HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Episode 8 Breakdown & Ending Explained - Game of Thrones Easter Eggs & Theories 

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Did anyone else catch the #prophecy that was whispered by Helaena Targaryen (bug loving girl) at the dinner table? Just before she stands to give her toast she whispers "BEWARE THE BEAST BENEATH THE BOARDS"🤔 She already predicted someone losing his eye (Aemond) when she said to her bugs "he will have to close an eye"... l wonder what the new prophecy means... anyone got a clue?

The best part was Damon being the one who picked up the crown for his brother and the king was expecting Otto

@@MylezNevison The rats beneath the boards.. something related to Blood and Cheese

Viserys: " I'm not dead yet you assholes. Go fuck another fish Otto hightower. " - it was a scene from peacemaker I edited it a bit

He went through all that pain for the love of his daughter

Paddy deserves a Grammy!

That scene was awesome it might have been the best scene of the season

Turns out him dropping the crown was improvised, they killed it!

But do you think Alicent change a bit and was warm towards Rhaenyra....for her husband's sake?

That’s the reference they made in other episodes “having eyes to see but blinded” or something like that

@@mpicc4808 She definitely did at first, until she misunderstood what Viserys said to her regarding the prophecy of the prince who was promised. Since she thinks he meant their Aegon, she will surely turn away from Rhaenerya going forward.

@@katreuth absolutely agree. alicent has so many parallels to macbeth here. she hears the prophecy and it spurs her own ambition to take action, but ultimately only leads to tragedy.

@@katreuth makes me appreciate my abilities to communicate effectively with others, instead of making assumptions. I feel badly for both women. I loved the short lived truce when Alicent held Rhaenyra's hand.

I think Alicent chose to misunderstand to further her and Otto’s plot to usurp Rhaenyra.

It was top tier acting but not unexpected. Paddy is a beast. The whole cast is top tier

@@jaymierae9890 True, we often hear/believe what we want to, much like how Viserys was purposely ignorant. I love that Viserys got to die happy, believing that he was able to mend his family. It is a fitting end for his personality.

They had him drugged up for years she'd Im sure heard drug induced rants this one she picked out what she wanted ,this happening or not wouldn't have made a difference this was Alicent and Ottos goal from the start.

@@payduhman Dead mans shoes is one of the best films ever and Paddy smashed it out of the park in it.

But they are no warriors

Except Haelana. She deserves better.

@@priyanshshrivastava9013 which is funny because viserys and Alicent are not warriors at all. Daemon for sure is and I would take Rhaenyra over Alicent in a fight

@@blaubeer8039 i genuinely think luke was smiling in good jest, rather than outright laughing. he sees aemond, empowered and thriving despite his eye, and thinks it clearly hasn't affected him so badly, ignorant to the trauma and desire for vengeance it has caused him.

@@phoebe8579 yeah like Aemond got the biggest dragon in the world so he's obviously come a long way from pink dread. It's like an avg size guy going to the gym and telling the biggest guy "I'm going to kick your ass."

Kudos to Paddy ! He DESERVES that Emmy.

@@Factboy12 He really does, he was incredible as Viserys.

Yes the writing shined in this episode. I have high hopes now for this series.

Yes, me too. Tried NOT to cry watching this.

They should’ve applied that to laena. When she died it was like “meh”. She had like 10 min screen time total. Viserys death hit hard

Yea he died knowing his fam was at peace even tho in actuality its nt

Yes. He was a good king.

Fully agreed.

What else would be earn an Emmy for? Does he work in the sound department too or something?

@@IronPsyde For acting the whole series. The comment says for THIS episode.

If he's snubbed, the award is worthless.

actually her exact words were "daemon never touch me" and "i didnt do anything" and "i was only a spectator". but more important leaving out the fact that she is not a maiden and gaslighting alicent by saying "to question my virtue is an act of treason" and had sex with criston is all falls under the umbrella of lying by omission. Daemon's participation is irrelevant because his virtue is not being questioned. Rhaenyra's is. its being intentionally misleading to imply that she is a virgin by saying daemon never touched her and she knows this.

