.House. .Of. .The. .Dragon. 2x8

It's HIGHLY theorized though bc she was able to bond with a dragon

Amna 🍉

hey, Secretly what an insane name hehe

Ron Jackson Jr

feel like you could've wrote this with wayyy less spoilers tbh. Just said that the season was supposed to be 10 eps and that the eps 9 and 10 would've had more action

Secretly

I liked this season. Sure, it's not non-stop action, but the build up is great and setting up for the war to come. I also loved the music in the ending scene. The creators are promising lots of action for next season. I hope they don't shorten it more. I know they at least have two more seasons on deck, but I would still like to see things flesh out in between battles.

Jenny D

The audio was so bad but I thought was my speakers the whole time haha

Boo Ya

Anyone here because they miss HOTD 🥲

Nomaan

damn no more house of the dragon sundays sadge

lagunasr31

That’s because it was…

andythesaladgod

You guys she literally never said the word Sheepstealer lol.

Daenerys Targaryen

Hey Carter, Cannon, Brig, McKay, and Jack please read this, it’s important information regarding season 2 being reduced from 10 episodes to 8. Word on the street is that one month before filming HBO decided to tighten their purse strings because of the impending strikes and they told the showrunners that it had to be 8 episodes, not 10. They had one month to rewrite it into 8 episodes before filming and they couldn’t do rewrites during filming due to the writers strike (the writers of the show are American and were effected by the strike). They were allowed to film during the actors strike because the HOTD actors are British and under a different union than the American union that striked and so were allowed to work. Without getting into spoilers, episode 9 would’ve had a big table turning event happen that would absolutely shake things up. And then episode 10 would’ve been a ginormous epic battle that includes many dragons and people. Both episodes would’ve had stuff happen that they were building up to. So keep that in mind that it’s not the showrunners fault for episode 8 being all set up and blue balling us, it was HBO’s fault, or perhaps the fault of the strikes. Episode 9 would’ve been really big but episode 10 would’ve had the craziest payoff. Also, just a teaser for the first half of next season but there are 3 cool eventual battles that happen next in the story involving the armies that were teased at the end (Hightowers with Daeron, Stark gray bearded Winter Wolves with the Freys, the Lannisters with their lions, and the 100 boats from the Triarchy) and more. One for sure will be shown in large scale (the one that was supposed to end this season), a second one for sure should be shown pretty large scale, and the third I imagine won’t take up a ton of time but it should be shown in some fashion and we should get just enough of it to be epic.

Jack

Besides a few high points/fan service with dragon fights, yeah it felt like expectations were that this season would be a climactic one and in reality it was just maneuvering and setup. Oh well, it may be just setup, but it's setup for S3, and hopefully S3 really delivers.

LawL

Agreed!!!!! Loved it. Made it more epic

Nat Brojeni

the music fucking blend with all the house themes gave me chills ramin youre a god

Jessica

This season was worse than season 1, but I'm still excited to see what happens in season 3.

Animeke

The sound is somehow corrupted in the middle part

Jesper

I honestly think it was a pretty good episode, I had issues with certain aspects of it and definitely don't think it was fitting as a finale. BUT, with that being said, for it to be rated like 6.3/10 is laughable, at worst its like a 7.5/10. At the end of the day though most of the blame is on HBO, cutting the season down to 8 episodes was a terrible decision on their end. The back half of the season really showed that these episodes were made with the assumption they would have 10 episodes to work with. Even with this finale I doubt most of the episode was made knowing it would be the finale lol

darist

I can agree on Daemons development in Harenhall being completely doable in a shorter time. I still enjoyed it for the most part though, especially when the ball started rolling. I've been seeing the complaints about Alicent though for sure, and it does seem they dont quite know what to do with her, other than attempting to make a tragic romance between her and Rhaenyra. But I don't really buy it after all thats happened, so it just doesn't sit right. First season them having a crush seemed like a potential, but after you both are responsible for the death of your respective child? There's no romance that can happen after that point. It shouldn't even be teased by this point of "what could have been". Apparently book version though she is older and just a stepmom that didnt get along with each other. So I do enjoy the show changing them to be the same age and old friends, it does make a better narrative. Just feels a little awkward right now though, I agree with you.

Zess

Well we don’t know if they filmed the 2 extra episodes cos they were told that it was gonna be 8 episodes instead of 10 like a month before production

Nomaan

lohor is so cool i really hope we get to see more of him in s3! gonna miss these reactions yall

angela a

I like the finale to cuz it felt like a really good set up but I can understand people more payoff. Not enough to review bomb tho

Shadow

Apparently HBO cut the last 2 episodes 1 month before filming. They really wanted the showrunners to struggle lmao. And then there was the writers strike so it was hard to change what they had.

Shadow

It was a great episode but not in the finale range. That's why this episode got poor rating and everyone expected some action.

Leo

Personally, I liked this finale despite the terrible ratings it has. It was solid, had some great setup for the next season, it wasn’t the greatest ever but it was a perfect setup

Jackson Carter

The highlights of the first 2 seasons of GoT are literally just excellent written conversations with rich characters played by insane great actors. In HotD the best scenes are just dragon fights or cheaper hype moments (not all). I'd take Cercei talking to Robert about their marriage any day over dragon fights. Also GoT manages to make political games fun, HotD makes it boring, it feels like a cheap copy. So I don't just shit on it I actually liked Daemon and Rhayneras relationship, how they bounced off each other and the drama but they messed it up, Viserys was awesome and I think that's about it of actually great things about the show bar cinematography.

Nanashi

I think it is tbh. A lot worse characters, no variety, worse storylines, green screen galore, GoT ain't boring for a single second while HoTD has long stretches where I'm asleep. The dialogue in GoT is like leagues better, better acting in GoT and all storylines are wonderfully balanced while HotD has 2 main storylines and it manages to bore. Where GoT first 2 seasons I'd rate as high as 9-9,5 Hotd would fall to like 6-6,5 at best. First season could be a 7 but 2nd season drags it way down. It's actually impressive how they make me care for almost no character and the ones I like are either dumbed down, misused or turned to shit.

Nanashi

I am convinced they do not know what to do with Alicent. I did not read the book(s), so please tell me if she had a bigger role in there.

Uros Vesic

Ok, I confess, it was a bit overreaction. I don't think it is skippable season. Like I said there are a lot of things I liked. But season drags itself. Some of the ep you can skip altogether, and just watch a review online. Out of 8 episodes, you can say 2 of them moved plot a bit. You said Daemon had character development, that shit was the most boring part of the show. It slowed every episode dramatically. And we knew in first season he wasn't craving the crown, just to be loved. You can still have this realization in less screen time, giving more love to other characters. Sure, things happened, but it is a show, of course stuff will happen. Things happened in the last season of GoT, and I would not say it is good just because of that.

Uros Vesic

Yeah he also said that

Leo

I mean not really… in the show it doesn’t even make sense? The last 2 seasons just decided to forget about the prophecy

Nomaan

Well yeah cos George hasn’t finished his books so until he does we’ll never know

Nomaan

I agree with the kinda forced future visions stuff just to throw in GOT fan service (although the part with Helaena was pretty cool), him seeing the one with Viserys was perfect and that should've been the actual catalyst for his change. But I don't agree with him ever being wholeheartedly on Rhaenyras side until now, even in season 1 when they both moved to Dragonstone. We saw Daemon go against her word at council and other places multiple times, lie to her multiple times, do things witout her authority, he was selfish and had his own agenda until Harrenhal.

dy

I agree with you completely, I'm just saying it is obvious war couldn't be avoided. Even if Viserys married Laena, that wouldn't change the outcome, if anything it would make it even worse considering how ambitious Corlys and Rhaenys were in s01.

