HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Season 2 Episode 3 Breakdown & Ending Explained - Connection to Blood & Fire 

NGL, that tavern in flea bottom looks like a good time. CORRECTION: It was Cheese's eyes, not Blood's! House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 Breakdown: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MJnS_jdVy4g.html House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 2 Breakdown: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FV1JPfgbieY.html House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 3 Breakdown: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hK5fr46Lutg.html House of the Dragon Season 4 Episode 4 Breakdown: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L_vO0RXn4Rw.html Blood & Cheese - The Real Story HBO Left Out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BnYL4o5CRXM.html House of the Dragon Season 1 Ending Explained: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PuPK4rJsQqo.html How Game of Thrones Should Have Ended: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G0mncEl4nVU.html

HOTD S2: Accurate representation of slow infantry troop movements throughout the kingdom. GOT S7: *everyone spamming teleport runes*

The fact that they actually made Herrenhall seem haunted in the show was a BRILLIANT touch 😂

Season 8 didn't happen it was a fever dream

Daemon saying what he said about Lord Tully’s condition purely because of his love for his late brother Viserys and his state in the end made me smile during that scene.

you missed on something.. Daemon demanding to be called "your grace" this is the first very clear sign that he sees himself as the king not just a prince married to the queen

That ‘not my ex wife’ line….🤣😳🤣

I love that they added that last scene in. It didn’t happen in the books, but it’s more realistic for how women who were friends in their youth would want to handle it; they would both be angry and hurt but deep down they know the other isn’t evil. We get to see Alicent actually realize she made a mistake, but quickly tell herself it doesn’t matter if she did or not because it’s past the point where anything can be fixed. I think when she goes back to saying “there was no mistake” it’s either because she needs to tell herself that out of the guilt from the blood already shed and all the death about to come because of how badly she did want Aegon named heir, or she meant “there was no mistake” as in, it was always going to happen this way; whether or not she hears Viserys say Aegon or not.

It would be absolutely crazy if she sneaks into the Red Keep and finds Alicent and Cole at it, it would be funny but have some incredible dialogue.

If only marijuana existed in Westeros everyone would chill the fk out lol thousands of lives would be saved

All that misunderstanding could have been avoided by putting that blade under fire and reading what it says 🤦🏻‍♂️

11:15 "...and not my ex wife!" Dude... that caught me off guard. 😂😂

you forgot to mention that daemon now demands to be called as Your Grace instead of Prince.

Why are Tullys always out of it? They always have an ailing Lord.

To sum up with the end of the episode Alicent realized she royal fucked up. I much prefer the book version of the story but damn did this episode say out loud you fucked up Alicent. I know her father and others were already plotting but both parties now realizing viserys was right to keep rhaenyra as his heir

5:18 If I remember correctly, it was Little Finger who gave him the dagger, not the Lannisters. He did this to frame Tyrion for the botched attempt, further provoking tensions between the Starks and Lannisters so he could continue climbing his "chaos ladder" .

The Alicent/Rhea scene is a good addition now there r no misunderstandings. everything that happens afterwards is a conscious choice to plunge the realm into war

Thank you for the recap and the explanation of the ice and fire story that was passed down to Rhaenyra, the rightful heir to the throne!!

This is the Calm before the storm

There’s some major holes that poke through the theory that Alys could be Melisandre, mainly that it’s pretty heavily implied that Melisandre had never been to Westeros before until she went to serve Stannis. Much of her arc/perspective centers around Westeros being a strange land to her and it wouldn’t be strange if she had been there before or had been there the entire time since the time of The Dance. That and in her pov chapter in the books, she talks about how she had been practicing her craft for longer than she can count and Westeros, due to the attitudes that the maesters, septons, and Andals in general have around magic and R’hllorism, would be probably the worst place to do that effectively and efficiently. Her being a shadowbinder means that she spent most of her time practicing on the other side of the world in Asshai (hence her full name) and as a result, was most likely there or near there during this time period. She really has no business or reason to be in Westeros until she went to serve Stannis so she is not Alys. It doesn’t fit her story arc or what we know of her history.

The episode isn’t even cold. But yes thank you for explaining

Rhaneyra also has a son named Aegon

You said it was Blood that was hung and being eaten, it's actually Cheese. Cheese is the rat catcher. This is a minor detail, but the green and gold flags are green because of the Hightowers, but gold is because Aegon's dragon Sunfyre is golden and is the most beautiful dragon ever.

I hated that Alicent was told the truth. TBH that misinterpretation was the only thing that made me sympathetic towards the Green's side. Now that Alicent knows the truth, I find it hard to have even a little sympathy towards the Green's.

I always wondered why Viserarys didn’t have a dragon I didn’t know he had the og one.

I realized after watching this episode that "the prince that was promised" doesn't refer to a person but refers to the blade and it's holder. The translation could read as prince or princess so it is assumed that the valerian steel blade as fine as this would be held by Targaryen but could really be referring to the blade being used to fulfill the prophecy.

@ThinkStory I like the ending. I like Alicent but......she (Obdurate), Otto, Cole, Larys Strong (Murderer and sneaky), and King Visery REALLY caused this war!