She asked did you lose you virtue or not and she lied

I was thinking that too!!

He looks almost the same age as Daemon

Except his body. U think he looks strong but the camera pans out and he’s a stick. U think if someone trains and eats meat, they’d look strong. I’m on the fence about the casting- esp the Strong boys as well as Aegon…And everyone suddenly aged and then stopped??? Does Daemon not age?

Yes!!! I don't think Aegon was cast well. The other brother gave me chills though, and I assume he is supposed to.

But yes, Aemond seems too old for that role. He was still better cast than Aegon, in my opinion.

They both die along with vhagar and caraxes in a duel

@@nimlahab1901 why tf would you tell me that.

@@TheGuitarislove they also loves their family dearly especially their brothers. Aemond has Aegon back all the way, it is the same way as Daemon has Viserys back. However, Aegon seems to trust Aemond more than Viserys did for Daemon

@@nimlahab1901 why the spoilers for us that haven't read the books... Enjoy the show in peace & keep your mouth shut.

@@akachiedoggy5711 because she has no friends and is miserable

If their families got along better I could see Daemon taking Aemond as a his ward seeing as how he is also the 2nd child. They would be agents of chaos for sure.

I believe in the Books Daemon has an affair with Aemond's Mother

@@LordDirus007 no, they laid with the same woman from Harrenhal, Alys Rivers (a supposed bastard child of Lyonel Strong)

Yeah, you could see the silent admiration that they both had for each other in this episode.

@@LordDirus007 So with Alicent?

I absolutely LOVE how Dameon is always calm BUT ready 😈

daemon is always on the lookout for when shit hits the fan. seven hells, he PUSHES for things to collide. he loves the chaos 😹

@@maggyfrog I love that Daemon goes “Say it” as if he was rooting for the opportunity to slice off a head 😂

@@nateb1247 exactly. plus they have that beef back at the stepstones when vaemond tried to instigate a coup.

Lol Popeye

He would have killed Otto and Alicent and be done with all this bother.

nice!

Nicely put 🙇🏻‍♂️

Great insight!

Well yeah, she's at a disadvantage until her sons, and their dragons, are older. She doesn't actually care about her father, the visit was to secure her second sons unlawful claim. If she was smart, she could have remained by his side for his last days. That's about as far as her love for her father goes. The symbolism behind Viserys' face is better interpreted by how he favors his first born child, giving her everything. While being blind towards his sons and second daughter, leaving them with nothing but false promises and death.

@@paulraines9635 This is such a good interpretation of the same scene in a very different light. The complexities of the scenes and the characters keeps getting better!

I guess she did it to save her kids being murdered Id say.

She should have stayed with him in his last hours. Then, Alicent wouldn't have cause to deliberately mistake or take out of context his last words on the succesion.

Though honestly he's been dying for so long, theres no way she could have known he would die right then. And she was just going to get her kids to safety and away from messing up the new peace before coming right back.

i think thats part of the tragedy. in the end everything was looking up for the older generation. Daemon and Otto had backed off from eachother, Rhaenyra and Alicent were on the path to setting things right and Viserys could live what little time he had left in peace. but then the children, who had been raised to hate eachother, couldn't put aside there own differences. thus just as how Rhaenyra and Alicent raised their children to continue the blacks vs greens conflict, the children drew them back into it themselves. keep in mind the main reason Rhaenyra left for Dragonstone was because of the constant fighting between the black and green princes. and just a sidenote all i can say is that the green princes are just assholes, sure Jace and Luke aren't perfect, but during the dinner Jace restrains himself, even when Aegon is taunting him. plus the only thing Luke does is laught at a memory of an old joke, which while stupid was nothing compared to Aegon and Aemond. also i like how it once again shows Jace's personality, that he can hold back while Aegon is humiliating him ,but the moment Aemond says something that also attacks his brothers, he loses it. sure it was also to do with his own anger, but Jace ultimately puts his family above all else. kinda ironic given that the trueborn Aegon is a massive dickhead and the bastard Jace seems to be a decent guy

@@yewandekoyenikan4732 oh shit tht shook me i was like " no viserys tht nt rhaenera nooooo!!!!"

