NO WAY THIS HAPPENED...House of The Dragon 2x3 | Reaction/Review 

Some people dont like That Rhaenyra took such a risk but i actually love it she believes that it is worth risking herself to prevent a war before risking thousands of innocent men which makes sense with the song of ice and fire prophecy

Rhaenyra isn't giving away the dragon eggs - she's basically sending them to the Eyrie for safekeeping

There's nothing for Alicent to figure out. She does realize the mistake, that she misunderstood Viserys, but also realizes that the conflict is too far gone. Aegon isn't giving up his throne, regardless of what Alicent or anyone else tells him of Viserys' true wishes.

Rhanyra is not trading her dragons to the arryns, she is simply given them dragons and riders for the duration of the war incase they should ever be attacked. That's why the two dragons being sent belong to little aegon and Joffrey. The arryns of the vale have a special fear of dragons, it's their castle's one weakness.

Daemon pulled up by himself because he has a dang dragon. True Targaryen energy. “Screw it, I’ll do it live.”

Boys getting that cristin Cole cut

Jack forgetting Rhaena doesn't have a dragon (like, what, 10 minutes after she said it?). Cannon thinking that big guy was Daeron, Alicent's son. You guys were all over the place. 😂

She's not trading their dragons. The dragons in the cages are her sons dragons. Lady Jane of the Vale requested a dragon keep watch over the vale. Of course, they wanted a full grown dragon, but this is all Rhanerya is willing to sacrifice. And she is trying to keep her sons safe as well. Essentially the children and dragons will be the wards of the vale.

(talking through dialogue) "wait i'm confused"

Guys, Daeron won't be making an appearance anytime soon. At the start of this episode they mentioned that he's still in Oldtown

Yall and criston got a haircut at the same time 😭

Baelish was master of coin, and he had a lot of "spies" because he owned the whorehouses. Varys was the legitimate master of whisperers

How in the world did he think that old ass man was Alicents youngest son? 😭

“Joffrey had more chance of a redemption arc than Criston” wow 🤯

Lots of people are complaining that this is a boring episode and just a filler episode. I disagree. I think it certainly helps move the story forward, especially for the next episode. We got some interesting new information this episode and the scene with Alicent and Rhaenyra was really good too. I enjoyed this episode.

rhaenyra's cousin, lady jeyne arryn, requested a dragon to guard the vale in exchange for her support. rhaenyra is sending her youngest sons there with rhaena for safety. joffrey's dragon is tyraxes and aegon the younger's dragon is stormcloud.

This episode should've been called "The Conciliator", considering they mentioned King Jaeherys the Conciliator two times and in the end Rhaenyra trying to conciliate things with Alicent.

The sound design when Daemon was at Harrenhal was superb.

the girl who brought Ulf the ale, is Dyana, the girl Aegon assaulted in s01. Idk why but I recognized her in a second.

alicent always knew deep down that viserys wasn’t talking about aegon. and she believed rhaenyra in this episode too but it’s too hard for her to accept that she’s started a war over a misunderstanding. she’s scared of facing her sins

Y'all got a new haircut like Ser Criston lol 😂

alicent: “rhaenyra’s supporters may believe what they wish, viserys wanted aegon to succeed him.” meanwhile viserys literally came out from the grave just to confirm one last time his daughter as heir🤭🤣✨