Anna J

As a book reader I think the first 2 seasons of these shows are pretty close. I could see reason for people to like either show more. But in the end it’s our opinion. Saying its an insult or ludicrous is a little wild lol

Shadow

Ryan Condal says showing Daenerys in Daemon’s vision doesn't confirm she is The Prince That Was Promised

Leo

I cant stand Alicent playing the victim and throwing Aegon under the bus in order to leave it all behind and find peace considering the pain and suffering she has contributed to. She is one of the main cogs that started this war she played a big part in pushing Aegon to be king when he didnt want it. Listen I understand that she wasnt the only one who played a part but she played a significant part and yeah I know Otto was a bad father who pushed her into a relationship with Viserys and used her in his ploys I felt for her then but she became an adult and made shit choices. I hate her playing the victim and not taking personal responsibility for her part in all the horrible pain and suffering that has come from her decisions. I wont buy the I'm a woman in a men's world and therefore its not my fault excuse. Aegon is not my favorite by any stretch since I'm team black and he and Aemond are not exactly nice humans but to me he is more of a victim than she is in this story. She is a shit mother and human. In regards to the season as a whole I found it preety average I loved ep 4 that was GOT level at its best quality but the rest of the season was just ok with some plots that dragged to high heaven for me.

Wadzi

Writer was on a podcast I think? Or whatever but I think it’s on hbo YouTube if I’m not mistaken but if not let me know

Caraxes🐐DT

where did they say that?

Adam Dark

Episode 6 and 8 and battling for lowest rating ,lets see who emerges victorious .Would be awesome for livestream about season 2

Adam Dark

Insult to GOT lmao

Adam Dark

You guys are the only people that I have seen guess early on that Alicent was going to Dragonstone when she asked for help with passage from the Grand Maester. I certainly didn’t think of it. An excellent deduction! 👍

Blackeyedlily

And Carter wtf??? As good as Seasons 1 and 2 of GoT? I can't even begin to wrap my head around how ludicrous that comment is

Nanashi

@Matheus shut up thats just an assumption hes making

༒ dianna ༒

Spoiler bruh

Nanashi

They ended the season with a shit unnecessary dialogue between Alicent and Rhyanera and just hype stuff. This season was reaaally mid, started off ok but was sooo boring for the later half, jesus. It tries so hard to be good but it's clearly losing itself and it didn't even have much of it together on the first place. Pre time skip was the best of HotD. This season they dumbed down Rhaynera, made Daemon useless, didn't use enough of other side characters, shoved in boring ass storylines and just stalled its way through. Anyone that compares this to GoT is MAD I TELL YOU!! I had high hopes for this season but now I'm just hate watching because I like the geks, but I ain't gonna lie the Geks saying they like this shit and rating it high makes it seem like theu haven't watched anything good ever. Like, dude, you don't HAVE to keep saying this episode was good, that just shows you know it was mid as fuck lol

Nanashi

this felt like a episode 8 in a 10 episode season

Amna 🍉

In the scene early in the episode, where Aegon declares that he would be known as the Realm’s Delight, was because that was what everyone called Rhaenyra when she was young, especially when she was Viserys only child. Aegon wants to be loved in the way he felt Rhaenyra was.

Blackeyedlily

@Uros Aegon, Daemon, alicent all got character development They actually made me care for Aegon

Ana

That's fair then, we agree on that at least. I'm also not just a woman hater, I actually want well written and fully developed female characters. I loved the female characters in season 1.

cutty

Good discussion comparing overall seasons!! for me, 8/10 for mix of high, mid and low moments. If they had more than 5 sec with the Starks, sheep steeler, Otto, or the new dragon/ other child of Alicent plot lines in the finale then it would be higher. Interesting reveal with daemon's dream...just wanted more to happen before the wait for season 3.

Nymeria Stark

Halaena and Alys Rivers are greenseers, just like Jojen Reed. Viserys called it dreamers (not dragon dreamers lol). Greenseers have dreams that show them the past, present and future. And they have the ability to see memories from the weirwood trees

Jack

The ridiculous Essos pirate person whose name I’ve already forgotten. Then what I meant more was political choices by the cast (like the weird, out of left field romance with Rhaenyra) but I just phrased it badly lol

Sam

So we back to GoT eps 3x a week? Would be the only bright side about this season ending 🤧

Tyler Sick

Greyjoys should most likely be on season 3, if not then season 4 but with how much they mentioned them this season I’m almost positive that Dalton Greyjoy aka the Red Kraken will be one of the big new characters next season along with Daeron Targaryen

Jack

I think they needed more content, not more episodes. Like, if they would have streamlined things more they easily could have gotten to the conflict at Harrenhal. Instead we got some overlong, pointless filler arcs for Daemon and basically everyone else in the cast. Most of the cast ended season 2 in exactly the same spot / state of mind as they did season 1. The only real changes were the new dragon riders, Rook’s rest, and some political movements within the greens. And all of that could have been done in like 4 episodes max.

Sam

As of now the episode dropped to a 6.5 on IMDB, which might be a tad harsh but tbh this season wasn’t my favorite but I do think it sets up very well for season 3

Richie Sour

Just gotta correct you guys, it’s not Alicent’s fault that this all happened because of the Aegon scene. You forget that Otto and the men on the small council revealed to her that they had been scheming to do this anyways, but having her support made it easier for them, but they’d have done it anyways. Alicent is a woman, the men want a man on the throne, so she had no power once Viserys was dead.

Jack

yea but those are not what Arya and Brienne's characters were in the books but I guess that's a whole different conversation. Sansa barely had a arc, her story was getting better in season 4 then they made her a victim again, for absolutely no reason. i feel like both shows fumbled the bag with their female characters.

Amna 🍉

I'm going to copy my other reply further up that said something similar, so if some parts sound weird it's just because I was responding to what that guy specifically said, which was you could skip this season and nothing would change. It more answers your story progression point as opposed to a bunch of character development, but that definitely still happened this season. "Dude....you would skip there being new dragon riders, along with the political ramification of known bastard dragon lords. Aegon goes from the crowned king to a burned and crippled man running away. Aemond now is in charge of the throne. Daemons entire development would be gone, along with him seeing the dream of ice and fire, now fully in unison with Rhaenyra. Rhaenys is dead, along with several peoples children. New heirs who want it and dont were introduced. Saying nothing happened this season is just an objectively wrong take. Anyone who skipped this would be entirely confused if they were paying attention lol"

Zess

Dude....you would skip there being new dragon riders, along with the political ramification of known bastard dragon lords. Aegon goes from the crowned king to a burned and crippled man running away. Aemond now is in charge of the throne. Daemons entire development would be gone, along with him seeing the dream of ice and fire, now fully in unison with Rhaenyra. Rhaenys is dead, along with several peoples children. New heirs who want it and dont were introduced. Saying nothing happened this season is just an objectively wrong take. Anyone who skipped this would be entirely confused if they were paying attention lol

Zess

lmao

TheSauceGuy

I thought Simon Strong was a rat when he was first introduced, but turns out he's a pretty nice lad. He's full of sass, drip and loyalty.

jrnoodles

They really do…the actors and both characters great so it’s hard to screw it up unless you just barley give them scenes lol it was the plan tho but they coulda gave us more than what they did for sure.

Caraxes🐐DT

I agree with your criticism to an extent. How they wrapped up their arcs and dealt with some moments was horribly unjust to their characters. I'm mostly talking about their peaks as characters. Sansa, Cersei, Margery, Olenna, etc. were incredibly well written female characters that didn't reject femininity. Arya and Brienne's characters did, and that's absolutely fine because lots of women do align with those archetypes. They positively represent an archetype of women. And when a character made steretypically bad decisions, like Catelyn did a few times, the show made sure there were consequences. They weren't hiding the poor decision behind convenient story telling.

cutty

there was more diverse range of female characters in game of thrones but in no way did D&D did them justice. Ruined Dany's whole story, ruined Sansa's whole story by having her raped for shock value, made Arya and Brienne feminine hating warrior type characters which is soooo stereotypical and opposite of their books counterparts, reduced Catelyn Starks role as robb's advisor, ruined ellaria's character by having her go against everything oberyn stood up for, totally cut Arianne Martell's character from the show. Don't even get me started on how they treated the actresses BTS.

