House of the Dragon | Season 2 Episode 4 Review (SPOILERS) 

Aegon got roasted 3 times in the same episode.

I love that this episode actually made me regret wanting to see dragon battles. I’ve been waiting for the dragon action, but now that I saw it, it was devastating.

Does anyone else wish these were animated again?

*Vaegar & Aemond arrive along with Aegon & Sunfyre* Rhaenys: Fuck it, we ball.

I completely disagree with you wanting Aegon to show up in the battle as a surprise. The whole first half of episode is the build up & reasoning for him going, but then also the montage is fantastic. How it blends together all 3 settings (dragon stone, rooks nest & kings landing) & the parallel between rhaenys & Aegon getting ready… the music… just everything was near perfect execution. The dragon bonds to riders.. man chefs kiss. Still a a few battles from got I’d put above this but man it was special

Daemon is stuck in the westerosi backrooms

The Vaegar hate is twisted. Don’t hate the dragon, hate the rider!

Riding a dragon without eye protection is also a bit wild. At those speeds the wind and debris would make it pretty rough lol

Ironically, the first episode of the season where the dragons fight (and the first episode in general where the dragons REALLY do a proper fight), it tragically reminds you that the dragons aren't just big scary beasts, they're emotionally intelligent creatures who can genuinely feel a connection to their riders

I really love the way they have handled Aegon. In the first season I thought we would just get another Joffrey 2.0 when they alluded to all of his crazy shenanigans with the childfighting etc. but they have really made him into a sympathetic and tragic character during this season. That dude just can't catch a break lmao.

So I’m the only one who seen Sunfire falling to the ground belly up which means Aegon should be a pancake ?

"Either fight, or get crushed by battling dragons, your choice."

I think Rhaenys saw Aemond burn his own brother and thought “this guy is gonna be a problem, I gotta go back and get him out the paint” I was hoping the second time that the show runners loved Eve Best so much they wanted to keep her alive but nah she went back AGAIN!!!😢😢😢

So is this how y’all will do each review of the season? I highkey miss the normal format

Meleys is the largest dragon on team black who has a rider. We saw daemon sing to Vermithor last season, and I’m pretty sure he is larger and older

Was there not a line from GoT about "when dragons enter the battle nobody wins" i cant remember the exact quote or who said it but i felt that this episode.

Daemon off a perc

I love the subtle Kendrick v Drake references in all of these lmao

Jace and Aemond serving face are every other hotd account tweet😭

I listen to a few other people do this same commentary, and you guys are still the funniest (while still insightful). Love you guys! And I don't even understand sports!

Watching these dragons die is going to kill me.

Trope alert? No other character at Harrenhall acknowledges Miz Rivers other than Daemon. I’m wondering if they’re going to go the 6th Sense route to make it all a vision or weirwood inception. Thoughts?

3 Dragons having a proper dog fight

Ya man Daemon just casually dropping acid tabs with the Woods Witch at Harrenhal. Meanwhile, Westeros is on fire.

Why send one dragon when you could send more? Why fly so low when you could stay high? Why turn around and fight Veghar when you could retreat a short distance and come back with backup? Kings landing is much farther.

I watch for the Dragons. I weep for the Dragons. Since I first saw a dragon, I've been with the Dragons.

Fear and loathing in harrenhall.

Everyone drinking moon tea cuz no one wants mini coles running around.... worst part of the episode is my poor baby sunfyre crying in pain, that poor baby!

They boys are back 🟩🟨⚔️⬛️🟥

I think it's also fascinating how Alicent is looking into all the history books for anything eluding to 'Aegon's dream', when all she needs to know is on that dagger. I wonder if Aemond will be the one to figure it out now that he has it!

If they just had Jon epically ride his dragon for the first time and turbo nuke the night king, they would had fulfilled the prophecy enough to be satisfying. Dani’s heel turn could have been just slightly more built up more with her being a bit more ruthless a few seasons earlier. It all could have been great. How the fuck do you abandon Jon’s legacy and story like they did. It’s so unforgivable I hope Dan and Dave never live this down because they truly destroyed the greatest fantasy that so many people loved and cherished

Hell yes. Iguana man and Monkie talk about the great battle

Aegon is now a shopping cart. 🛒 From here on out. Like Beansie.