About the visions, I want to bring attention to one nobody talks about. One specific vision weve been told of could have avoided this whole conflict, if it had been followed. And im thankful the person who saw the vision did not follow through on it, because then we would not get this amazing story :D Everyone seems to fully believe in Aegon's prophecy, which came to him in a dream and told him to go and conquer Westeros because the world would need Targaryens and their dragons to survive the long night. People also point out how you need to listen to Helena when she speaks, because she is a "Dreamer" and have visions about a lot of stuff. Like when she says Aemond would get a dragon but loose an eye. Viserys spoke of "dreamers" in the Targaryen line, people who could see visions of the future. In the books there are many prophecies mentioned within the bloodline of the Targaryens, like Dany receiving a vision showing the red wedding as an example, which was cut from GoT. The reason I bring this up is that everyone seems to forget about the vision that we have been told of twice in season 1 of House of the Dragon. The vision I talk about is Viserys' vision. Nobody in the fandom talks about it at all, at least not from what ive been able to find. Which kind shocks me. The song of ice and fire is brought up both in the world HotD and by fans. Why is this? (Aside from fans knowing its true thanks to GoT, and the charecters in HotD having a dagger with the song of fire and ice written down on it) I think it might be because Viserys did not do as the vision told him, unlike Aegon the conqueror. Aegon went and conquered westeros because his visions showed him it needed to be done. Viserys' vision told him he needed to put a son on the throne because all the dragons would roar as one when he did this. In other words, there would be no civil war between dragons if he had named Aegon heir. We are told this in episode 1 and episode 3 of season 1 by Visyrys himself. The vision is saying how civil war would be avoided, and the dragons saved, so there would be plenty for when the long night arrives. A civil war will result in the beginning of the end of dragons, and we know this because they aren't around anymore in GoT, not until Dany wakes 3 of them anyway. Just think about how difrently thing could have gone had Viserys followed his vision isntead of his heart. Viserys wanted so badly to believe he was a "dreamer", like we Helena and Aegon the conqueror is/where. And he actually was, the only difference between him and the Conqueror was that he did not follow through on what his vision told him to do. This was because of the grief he felt at the loss of his beloved wife, who died in his pursuit for a male heir. This made him question the vision, and ultimately let him to not name Aegon as the heir, despite the vision. I kind of feel like im the only one who remembers this vision, so just wanted to throw it into the discussion. As i feel like its an important piece that has been overlooked by fans:) (Sorry for any gramatical mistakes, english is not my first language)

I mean this not as hate, like seriously but I feel like they are missing so much or misreading alot. They misread the daemon stuff at harrenhal, thinking hes doing it at the detriment of rhenyaras side. They misread the dragons going to the vale. And are overall very skeptical of almost everything.

16:20 Littlefinger was master of coin. Varys was the spymaster/master of whispers. Just because you have spies doesnt make you a spymaster. Everyone has spies.

Im not really sure what Rhaenyra is expecting Alicent to do, go tell Aegon "Sorry honey but i misinterpreted what your dad said so can you go ahead and set aside your crown and kneel to the lady responsible for the decapitation of your 4 year old son"? Criston Cole's twin plan is actually genius in comparison, as it actually had a non 0% chance of success.

i feel bad for aemond but aegon makes me laugh so much 😭

Asking if Corlys has a dragon is crazy

Daeron is about Jace's age. He is the third son and youngest child (Aegon, Helaena, Aemond, Daeron) of Viserys and Alicent.

No they’re not Daenerys’ eggs. Dany’s eggs were laid by Dreamfyre (Helaena’s dragon) about 50 or so years before this. At the time Dreamfyre was ridden by another Targaryen named Rhaena, and her girlfriend Elissa Farman stole three eggs from her and sold them across the Narrow Sea to buy a ship. We were told when Fire and Blood came out that we would learn where her eggs came from in that book. They can literally only be Dreamfyre’s

Who didn't they call Daeron this episode 😂😂😂

All the Daeron confusion😂😂 don't worry i don't think he's showing up this season he's important later on. Also he's not a baby, in the books he's around Jace's age.

I think the boys overestimate how much control Rhaenyra or Alicent has over their sides. They are first and foremost a woman. Even with the influence they've got, most men still respect them only in name. That church scene only serves that conviction to the war, but it really is too late to evade it with all the moving pieces.