Amna 🍉

and like... why was he kinda sexy in the end when he was getting all dripped out for war. 🫢

JAY

ulf was pissing me off sooo bad

alexis ♡︎

well i think it was to show how aegon has longed to be like rhae for most of his life. the praise that both his father and the realm gave her is something that he hasn’t ever really experienced (besides his coronation)

alexis ♡︎

Those 2 together have the best scenes🤷🏼‍♂️

Shadow

At least in the sense that they weren't constantly making stereotypically bad decisions. The bad decisions they made were few and the story made sure the character was punished in some way for it. The women were cunning and calculated. Both of the queens made absurdly stupid decisions this season pursuing a sense of personal closure while the potential (and realistic) consequences to such pursuits were the deaths of their own children and everyone they care about.

cutty

"GOT did female characters more justice" oh noooo.....

Amna 🍉

Well they always mention it and I really ain’t saying nothing…just pointing out that showing that don’t confirm anything but I get your point.

Caraxes🐐DT

ramin djawadi the real MVP of this verse. the score is so strong throughout this series and then just went absolutely nut nut on that track over that final scene... gods be good 🔥

JAY

Yea it is lol and yea with Emma saying they wanted more scenes with Matt in season 2 hopefully they listen to them and do it for s3….I feel the season really missed that

Caraxes🐐DT

imo it was a good *episode* but not a good *finale*

r stark

i would be a bit careful and not mention prince that was promised until they catch up on game of thrones

Amna 🍉

Man the drama in this show is a draaag. The actual overarching story is complex and fascinating... The unraveling of the world in this is always incredible. But the actual drama between most of these characters is so childish. I also really don't like that they made every woman in this show stupid for some reason. Like they want you to respect them and in season 1 they were respectable, but this season they continually make ONLY bad decisions. This season has also gone out of it's way to emasculate and ridicule the men while pushing "girl boss" shit. GOT did female characters more justice. The women were intelligent and respectable.

cutty

"Aegon, the realm's delight" I NEED TO TALK TO THE WRITERS REAL QUICK. Bc why are you giving rhaenyra's official nickname to aegon of all people

Amna 🍉

tbh REEEAL.

Amna 🍉

Honestly wholesome. We def getting a scene of them trying to conceive her

Shadow

Writer of the show said that daemon vision does not confirm dany is the prince that was promised…he also said daemon thinks it could be him and rhaenyra future daughter lol

Caraxes🐐DT

Makes sense. I haven’t read the book, just wanted to see his pretty face 😅

Carrie

HBO should give them the money to do 10 episodes for sure. Idk why they would limit like their flagship show

Shadow

The other episodes were never filmed at least not near fully but I fairly certain it was written as a 10 then HBO execs forced them down to 8 because they weren’t going to pay for 2 more(cmon just give them the money). Which ig makes sense as there’s at least one major sequence that would to happen. Then this also happened during the writers strike so they kinda had to turn episode 8 into a finale from what was written while shooting. I think that’s also why we had so much actor improv this season since that’s one of the few changes allowed. The execs forcing the 8 is confirmed tho from the producers. The rest is kinda from more cryptic stuff said or pieced together

Shadow

First, HBO was the reason this season wasn't 10 episodes, not the directors. If you want to be angry about the season finale not having "a big battle," direct this towards HBO lol. Anyway, I enjoyed this season a lot but it had me flip-flopping back and forth as some characters seemed to do the same. This was my biggest problem with the season as I feel like we're not spending enough time seeing characters developed. I don't feel that the plot has advanced super slowly either. Daemon is at Harrenhal for a long time in the book and this is a war that spans for years. It wouldn't make sense to cram a bunch of major battles into the same season where many of the forces are still organizing. We got the battle at Rook's Rest, which was incredible despite not being one of the larger battles of the war. I think some things could've certainly been done better this season but I think a lot of the criticism is unwarranted and/or misplaced.

TheSauceGuy

uhm okay lol. well I still enjoyed it even if it wasn’t the best

A_Daddy Daichi

7/10 season at best, the second half was pretty boring and just pure set up for S3. Compared to S1 it's not even close after episode 4 of S2. S2 felt like pure set up unfortunately. Now a 2 year hiatus until S3 tries to redeem it.

Tim Moore

We’re gonna fix it

Cannon Andrus

7/10 It was anticlimactic at the end. It's like watching a movie then stop mid-way cause my wife started yelling and made me wash the dishes.

morena

No it 100% made sense. If anything it didn't make sense for the other person to be that

Amna 🍉

Lowkey same🫣🫣

Amna 🍉

eh, i liked the character but idk about the book counterpart much

TheSauceGuy

Apparently, there were two more episodes and they got moved to season 3 or something due to something with the writer's strikes but I haven't fact-checked this.

TheSauceGuy

I will not take this Ulf slander! My man just wanted more of them little birds.

TheSauceGuy

good thing he fled

TheSauceGuy

Ser Duncan the GOAT

TheSauceGuy

As @pineapplegreg said, I'd wager it's House Beesbury, but I'm unsure. I'm wondering if the light shining into his cell was potentially fire rather than sunlight lol. He does seem to be waking up to look at something in particular.

TheSauceGuy

I’ve watched gameplays and I just hope there’s some rearranging in the show

A_Daddy Daichi

some people are saying this was supposed to be 10 episodes and 9 and 10 will be in next season, so that'll be nice

TheSauceGuy

It’s where I feel the 2 extra episodes would have helped some with that

A_Daddy Daichi

“I’m standing on business”😱

Shadow

Unnecessary sass on both sides but I'm in the middle here. Alicent shares fault with Rhaenyra considering she doesn't seem to have educated them very well on what it means to be a ruler. Aegon is less cunning than Aemond but he wants to be liked by the people while Aemond is the opposite. Anyway, Rhaenyra shouldn't have fought for her claim in the first place and we don't know if she'd have accepted Aegon's (Otto's) terms for peace had Lucerys not been killed. As was made clear in this episode, there are many players on the board and they each have their own part; some may have contributed to these events more than others, but few of the major players are exempt.

TheSauceGuy

I would rank this season at about 8/10

A_Daddy Daichi

Pretty sure my delivery is just fine. Lord of the Sus @Brig and I go way back and one thing I know is that he prefers his friends to stand on business and not BS. I’m standing on business and not sugar coating things and BSing them trying to kiss their butts. Guess what, they haven’t said anything about my comments. That’s because they don’t have a problem with it.

Ryan Ry

Jack said "what's that little island". That little island is the "pupil" to the God's Eye. The God's Eye is the lake that Harrenhal sits on, it's also where Halaena said Aemond would be swallowed up at. It's a pretty important placein the book.

Chris Sanford

they just need a bunch of boats with scorpions on them 💀

TheSauceGuy

there are many small houses on both sides but Aegon also has the Baratheons

TheSauceGuy

Is it only me or is their audio just awful?

Achillis

Alyn’s acting in that scene with Corlys…wow

Tyler Sick

I loved this episode and I think my favorite part was Daemon, the weirwood visions and my bitch Helaena!!! The music at the end was absolutely fantastic. I’m so curious to see how everything plays out with Larys and Aegon. Not me saying get my man Otto out of the cell?! Like where is he and why is he imprisoned? (I’m starting to like him wtf) Ulf needs to take a seat. Please and thanks. I wanted Alicent and Rhaenyra to hug tbh So happy that Rhaena finally gets a dragon

A_Daddy Daichi

i'd take an animated series at this point and just start from the beginning of GoT again

TheSauceGuy

we get to see Dunk contemplate smacking Aegon 85 times within the first 30 pages

TheSauceGuy

it would only make sense if he was just seeing them off and not going with the all the way down

TheSauceGuy

the finale of S1 didn't have armies marching all around the continent on their way to fight

TheSauceGuy

maybe they have

TheSauceGuy

Hmmm I’m pretty sure it’s your delivery Ryan. Hope that helps!

A_Daddy Daichi

It was great!!! I’m so ready for s2

A_Daddy Daichi

Just finished it and holy shit!!!!