My guy this is only the beta version of Daemon up to up until now. He's been doing child's Play just wait until the dance of the Dragon actually kicks off.

@@wolfbane7497 on God can't wait

@@wolfbane7497 I kinda hope they rewrite Cristan Coles death because he gets killed by some random dudes

@@magicman3163 that crybaby deserve a dramatic one.

@@makoygaara i agree😠

Yep. He's gotten real cocky after Cristin's training all these years. I'm interested to see how it all eventually plays out since Ser Criston did defeat Daemon at a tourney early in the season.

@@cocoskye8143 important to remember that he defeated daemon when he was caught off guard and celebrating his 'glory.'

daemon and cole duel in book cole wins fare and square, cole will win if one on one combat againts daemon but book said daemon is not stupid in wild fight like war daemon will win againts cole, daemon use may tricks and look what happened to aemond he has a bigger dragon good swordsman as cole but daemon beat him and vhegar.

Cristin kicked his ass on horses back and on 1v1

Yes , f *ing daugher's bestfriend & making new kinds when your 60' or more to escalate things is all the good fathers do -> He was just a selfish man to the end in my view and this "scene" was just a cheap circus to show some kind a power projection . Yes he has like 1% some kind of father emotions but 99% is still wants world to remember him as a great king in all points of view including "family" .

I mean.. compared to the next kings and queens to come? He was the best king lol

When the doors first opened I expected it to be Corlyss.

He truly loved Rhanerya. No doubt about it

SAME! I even stood up to clap for The King. What an iconic scene.

JUST IMAGINE THAT and all the damn dragons would still be alive to the beginning of GOT

@@wellknown1204 there wouldn't be a GOT fool. The usurper Robert Baratheon etc wouldn't of taken the throne

@Xan’cy Pill’osi I'll go a step further and say Robert wouldn't exist and either would Jon, Danny or any of her brothers.

They COULD have been married but Alicent was being a byytch. She offered Jace to Helaena and Alicent denied it. Now she’s unhappy and married to her psychopath brother.

Daemon’s only need is to feel needed by Viserys and Rhaenyra. Every time the tell they want him or need him, he abides. He’s a man who needs to feel necessary to the two people he loved the most.

slow ur roll let's c how it plays out

​@@hand2handmc nah I'm good, and I think you misunderstood. In simple terms, I basically said "I prefer episodes 1-8 of HotD to episodes 1-8 of GoT". That's a straightforward opinion about stuff I've already seen.

Noone cares about hollywood awards anymore. These reflect nothing, except ones agenda.

She should direct more episodes

the actress Olivia Cooke said that alicent genuinely believed that she had the right interpretation of what Viserys was saying. Alicent asks Viserys to clarify several times who he is talking about. she says "our son?" and then says "prince aegon?" and then says "i dont understand viserys". she gave him plenty of chances to clarify what he means. she's not being malicious. shes too tired of the fight with rhaenyra she just wants to put it to rest. she even says that alicent might be a bit pissed off at Viserys that after she buried the hatchet with rhaenyra hes seemingly asking her to start the fight back up again and fight for aegon. Here's what olivia has to say about it: Olivia Cooke: "We spoke a lot about this. There was a massive amount of relief when Alicent told Rhaenyra, “You will make a great queen.” She’s so over the fighting and having this ball of bitterness and anxiety in her stomach:* "Just let it go, Rhaenyra is the heir, this is fine."* When Viserys says that, I genuinely think she thinks he’s talking about Aegon, her son. And I think she’s furious. She’s like, “After all that?” But Viserys is on his deathbed; that’s what he requested, and so she must follow it through. Whether that’s unconscious wishful thinking, I don’t know, but that’s how I played it.

Played **

They should mail it to him now and tell him to have a speech ready.

Well, nobody's dumb enough to defy Daemon without a weapon in their hand.

It’s fiction

Climax of this episode was greatly written.