I know Rhaenys is probably kicking herself in the afterlife for not taking out team Green when she had the chance last season 😂😂

Dragons in GoT verse can change sex in order to reproduce.

When Vhaegar huffed and puffed after Aemond said wait, after the horn signals, might show that she was upset she wasn’t going into battle just yet Or she’s just a tired old lady

Been waiting.

I have a theory that Alys Rivers is actually working for Larys Strong as a spy/assassin at Harrenhal. I think she was the one who killed Lyonel and Harwin and is messing with Daemon on Larys’ behalf. I think that’s why Larys sounds so confident when talking about Harrenhal/Daemon not being an issue for the Greens and how he knows that Daemon is going through hell. Him and Alys could be some freaky power couple

Oh Aemond.

Love you boys, if you go to TIFF do another vlog like that one time, it was awesome!

Let’s go been waiting for this

is it just me or after 2 years wait the hype kind of died out? i'm still watchimg, but honestly not that interested anymore. I guess that's what happens when u have to wait 10 episodes 2 years...

29:10 oh, you young, sweet Summer children… 🐉 the Dance has just begun 🐉

loved the episode and the pod

Usually when the title is "The A and the B", one of the two is GOING to die in the episode. The only exception I can recall is "The Dragon and the Wolf"...

Who wrote your ExpressVPN script? 😅

Looking very forward to your 2nd hald of "Shogun" and "The Bear" season 3 reviews!!!

I’ve not read the book. But considering it’s going to be 4 years until the finale and it’s pretty hard avoiding all spoilers shall I just read the book?! Maybe when this series is over…

I'm sad to see Tom Glynn Carney leave I really enjoyed watching him this season

respect to Beau aka Reuben for NOT editing out his Olivia Cooke gooning lol

“Vhagar’s House of Pancakes”

It’s always the last few minutes with you guys 😂😂😂. I’d dine a chez Vhaegar though

The bit about last words reminds me of Janos Slynt 😅. I'm sure he'd want a redo. Try to go out like Rickard Karstark or Rodrik Cassel.

Did New York really just get bins?

I am convinced Alys is a stark and half wolf because I saw her as Sheila the She-Wolf in GLOW.

Although a 9.6/10 is way too high in my opinion, this was the best episode of the season so far. I think an 8-8.5 is more fair. The whole season is around 7.5 imo. A little underwhelming but not terrible.

Ah yes, those captivating 2009 LeBron highlights that I don’t want anyone to know I watch

SOUP SOUP SOUP SOUP

How do people keep losing sight of that huge dragon 🤷🏾

Septon Barth (who is generally right about things) insisted that all dragons are sequential hermaphrodites, who can change back and forth between male and female on a whim.

Where’d the Ep5 review go?

I completely forgot this dragon fight happened this early.

One thing I wonder about is if Aegon remembers what Aemond did, what can he really do about it? That battle proved Aemond is absolutely necessary in the battle of dragons. I can kind of see Aegon just stewing on the fact that his brother tried to kill him and wants maybe wants the throne and he can’t really do anything about it because he needs him or at least needs Vhaegar to win this war.

The Dragons originated in Old Valyria, why would they think being spoken to in Valyrian strange?

Meleys is also referred to in Fire & Blood as a she-dragon. Dreamfyre and Syrax have both laid eggs, which means they are considered to be female as well. Silverwing and Vermithor seem like they are a mated pair. Although I never have heard an indication of the sex of either one of those two dragons. Those are all the ones that I know have been identified as females, although I wouldn’t be surprised if Moondancer is female as well.

Someone get Eve Best an Emmy

2 times people in the episode spoke in high valerian and the other person who should and do know the language cant comprehend it.