A_Daddy Daichi

we don't know if Nettles was a Valyrian bastard

TheSauceGuy

I agree but I think it was too flip-floppy and characters seemed to change quickly. People complained about things moving slowly but I feel that some characters changed too fast or we didn't get to see enough of them.

TheSauceGuy

i pray for leaks

TheSauceGuy

can't till it comes to PC but I know how it goes

TheSauceGuy

So please can you react to Alice in Borderland now?

morena

yeah maybe in the books it makes sense, but i think in the show and with only the context the show has chosen to give (because they stress that books & show are two different things) it doesnt make sense to me here. but idk i gotta see if the creator or writers speak on it. im open lol.

emma.bean

Yeah can’t explain without spoilers but the final 2 seasons did not do a good job of explaining the prophecy

Nomaan

Dany had so much aura in that vision that Daemon started behaving correctly

Amna 🍉

It makes perfect sense cos only one person completed the prophecy but the show clearly forgot about it in the last 2 seasons

Nomaan

some people just get hated on here

Jacob Goldsmith

Precisely the reason why I haven’t watched after season 8😂

Nomaan

I get what you’re saying!! Nothing could beat the masterpiece that was the first game

Jessica

personally wasnt a fan of it but more so for the presentation rather than what it was. they really just need to reorganize It and not shove revenge bad in every line.

EaterOfRice23

That wouldn't make sense though bc he told Jace his duty is in the north which is why he can't be there to fight but he will send people to help in the war

Amna 🍉

Oh don't get me wrong, there was definitely a lot of cool and well written scenes. But some scenes were so repetitive and dragged out

Amna 🍉

Ohhhh, I'm guessing bc of the writers strike?

Amna 🍉

Nah, the hair dying is a pretty established thing in the books. I liked the actress despite playing a male role.

TheSauceGuy

This was one of the worst season finales I have seen of any show. I did enjoy somethings-Alice and Daemon, Haleana and Aemond, etc.

Cake eater

This is off topic but the last of us season 2 is coming… anyone played the 2nd game?👀👀

Jessica

What? Its clearly obvious its sheepstealer, like c’mon

Slizzle

okey lol is such a bitch answer. Cmon, tell me which magnificent character got big development. Whose story was so gripping you could not look away?

Uros Vesic

Maybe it’s due to the way u say things not so much the criticism you’re trying to vocalize

Shadow

Emma It works both ways if u really think about it. But yea without spoiling it’s hard

Shadow

I'm still 50/50 with how I feel on the Nettles change, but Hugh Hammer is a strict upgrade in every feasible way and I'm here for it. I don't think both him and Ulf need to exhibit the same depravity, it's redundant. And this way, he gives the audience a smallfolk perspective to root for (which as you rightfully pointed out, goes away when Nettles isn't around).

Hunter Snider

My queen

Brig Andrus

lol saki is correct

Cannon Andrus

Yessirrr

Shadow

I’m guessing this means a wheelchair maybe if his legs are to badly damaged.

I❤️movies&tvshows

Cuz in the books he doesn’t lead those troops either. They just edited him out of the scene. He’s in the north preparing for winter

Shadow

Haleanas vision and telling Aemond he would be swallowed up in the Gods eye when he was on the way to Harrenhall ought to make him rethink his plans. But he is so arrogant that he probably doesn’t believe her. Loved that shot when Rhaenyra and Adam flew past the island to Harrenhall. Ty land who had so much pride having to lower himself to get the ships they need is refreshing. Lol Im glad Corlys was confronted by the son he has ignored all these years. Definitely they were saving money by not giving us the Battle of the burning mill and destruction of Sharpoint. Sharpoint it would have shown Aemonds cruelty just because he was angry about the new dragons. Maybe after some of the mistakes in GOT they are going to be more stingy with certain scenes.

I❤️movies&tvshows

When I point out the audio issues, I get berated, called names, harassed, bullied. But then everyone else including YouTube can point it out without issues. What I don’t understand is how the video was released on patreon, and yet nobody knew about the audio issues, and then someone edited the video and put it on YouTube and STILL nobody from GEK did any quality control?

Ryan Ry

so chat who here has started 3 body problem on netflix. im 2 ep in and loving it. same directors of GOT

Jacob Goldsmith

I would recommend the geks rewatching Daemons vision as there was a lot there to take in. There was the obvious raven, dani, and white walkers but there were some other things that are important in there.

I❤️movies&tvshows

They cast a lot of Targaryens for it.

I❤️movies&tvshows

Me too

I❤️movies&tvshows

Yeah they showed Tessarion at the end flying over the hightowers. The blue dragon with copper wings

I❤️movies&tvshows

I went to youtube to play another video to see if it was my headphones 😭

Kim555

I agree.

I❤️movies&tvshows

You really think there was no story or character progression? okay lol

Sherry Porritt

29:10-30 it starts

I❤️movies&tvshows

Well the books had it going for a year so at least they didnt do that in the show lol

Sherry Porritt

I have heard Beesbury in revenge for their father being murdered during the council meeting. But it could be Larys making sure Aemond has no one to advise him.

I❤️movies&tvshows

Larys knows what a pot of gold he has with Aegon. The plan to return after the two sides fight and tear each other down as he said. He said both sides will be weakened and the people will be tired of fear and war. Which is the perfect time for Aegon to return and claim his throne. Even Halaena said Aegon would be King again.

I❤️movies&tvshows

Static

I❤️movies&tvshows

literally

Seth Aasland

it was briefly during the finale, My Queen. towards the end, when they showed the loathsome Hightower host marching

Seth Aasland

Yes they said Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (Aegon V story) in 2025. They don’t want to put both shows in the same year. HOTD in 2026. They are midway filming Knight. In fact a few minutes before this episode started Max released a teaser for Knight. They start filming season 3 in 2 months. Hopefully Knight doesn’t spoil the end of HOTD. I guess they will just be careful about what is said on there. It will be several seasons. W

I❤️movies&tvshows

I miss Miguel. In my opinion it is very obvious how different season 1 and 2 are without him.

I❤️movies&tvshows

For real. They can always find someone else to ride Silverwing. I would've at least cut out his tongue.

Daenerys Targaryen

Ryan Condal said it will be more than 4 now.

I❤️movies&tvshows

@Daenerys The Lady Arynn said several episodes ago that Sheepstealer was what they called the local dragon

Saki 🏴‍☠️✨

I do think they are going to take Ulf and Hugh and take them down a dark path. Their arc is about power corrupting which you can show better if they start out likeable. Def agree about nettles.

Arjan Rijvers

Moved to season 3. This was supposed to be 10 episodes. They moved 9 and 10 to Season 3. That’s why this felt like an 8 of 10 episode.

I❤️movies&tvshows

The audio starting about 29 minutes in was really static. I went from the tv, to the iPad to my phone trying to watch it because I thought it was my device.

I❤️movies&tvshows

I don't think what we got was nothing but a lot of epicness definitely got moved to S3

Arjan Rijvers

well a knight of the seven kingdoms is going to be nothing but a funny team-up arc. HOTD was always going to be mostly the epic political and war elements of GOT. Actually glad the magic elements are so present.

Arjan Rijvers

Likely a budget thing but it would have been better if they included one of the other battles as well. Like the burning mill, the red fork, or the honeywine. especially the latter 2 would have helped set up season 3 by showing the advance of the green armies towards the centre of the action.

Arjan Rijvers

I don't even think we got to see Tessarion on screen this season, unless I missed it?

Daenerys Targaryen

How do you all know that Sheepstealer is the dragon the Rhaena encountered? I don't think the show ever mentioned that. I'm thinking you might've accidentally seen spoilers.

Daenerys Targaryen

What the heck is that little island indeed :)

Arjan Rijvers

Who let Ninja sword cook 😭

Cannon Andrus

@Leo I was surprised there wasn't really any push back on that sgvgv - I guess because Alicents attempting to peace make ofc, and ik Aegons the one they actually need,,but the way its said without any mention to what already happened to Jaehaerys is a bit strange cuz its like damn,,so my grandsons just chopped liver then?? TT

Saki 🏴‍☠️✨

Honestly kinda mid season but hopefully s3 is fire.

ssj4rit

If that is the case rhaenyra is more evil than team green. If she has any common sense, first she should kill alicent who started this war and poisoned their sons with hatred. At this point, I'm not supporting anyone. Better be neutral and enjoy their deaths.

