House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 4 Recap/Review/Breakdown 

I can understand Alicent’s frustration with Aegon but her and Otto have literally taught this boy nothing. It’s like they thought of everything EXCEPT preparing him.

Been waiting for this! What an episode. I’m still not over Meleys looking at Rhaenys while dying as if she was saying “I’m sorry” 😭

Rhaenys and Aegon stans:🤝 "F*** Aemond"

Whenever I don’t understand something in HOTD, I know exactly where to come😌

As a non-book reader, I saw that Sunfyre never really flies again except to get to Aegon. And I cried the rest of the night 😂😂

All of us wanted to see the dragon's dance but it was more than we could expect. Heartbreaking.

Finally my boy Sunfyre is here. Him and Aegon has one of the best bond🔥

i cried SO hard at that final shot of rhaenys and melys and even analyzing it again makes me misty. they both deserved so much better

You know a recap is thorough when it's longer than the actual episode 😅 i'm here for it

Thank Goddess you dropped this!! I soon as my notification went off 🏃🏽‍♀️💨 Absolutely adore you ✨️

I think you failed to mention sth Alicent says to Larys. Something around “ the wishes of Vicerys died with him” which is interesting because she is trying to excuse her putting Aegon in the throne

THESE RECAPS ARE THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEK!!!! I also loved the after recap talk, i love hearing what your feeling for upcoming events are:) i can’t wait for the next

2 days and I’m still crying over meleys and rhaenys and sunfyre😢 this will be forever my cinematography trauma. And then they calling meleys “the traitor dragon” like… what? They have no part on this dude, they do what there rider says

You need to put this on a podcast! You have an amazing insight and it puts to shade the American podcasts!!

loving these long format videos , i like how you break down each scene , it helps me understand them better . i will stay tuned for EP 5.

Unrelated question: is it possible that King Aerys The Mad King was a dreamer who was seeing visions of the long night and that’s why he was saying burn them all?

Also, I love how in Jaces’s posture is so similar to Daemon’s in the picture you put at the council ❤❤

Alicent has no agency in her own life because she has never chosen to assert herself. She allowed the men around her to make decisions for her. She then, until Viscerys fell ill, used the little authority she had to belittle her children and Rhaenyra. (I'm conflating the text and the show) Rhaenyra did not just sit back and allow life to happen to her. I think this is the main reason she hates her. (& Ser Otto’s) scheming, they never actually prepared Aegon to rule. They also never entertained the idea that Aegon the Pincher would lie down and allow him to rule while he is just a figurehead?!?

If I’m being honest you and your videos have given me a whole new appreciation for hotd & got. I have this new desire to know all the lore and backstories and you just make it so easy to consume. Love it!!!

I love your longer form videos! Thank you for all the work and heart you put into your content ❤

Im not with Alicent on how she talks to Aegon. She did this to him. She put this upon him ,her and Otto for their own wants. She didnt prepare him and now she belittles him,nah sorry Alicent.

I followed you here from TikTok. Your reviews and explanations are so thorough. Thank you for all of your effort that you put into your content!

I love these long form videos! Sometimes, I feel I missed some things while watching the episodes. I don't have a lot of ppl that are invested as I am, so I feel as if I can analyze with a community here. Thanks! 😊

You are my absolute favourite asoiaf creator

Correct me if I’m wrong, but in F&B I thought it was mentioned that Rhaenys and Meleys aided in the Stepstones during that conflict? Maybe it was book canon mixed with show that didn’t really translate when she spoke to Meleys of going to war again. Also, how would you feel about doing an ASOIAF read-along on here after HotD is wrapped up for the summer? I’ve been itching for a reread and would love your takes! Btw, love your content on here and tiktok!!! ❤

I found the ending of the fight was anti climactic with the surprise attack. I do not see any way that Vhagar was flying below the castle out of sight, and Rhaenys didn’t know they were there. My opinion, they should have been locked in fighting each other, and Vhagar gets ahold of Meyles neck. Not just a sneak attack.

don’t forget seasmoke was ridden into battle too !!! i love your takes and analysis

