Inside the Episode - S2, Ep 3 | House of the Dragon | HBO 

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

Seeing Criston run for his life made my whole week

Watching Moondancer chasing Criston Cole was pure excitement. Kudos to Fabian Frankel for portraying Criston Cole so well that I now despise him as much as I hated Joffrey!

Aegon feels like some Hollywood actor who got too much pressure and fame at such a young age that they crumbled and became addicted to drugs once they grew up.

Learning that her Dad never changed his mind about her gave Rhaenyra renewed purpose. Her last expression shows that.

I really loved the Harrenhal scenes! It seems like the show is fully embracing the Harrenhal curse idea from the books. Matt Smith's performance in this episode was also fantastic.

I love the design of Harrenhal, a castle so massive that entire garrisons can get lost in its cavernous halls.

Seeing this franchise embrace “high fantasy” with the Harrenhal illusions scenes was really cool. It allowed us to get an intimate look at Daemon’s psyche that we wouldn’t otherwise see.

I wish Daemon’s hallucination sequence was longer! There were so many layers in the character shown and it was a joy to see Milly again! 😍

Oh I missed, Milly! Seeing her again made me so happy!

the set design this fkn seasons is insane

Rhaena seems like Jon here. Feeling resentful for being sent to do the job that she found to be beneath her but later found the purpose in life.

Rhaenys is the mother that Rhaenyra deserved, a true queen would have raised a true queen, Rhaenyra would have been the son that Rhaenys deserved, a true heir would have served a queen the best, they were related in a wrong way, yet in the darkest of times, knew the worth of each other, that stood beyond personal interests. True Targaryen legacies.

gwayne: is that an eclipse? criston: run ngga run!!

This is easily the best episode of the season gives emma Darcy,and matt smith their emmys already for their incredible performance.

Cant wait for more of Daemon's arc at Harrenhal when Alys told him he was gonna die here and the shot pan to the gods eye i had chills because she knows.

The way i screamed when i saw Milly!!! The hallucination was so much smarter than just a flashback and the way that Daemon realizes that even young Rhaenyra disapproves of his actions is brilliant

Having Daemon face the supernatural forces, something that has always been intertwined with the Targaryen’s since the Doom of Valyria, it’s an amazing callback to Season 1. Rhaenyra tried to tell Daemon of the Aegon the Conqueror’s prophecy leading to the Song of Ice and Fire an he was beyond pissed. Now he’s in Harrenhal facing his past mistakes as well as the present and will continue to see his inner demons in the form of people he cares about.

Aegon is becoming a magnificent character. So complex, reminds me of the saying about the targaryens about the line being thin between sanity and greatness. His divide between humanity and complete craziness is glorious 😂and tom sprinkling in some humor /sarcasm with his performance is chef's kiss. From the books only I'd never guess he'd be my absolute favorite green😁.

Anybody else see shades of Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus in Tom Glyn-Carney's performance as Aegon? Definitely my favourite actor to watch in this second season so far.

Yo these mf gotta upgrade their security

The scene at harrenhal confirms it is totally haunted

Good on Rhaenyra for at least trying to avoid blood shed and having a conversation with Alicent. It shows she cares about peoples suffering and starting a war goes against her morality and nature to protect.

I am always amazed with the acting in this show and especially the sprawling sets! Best show on TV right now.

Seeing Moondancer and Caraxes was awesome! And the new dragonrider pov is a nice extra touch I didn’t know I needed! Please keep this team of producers and showrunners. They’ve adapted so well and the writing is insane as well! They bring life to every level of character even the war between blackwoods and bracken is a great showing of how other houses are also affected by the civil war.

The conversation between alicent, and rhaenyra gave rhaenyra the green light to give 100,% fighting for her cause the validation that her father did not change his mind , was all she needed. The dragon has been unleashed every episode from here on out will be legendary.

that scene where Baela and Moondancer chasing after Cole was very nerve-racking in a way of excitement. damn

Ser Crispin almost became Ser Crispy

Uff that ending scene with the two girls. I could have watched them for an hour straight. Amazing performances.

I loved seeing young Rhaenyra ... I wish she said something in Old Valyrian language

idk if someone has noticed these but the episodes geeta patel directed were some fo the best of both seasons

God this show is good. It’s so thematically tight, great dialogue and acting, unbelievable production quality. I was worried about them filming through the strike, but clearly didn’t need to.

How tf did two of the most important members from team black sneak into the city. Who tf is running security there

I'm here for Freddie Fox as Gwayne Hightower

Criston is the official dog of Alicent, such a bulldog

Daemon gets in a fight with his wife and jumps in the car and takes off to Harrenhal 🤣🤣

The soundtrack was absolutely beautiful they made the marching armie seem epic harrenhal as creepy as it should be , and the ending in the sept was haunting.

Fvcking finally Rhaenyra came into her senses.

The idea of Rhaenyra doing the sept stunt is of course absolutely ridiculous, but I do understand doing it from a storytelling perspective, them meeting is just a lot easiert as a scene to write than them just writing a couple letters to each other, which is what would have been the logical outcome if Rhaenyra decided to reach out to Alicent one last time. But an exchange of letters on screen is hard to make emotional and impactful on screen.

