The Burning Mill | House Of The Dragon Ep 2x3 Reaction & Review | HBO Max & Crave 

BAELA is the rider of Moondancer. RHAENA was betrothed to Luke & was sent to the Vale with the babies & the eggs. And Laenor is not their father lol, he’s their uncle. The dragon twins are Targaryen Princesses via Daemon. They’re also both related to Aegon & Viserys, Rhaenyra & Daemon’s younger sons that Rhaena is taking to Pentos. Those are their little brothers.

I can't get over how well they executed the Harranhal scenes, from having Alys Rivers enter while Simon Strong says "by the old gods" as subtle yet teasing foreshadowing. To the sounds when Daemon arrives being eerie to the point of is there really 'ghosts' or is it just the wind and rain, it was absolutely top class.

The two girls are the twins of Daemon not Laynor so her dads dragon is Caraxes not Seasmoke.

Daemon never consumated his first marriage, because he never wanted to marry a none Valaryan. He wasn’t shown cheating on Leyna or Rhaenyra

I don't anyone can claim Seasmoke until Laenor is actually dead.... which may be why Seasmoke is crying. Laenor proabably died over in Essos and the dragon sensed it.

Nerdy has it right - Baela rides Moondancer, and Rhaena went with the kids and the dragon eggs. 😁 Can't wait for next week!

16:50 In books, it's Dreamfyre's eggs (Halaena's dragons) But the director of this episode confirmed that those are Daenerys's dragon eggs

Harrenhal is kind of like this big haunted castle, the living and the dead alike walk there.

They Royals have stayed well away from government since the execution of Charles I. They are eligible to vote but refrain from doing so to stay out of politics and not choose sides. So while a lesser royal may be able to become an elected official and work their way up to Prime Minister, it's a taboo to be seen getting involved in politics if you're a royal and has been that way for centuries.

About the dragon eggs: The writer for this episode said that she intends for these three eggs to be Dany's, but that has yet to be shown or confirmed onscreen. In the book, Rhaena does not take as many eggs, so those eggs could not account for all of Dany's dragons. The origin of the eggs is a hotly debated topic in the fandom. A number of Targaryen dragon eggs have gone missing over the years, and wayward eggs often pop up in unexpected places. The most popular fan theory holds that the Dany's eggs came from a clutch laid by Dreamfyre, currently Helaena's dragon, formerly the dragon to Princess Rhaena Targaryen during the reign of King Jahaerys (Rhaenyra's great-grandfather and the king before Viserys). During Jahaerys' reign, Dreamfyre laid a clutch of three eggs on Dragonstone, but these were stolen by Rhaena's close friend (and potential lover) Elissa Farman, who fled across the sea to Pentos and sold the eggs to the sealord of Bravos. The eggs go missing after that, but it would explain how three sibling eggs ended up on that side of the world. In the show, Dreamfyre (who we see almost roasting young Aemond after the Pink Dread Incident), does bear a striking resemblance to Dany's dragons, possibly supporting this theory, but it's still conjecture.

I love you guys, but you are mixing up Daemon's daughters. Baela has the dragon and she is the one who chased Criston, so Clarus was right when she said that. Rhaena is the younger daughter, and she is the one that Rhaenyra asked to go to the Vale and look after the children, and if possible to take the younger ones to Pentos.

I'm I the only one ? or no reaction channel recognized Diana in that tavern scene. The one whose bum was slapped and looked like she had PTSD from it. (understandably so) Since she is the maid that Aegon II SA(ed) and had Plan B tea and hush money from Alicent. The poor baby even had to serve Aegon and he didn't even recognize her but she seemed like she was holding back her sobs. 😭

The intro is the history of House Targaryen - Daenys the Dreamer prophesising the Doom of Valyria, the Doom of Valyria happening, the Targaryen Conquest of Westeros, King Maegor dying on the Iron Throne, King Jaehaerys and Queen Alysanne's golden age, the Great Council of Harrenhal which we saw in the first episode, the beginning of the Dance of Dragons with the two factions on different sides of the table, Aegon and Rhaenyra on their thrones on opposite sides and then baby Jaehaerys being killed and his killers being hanged. Previous intro showed Lucerys and Arrax being killed by Aemond and Vhagar which started the civil war. The last bit of the intro always depicts the last major event of the war.

No evidence of dragon at the Mill.

