Rats! | HOUSE OF THE DRAGON [2x1] (REACTION) 

When Rhaenyra found Lucerys' cloak on the beach along with Arrax's wing, Syrax was screaming not only because she felt Rhaenyra's pain, but because she was Arrax's mother. Two mothers found the remains of their sons.

"we are not going to choose between a team green and a team black" they said, all in black

She’s afraid of the rats…. They never listen to her….

Did you see Daemon’s expression when Cheese asked, “What if we can’t find him?” Sorry but Daemon probably said kill the heir.

Do not underestimate the 2,000 northern grey beards. Remember the saying: "Beware of an old man in a profession where men die young."

Killing Jae was clearly daemon’s plan b after they asked him about what they should do if they didn’t find aemond

Rhanys putting Daemon in his place. She was like your wife gives commands not you😉

To clarify, the show made it ambiguous to not spoil the "surprise" but it's quite clear that when they asked Daemon what to do if they couldn't find Aemond, Daemon said they could kill Jaehaerys instead. this can be proven because although the scene cuts out, Blood later said Daemon told them "a son for a son" which can only have been said AFTER they asked him the original question. there's no reason Daemon wouldn't be averse to this type of vengeful and cruel murder, especially considering his first scene was also arguing for "a son for a son" edit after episode 2: since Ryan Condal said it was left up to interpretation, I still 100% believe that Daemon ordered his death, but I do love that both interpretations would still make him a bad person (my interpretation makes him a monster who's willing to murder a child, the opposite interpretation makes him a monster weaponizing incompetence to murder a child)

hearing the stark theme in the beginning was so nostalgic, phia saban's (helaena) acting was so good in that scene, the way she basically dissociates after pointing to jaehaerys was so well acted.. the new opening credits starts from the doom of old valyria to aegon the conqueror until we get to rhaenyra and aegon.

not so fun fact: The end scene was much more brutal in the books. When the assassins get to Helaena’s chambers they tie her and Alicent up. They ask Helaena to pick which of her sons they kill - the 6 year old Jaehaerys or 3 year old Maelor. Jaehaerys was the main target from the get go (not Aemond), they only gave her the illusion of a choice to torture her. When she refuses to pick they threathen her with r*aping her 6 year old daughter so she picks Maelor, hoping he’d be too young to understand what is happening. Blood then whispers into Maelor’s ear “You hear that boy? Your mama wants you dead” and strikes off the head of Jaehaerys instead. - yes i stole this sorry lol

three times cole wasnt at his watch and now a child is dead. I bet he won't face any consequences either.

“It’s become a no win scenario for everyone now” Welcome to the main theme of the story/show. 🎉

Two mothers were mourning their children's deaths on the beach. Luke's dragon was also Syrax's son. 🥲

fun stark fact: jace spent more time in the north than it seems. he and cregan grew very close friends, cregan felt jace’s pain cause he lost a lil bro too. they hunted together and made a pact that jace’s heir would marry cregan’s child for his support in war.

And once again, Criston Cole was supposed to be at Helaena's doorstep guarding, instead he was in bed with Alicent.

I hate Aegon don’t get me wrong. But I love the way he sounded so pure and well intentioned in that scene when he was addressing the concerns of the common folk and tried to convince Otto to at least let that one guy have his sheep replenished cause “he came all this way.” It’s very minimal ik but I like that portrayal of him actually trying to help the people and how it’s Otto that has to ruin it.

Emma D’Arcy was amazing in this episode and they only spoke one line of dialogue: “I want Aemond Targaryen!” 👏

“You shoulda seen it happen though, that shit was crazy” 😂

14:05 "You should have seen it happen though" had me dying😂😂😂

Syrax was mourning with Rhaenyra when she found the dragon wing on the beach because Syrax is the mother of Rhaenyra’s children’s dragons.

9:20 You guys saw that after saying that she is afraid of the rats she looked directly at the cradle of little Jaehaerys, she had a prophetic dream about the death of her own son. And before Aegon entered the room, Helaena said, "They just want the boy".

funny you said his dragon brother died, but lukes dragon is actually rhaeneyras dragons child, so both lost there child in a way

It’s funny cuz people thought Aegon would be like Joffrey but he’s actually pretty chill

Daemon won’t care he wants a war he literally told his cousin why she didn’t burn down the whole FAMILY including the kids.

Rhaenys couldn’t have killed Aegon - there’s extreme taboo against “kinslaying” on top of it not being her call. What Aemond did marks him forever - Aemond the Kinslayer is maybe worse in Westeros epithets than Jaime the Kingslayer.

I love that yall noticed how bad aegon is at politicking. He wants to be loved so badly that he was willing to give the smallfolk whatever they asked for lmao, not realizing they're on the cusp of winter and war and need resources.