"Always coming and going, aren't you? And I have to clean up afterwards." - Daemon calls Baelon "Heir For A Day", which further solidifies his heartless reputation and was the push Viserys needed to banish him. Because of this, Rhaenyra is finally named heir and although she is happy at first, the hardships catch up to her and she doesn't have anyone for support. - Daemon isn't around and is occupying Dragonstone, which is supposed to be her castle as heir. Even then, Daemon disrespects her deceased brother and she has to be the one to fly to him. After getting the egg and cleaning up for the Crown, Rhaenyra deals with the *small* consequences of disobeying her father (even though any other way to retrieve it would've been bloody). - Her father marries her best friend, which makes her rightfully angry and even more alone. Daemon has fucked off to the Stepstones and she has no one. When Daemon returns, he hatches a plan to get them married but backs out at the last minute. Rhaenyra's honor is still compromised after being seen in the brothel. Daemon touching her and then running away results to her sleeping with Criston. This makes Viserys push for her marriage even harder. Although she didn't help by lying, this sequence of events started by Daemon also removes Alicent from her side. Daemon is once again banished, leaving her to deal with it alone. - Once she has accepted her marriage, Daemon disobeys Viserys and comes back at her wedding celebration. She dares him to take her and marry her in Dragonstone, but chaos ensues and once again, he runs away and leaves her. - Without Daemon around, Rhaenyra finds love in another. She ends up having bastards with Harwin - but imagine how easy this would all be if her sons were Daemon's bastards instead. There's an element of being pressured by her position as heir to produce children and you can also say that she chose to do it with Harwin out of love, but I don't believe she would have chosen Harwin over Daemon if he were there. - Now they are married. She trusted Daemon enough to ask him to be her consort and after years of trust and as a grieving mother, she asks him for Aemond Targaryen. Intentional or just a mistake, the death of Jaehaerys instead (a child, rather than Aemond AKA an adult already known for kinslaying) puts her claim in danger and ruins her name. They fight. He leaves. - Rhaenyra's "You left me." in Season 1 and her conversation with Mysaria in Episode 2 made all this clear. "He's gone. A week or forever, I do not know." "He does do that, doesn't he?" --- In Harrenhal, Daemon sees young Rhaenyra because adult Rhaenyra has made her low opinion of him clear. He seeks comfort in the person who put him on a pedestal, the naive princess. But instead of comfort, he sees that she is angry. Even young Rhaenyra is angry, because all his mistakes with her started when she was young. She was sewing Jaehaerys' head, aka "cleaning up". Now, this is from the showrunner's perspective: He also sees young Rhaenyra because the mistrust and unresolved issues go both ways. Young Rhaenyra was the one who "stole" his throne. He is the King Consort now, but he still feels like it was taken from him and the root of his issues lie with young Rhaenyra being named heir. That scene was him facing his issues and his mistakes. Harrenhal is cursed, as they say and Daemon is just starting to experience it.

I think more than anything the talk with Alicent has removed doubts that Rhaenyra had, in the back of her mind she must have wondered if her father HAD truly cast her aside in the last moment, and now she knows she truly IS the one her father wanted. Shes gonna fight for it now

THESE POOR MORMON BOY EYES LOL

14:16 that's why she's sending her children and rhaena too. they're all dragon seeds and have the potential to fly on the dragons. plus dragons even when small are still not a menace to fuck with.

Daeron is supposed to be the same age as Jace.

Riding into the forest to avoid dragons gives me Attack on Titan S1 vibes.

That lady who said “You’ll die here” to Daemon looks like someone 👀😁

Telling Alicent about the whole prophecy would be the dumbest thing ever, do you guys really believe Aegon would just give up the throne if his mother told him about the dagger and the prophecy? He would use that in his favor, Rhaenyra would lost the only thing she has in advantage to defend her claim, to defend that her father always chose her. She was wise to just plant the seed of doubt in Alicent without telling her of everything. She was wise to not give this to the enemy.

obviously not the action packed episode we all hoped for, but still super solid. Especially them basically clearing the air and that last wall of hope for peace is gone. Daemon's mistake was huge but Rhaenys said it best, the cause of the war matters not and people wont remember the first act... only the fire and blood. Great vid boys!

I love seeing the discussions with you guys as you go through this show all with fresh eyes and nobody knowing what's to come. You all have interesting takes and outlooks on characters and potential plotlines. Love to see it.

There is literally nothing Alicent can do to stop the war now. Aegon and Aemond wont listen

This episode was beautifully shot, also that Harrenhal set made me realize HBO has more money than God.

Criston Cole hate obsession is weird to me . I don't even like him but some people are harassing Fabien Frankel because of this character, people are so delusional that they can’t tell the difference between fiction and non fiction. It’s so bad he had to mute his instagram because of it. Kudos to Fabien for the amazing job tho.

There's nothing for Alicent to figure out lmao, she realized that it was a misunderstanding and instantly realized that it doesn't matter because it's too late now

What are the arryns gonna do with the eggs when they dont have a targ for the dragons? Cmon now boys lol

I feel so bad for rhaenrya because for like a second you can see her actually doubt the word of viserys until alicent mentions the prince who was promised

The scene with Alicent and Rhaneyra made no sense to me because Rhaneyra should have known that it was too late to negotiate. Even if Alicent agreed, what can she do? She's just a former queen. Aegon has already started to act, everyone there is war-oriented and does whatever they want. Rhaneyra came across as naive and quite desperate in this scene

I think the war was inevitable. Even if the whole misunderstanding didn't happen, Otto and the council were already planning to put Aegon on the throne. The misunderstanding just gave Alicent a moral boost thinking that that's what the late king wanted. As Rhaenys implied, the war didn't start because of a single action, many choices and betrayals paved the way for an inevitable war.

that Rhaenyra and Alicent church meeting had Eren/Reiner in basement vibes. Just former close friends talking before the war.