In the books danys eggs have another origin (although they also departed dragonstone under interesting circumstances) but apparently the director of the episode confirmed they are in fact danys eggs in this canon!

I must agree with my esteemed collegue Nerdy, having one man be the head body guard in addition to running the country is too much

If we're going with the dragons are nukes analogy, this ep was about a cold war turning hot despite efforts at de-escalation.

When I heard Rhaenyra ask Alicent what her father said on his death bed I was like "Finally. The right question!"

"You know what Aemond is... " Alicent is reminding Rhae of the boy who once spoke this famous line or should we say a threat ?? in front of everyone, I mean "everyone ,".... "I MAY HAVE LOST AN EYE, BUT I GAIN A DRAGON"... And you can tell Rhae's reactions at that time when Aemond said it... We're ready, Book Aemond is coming..

The tapestry changed to show what has happened. It starts with nissa nissa then goes to the doom then the conquest then harrenhal then the pact of ice and fire maegor dead on the throne then the great council from episode 1 then the wedding then it shows rhaenyra and aegon on their thrones with the hands sending out raven and dragons then we get blood and cheese.

rhaena is daemon and laena’s daughter not laenors- baela and rhaena are twins named after their grandparents. baela is named after daemons father baelon the brave and rhaena is named after laena’s mother rhaenys x

You guys shouldn't split the audio like that using only one pair of headphones, you won't get the stereo effect. Also, if it seems to dark make sure you're not watching the "HDR" version, there might be video settings you can adjust as well to increase the brightness.

I think yall aren’t really seeing Criston in the right role. During peace of corse he would be a terrible hand, but this isn’t peace it’s war and Cole is the most experienced member of the Greens regarding war. For a war you couldn’t ask for a better hand imo.

We know the a dragon cannot b claimed by a new rider until their current rider has died so i feel like its either laenor has actually died off screen or he heard about luke and is on his way back and he can feel it either way.

On Baela, she was ordered to not engage by Rhaenyra. She had a chance to remove a powerful piece from the board, but Rhaenyra's orders cost another chance for a significant blow. And Rhaenyra is now not acting on confirmed information that her vassals in the Crownlands are directly under threat by a sizeable threat from her enemies.

The horse armor being DLC worthy is the highest compliment you could give it. 😂 That's so funny.

Daemon is Rhaena father. Laenor's her uncle. It's hard to keep them all straight. The big question is is Laenor still alive? Usually a dragon won't accept a new rider until it's first rider is dead.

Thank goodness Rhaenyra remembers the Conqueror’s prophecy, how her dad only told her about it as HEIR, and knows what it actually means! I think this makes Rhaenyra steadfast in being “I tried to make peace over and over again, let there be fire and blood now.” It felt written all over Emma’s face in that last shot.

Idk if anyone spoke about it before but... Dany's eggs were stolen by Elissa Farman during the reign of Jahaerys (predecessor of Viserys) and sold of to the Sea Lord of Braavos. Then, somehow, it ended in the hands of Illyrio Mopatis who wed the last female of the Blackfyre bloodline, Serra (a name she shares with one of Jahaerys daughters, I wonder why ^^ ).

You are right, King's Landing got it's name because that is where Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters landed when they began their invasion of Westeros.

The end of this episode changes everything! Now that Alicent knows the truth, any horrors can no longer hide behind believing she was right. She can no longer claim Aegon is the rightful king now knowing she misunderstood. I'm glad Daemon is finally facing some guilt for all of the terrible things he’s done. POS. Nice to see Milly Alcock again.

28:44 We can see the look of utter anguish in Rhaenyra's eyes when she realises that Alicent has already made her mind up. Rhaenyra wanted to avoid all-out war - something which through history, we see when two sides have stepped back from the apparently inevitable brink, as often as actually gone to war. Though Alicent's determination could be guessed at, it could not be known for absolute certain until met.

To be fair Daemon took on a buttload of Crab Feeders and Craghas Drahar by himself, so taking on a half occupied castle would be light work for him..

As huge Otto fan, it’s painful to admit but Team Green is no longer defensible.

Ned Stark was both Warden of the North and Hand of the King. But Warden of the North isn't quite the same as holding two positions on the King's Council. I think someone being both Lord Commander and Hand of the King is unusual.

I wish Nerdy would let Clarus finish her thoughts. Count how many times he interrupts her thoughts compared to how many times she interrupts his, it's illuminating. She just ends up saying, 'yeah, yeah, yeah...' I enjoy the reactions on this channel, just would like Nerdy to reign in his interruptions and let the lady finish her thoughts before interjecting....