Haelena is the only one in the greens with a good heart and she is a victim 😭 poor girl

the "blood and cheese" was so much worse in books than in show. blood made helaena choose her favourite children that she wanted to save or he will rape her 5 year old daughter. she begged them to kill her instead but they denied. she choose maelor, maybe because jaehaerys was heir , and the boys were awake all the time and watched everything. then blood whispered in maelor's ear "your mama wants you dead and killed other one. the boy probably remembers that his mother chose him to die and Helaena could not look in her child's ever again

Just learned that Arrax, riden by Lucerys, was one of the three eggs from Syrax, Rhaenyra's dragon. Which means that Rhaenyra and her dragon both lost a son. And in that scene on the beach, they are both mourning the loss which makes that even more heartbreaking watching this back.

aegon treating the throne like a garage hangout session with his boys was sooooo good. i was curious how the show would handle his reign and i really, really like how they’ve characterized him here - ultimately surprisingly (not a joffrey - at least not when it comes to the smallfolk) well meaning but (no pun intended) very green.

The intro is filled with so much lore. It shows the doom of valyria, daenys the dreamer seeing it coming. The biggest lore drop is what looks like the stabbing of nissa nissa. Its a legend from the great empire of the dawn, an ancient empire that existed further east of slavers bay that we thought was a progenitor to valyria and theres all kind of evidence they were ancient dragonlords. The stabbing of nissa nissa was what supposedly caused the 1st long night.

Rats. They're EVERYWHERE in King's Landing. But the sweet and innocent Queen Helaena has paid a hefty price for something she didn't even commit. 😢

Daemon gonna be mad, only if he didn't ordered that. You seems to miss the smile, when cheese asked what if they don't find Aemond and it's totally in the character of Daemon to order this sort of vengence

3:30 Maybe this is how Benjen came to be at the wall.

Just before anyone else makes the mistake the castle wasn't 'empty' they specifically mentioned they were in the Royal Quarters during nighttime where no one but the royals and their most trusted guards (Criston) would be at this time. Cheese didn't even know his way around up there because no one is allowed in there but the royals

10:04 - "You better wash your face." Bridgette, you're awesome. I can just picture it. "Criston, you have a peculiar smell on you."

Imma just correct you guys on the end, Daemon is fine with the death of Jaeherys. When they asked what to do if they can’t find Aemond he smiles. He wants Aegons line gone.

You know what's bad? As a book reader I want to be mad at the writers for changing the child murder in the end so much - but then I remember that there's no fucking way that anything containing what happens in the books would ever come close to get a green light for TV..

Aegon is so hilarious. Definitely the best thing about this season so far.

Between the baby killing and the dog kicking. This episode scarred me.

8:04 Bridgett: Alan! 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 y’all had me rolling with the Jurassic Park 3 Clip

I actually just realized that the stark in the nights watch had Ice on his back when he was talking with Jacaerys.

craigon stark had Neds sword ice on his back!! family sword

"will you be my new son" uh..

Did you see 👀 when Helena was HIGHTAILING IT to that Throne Room after that AWFUL. SH*T🤢🤮 But then she stopped on a dime and Clairvoyantly saw something EVEN SCARIER!!??? 😱 And it made her run to her mothers room 👉👌 INSTEAD!?? WHAT. WAS. HAPPENING. IN. THAT. THRONE. ROOM? 👑 😳😳😳 👑

To everyone who hate the show version of blood and cheese Know that is hard to make child actors to act out that scene They might not understand reality from acting and it might have some mental toll on them Book is imaginary and everything written in it cannot be actually done Understand that

Does anybody know how many dragons there are? I am so confused because if I list it down... Team Black has around 6-8 dragons while Team Green has only 3 dragons. We only even see Vhagar from Team Green, and still have not seen Sunfyre (Aegon) and Dreamfyre (Helaena). For black, we've seen Syrax, Caraxes, Meleys, Vermax, and then the still unseen Moondancer (Baela's) and Tyraxes (Joffrey's). We even get to see Daemon possibly taming Vermithor in Season 1, the huge one in the dark ahh cave. Then also Seasmoke who currently has no rider after Laenor leaving Westeros. There are also 4 more unnamed wild dragons in Dragonstone. My point is... Team Black has soooo many dragons. Are we to assume there are more dragons in the Red Keep?

After this, they decide never to have rat catchers in the Red Keep again, so they replace them with cats. That’s why the Red Keep is so full of cats in Game of Thrones.

The Stark music at the beginning. Chills. It's so beautiful ❤

The boy was Aegon's heir and Lucerys was a kid too so the greens got a taste of their own medicine

When the Rat catcher asked daemon, what if we can’t find him?…..the camera stays on daemon not saying anything…. I F*cking bet daemon said to get the child boy. Oh snap this is gonna be a good season

Please watch how to train your dragon 2 ❤ it will not disappoint whatsoever

Daemon in a cloak always ends up with someone dying lol

There is a bigger significance to the Starks sending the older men that Creegan called the Greybeards. In the main book series, they talk about how during long winters in the North, when food stores run low, the old men in the family will say that they are going out hunting, when in fact, they are leaving to sacrifice themselves in order to not be a burden on their family. A couple of times this episode it was said that they are on the cusp of winter. Older Northern soldiers would rather volunteer to go fight for a cause that they can support as an alternative way to not be a burden on their family. A similar scenario is discussed in the main book series for a different fight.