Can someone explain the "Reuben who used to go by bo Oliver" joke?

Also that scene where she dropped the dragon just seems like a metaphor for her causing them to be wiped out both the Targaryen dynasty and the dragons themselves

I may not be on team.green, but I cannot lie, that trap was smart. I even said "Send a dragon" only to realize I played into Cole/Aemond hand. My only tini tiny complaint is.......how the hell did Team Black not spot Godzilla?!?!? Seriously, they've been keeping track of their army, Im surprised they let that huge thing slip past them.

This some good soup 🙏🏽

We’re fucking back

I’m pretty sure there are male and female dragons because the black dread was always referred to with male pronouns

Reuben we love you I mean Beau are you ok ❤

Aemond's role is "big dragon" 😂

Funny you guys mention you "didn't understand kpop stan culture until..." Last season, I literally did create a fake Twitter account and just retweeted all Ser Harwin Strong gifs

Daemon is tripping balls

Watching hotd gives me hope that hbo will fix the ending of got. Cant keep trying to tie in the cats paw and it doesnt matter in the end. Ruins everything for me...

Aegon has become my favorite character. He's so effortlessly funny

Daemon inhaled some scarecrow fear toxin

I think showing aegon getting sunfyre instead of just showing up was a good choice. I’ve read fire and blood so I knew it was coming, but my brother who hasn’t, was going oh my god he’s actually going the whole time. so we still got the this fucking guy moment

The GOATS

Just a reminder that Emma D’arcy’s pronouns are they/them! Xx

This reminded me of every time they dumbed down the smart characters on GoT for the sake of wowing the audience. Rhaenys knew she and Meleys were two of Rhaenyra's greatest assets but she chose to take the massive risk of attacking Aemond and Vhagar instead of getting to safety. They should have stuck to the way GRRM wrote this, that is, Rhaenys getting ambushed with no choice but to fight.

Aegon, on the other hand, could definitely be alive. They let you know this with Sunfire breathing and Aemond putting away his sword.

Probably thinking vhagar guarding kings landing, king won’t be risked if she retreats that looks bad for the blacks running from the battlefield after already losing many castles hearing that make more go to aegon without a fight plus aegon down thought perfect chance to injury or kill vhagar no one else is strong enough Daemon is not answering ravens

would it be fair to say if goggles could've been invented by now? because as much as it's great they've embraced the practicality of saddles for dragon riding, it seems just as ridiculous they have no eye protection. you ain't seeing shit flying that hard thru wind

Dragons go BOOM

The monkey absolutely gave that horse a spring roll.

The show has finally found its footing

Loved the episode but even in the books it was confusing why none of the Blacks considered that Vhagar might be at Rooke’s rest so it’s a huge risk to send Rhaenys

Too bad Rhaenys died without learning that Laenor was alive. I know she talked about in season 1 why she was siding with Rhaenyra but it seemed a bit weird for her to support Rhaenyra as much as she did.

Wait you thought she survived that fall? Thats cray bro

Jace has got some good strong genes 😂

All Dragons are not female. Vheagar is a female, amongst a bunch of other dragons like Cyrax, Dreamfyre, and Melles - but there's also a bunch of dragons that are classified as male, such as Vermax, Vermithor, and Arrax. I'm not sure which sex Sunfyre is, but I'm almost positive Sunfyre's a male. No one knows for sure how to tell the sex of a dragon, so the only way they can confirm are by finding out which ones lay eggs and which ones don't. Some maesters even theorize that dragons can choose their gender/are both. But yeah, not all dragons are girls. Although I did enjoy hearing your guys's banter about it, it was quite funny. As I always enjoy hearing your banter, thoughts, opinions, and input you both give in your videos.

Loved this episode

Did Tywinn say it was 32 hearths in the 100 hearths great hall. Tywinn knew it wasnt 100 just like its not 1000 blades in the iron throne.

There is zero chance that the grand maester doesn’t know high valaryian

Aemond better read that damn dagger!!!!

42:55 you did not cut that part out lmao