older actors. The younger Aegon had a long face while the younger Aemond had a rounder one, but it‘s the other way around with these older actors. (The captions also cheekily capitalize “Strong” during Aemond’s toast.)

It’s a bit disconcerting seeing the younger characters go through multiple actors as they grow older and seeing Viserys get more and more visibly old and frail while other characters like Daemon and Rhaenys don’t seem to age at all.

Overall I enjoyed this episode a lot.

Given that there are only two episodes remaining, I expect they’ll cover the disputed succession, and the actual “Dance of the Dragons” civil war will be the subject of season 2 onwards.

I know the dragons are expensive but I really wish we could see more of them! Hopefully in season 2.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yah I liked tonight's episode as well. That was the last time jump afaik.

 

[Rabulias]

It’s a bit disconcerting seeing the younger characters go through multiple actors as they grow older and seeing Viserys get more and more visibly old and frail while other characters like Daemon and Rhaenys don’t seem to age at all.

I think Viserys is being ravaged by the leprosy or whatever disease he has, so he appears to be older and frailer than he normally would be.

In the scene where Lyonel is offering to resign as Hand, when Viserys stands up, you can see that his left arm looks like just black bone.

Obviously, I was incorrect, as this episode showed his left arm pretty much intact.

 

[Stalker0]

I tell you, as intense as other GOT episodes are, this episode may in fact be the saddest to me.

Watching Viserys was intense and brutal, and then for it all to slip away at the very end because of a last bit of madness. Often in GOT when things get nuts its because of scheming, or people just doing the "right thing" instead of the "smart thing". But to have things finally start to look like the possibility of healing is there....and for it to be stripped away because someone listened to an old man's final words that were for someone else.

That's just brutal...and I love it

Anyone else feel like Aemond is becoming the "true" Euron Greyjoy (to make up for the weirdo in OG GOT). With that eyepatch he just screams intensity wherever he goes. I love how he barely talks until just the right moment.