In the books danys eggs were stolen and taken to braavos and sold. And over time made their way to dany. Alot of people seem to think they r changing canon and have made those danys eggs. That would mean they changed who laid the eggs in the books dreamfire laid the eggs in the show 3 of those eggs came from syrax.

The Blacks have 5 eggs. Rhaena and Prince Viserys' eggs have not hatched yet. They have 3 extra eggs which will eventually hatch Dany's dragons.

Rhaenyra was lit just a normal teenage girl who was born of privileged...and thats the only reason why ppl hated her... basically the uglies and the incels hating the pretty cheerleader..for simply being pretty

There were two Kingsguard walking in front of her as she made the way to the boat. she clearly yells, ONE MOMENT! those were the fellows that she told. it took them a bit to get back to the castle

That commenter arguing that incest is morally neutral is 1000% a Destiny or Vaush rabid fan 😂

I think the beginning of the series said it was 172 years before the birth of Daenerys

“The horse armor is DLC worthy.” *Captain America I understood that reference meme*

Cole cannot die, he is almost main character this season

Aegon should just name cole master of everything.

Regarding the main theme, the guy who wrote the Game of Thrones theme song, Ramin Djawadi, also composes for HotD. I personally would have preferred a new song for HotD or at least a remix of the GoT theme instead of the same song, but that's probably why there weren't any rights disputes over using it 😂

The introductions don't spoil anything, events of the show only get added after they have occurred; same for the season 1 intros.

"It's so hot in here." "I'm sorry." Daaaaaamn Clarus. Never lose that sass. Btw, you're mixing Baela and Rhaena. It's Baela who rides Moondancer and Rhaena who's been sent to the Vale and Pentos. :)

I don't think those were Daenerys's eggs, as Daenerys had no blue or red egg among them. [Also - mild spoiler - in book Rhaena and her brothers ultimately did NOT go to Pentos.] EDIT: I was mistaken. Director confirmed that 3 eggs are future dragons from GoT. Fourth egg belongs to Prince Viserys. We will see if it will go with him to abroad, or will it hatch into Morning.

Maybe someone else already said but just in case... I believe you guys are mixing Baela and Rhaena, which is an honest mistake. Baela has Moondancer, while Rhaena is the one being sent away to Pentos

Re: the dragon eggs sent to the Vale with Rahena, I don't believe they are Dany's dragon eggs. These eggs are from Syrax, and Dany's dragons don't really look like her. About 60 years prior, a friend of one of the then dragonriders (Dreamfyre btw) stole 3 of her eggs and sold them in Braavos. The place Dany and her brother were first taken after they fled Westeros.... I'm pretty sure Helena forgave her mother Alicent b/c she knows she is going to die soon :( poor girl.

It's been said before but - the writer intends for these eggs to be Dany's... But honestly I think that's a pretty dumb decision. In the books the eggs are much older, laid by Dreamfyre who has the Same design as Dany's three and also have not just a very cool story of how they got stolen, tracked and then lost in time - but they also are in Asshai for a while, where The ship of the thief, Elissa Fahrman an old friend of King Jaehaerys' older sister, was spotted. The eggs have such a cool and well connected origin in book Canon and this one in the show feels kinda forced because Syrax doesn't even look similar. It's a change just because...

“YOU know what Aemond is” ……. a kinslayer. She means a kinslayer. Cursed by all the gods now.

I think you would enjoy all your content more if you both had two earbuds. AirPods have conversational awareness.

I Still think Haelennas character is the most underestimated character on the show.

If Rhaenera wants to regain the throne and keep her kids alive, her trying to avoid war needs to end

I appreciated the Oblivion Horse Armor DLC joke

It's like 175 years before GOT.

The straight faced, sarcastic, witty observations and remarks are so funny 🤣

As someone outside of North America, how is this episode 1hr 20 mins for you? In Australia, the episode is 1hr and 6 mins.

Um Mistake ... Isn't Rhaena Daemon's Daughter not Leanor

What I liked the most about this episode was when Alicent realized she misunderstood the King when he was dying which led to this whole entire problem between The Blacks and The Greens.

Addam is going to claim Seasmoke. The scene of Seasmoke flying over Addam when he was digging up crabs, he’s going to ride him for sure.

yes those are daenerys's eggs. and rhaena wouldn't claim seasmoke, that's not her fathers dragon, her and baelas father is daemon.