I cried like a baby, I knew it was going to happen but it still hurt 😭

The part where Daemon sees himself as Aemond made me think that's how he subconsciously feels. Like he is the Aemond on Team Black side of the family, Aemond's hubris and need to be feared and be the " Ideal Targaryen Prince" coincidently like his uncle Daemon 😏 It is what got Luke killed and kinda started the war (or well, not really started the war, but you know what I mean). It made the greens look bad because of kin slaying etc., but then Daemon, trying not to look "weak" himself, similar to how he perceives Viserys and Rhaenera to be, got him to make the same mistake Aemond made with Luke, he did with blood and cheese. Instead of helping their cause, he screwed the pooch. Dragged our girl's name through the mud. Anyway, I think that little moment where he sees himself in Aemond Cosplay is what he works out in his mind.

I’m gonna assume Rhaenys only knew about Alyn because of rumors during the early years of their marriage

Love ypur videos. Ypur are my favorite asoiaf creater. I could listen to you talk all day. Loving the deep dives you do into the episodes ❤ thank you for doing what you do.

I’ve been waiting for this recap!!! ❤

Best channel on RU-vid for house of the dragon 🐉

I’m so glad we had moments between dragon riders and their dragons but….the end of the episode is just so heartbreaking 😭 Sunfyre seems to be such a sweetheart (the way he was so happy seeing aegon in the pit), the bond between Rhaenys and Meleys is so so good. They knew each other for so long…Rhaenys shared a huge part of her life with her dragon after all :(( Also, I loved the part where Vhagar casually camouflaged in the forest since she’s actually all the shades of green of the trees and leaves , that was very smart. Aemond (as much as I hate him sometimes) does have a certain bond with Vhagar and loves to ride this enormous dragon. Vhagar and Meleys were ex besties so it’s even more heartbreaking 😢 Anyways, LOVED your video can’t wait to see the next !!

Loved your review. Will continue to watch them every week, and will be going back through the ones I haven’t watched. Keep up the good work.

So glad you said that about Aegons armor because I had the same thoughts!!

Rhaenyra and Laena hunting and gagging Daemon is the best😌💅🏼

He was ignored by his father AND his mother. If either of them had curbed some of his worst traits as he was going, he might be a better king. Instead, Viserys IGNORED him, and Alicent stoked his hate and ignored his worst actions!

YAY!!! Ive been checking every hour for this! 😂all the way from California

I love these longer videos from you

thank you for your content, I love your videos!❤

Loving these long videos could you maybe do 1 explaining all the dragons and there back stories maybe 🤔

Another amazing video! It seems to be a Green trait to be willfully blind to the consequences of their impulsive/selfish/foolish actions: Otto (even though I basically rule as Hand, I can’t wait to replace docile and malleable Viserys with the insecure/inmoral/wildly irresponsible Aegon whom I haven’t trained to rule); Alicent (let me tell everyone that the dying, incoherent, milk-of-the-poppy-brain- addled Viserys changed his mind at the last minute and wanted Aegon to be king); Aemond (let me chase my much younger cousin in a raging storm on my gigantic-and-old-battle-seasoned dragon who feels my bloodlust); Aegon (let me take my untrained self and my young, inexperienced, innocent dragon into battle). You can almost hear them say to themselves: what could possibly go wrong?

Isn’t Seasmoke a battle dragon? Laenor rode him in the stepstones.

I was heart broken when you see these creatures being abused at the trust of the bonded rider.. this truely saddened me, these creatures are essentially there beautiful, magnificent, loving and caring pets!! So fierce and loyal for the bond that they have with their owners.. seeing sunfyre attacked and screaming in pain and fall like that!! Just like aegon, they both didn’t know what they were entering into, aegon is an owner that didn’t understand what his creature is.. for him not to take his dragon into consideration being how young sunfyre was let alone being drunk!!Rhaenys and meleys just made me so sad that it had to resort to this insane, disturbing and cruel war!! Very traumatic episode for sure!! The dragon riders of old like Rhaenys understood what a dragon is and the bond, meleys was essentially her partner in crime, her refuge.. so sad!! 😞 😢😭

Brilliant review! Thank you

I felt like Aegon's armor looking goofy was a choice. He is trying so hard to look the part and it is just not working out for him.