People complaining about Rhaenyra getting into the church undetected as this crazy insane feat as if Arya wasn’t a literal cupbearer in GOT for WEEKS and wasn’t ever found out BECAUSE THEY DONT KNOW WHO ANYONE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. THESE PEOPLE DIDNT HAVE PHOTOGRAPHY. it’s really not complicated. They literally explicitly stated why the plan would work

You guys are such airheads

That scene with Rhaenyra and Allicent has to be one of my favorite scenes of the season so far 🤌 The way I was screaming, "tell her what he said" 😂

As a book reader this episode is so good. Guys this story of dance of the dragon is a tragedy. Harrenhall is full of ghost Game of thrones just left out a lot of magical elements from the show. House of the dragon brought it back like in the books. That lady is alys rivers Lyonel strong bastard it is believed that she was a witch and according to mushroom she bathed in the blood of maidens to stay young she is tormenting Daemon with visions after his arrival at Harrenhall- Fire and blood book

I think they are giving joffrey to the vale as a ward with his dragon. Thats what they ment by wanting a dragon in the vale.

Even House of the Dragon joined in on the "hawk TUAAh Spit on that thang"

So they confirmed those dragon eggs are Daenerys' eggs which kinda sucks for some people including me because it was always theorized to have been Dreamfyre's (Haleana's dragon) eggs that were stolen that became Daenerys' and now they made it be Syrax eggs😐😐

Daeron Targaryen (Alicent's 4th child) won't appear this season because he's an important character and his casting would be public. And he's Jace's age (Rhaenyra's 1st son)

The one in the glasses when he saw the nude seen 😂

what i remember from the books, no spoilers, just my emotions, Cole is kinda good at war, remember why Rhaenyra chose him in the first place.

The ghosts of Harrenhal

Alys Rivers, the woman at Harrenhal, is a witch of sorts. While she appears young, some say she is ancient. There is a popular fan theory that I like, but don't buy into, that when Alys Rivers "died" she adopted the identity of a Red Priestess of the Lord of Light called Melisandre.

Those dragon eggs Rhaenyra sent away are Daenerys' eggs( the director of this episode confirmed this)

Mckay's eyes at the eggs actually looked like a cartoon 😂 You could see Jack realize what they did too, haha. But she's not sending them off to trade. She's sending them off as a failsafe. When all the dragons nuke one another like she anticipates, her sons and stepdaughter will be in the East with 2 dragons and 4 to hatch. TV lore/canon now tells us that ultimately, Rhaneyra's plan worked. She ensured dragons were not extinct forever. Some people didn't like Rhaneyra goong into KL, but I think it was excellent dialogue and a very realistic last full throttle effort to prevent nuclear war. It failed, and now our way forward is clear.

You guys are correct about alicent saying it’s too late really because the men are off to war. In the post episode interview ryan condol the show runner said, “It’s not that Alicent is unwilling to hear Rhaenyra, it’s that she has no power, there’s nothing she can do anymore to stop what’s coming.” I do think rhaenyra has opened alicent’s eyes now though and she won’t be able to keep ignoring it.

The reason the other knights of the Kingsguard and Alicent’s brother disrespect Criston Cole is because he’s a common or that has been elevated to a high position that in their culture(just like in our medieval era) is not to be tolerated.it’s an affront to the gods in their eyes. It’s a big point in the books. Even Harwin Dtrong looked down on him when he called him the son of a Steward which is a servant.

Dowager Queen has no position on the small counsel. Realistically i wonder why she is there. Daemon was disappointed when he arrived at Harranhal and they gave up so easily. He was looking for a fight.

This episode had so many great sequences! -The almost horror vibe scene with Daemon creeping around Harrenhal at night during a downpour was so awesome! -Rhaena catching a glimpse of Criston Cole and Gwayne and trying to get them before they got to the cover of the woods (she should have instantly had her dragon breath fire she would have got them! Or burned a circle around them trapping them). -How many bodies they made it look like were there as the aftermath of just a single battle that wasn’t even 100% official battles yet. -Aemond showin dong at the brothel lol and walking away with that awesome blue eye. -And Rhaenys had so many incredible moments this episode!