Leo

there is only two 😭

Kim555

Just saw a tweet saying they filmed a scene of him crossing the Twins with the northern army but it was cut 😭 why!?

Carrie

"a wooden throne" left me shook

༒ dianna ༒

oh shit also Kit Harington joining to cast of 'Industry' so i might need to finally watch that as well. Anyone here watch Industry? is it good??

emma.bean

have you guys changed the mic settings? idk if it's the two mics set up but there is a static every now and then especially when audio peaks. Not that bad tho still enjoyed :)

Kim555

wait.. i skipped the "coming to hbo 2024-2025" trailer before this ep cause i was anxious to get into it, but once it was over my post-show depression/hbo withrawal kicked in and i decided to watch it and.... THE LAST OF US TEASER?! looks SO good.... AN 'IT' PREQUEL SERIES?? r u kidding.. spin-off series of 'The Batman' movie?? Dune: Prophecy looks dope. Sopranos documentary makes me want to cry. NEW SEASON WHITE LOTUS. dont know much about 'Duster' but it's Sawyer from Lost and JJ Abrams so... im sold lol. Knight of the Seven Kingdoms first look is promising i think. HBO stay feeding the people. 💖💖

emma.bean

it’s 6.6 now

Camilla

i miss the part where they are literally every other creator 🤔 maybe i have bad eyesight or something. it’s almost like they are THEIR OWN reactor channel. therefore, they do things THEIR OWN way. don’t like it? ➡️🚪

Seth Aasland

oh brother this guy stinks

Seth Aasland

😂😂

Anna J

ew 😂

emma.bean

brig being a rhaenyra shooter is my favourite thing 😭 gonna miss these reactions so bad!!

milfnyra mai

maybe that makes sense in the books based on that ^ quote but it makes no sense in the show im screaming... cannot be

emma.bean

not really sure how to feel about the finale. all i know is that rhaenyra is the only queen i recognise. team black until the bitter end 💯

milfnyra mai

we got Anna v Ana before gta 6

Jarvis

omg I just noticed the lighting, THANK YOU. soooo much better

Kim555

no it literally makes no sense 😭 we will talk about it when they finish GOT. haha

emma.bean

Huh?? It makes complete sense for her character. That's her story, it has been hinted for so long.

Amna 🍉

Now I get why George hates fan-fiction. You can probably skip from Season 1 to 3 and not notice anything is missing.

Nikolay Nikolaev Asparuhov

yes obv dont say more, but im like please no... and if thats what they trying to say i think its a mistake... idk i gotta read reviews and listen to my post show podcasts from the book readers i really trust to see what everyone is thinking but.. i hope that isnt what they tried to do there. cause... no.

emma.bean

i like that they give us more of the fantasy stuff from the books in HOTD

mk

I love how bloodthirsty and savage Cannon is. 😂 “Now get up and chop that rats head off, dude!” “And now that she’s desperate, ‘oh Rhaenyra, oh!’ Rat!!”

Marcusinmilw

No seriously, I cried!!! their story is so heartbreaking

Lydia

NGL season 2 was disappointing. No story progression, or character progression (Daemon learned the same thing he already knew in season one). Literally filler season. There are many characters that we could learn more about, but no, we have same scenes over and over again. I think writers don't know what to do with more than half of the characters, especially Alicent. I am looking forward to the 3rd season, but this one is one of the weakest GoT seasons. Edit: adding my rating: 7.9 there are stuff I really liked, but lows are very low. Cannot believe I am going to say this, but I was not hyped every Sunday waiting for the ep to drop. And you could feel hype dying down as show progressed, at least among ppl I know.

Uros Vesic

I just want to shout out Simon Strong for being a real girls girl this season nobody is doing it like him!!!

Amna 🍉

maybe she meant alicent son's

vicc

HOTD season 1: Daemon kneeling to Rhaenyra, showing his loyalty and accepting her as heir & queen. HOTD season 2: Daemon kneeling to Rhaenyra, showing his loyalty and accepting her as heir & queen.

Amna 🍉

💯

Shadow

Dude it was incredibly dragged out, there's a value in efficient writing and this show seems to have forgotten that this season in particular

CHIEF

so where is that scene with baela screaming while riding moondancer and the actress said we would see baela wield dark sister this season

Amna 🍉

The visual storytelling of the very last two shots of the ending is marvelous. Second-to-last shot - Rhaenyra being framed as being put at the very bottom of the shot, pressed under the entire weight of her whole family history with all those scrolls detailing her lineage, representing expectation, rules, ranks, status, duty. It is something she's been fighting against her entire life to be free of. She wanted FREEDOM above all else. Completely opposite of what Alicent wanted. The very last shot - Alicent - a complete mirror shot of the previous shot of Rhaenyra. Alicent is surrounded by NOTHING but complete FREEDOM with the vast sky outstretching everywhere around her. It is a total reversal of the two main characters of Rhaenyra/Alicent from the beginning of season 1. The young duty bound, rules bound Alicent, now in a twist of fate surprisingly wanting exactly what Rhaenyra wanted all along throughout her young life. It is a beautiful moment. It took most of their lives. These two friends took such different paths for them both to finally come to the point of FINALLY being able to understand one other's perspective. Alicent finally completely understands how Rhaenyra felt when they were children, and Rhaenyra now completely understands how it felt for Alicent, being trapped under the weight of total responsibility and crushing duty. The utter reversal of their characters is so well done. It is so tragic, that now that they FINALLY understand one another, they aren't and cannot be friends anymore. And that line when Alicent says to Rhaenyra "I want to be free..." and then tells her "come with me", and Rhaenyra happily smiles as if she is fondly remembering their childhood... and says "you speak as if from a distant dream"... This moment was SUCH PEAK for me as you kids say. It's a moment of such deep regret for everything that COULD have been if things were different. But then, most people want is more dragon fighting and action. Meanwhile, for me, this paid off so much long term character build up and development that no amount of action or dragon fighting or any special effects would ever come close to touching.

Mysterious Figure

the writers really read about hugh and ulf being misogynistic and greedy rapists and decided to give one a tragic sob story and make the other comic relief... meanwhile, they cut out nettles who could've given us an insight into how life is for a lowborn woman who's also a orphan and a bastard

Amna 🍉

“in the vale, rhaena had enjoyed a life of comfort and privilege as lady jeyne’s ward. maids had brushed her hair and drawn her baths, whilst singers composed odes to her beauty, knights jousted for her favor” what we could've had

Amna 🍉

I liked what they did with Daemon's Harrenhall arc but like that could've been wrapped in 2-3 episodes, they didn't have to drag it so much

Amna 🍉

I feel like season 3 is going to be what we thought season 2 was going to be.

Amna 🍉

lol wait until the hate reviews it’ll end up a 6.5

NINJA SWORD

i feel like you're 100% right but, that's what I said going into this season so at this point imma just wait and see

Joey Brock

Son for a son? as if they didn’t already behead jaehaerys

Leo

No I won't 😂 I know better at this point💀💀

Amna 🍉

That's PhilosophyTube playing Sharako Lohar, she's a famous philosophy youtubers. I never thought they'd cast a youtuber but she was great in the role, I mean all her videos use the element of acting to make the philosophy teaching more fun and entertaining

Kim555

This is me being nice. Just stating facts. Not saying anything bad about the boys, just the quality of the recording. This is the finale of a big show. Having a standard of quality for a channel of this size is something to be expected at this point. Nothing unrealistic about that I believe for us the viewers and for them as creators. I think we can all agree on that? There has been plenty of recordings on this channel where there haven't been any audio issues like these so I am a bit confused about why this happened in the first place, but mostly about why they were even capturing the sound indirectly with the microphones catching the sound off the TV speakers. That part is a big NO.