Rhaenrya sent Daemon away than she gets attacked she needs the GOAT duo of Daemon and Caraxes

The scene between Rhaenyra and Alicent was excellent and it just elevated the emotional investment of the show by a thousand

Was not dragon work at the beginning. Humans burn mills just as well. If a draon had done it, there wouldn't have been anything left.

6:40 It's not unusual for a Hand of the King or Lord Commander of the Kingsguard to command an army of the King's during a war

Baela Targaryen is Best Targaryen. Her hair bugs me. In the book, she keeps it short because she hates it whipping around her head while flying. And that kid loves to fly.

I think the gender dynamics at play at court are very intentional. Rhaenyra has brought Rhaenys, Baela, and Mysaria into her inner circle. They seem to very much be supporting her. Meanwhile, the men of the Crownlands on Rhaenyra's council seem loyal to Rhaenyra but they seem loyal in a very paternalistic way where they feel they know better than her and are trying to make decisions for her. Her councilors do have a point in that Rhaenyra will have to start making decisions soon but the way they tried to send her away shows that they view her as weak in part because she is a woman.

BAELA THE BRAVE🙏

24:50 BUILD A BRIDGE OUT OF 'ER

.......find out where they got those doors and that cabinet.

Ramin Djawadi scores both Hot D and GoT

Daemon rolls a nat 20. "I attack the darkness!"

14:40 "A dragon is not a f*cking sword" It's a metaphor mate. The man is saying that a dragon's strength comes from its presence, unsheathed and shining, rather than its threat from simply having it.

Rhaena claim her dad’s dragon Caraxes? Or did you mean her uncles dragon Seasmoke.

I still think Alicent is lying and doesn't believe it, but now she either believes her own lie or just will never admit she took the barest whisper and turned it into what she wanted to here

I am pro Rheanary now, what a rightful Queen. I just hope that the movie would change her death. She doesn't deserve to be eaten by Aegons Dragon. Rheanary already knows the truth and she would fight for her throne. I don't like Alison, because if you know you fuck up, then have the decency and good heart to prevent war and chaos.

Fire arrows could have also set flame to the Mill. I am team Black hope Rhaenyra burn the people who betrayed her to a crisp. I don't care what other people say Queen Rhaenyra is the one true Queen if she was crowned Queen instead of Aegon be crowned as king then this whole war would have never happened yes there would have been some in the family that would not been so supportive of her. It will be team green which will bring out the worst out of Rhaenyra.

Hi! This episode is getting weird and weirder. I thought I saw another red witch when she tells Damon that he is going to die in his vision.

Aemond really has his HotD

It was at this moment that Alison knew she f*d up.

2:30 That's an odd comment to write just out of the blue, but just to play devil's advocate for a moment: Grooming is obviously wrong. Weird power dynamics that could lead to manipulation or coercion are clearly a problem too. Having kids would probably be a bad idea. But if we're talking about a situation involving consenting adults where none of that stuff applies (maybe because they didn't grow up together?) I honestly struggle to think of any rational arguments for why their relationship should be any one else's business. Is banning things just because they're "gross" or make us uncomfortable really something we should be doing..?

my dude you really laugh for everything

You got Baela and Rhaena backwards throughout the show and review...

Idk if Ser Gwayne hating on Criston because of his classism (“what a giddying assent the gods bestowed on someone like you”) and racism (“to march out to war with a Dornishman”) is exactly admirable.

They know each other well, (Alicent and Rhaenyra) but there is no friendship.

Baela has curly/wavy hair and is betrothed to the heir Jace. I just think Bae and Jace. Rhaena has locs like her grandfather Corlys.

Those were in fact Danys eggs😉 sent to Pentos

Hoping for mad max furiosa…

29:40 Dang...I wish I had a partner like yours❤

The dude was right it was Baela

Having you two review HOTD confuses me because you kind of look like Sansa and Robb Stark.

Clarus is on the wrong side lol

Killing or taking rhae hostage would end nothing..

Yall are on the wrong sides! I. Can't. Deal.

What a beautiful girl reacting. Ok besides of that, I wonder the same, are those Daenerys eggs? 🤔 Regards from Spain

youre so funny and entertaining, you must be a blast to hang out with.

I don’t think they’re the same eggs but lmk if wrong.