I am Here for the haircuts. Good calls.

14:21 Mckay caught that IN A SECOND.

16:25 lord varys is the master of whispers in roberts courts and in joffreys...littlefinger was the master of coins

14:19, the reaction of the cutie with the hat, hahahaha. i love watching them, but that guy is such a gem, hahaha

Alys Rivers the Witch of Harrenhal! Those eggs are NOT the eggs that Daenerys hatches...in th books that is...the show may be taking a different route with the origins of those dragons...

The worst dialogue in the series is between Alicent and Rhaenyra. I wonder if Condall is proud of himself and what he wrote? If in season 1 I still had hopes of repeating the first seasons of “Game of Thrones”, then at a stretch, now I don’t have them. It also remains a mystery why, in order to show a woman in power, she must be made into a holy doll, and everyone around her into fools, greedy for power. In the end, this only speaks of the "talent" of the writers.

It's not only Alicent who misunderstood King Viserys, He was talking about the prophecy of Aegon the Conqueror , that's right But He meant Rhaenyra's son Aegon that He might fulfill the prophecy of the Promised Prince who would unite and lead the kingdoms to fight the darkness coming from the north

Barber had a sale. Alicent knows that she misunderstood but doesn't care anymore...they have the "power"

although different from what was hinted from the book, the writer of this episode confirmed that the eggs that was entrusted to rhaena was indeed the dragon eggs gifted to daenerys which eventually hatched. spoilers starting here! EDIT: based on ryan condal's commentary the fourth egg is viserys ii's dragon egg not rhaena's. we are yet to see morning's egg.

In the next episode we will have the BIGGEST battle of the season between dragons, looking forward to the next episode

“Coronate” is an adjective meaning “crown-like” or “crown-shaped”. A flower might be coronate. The word you seek is “crowned”. 💫The More You Know

20:28 She's just like her grandmother. She doesn't know when to say DRACARYS 💀

I feel like there wouldn’t be nearly as much confusion if they actually listened to what’s being said😂

I mean most of the greens are book readers bht in the show.

26:20 alicent knows she fucked up. she just refusing to accept it...

I think everyone who watched this collectively made a crispy joke when the dragon got close😂😂😂

It’s been officially confirmed that the eggs that Rhaenyra sent with Rhaena are Danys eggs!

What? Daeron (and now also Tessarion) mentioned again in this episode? Let's gooooo 🗣️🗣️ Perhaps we might get a short glimpse of him by the end of the season. (I'm being delusional 😬 knowing too well that Ryan kept him for S3)

I think Alicent is well aware she made a mistake. There's no need for her to search up anything on the song of ice and fire. The last dialogue where she told rhaenyra about her father gone from the court, cole marching off, etc is just simply saying no one listen to her anymore. She lost control of the situation and finally realized she never have any say on whats good for the realm.

I really liked this episode and reminded me of old game of thrones in the way you're having to remember so many names and characters you have to keep note of

Another thing is that the Kingsguard/white cloaks all come from noble families and are not common. That’s why I’m Season 1 the Lord Commander and Otto wanted her to not choose Criston.

Those are actually daenarys eggs)))but one of them got lost in some way

even I was surprised with the fast-paced events, but I must admire director Geeta Patel and her execution! This IS a pivotal moment for the show and the director nailed it in the execution and I am so glad that we got this scene. Geeta Patel is a master director indeed ❤ also, I love how she incorporates weather impact in the scenes ☁️ (she was the one who directed masterpiece S01E08)

Criston Cole is a soldier whit experience in battle Rhaenyra chose him herself he is just no politician

It has been confirmed that those are daenerys’ eggs

Targaryens aren’t the only people that can ride Dragons. The Targaryens were just a house in Valyria that escaped before the doom but anyone with Valyrian blood can claim a dragon and ride it. I would give you an example but it would be a spoiler.

Oh god Carter and Cannon's new haircuts look like Crispin's new haircut lol. Why would you do that to yourselves?!

I was hoping that Baela would burn Crispin to a crisp, but unfortunately it didn't work out 😢😅

Alicent heard what she wanted to hear !!!!

You guys are not ready for the next episode 😭