I want more of this director! Please give her more episodes to direct!!!

Great episode from Geeta ... awesome.

In this episode we got to see Aemonds other “dragon”

They’re fleshing out both Dance of Dragons book and animated film really well. I love that Rhaenyra went to Kings Landing. One tiny thing though, why didn’t they mention the inscription on the dagger that can be revealed by fire. Glad they did Daemon’s prophecy though, looking forward to his and Aemon’s dragon battle and deaths, that leap at the end is going to be spectacular.

I loved the one on one between Rhaenyra and Alicent but the opposing queen going to KL is just too ridiculously risky to be realistic

Nice intro into Alys as well

The Grand Sept scene is where Rhaenyra decides to make amends of the Green's claim but ends up embracing the direction of the winds of war.

I was so excited to see harrenhal and Alys rivers can’t wait to see more

Has Laenor officially died and that’s why Seasmoke is “acting strange”? Ironic that Rhaena was sent away when she could potentially claim Seasmoke…… but also girl should of tried claiming Vermithor and Silverwing … sigh

I’m enjoying that we’re seeing the foreshadowing for the dragon seeds getting dragons

I'm so glad we got a Mushroom tale come to life, GOT had fantastical elements too with the Red Priestess now we have Alys Rivers! Can't wait to see more of her influence on the show ❤

Alicent must be feeling as the most stupid person in the realm after knowing visereys meant aegon the conqueror not aegon the drunkard😁

Each episode is getting better and better :)

Love how the show is expanding

Did not expect see Milly again lol

Condal is so smart for making Daemon experience something truly supernatural, something which confirms some kind of power at work greater than man, greater than dragons, ‘perhaps’ connected to the weirwoods, which would confirm the veracity in Viserys’s decision to pass over him when he made Rhaeneyra his heir. If there ever was something truly greater at risk than even the throne, the crown, and the realm, HIS BROTHER NEVER TOLD HIM because he couldn’t trust him with the power of dragons AND the power of prophecy. It would have enabled all of Daemon’s worst impulses of “by any means necessary.” He would have been a tyrant. And he has to confront that if Rhaeneyra is telling him the truth about what both she and Viserys believe to be a real prophecy connected to their ancient lineage, Daemon is bound to fall in line because he can understand when something is larger than himself, and I think deep down he’s always been chasing something even more thrilling and terrifying than even war, even being a dragon rider and The Rogue Prince, doing whatever he wanted and never suffering the consequences, but now that he’s found it, it actually scares him and makes him realize how small he is in the grand scheme Viserys always contemplated; how reckless and selfish he has always been and if he had acted differently, maybe he could have been entrusted with such a burden.

Aemond went from having 1,5 minutes of screen time to having even less😭

that's what giving the same names to their kids over and over does to a kingdom...

Daemon was the most compelling part of the episode

I'm so upset we didn't see baby teraxes and stormcloud

Banger of an episode

FANTASTIC EPISODE!!

8/10 episode for me. Was awesome.

The north remembers

I laughed out loud at the last scene

Alicent finally realizes a terrible mistake she made. And that mistake has lead to great losses up to now, and more to come. Because of her.

That dragon chase made the entire fking episode, thought she was gonna get them at first. Once they were lying in the cut game over. Myself, I would've burnt them out.

Daemon holding his sword like a gun was pretty goofy haha

Love the series.

The soundtrack was great, too. I need to find the names of some tracks to add them into my hotd spotify list ❤😅

Daemon facing his own demons in Harrenhall is a haunting delight ❤❤❤

Thanks. I loved Inside The Episode since GOT❤️

masterpiece

Very goood ep

Moondancer and Baela, Daemon and Caraxes in Harrenhal! 👏 Chills!

The writers and directors have done a really good job in episode 2 and 3. GOT universe redeemed well done HBO

Fantastic to see Milly back. Hope it's not for the last time!

I love the complexity of Alicent not going back on her false interpretation of Viserys’s last words both because she’s in too deep at this point AND because in making the choice to put her son on the throne, she lost her power to make these monumental decisions for the realm anymore. I think her character is really interesting and I love that she’s more than just the “wicked stepmother” trope

"Don't matter who did what to who at this point. Fact is, we went to war and now there ain't no goin' back. I mean, shit, it's what war is, you know? Once you in it, you in it. If it's a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight." Lord Slim Charles

Go Geeta!!

Harrenhal was fantastic. It was genuinely creepy.

Man this series acting is better than Game of thrones.

When alicent realizes she did effed up it was all a story about the first aegon. I can see she regrets it.

So starting the war of the dragons, alicent knows that there was an error. And she will survive evrything un til the end! Imagine thaaaat!

Everytime I watch one of these I keep expecting "We kind of forgot"... I guess it's ptsd at this point!