Now that Alicent is no longer pretending she can do no wrong, I'm actually starting to like her. 😂 She's got Cersei energy going on now with her wine and barbed tongue.

Man oh man, it's one thing to read about the dance of dragons, but when you see it.. 😭 I thought I was looking forward to watching Dragon V. Dragon, but I was wrong and dumb! So so so wrong and dumb 😢

The Red Dragon and the Gold is the name of the chapter in Fire & Blood

Seasmoke has been to war in the first season. I know that was probably just for the show and not in the books.

Love the breakdown but still not over it all!!

the dragons deserved better 😭

Fantastic breakdown and I must say, your voice reminds me of Dr. Kat who has a channel on Tudor History. I subscribed and am watching your previous videos. Would you say that Criston Cole and Aemond were committing treason by communicating on war strategies behind the King’s back? Whom does Cole serve? King Aegon or Prince Aemond? Had it been Joffrey, Crispy’s head might have been on a spike 😂 Seriously though, shouldn’t the Hand be speaking to the King?

I might be the only one who doesn’t feel bad for sunfire knowing what he does to the black queen 😅

just what i needed 😩😩😩

What happened with Sunfyre just broke me

Is it just me or is no one acknowledging that Aemond is a kin slayer because I notice last episode that Rhanerya is called a kin slayer but I haven’t really seen any one say it to him on either side

This Episode is killing me and hearing you talk about it made me cry again. I'm feeling bad for Aegon because he never wanted to be king, everyone was pushing him and now everybody let him down. And i dont want to talk about the End of the Episode...it makes me cry all over again 😭😭😭😭

I realized with this episode I’m in fact not ready for what comes next, for what death comes next 😭😭🙅‍♀️😭

So I am headcanon a bit that perhaps meleys and rhaenys had to defend corlys ships or driftmark from pirates. I know there's no real evidence but I could see it being possible. That or she's considering her patrols of the gullet to be sort of like battle

Do you think you can make a video (TikTok or RU-vid) on how you think the shows pacing will happen? Like the timeline of events with the fast paced seasons and we still have 2 more to go

I thought she said again because her & Meleys helped during the fighting at the step stones? 🤔

maybe this is a mandela effect but i swore i saw promo material before episode 1 came out of a still of rhaenys wearing a hand of the queen pin, was it just me?

Do you think Aemon told Rhaenys (to him, she WAS his heir) about Aegon's dream? Hence her eager attempt to convince everyone on the council/Rhaenyra of peaceful ways?

I’m from the 570 ❤😅 love my MIW peeps! 🥰😍

Who's skull is that at Dragonstone in the background? Just curious. 37:40

I really struggle with Aegon because he makes alot of really stupid and selfish decisions but he was also never prepared for this role, he didn't want it initially. And Allicent and Otto didn't prepare him for anything. He tried at first he really did and was promptly shut down by Otto. And then he has to deal with his own issues with not becoming like his father who was "weak" and complacent and didn't really treat him like a beloved son. And then he is unable to actually make any decisions because he is essentially just a pawn and a bloodline and nothing else. Would he make a good king? No. And he makes horrid decisions which absolutely should not be excused. I just I see how he got there but I can't condone his stupidity/selfishness either. I do want to throttle him immensely 😑. Yeah team black always for me.

I have been sobbing about Sunfyre :( I’m gutted, the whole interaction as she passes away the connection I’m so sad. Aemond count your f###%% days!!!!!! Tired of him killing dragons 😭

Side note but Rhaenyra is so beautiful this season

Wait wait wait. YOU LIKE GAME OF THRONES AND METALCORE? IS THAT A MOTIONLESS SHIRT???

am i crazy or did aemond speak some gibberish when speaking high valyrian? like yes it was obviously much better than aegons but there was some gibberish in there right?

Did you see the Easter Egg referencing Queen Rhaenys

Each episode of the show is getting worse. The writers are feeding viewers a sh*t sandwich while trying to convince them it's roast beef.

Does Alyn know who his father is?

I followed you here from TikTok. Your reviews and explanations are so thorough. Thank you for all of your effort that you put into your content!