It feels lazy to me. King Viserys literally just had to mentioned any of the following things in his last moments Argon….the conqueror That a TARGARYEN must sit the throne 300 years ago Etc. Why undercut Viserys big moment to protect his family and by extension the realm and then subvert expectations to make him the sole cause of it. Don’t even get me started on that fact that Alicent will start this even though Viserys said, “you asked me earlier if it was true” which she most certainly did not……sigh.

@@walkerbutler2984 I think Alicent was just waiting for the green light to feel totally justified in her family's pursuite of the crown. Hightowers would have done it anyway, but now the Queen can join with her consciousness clean.

Yup

I was wondering why he was laughing?

He shouldn't have laughed

It reminded Luke the pig prank and he laughed.. Though he shouldn't have.. I mean can't he just make out that Aemond is crazy

She knew. She even made a deal with Laenor. Laenor agreed to be their dad. Let's just say that they were a modern family stuck in another time.

Laenor tried, but not hard enough, Rhaenyra was willing to bear his child. Some gays just can't do it with a woman. If he had just given her at least 1, eldest, heir to the throne, no one cares about the rest. Also, the realm expects Rhaenyra to produce an heir within the year after marriage, or the rumors about Laenor will just escalate, and the testimonies that she was seen with his Uncle in a brothel will resurface again. I think the risky business with Ser Strong wasn't really just about affair, or her goofing around, at least at first. And as far as I know, for 10 years they stayed in King's Landing, they didn't go anywhere, and I never saw any other Velaryon-looking dude there to at least redeem the situation. Now the kids suffer the consequences. Ps. Perhaps, Rhaenyra wasn't aware of " The seed is strong. ", particularly on black-haired clans. She thought that the kid's hair will be the same as hers.

@@underscorerm1678 so basically she made the situation even worse

@@levia9349 Both of them. The woman is always solely to blame smh

@@underscorerm1678 it was her choice to have bastard children he may have allowed it but its her body her choice but hi make this about gender loool.

Him showing his kingly authority for one last time and going through such physical struggle for his little girl, and then Deamon being at his brother's side as he always wanted, putting the crown on his head, after all the good and bad times those three went through together... I can't remember crying so hard over fiction, the feels were too real. Kudos to all the people involved in creating this art.

I think it was implied a few episodes ago that once the Hightower meister was removed, Viserys got better, but once Otto came back, he brought his own meister back

Raised a rapist and talks about honor.

It's the Targaryen gene

@@junkievideo rhaeneryas kids are targaryans...

Rhaenyra's strong boys know that they are the scandel and shame of their family for simply existing. they cant do anything wrong

I mean she was a child bride against her will and rhaenyra had her kids when she was older

Notice how sensitive she is to emotion? It’s like it triggers visions.

Man that look on Aemond's face when Daemon came forward to defend Luke was epic. And Daemons just wiped it with a smug smile.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’ll give you a hint:☠️

Daemon wins "spoiler"

Aemond's actor is also good from The Last Kingdom. Such a versatile actor!

@@shawnmichael2440 not really

What do you expect, Dark Sister is a LEGENDARY item.

I was dissapointed he was going to go for his tongue instead of his head or at least freedom. Vaemond called the Princess and the Heir to the Iron Throne a whore on the eyes of the whole court and disrespected his King. Such a treason requires the highest of punishments (speaking from the angle of this universe and by their laws).

I never saw anything wrong with his character in the initial episodes. #TeamDaemon

I mean there's a 700 page book telling you everything

@@DatBoiChris420 yeah true but also editing the video from the day of is super impressive to me.

You know he got the review wrong? Rhaenyra never left Kings landing!!! Shes still there by her self!!!

Did you watch the episode? How was it informal if he got the ending wrong? Rhaenyra said she was stay behind for a few days to spend time with her Father and Alicent. Rhaenyra said she would fly home solo. This review breakdown said Rhaenyra left kingslanding unaware her father died. HAHA Yes, shes unaware her dad died but she never left!! The Hightower's have Rhaenyra all alone, they will try and kill her now. They just locked her in her room solo in the preview.