Mysterious Figure

the build up with Daemon and Rhaenyra made that scene feel so earned I loved it

Madison

this was a GREAT episode. it didn't really feel like a finale (which honestly I'm fine with, as long as everything they've promised and set up comes true) but I can only imagine how insane season three is going to be.

Madison

while i agree that they should definitely figure out ways to improve the audio, i think there are nicer ways to say it 😂 As far as i’m aware Carter is the editor and is still trying to figure out all of the different ways to do audio and editing for their reactions. It’s a learning curve and we should give them a little grace to be able to figure out how to do everything properly. I do hope they fix the audio problem soon as well though, it can be very distracting to the reaction 😅

Jordanxo

Was that ass? I feel like that was ass

CHIEF

Azor Ahai/ TPTWP prophecy is the same thing and Dany fulfilled the Azor Ahai prophecy before we even knew about it

Nomaan

Don’t say it ur gonna get attacked

Nomaan

That dany scene basically confirmed something big but I can't spoil😭😭

Amna 🍉

That’s so vague. What castings are political??

Thicc Thanos

You would think they would send a search party for Rhaena at this point

Amna 🍉

Brig gotta remember when an episode comes out, the ratings always start high when there’s not as much voters. Gotta give it a day or 2. I think this episode at best felt like a low 9

Nonos

I was expecting more main characters to die, that means next season is about to be a blood bath 👀👀

Amna 🍉

I was really hoping to see more of Cregan Stark😭😭

Amna 🍉

This episode was PEAK

Jackson Carter

The loud distracting audio distortions start at around minute 27 and then keep going. It is really something that shouldn't be acceptable at this point on this channel boys. You guys have been here long enough and these things you really have to work through. And for you as creators, it shouldn't be an acceptable standard of quality to capture the audio by having it captured as a secondary indirect audio that the microphones are picking up from the speakers of your TV. You should really be capturing the audio directly from the source. This is simply too amateurish for your channel at this point now if we're being honest. Please seriously reconsider this. You aren't a small channel anymore. You should and CAN do better. I know and believe you can. ❤️👌

Mysterious Figure

I'd give it a 8. One of the main reasons GOT is highly rated IMO is the expert intersection of different character's storylines and the GOATed dialogue both of which have been missing in HotD on and off even from the 1st season. It lacks a 'Hound and Arya arc' or 'Pod and Brienne team-up' element that kind of rebounds the seriousness of the series. I get that the setting and character building is inevitably going to feel stale since it is so focused on the Targaryens still doesn't change the fact that it isn't as entertaining.

naopou

I guess but a lot of the scenes felt repetitive and boring and he basically did all that just to be on rhaneryas side again. Plus it feels kinda cheap that it took him seeing LITERAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE for him to actually grow and mature as a person.

Mitch

Good take. Hardhome is possibly only the 2nd battle in 5 years of the show but the show never felt like it needed more and had good reviews throughout

Agent September 🏴‍☠️

Well the next seasons are going to show you what they can do against 7 dragons. Like I said, you're obviously too young and naive to realize "I have 7 dragons" or "I have dragons" doesn't really mean as much as you think. If GRRM does something in his books, it's humbling people who think they are invincible :) And no, I don't believe you that you read the books because your comments lack quite a lot of knowledge of the events and people from the books.

Anna J

Yea I kinda agree tbh. I think people just don't like being edged with a huge cliffhanger before a 2 year wait. (understandably)

Joel

i think larys the one that got otto 👁️

davosmith1

Battles are cool and all but I think think this is a fine way to end it. If it wasn't for the 2 year wait I think it's a great finale. With it... yea the cliffhanger does leave a bit of a sour taste ngl

Joel

Yea idk why they didn't put the night king there instead, would've been cooler imo.

Joel

i’m hoping the reason this season is slower is to save that budget lol bc lord knows that need it for next season

bateman bookworm

?? Aegon? Daemon? Alicent? Cole? Corlys? Jayce? You're saying that none of these characters had any progression in their arcs this season? Ridiculous.

Joel

Really? Except for the lannister triarchy stuff I feel like they needed more episodes, not less.

Joel

What are you on about lol. Both HotD seasons are for sure better than the last 4 GoT seasons

Joel

How is that spoilers? We might not see one again. It might not even be one Harrenhal is trippy lol. It’s like saying the white walkers are the ones with the blue eyes and white hair. And I did even go into detail on them. Daemon never saw them in the book either.

Shadow

That would be amazing but they would never

Joel

Yea it’s all patience, can’t spend the budget all on 1 season yk, when it comes weee eaaat guys.

Tuckerah13

Unfortunately I think that comes down too budget, like they spent most of the budget on EP4 and 7 for the dragons, think about all the money evenly distributed everywhere on that show, has too be diabolical, I’m just glad that in 2024 like they said it’s a gem in comparison to new shows, season 3 will be insane if you really know what’s coming, Great setup for it, sucks ik…

Tuckerah13

Dunk and Egg next year then back to HOTD. Hopefully they retcon GOT S6 onwards with this. They have the potential to write their wrongs (🥁) and make that just a possible future that the three eyed raven saw.

Jigga Man

am i the only one for whome the audio is messed up after like 29min?

Marcus

I expect an apology from each and every person in here, to include each person from @studiogek. You think I’m here to hate on them? On the contrary I’m the only person here who has been commenting to let them know they’re putting out sub-par content. While everyone else mindlessly commenting nonsense, I’m actually courageous enough to call them out for it.

Ryan Ry

legit

Jacob Goldsmith

Yooo cannon at 21:34 bahaha 😤

Darkstar

guess allicent doesnt succeed then

Jacob Goldsmith

had a couple over hollywoody scenes in my opinion

Jacob Goldsmith

Aegon looks like the that one dog chimera ant from hxh that was scared bald

Nivek

Really well made and produced German Netflix show, can’t say too much without spoiling but it’s a really great reaction show as well… Mystery/Thriller/Drama type show

Frosty

good season shitty finale

Jacob Goldsmith

tf is he a knight of the seven

Jacob Goldsmith

dark??

Jacob Goldsmith

comparing this final ep to got final ep tbh still gotta give it to hotd even tho i didnt enjoy most the ep it felt corny

Jacob Goldsmith

spoilers

Jacob Goldsmith

ngl totally disagree

Jacob Goldsmith

ong after the war he needs to be dealt with cause that twing in his eye was mad suspicious

Jacob Goldsmith

not kosher or halal

Jacob Goldsmith

the finale esp

Jacob Goldsmith

or at least this ep

Jacob Goldsmith

some scenes felt to holywoody tbh

Jacob Goldsmith

not even casual i was loving this season and last weeks ep was fire i think but as a finale this ep was a total fail in my opinion for a GOT level show

Jacob Goldsmith

well she can't warg

Reeker

"less control"

Reeker

Helena is a dragon dreamer like Denys who saw the doom of Valyria, saving house Targaryen velaryon scales and celtigarr? I think. she's like bran but less control

Reeker

Soooooo we don't even get to see rhaena claim the dragon this season...

Amna 🍉

I feel like they were tryna imply it. She fits more of the prophecy than anyone. And I felt the point of the vision was to show the long night, the death of the dragons, and then the believed return of azor ahai/prince that was promised alongside red comet and the dragons they would awake. And they also directly tied it aegons dream and what Viserys was saying about it with dialogue. They were doing a lot to invoke the ptwp. Could others play a role or fill other parts of the prophecy… yes. Just not seen really in the books yet or what geks have seen in so far in got. Like stannis has the flaming sword the “prince” has and the dragon blood but he never awoke dragons. Grrm makes its hard to understand or piece together on purpose. Kinda like what u said about Dany being the “targ” aspect of it. Some believe it could be actually be 3 whole people in the books. It’s hard tho cuz yea book ≠ show cannon. Even the cannon between shows isn’t 100% so🤷🏼‍♂️

Shadow

This finale was ok. But it felt like a trailer for season 3…. I wanted some sort of action.