9:42 Alicent: Where is duty?? Where is sacrifice?? Crispy: Its trampled between your pretty legs😂😂 *after the act Alicent: Exhausting, wasnt it?? Crispy: yep, Hiding beneath the cloak of your own righteous gown😂😂

Syrax I think was upset cause I think Arrax was also her son.🥺

Team blk all the way. Ofc both sides have their faults but they want you to choose side. You can see from Alicent messing with Christian she wanted what Rhey had and had hater energy and now she thinks she can live the life Rhey had but now they’re in war. All that hate and animosity just to lose it all in war.

should we call Criston the Queen Slayer since he is the only person to have both queens?

Ahh Starks. Loyal, fierce, and not a single brain cell between them. World class checkers players.

"Will you be my new son?" Lol that is his son. Won't spoil it, but the implication of him having a role is accurate.

Glad to be back watching Bridge-reactions.

Daemon won't be mad, the man asked him if they don't find Aemond what they would do.

See, now I imagine Daemon is thinking "you want something done right, gotta do it yourself".

Great reaction and I love the moon and Star Tarot cards in the background ❤

at first i thought that was Ron wesley next to him 14:20 LOL

That episode just proves my point how they try to present team black as the good guys. Rhaenyra had a big part in blood and cheese in the books, while here she is "innocent"... Aegon II is always stupid drunk etc. while in the books he is a good mind and strategist.

You look at aemond killing rhaenyra son as a child but they are literally like 3 years apart aemond just look 30 but he isnt even 20 yet

Sir christon is cool being alicents where but could do that for rhaenyra, ridiculous hypocrite

28:58 "Daemons going to be so pissed" No that's what Daemon told them to do if they couldn't find Aemond, where you watching the same show.

The ending of the episode is vastly different in the book but this is much more visceral because of the sounds. I don't think they'd be able to show the book ending on TV but damn.

HOUSE OF DRAGON. Intense tragedy, the fire of anger is only the beginning. Can’t wait for episode 2. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐲

The rat catchers did exactly what Daemon told them to do. This is on Daemon not them. Because he is psycho in case you haven't noticed. But they gonna get it now, Daemon fucked up the blacks.

Notice at the beginning when Helaena says she's scared of the Rats, she looks directly at Jaehaerys' bed.

Let’s goooo!!! 🔥🔥

Damn I forget alicent isn't the queen anymore it's the sister wife

If only Cole was doing his job that baby wouldn’t have died

The goat hugh hammer has appeared ⚒️🐲

Daemon annoyed me so much this episode blaming everyone else. But I loved Aegon this episode, for all how uninterested and bratty he was season 1, he now tries to be a good dad, husband and king, and recognizes the smallfolk.

Bridgette is looking extra beautiful today 😍 🌹

Crispy Cole is a useless muppet and play toy for Allicent

10:04 I thought the exact same thing. lol Also, can you do the chart thing? I’m already confused of the damn names!

I loved hearing the Stark music again!

This was as close as I've gotten to feeling like I felt after the Red Wedding. I'm still stunned. Love the new opening sequence! We can finally tell wtf is going on

14:07 its believed syrax is arraxs mother, so syrax is mourning the loss of her son too :(

🫵🏻😲🫵🏻NO,NO,NOOOOO...... 😢POOR DOG🐕💥🦵🏻🍷🗿🇧🇷

In the book it was so much worse, a lot more detailed than on the show. It would have been a horror show putting it on screen. Having said that they really didn't do that episode of the book justice. Helaena went thru hell in that room and her story line has been brushed over so many times.

Blood and Cheese. A son for a son. This world is brutal.

The death of Aegon's little son was sooo much worse in the books. I'm kind of glad they toned it down so much.

actually Syrax is female and Arrax was her son so they both lost a son

Arax is from Syrax. He hatched from one of her eggs. It's so sad. Rhaenyra and her dragon both lost a kid. 😢

Rhaenyra is going to be so mad when she knows what happened. Daemon won't because he most likely ordered Jaeharys to be killed if they couldn't find Aemond.

Just FYI, season 2 is 8 episodes

Daemon ordered this. It’s written in the book. “A son for a son”.

I really LOVE AEGON

"Will you be my new son?" 👀

This episode should call Daemon the Pontius Pilate as you can tell they like to soften or modify the cruelty of Daemon and Rhaenyra

"Will you be my new son?" Ha-ha.

Poor Halaena. Honestly the only green I actually like.

No guards around the queen and the heir while the lord commander of the kings guard is fucking the queen regent, big yikes.

I said it last season and I'll say it again, Luke's death was Rhaenrya's fault PERIOD. She should have sent a raven to Storm's End. She would have gotten one of three responses from Lord Baratheon: 1. I'm holding to the oath my father took & I recognize you as queen. OR 2. You were named before there was a male heir and the report is that it was King Viserys' dying wish to have Aegon be the heir, so my father's oath is null & void. I'm Team Green. OR 3. You look like you need some help to hold onto your crown there missy. Team Green promised to have Prince Aemond marry one of my daughters. Make me an offer. There was ABSOLUTELY no need to risk her son AND a dragon, two valuable pieces. She gave the order, it's on her.