Viserys told Alicent about his dream of a male baby born to him wearing the conquerors crown, he also questioned his own decision to name Rhaenyra heir. Aegon was his firstborn son so naturally she would interpret his final words the way she did. This whole mess is Viserys fault, Daemon was right calling him weak.

i dunno whats gonna happen next but this episode had literal porn in it. wtf hbo.

It makes sense the meeting wouldn’t be in the books. No one knew about it to report it or write it down.

I truly appreciate how Think Story breaks down this episode because i am completely lost in this story. I just cant, for the life of me, keep up with how all these characteres relate to one another. I thought that by activating the close captioning would help me but im still clueless to what im seeing. Great Job guys

A bit slow , boring and the characters are not as entertaining as GOT.

all of this happened because Allicent' misinterpretation and Targaryen' habbit of naming their sons the same from its descendant

Yeah definitely the weakest episode so far.

You’re the best Think Story.

As far as Gwayne goes you can be the eldest son and still have an older sister. They are not saying he is the oldest of the children just the oldest boy

Viserys could have named his son any name other than Aegon 😂

Definitely an improvement on the story. I can see the viewers getting more emotionally invested now. I was even chatting "What did he say", before the question was asked!

Saviour from Targaryen bloodline?? Ayra Stark slaying the Knight King.....

This was quick.

Hope this show gets to show us the entire Targaryen family history!! 🤞🏽

Rheanyra meeting Alicent like this , don't make sense whyyyyyy HBo has to be stupid like this when adding plots ?? , if they wanted them to meet so badly they set an official negotiation , do you expect me to believe anyone can sneak to Kingslanding so easily ?.

Some deviations from the book are ok. I like how it going so far. But did we need to see the baby Lord Voldemort man hood 😂 #HarryPotter #MovieAdaptation

Things are at a slow burn. The rest of the season should be fire, literally.

I'm coming here after every damn episode for now on lol , this just helped me understand alot

Honestly I hate how the writers keep writing these characters to be more cautious and less temperamental than they are in the book. Makes the show feel really lacks the brutal realism of the original book. And it diminished the whole point of Lucerys’ death, which is the breakdown of Rhaenyra’s desire for peace and the official start of the war. They should just cut the added morality they chose to give, and let the dragons dance.

Rhaenyra keeps making dumb decisions, why wasn't she more emphatic when telling Alicent Hightower that she had nothing to do with the murder of her grandson ? Plus Rhaenyra does not see Alicent for what she's become.. Alicent has become a vicious liar, I guess Criston Cole has turned her out 😝.. Viserys picked Rhaenyra and never picked Aegon but Alicent lied while she was praying in the temple ! Never thought Rhaenyra would be this dumb.. even allowing her young sons to go on extremely dangerous missions resulting in the death of Lucerys ... The Rhaenyra character has turned out to be pretty stupid .. she's in way over her head !

❤the truth was told again, now istime for the sad end of team green💚 and the beginning of justice and the reign ofteam black 🖤....WOMEN SHOULD RULE THE WORLD... IN THIS LIFETIME AND THE NEXT❤

New Dragons. Where? Assault on Harrenhall. Never happened. Battle of Burning mill. Let’s skip it completely.

Another question for me is, did Rhaenyra ever understand that people already died in her name? All those noble lords and ladies that Otto murdered in season 1 episode 9 to cement Aegons legacy also forcing all the nobles in the royal court to pledge him fealty for all to see. How can Rhaenyra expect that those families will just roll over and say okay because she and Alicent were able to make a deal?

The worst part of the show is Emma D'Arcy. She is a terrible actress, cannot get into her. This is what happens when you hire for LGBT+ PR points and not for skill or talent..... "its a secret" lol very poorly delivered line. Hence the reason they don't show her half the time she is talking lol.

I liked the part where Gwayne sheepishly thanks Criston for spotting the dragon and saving their asses😂 I think they'll start out sort of hostile but they'll develop a bromance as the season goes on.

hotd season 2 is very worse until now no good story no good characters looks awful

I hate that they are making this just so pro team black. It’s sad u can tell who the writers favor. Make my words this will be just as bad as game of thrones ending.

Not Bloods eyes, but CHEESE

I really tried to like it. This show is a great idea ruined by poor writing away from the source material. I read Sarah Hess is partially to blame. Will wait till the series is finished and read the reviews as their is no game being played here and it feels like game of thrones the soap opera.

Iam fine with last scenem it doesn't alter the course of event ,and further adds a layer of tragedy also shows how rhae really did everything before she decided to take the only coutse of action left war.

So far all season 2 has been is talking, more talking, some awkward nudity, more talking, oh look a dragon flying around to another place so there can be more talking, more talking, and finally end of this episode.. more talking

10:51 why’d they give her an American valley girl accent 😂

The allegiances, the quotes, the references in the book, even the bastard naming convention really helps me understand the show better. Awesome content.

Melisandra would have been almost 200 years old during Hot D and almost 400 in GOT so she would already be using a glamor in Hot D. If Alyse Rivers was the red woman that still wouldn't be her true appearance as she would already be ancient.