DCorvs

Duuuuh that's what the show is about. I read the books. So nice try thinking you got me there Both of my comments were clearly what if situations. Or did you miss all that. And you see how the guy on Rhaenrya's side tucked tail and ran when he seen Daemon choosing Rhaenrya? I never said it was only 2 houses for Aegon I said 2 of the biggest And where is Old town and the Lannisters the biggest houses in this?? The Lannisters are the second richest houses and still had to go get pirate's because they are outnumbered. My point still stands if They all were a United front what could Otto and Tyland Lannister do? Like think really hard about this.... 7 dragons...... Aegon the conqueror had 3 on his side and took the whole realm. Now what are these opposing houses gonna do with a family with 7 dragons. Let's make it 9 with Baby Aegon's and Viserys dragons too when they grow up. If they openly rebelled or plotted and were found out. What could they do against 7 dragons...? This is my whole point but you seem to not understand that these people have no way to combat 7 dragons....

Ana

Alicent and her father started all this shit and now she wants to back out. Nah all your children have to die now.

JJ

My problem with this season is that they don’t include stuff that would add more action to the season. Like why not show aemond burn that village? But instead we see a mud fight 😭

Jv1300

I don't know if you're a kid that has no idea yet what the real world is like, or you're an adult that lives in such a fantasy that even this fantasy show is too hard for you to grasp, but you're gonna have a bitter disappointment in both how this show ends and what the real life is like. Alicent had no reason to "raise her kids with love for Rhaenyra" because all Rhaenyra showed in most of s01 is irresponsibility, lies and complete animosity to her half-siblings. Even if Aegon bent the knee, she would still face threat of assassination and treason from people who would back Aegon, you can literally see in this episode a member of HER OWN counsel trying to plot with Daemon to overthrow her. And that is AFTER the war started and sides have been divided. Also, no need to make shit up, a quick google can show you the list of houses that are on Green side, but nevertheless house Lannister and Hightower are the most powerful houses in Westeros and them on your side is not "just" 2 houses. This show isn't actually about dragons and pretty silver haired people, it's about social constructs and the cost of pride and hunger for power. The whole point of this show is to show us how Targaryens destroyed themselves, weakened their house and led dragons to extinction. Which then later leads to events of GoT and shows they aren't worth much without their dragons.

Anna J

That shook me! Makes me wonder who she’s talking to all the other times she’s saying seemingly random stuff out loud.

ShanB

AND NOW OUR WATCH BEGINS

Robert I Baratheon

Heard they were making 5 seasons but im not sure if its confirmed or just a rumour

Robert I Baratheon

Ella May

hyped for all to come in season 3, I think this finale is a two year lob and we will see the greatest alley oop in cinema gek history. I loved seeing Brynden Rivers he's a goat of the verse. I loved giving Tyland more screen time. Hes a legend in my opinion. This episode is a disappointing finale sure but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Now we wait for a knight of the seven kingdoms and the 6 other shows they have in development. Picture you're playing gta 6 and watching the doom of valyria anime(hypothetical)

Zechree

big dawg Addam🔥

JJ

Rhaenrya was still a child when Aegon was born. Teenage angst. She been grew out of it. If she really wanted to kill them she could of been killed them. But Rhaenrya wanted peace til this episode. Half is not on Aegon's side. Most of the realm is for Rhaenrya. Aegon's biggest supporter is old town which is his blood. Again if they grew up and loved each other they would have no opposition to match them. The Lannisters and the ones yelling for Aegon would be burned. That is the point I am trying to make. If Aegon and Rhaenrya loved each other who is fighting against them when they would have 7 dragons? Also with Daemon on their side. Who would have the power to take them down? They would all bend the knee and be mad behind their walls. Because they would have no other choice. Also I definitely watch the show. Let's see who is backing Rhaenrya The north (The biggest land in westoros) The riverlands(key to winning most wars) also have the freys The Valeryons the richest and biggest fleet. The vale Let's see who Aegon has that are the biggest Old town and the Lannisters. Half the Realm is for Aegon yet they had to cross the sea to get help from pirates??

Ana

What show were you watching girl? 😂 The lords started plotting to place Aegon as soon as he was born, you can see it in the episode of his nameday in s01. Then when Viserys died, the council revealed to Alicent they plotted to place Aegon long before Viserys' death. Rhaenys told Rhaenyra "sooner than later, your father will remarry and have a son, and the realm will expect him to be the king, not you". If they got along perfectly, it still wouldn't matter because in this world men are kings, not women. Rhaenys was a perfect queen and they still chose Viserys over her just because she's a woman. Also, it's so funny you blame Alicent, when Rhaenyra despised Aegon since his birth and made all that drama in s01 how he's going to replace her and how everyone's there for him, not her lol. You seem to need to rewatch season 1. And what stupid argument is "what is half the realm against dragons"? You think burning half the realm to prove something is a good thing, what would be left of the realm? Targaryens to starve along with their dragons? Who provides food for both? Such a shallow mindset you have.

Anna J

Don't think they showed prince that was promised at all in the vision, just the threat that's coming and Targaryens that will have a part in the war (three eyed raven is a Targaryen btw). You have to remember HOTD's cannon is books, not the show, so they showed in the vision only things that happened already in the books. No point in spoiling the upcoming books for a silly vision in a prequel show.

Anna J

I don't understand why people had a problem with the Harrenhal storyline with Daemon, he went through a whole change of character because of his conversations with Alice, his weirwood visions and the river houses' conflicts. Just because he's not warring like Criston and Gwayne the whole season doesn't mean its unenjoyable, we got to see him reflect on his past with Rhaenyra and Viserys, and how he was chasing the unrealistic glory of the crown rather than being a ruler burdened with handling the politics of the realm. I personally enjoyed it, because now there's an entire other layer of depth to his character and it'll make it all the more impactful whenever we see him do things later on.

dy

Not even close. GoT had these slow episodes as well, but they were still interesting because of legendary dialogues and scheming. You would still feel like you're on a cliffhanger at the end of each episode because interesting things happened all the time, even when there were no battles. HOTD is quite boring and that is why people look forward so much to battles because it's the only interesting thing in this show.

Anna J

But what if Alicent raised her sons to actually have love for Rhaenrya ? And them loving their sister would of supported her claim? The "half" the realm being for Aegon would not matter because he would still support Rhanerya ? And what power would this "Half" of the realm have against a fully United Targeryan family with dragons? Oh right.... none. So Otto and what he said was still wrong. The realm would be at peace and a family wouldn't be at war Only reason Rhaenrya has to kill him now is because he was openly against her and usurped her

Ana

Thanks god that’s over, hopefully we go back to more GoT now

Euphemia Isobel

Ya'll can say what you want, but that conversation between Rhaenyra and Alicent just proves Otto was right in season 1. No matter what, Rhaenyra would be forced to kill Alicent's sons to strenghten her claim to the Throne. Even if Alicent and Otto didn't place Aegon on the Throne, war would happen anyway because half the realm supported Aegon as heir the moment he was born. Too little people seem to understand the war was meant to happen as soon as Viserys remarried and had a son, Rhaenys said it herself in season 1. So that's why I don't side with either teams, both are right. Rhaenyra was chosen as heir, but because of it Viserys also doomed his sons to death.

Anna J

Pretty much.