Another great episode,my score 10 out of 10. Love the storyline of Mysaria!💯❤️Fantastic Actress. Happy to see she getting more screen time. Perfect Ending,Rhaenyra finds the Truth🔥🇺🇸

Even thought Rhaena Considers that Mission Demeaning she doesn’t See it from Rhaenyra’s Perspective, Rhaenyra’s Basically Entrusting Rhaena with Guarding The Future. Joffrey, Viserys 2 & Aegon 3, The Hatchlings as well as The Vulnerable Dragon Eggs.

Can someone explain what the repeted Aemond brothel scenes are trying to convey? Just that Aemond has a soft side? I don't see the point

Great ep. Loved Moondancer & Baela chase Criston & co. Harrenhal was great. Rhaenyra & Allicent were great

Loved the Harrenhal stuff but the Sept scene felt like fanfic. Felt so contrived and I'm sure there would have been a natural opportunity later to have a similar conversation

Shoulve told her to look for the story on the dagger! LoL

Season 2 🙏🏻

Cant wait for bloody ben

this show is turning into one of the greatest feminist shows of all time, and I find it quite enjoyable, my main concern is the current lack of balanced teams, the narrative has clearly established the Greens as bad and the Blacks as good, unlike the first season, which I preferred much more.

Let the war begin...

I think Daemon is pivotal in the War of the Dragons expecting him to bring a huge army

People think Rhaenyra sneaking into KL was ridiculously dangerous, but I think it really fit her character, but also fit the current situation and her goal. Let me explain in more detail. Rhaenyra, as a person, is pretty entitled and stubborn and bit of a brat. Sure, she became calmer as the years went by (and as she experienced motherhood), but she still retains some of her teenage self as an adult. She's fierce. She says what she thinks. She has a dragon. She is the Realm's Delight, the Targaryen Princess, then the Heir to the throne, etc. Just to say: she's pretty confident and a little bit blind to her own flaws as well. Her blood runs hot, as most Targaryens' blood do, so it's not so farfetched to think Rhaenyra would try her luck sneaking into KL and believe it would end well for her. But let's also take into account the situation and the state of mind she's in. She's fragile and kinda desperate for a lead. She has not been trained to be the heir: she was named heir and then went to live in Driftmark and Dragonstone. She doesn't know of the difficulties of ruling the kingdom. She doesn't know much of ruling at all, she was too busy with her kids, with Harwin, but one could suppose it was mostly Laenor and then Daemon ruling her house while she was away (it's a patriarchal system after all, and Viserys didn’t do shit to prepare anyone to rule after him). She doesn't know what the best solution is to her pre-war with the Greens, and she has nobody to confide in. Her children are looking up to her. Daemon left her in a critical moment (like always), with nothing but trauma and bitter words. Her council is trying to push her out so they can play war among themselves. Harwin, Laenor, and Laena are all gone from her life. Corlys is playing with his boats. Only Rhaenys and Mysaria are left, and their advice is to go to Alicent to avoid the war. Rhaenyra listens to them because she also refuses to push Westeros to war for their family internal feud. She just lost Luke to "war", she knows how horrendous it feels. She's terrified of losing her other kids. Besides, her council sees her as weak, and she needs to prove herself. Is she even a real queen if she's not capable of risking her life to protect her people? (of avoiding the war?) So yeah, Rhaenyra stubbornness and confidence + her grief for Luke + her lack of true allies, and most importantly, advisors, in her close circle (except Rhaenys and Mysaria) + her want to avoid war for fear of useless bloodshed. But there is one last element to her secret visit into the Sept. Alicent. And let's just put it right there: Rhaenyra wouldn't risk her life only to talk to someone other than Alicent. Despite everything, Rhaenyra deeply trusts and loves and "knows" Alicent (her true self, before marriage and forced pregnancies and beyong appearances). She knows, at the very least, that Alicent does not wish for war. She knows Alicent is not responsible for Lucerys' death, just as Rhaenyra is not responsible for Jaehaerys' death. In Alicent, Rhaenyra finds happy memories of their shared childhood and tween/teen years - when Aemma was still alive, when Rhaenyra didn't care about being the heir, when Alicent wasn't thrown in a marriage she didn't wish for, etc. They found comfort and true love in each other (without other interests involved in their relationship), and these memories are still present in both of their minds/hearts. They also (barely) started to repair their relationship the night of Viserys' death, they know something is still there between them. So yeah, I think all these elements allowed Rhaenyra to go into KL, into the Sept, to see Alicent. And she was right to, since this meeting allowed her to find a direction to follow on her own. She refused everyone telling her what to do (because it undermines her position as queen), but Alicent is with the Greens and a woman she knows and she pushes Rhaenyra to a decision without even meaning to. Now, Rhaenyra knows Viserys truly wanted her on the throne, and she's actively making the choice to claim the throne. She becomes active, truly. She has made up her mind, thanks to Alicent, and she lets go of her doubts and more peaceful caring traits - just like Rhaenyra lets go of her children to fully become the Queen.

All hail Geeta Patel

I feel so bad for Rhaena

3 episodes in a row with endings where people just walked up to the person they wanted to kill easy af lol

Ah yes, Mission Impossible: Sept Meetup