Shitty series based on unfinished story, never receiving its end, mindless fans

What happens to those dragon eggs that were also sent to Pentos together with the prince's and princess Rhaena? Are those the eggs that Daenerys receives as a gift from the Magister of Pentos? And hatched them and came to be Drogon and his siblings?

so all of this is a result of gender neutral languaging. 😂

Thank you for a great explanation video.

Was constantly checking RU-vid for ur upload ❤❤❤

Rhaena’s dragon egg is supposed to be pink and she never got to say bye to her grandmother 🙃

Boring as episode show some fights

Why is Baela not a Dragonrider? They have an excess of Dragons

I really appreciate the breakdown You did a great job

Not as good as Game of Thrones. I'm disappointed

Another boring episode, nothing happened. Clearly, the writers are team black, all the change they made from the book are to make rhenyra perfect and made no mistakes. all the problem was made by team green. What a joke 😂

Episode 2 was a waste of time, episode 3 was boring AF. I'm disappointed in season 2. They are off to a terrible start

This show has less budget than rings of power but still looks more cinematic lol

Episode was slow but ending made up for it. All the time the actresses said they had no scenes together this season lol

The p 0 r /\/ scene was so unnecessary. I can’t believe Hollywood has devolved enough for that. the sx scenes were enough already.

Could Alys be Kinvara? The red priestess that spoke to Varys in Mereen?

What really got me off guard was when they were lighting the candles, in the background you can hear a serbian orthodox prayer. I don’t know where they got that idea from, I just know I had to pause to check if a funeral was passing my window 😂☦️

Kinda wish we got to see lord bracken kill lord blackwood , and then get snipe by black aly that jump forward was disappointed.

I decided to stop watching this show after this nightmare episode

Baelish had the dagger, homie… but he got it from the Lannisters… Just there was a bit of a middle man in Bran’s attack you showed…

I can't imagine a Cersei Lannister taking crap from any Hightower...

In the scene at Harrenhall when Lord Strong asks Daemon "What's next" after raising the army at the Riverlands then responds with surprise when the only response is "We take King's Landing," I didn't take that as Strong being obtuse. To me, it sounded like disgust at the bourgeois aristocracy still thinking only of themselves and having no other plan for the realm than taking back, by force and at great expense to the small folk, the seat of power so they could continue doing exactly what the other guy on the throne is already doing now. It sounded to me like "Really, that's your WHOLE plan, like nothing of substance or contribution to anyone whatsoever? Why even support you?" And when Rhaena is sent off with the little guys and the baby dragons and the dragon eggs, it seems like it finally sinks in for her how important her role in this war really is and what she is being trusted to do. Is anyone else irritated AF about the missed opportunity in the sept when Rhaenyra elects NOT to explain the whole prophecy to Alicent, which might THEN make a difference in stopping this war? No, she only listens for what matters to her and leaves Alicent in the dark, which results in Alicent doubling down on her current position. Rhaenyra had all the power in this situation to form an alliance by explaining the full story on why something greater and existential at stake and she refuses, now disaster is inevitable. To me, that moment is the point of no return in this whole story. For the record, I'm still not on either side. They all brought this stupid war on themselves, Rhaenyra included, and it's not like one aristocrat over another makes any difference at all for all the civilians stuck living under these stupid monarchies. I'm just here to root for the dragons.

The blade has a huge amount of future you mean

I personally liked this change from the book. It just sets the tone for the upcoming war and at least, Alicent knows, all of these were birthed from some misunderstanding.

21:14 Alicent: "It's too late, Rhaenyra." Nope if you have a WhatsApp group of The Royal Family, you're just a text away to prevent bloody war lmao.

Daddy loves you very much 😂

Daemon's walk through Harrenhal in his full set of armor wielding his trusty longsword Dark Sister felt like what a PlayStation 6 remake of Dark Souls would look like. How about "Daemon Souls".

First of all they should not name their child same name like aegon , literally that's make all the confusion, there will be no war if they just name their son something other than aegon😂

I think Viserys' statement about Aegon was a prophecy-like reference to Jon Snow as the Prince who was promised. As his real name was Aegon and he technically played a vital role in the uniting the kingdoms in the time of the Great War against the Night King.

The dragon eggs 3 of them are the same color given to Danaeyrs

Deviating from the book... I hope they do not leave us with another season 8 GOT

Are those unhatched eggs Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion?

Worst episode yet

I enjoyed this. One thing I would mention - I think it is meaningful that Damon wants to be called Your Grace. Are there now three contenders for the throne? I haven't read the books, so I couldn't say. But it's an interesting development if that's Damon's intention.

I think Damon was the prince that was promised.

That was boring episode. They need to give us some battles.

I think Rhaenyra going to see Alicent was a dumb scene is not logical at all

lol at not my ex wife hahahaha

There is a tiny, little, plot hole, in Games of Thrones I not remember what season, Melisandre is taking a bath without it, and she didn't change, she didn't become old, she was fine being in the nude speaking with Selyse Baratheon, I think that bullshit was added by D&D, but well, they not even obey their own continuity, like adding plot holes and out of characters moments that make no sense, but they are partially at fault, because they wouldn't be so stupid without the approval of Grandpa George.