GreetswithJudgement

In the books Daario from GOT has blue hair and a blue beard, its common for Tyroshi to dye their hair and facial hair

BloodyBen

Ruined allicent

Mobcujoh

That's so interesting. I, honestly, thought it was just a political statement, first with the trans man, then with the blue hair lmao. maybe im the only one

Steve

7.9. might sound harsh, but several factors hold it back for me. First off, the fighting, the combat, is truly bad for me. Even the little mud fight in this episode. We live a post- UFC world, you can't just do these crappy little fight scenes, I'm sorry. They cook with the dragon scenes and the human scenes are cooked. Also, I've had an issue with a couple scenes this season. 1, the one where Rhaenyra kissed Misande. That was a terrible scene, kissing a girl after she confesses that she was raped by her father and impregnated, i mean, you gotta draw a line somewhere. 2, the scene where Rhaenyra walks among all the bastard Targaryons, I was just thinking how foolish that was to me. She could have been assassinated in that second, and it would have been her own fault. Due to the post-episode-director speeches, I found out that both those scene came from the actress of Rhaenyra as an improv. That's why they made no sense, actually. I hate to be too harsh, but those things literally had me SMH. Last thing, this season is like season 3 of The Boys where you literally end in the same exact place that we began the season. And honestly, Season 3 of the Boys had Soldier Boy, and that was probably a stronger season than this. trust me, i don't want to compliment the boys after season 4

Steve

Seeing Dany and her dragons fresh out of the fire was epic

Nomaan

Fair tbh

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for me, GOT prevails... but that could absolutely be bias because i watched GOT first and it holds such a special place in my heart. i think HOTD could have the most goated final 2 seasons and i would still put GOT above it at the end. its just that show for me.

emma.bean

Honestly if there was going to be an episode 9 or 10, then this episode would be a 10/10. But since there’s not going to be, it’s a solid 4/10, maybe 5 on a good day (which today wasn’t).

Chris Sanford

yall have been addicted to goldfish lately and it's got me craving them for the first time since childhood

Aeris

This finale did exactly what a finale is supposed to do, wrap up story lines that were playing out this season (yes, even if some of the storylines were mid), and get people excited for the next chapter. 2026 cannot come soon enough

Mel

If you scroll a little down there’s already a discussion, but my guess would be summer 2026

vally

But to spread some positivity: next year we’re getting Dunk & Egg!! And I’m very excited to see this show! The novellas are one of my favorite stories of GRRM.

vally

I hate this so much. How long do we have to wait now?

LuvStarburst

I thought this was a fantastic episode of GOT/HOTD but a terrible finale.. I kept checking the video timer hoping against hope that we could squeeze a battle into the limited time remaining. At some point during production they were forced to go from 10 to 8 episodes and it shows because this feels like an episode 7-8 not a finale.

Agent September 🏴‍☠️

most mid season

Brian kelly

Daemon seeing those visions in the tree lowkey spoiled a LOT of what happens during and after the Dance of the Dragons as well as Helaena's dragon dreams. As Daemon saw in the tree, he saw his own death (not a spoiler as it is literally in this episode), saw Rhaenyra on the Iron Throne...and Helaena saw the death of Aemond as well as Aegon sitting on a "wooden throne", suggesting that he does not die even after Rhaenyra supposedly sacks King's Landing It's funny how both Daemon and Helaena saw their respective party's leader on a throne...but as discussed before only one of the lineages (either Aegon or Rhaenyra) will go on to be the ancestor of every future Targaryen that comes after, including Danaerys Targaryen. I guess we will have to wait to see what happens but depending on how many episodes Season 3 contains and how far into Fire & Blood they want to go...I am not even sure they'll be able to finish in 3 seasons. It may need one more if they decide to direct the aftermath of the war as well

Monte

I agree. I think they are really close through the first 2 seasons

Shadow

Can’t wait for the traditional end of the year rankings for the Geks. Like to see where these shows stack up. Also just a friendly reminder that the year is almost over. How time flies like a bird taking shits over our sweet delicate heads.

GreetswithJudgement

Best part of this episode is Helaena talking to Daemon through the weirwood tree

Tyler Sick

Sara Hess specifically. Ruined the show

Scinaps

Traditionally GoT always aired between April and June if I remember correctly. But it also aired every year. With the amount of CGI in HotD and the fact that they announced season 3 only two months ago my guess would be august 2026.

vally

Oh I’m ready for what’s to come!

pineapplegreg

For letting us sleep through the season?

Leo

no]

emma.bean

great season

Alex

This is why Hotd>got

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@Ayaulym I promise you it's not that deep and mostly a joke. Or we're not allowed to have fun here?

Ana

i wish miguel sapochnik stayed on.. i liked this season a lot, BUT miguel was responsible for some of the best GOT episodes and i think gave season 1 HOTD the edge maybe?? idk.. very interesting thinking what this show would be if he stayed on.

emma.bean

Guessing it will take a little less. Not a full 2 years. 2026 still tho

Shadow

Girlll… Don’t get me wrong I generally enjoy shipping but read the room, this is so out of place. You can have those discussions on tumblr or tiktok.

Ayaulym🇰🇿

I’m sure u posting multiple spoilers doesn’t help them with that 👍

Shadow

Shit season

Sibra

Do we know for sure that next season will take 2 years?

Tyler Sick

Listen I have nothing against a slow burn show BUT not if it takes 2 years to make ONE season with 8 episodes!!! At this pace I’ll be 30/32 till this show ends 😫

vally

7/10 It was a decent build-up season but I didn't like the slower-paced storylines that dragged on too much—plus there were a lot of very forgettable episodes.

Ben U

am i the only person that thought the white walker looked a little corny compared to GOT? i know that seems crazy because i think a lot of ppl took offense to the walkers in GOT and effects have come a long way since then.. but when i saw him i literally had to pause, rewind and contemplate. my end thought was i hated him

emma.bean

@Emma bean. I can't stop once the ship starts. It's here now lol its in me 😩😂 But I agree

Ana

nah. he relates on a level of basic human understanding and relatability. we need to stop shipping every meaningful relationship romantically. there are other intersting relationship dynamics. I was so glad they didnt go further with Rhaenyra and Mysairia.

emma.bean

Me and my friends all groaned when they started showing everyone at the end because we knew it was over 😭

Thina

Think they were gonna make 3 season of 10 episodes, but now it is 4 seasons. However i can tell you next 2 seasons should be battle after battle after battle a lot of good stuff

Oliver

@StudioGek Around 28 min mark, but it was fine, it’s not that big of a deal

Bambina

We might be overeating next season lol

TheSauceGuy

8.3 but I can go lower if I’m being a prick.

GreetswithJudgement

No one cares about them eating during a reaction except you.

Thina

Do you enjoy hating on them under almost every upload? Yet you still pay and watch. Weird

Bambina

This season was good. But it's like someone else said: we ended season 1 preparing for war, and we're ending season 2 preparing. I know we've had multiple battles this season but this constant buildup is kinda annoying to me personally. I think the problem is that we're missing 2 episodes. Because this episode doesn't feel like a finale at all. It's like what Jack said, it feels like the episode before a finale. But the vision scene, Helaena's scenes, and finally seeing Sheepstealer and Tessarion was really cool as well as my fave parts. I'm not excited for this 2 year wait 😭

Thina

AND THE DARKNESS GATHERS, AZOR AHAI SHALL BE BORN AGAIN AMIDST SMOKE AND SALT TO WAKE DRAGONS OUT OF STONE

Nomaan

This season was decent for me. The production and acting were fantastic—great shots, super clean CGI, and the actors did an amazing job. The sets and costumes looked really cool. However, it did drag a bit. It started strong, but the latter half felt unnecessarily slow, even though there were some cool moments sprinkled in. It ended with a nice setup for what I hope will be an insane season 3. I'd give it a 7.5 out of 10.

Enma

Which three characters are you guys most excited to see in action next season (with or without book knowledge)? I'd say mine are Aegon, Daeron, and Ulf.

TheSauceGuy

writing this in line at in n out, but here are a few of my thoughts before i watch the reaction absolutely loved the rhae and daemon scene, well performed and very touching to me baela and jace are literally the cutest and everytime baela speaks to someone, she cooks them in best way. she’s my goat, love her wasn’t a fan of the tyland scenes, i like what they did for the world but i don’t think those scenes had any place in a finale conflicted abt the alicent and rhae scene. more on that later if i remember loved loved LOVED the corlys/alan convo. so well acted and so heartbreaking and so real too. obv being a bastard doesn’t mean what it does in the real world as it does in the show, but it definitely has a big effect on the development of the child in question, especially for young men i’d give this season as a whole a 7.9 to a 8.2 but i would probably have given it a high 8 or 9 if it was 10 episodes. i really enjoyed this ep but it just didn’t feel like a finale to me. i do think that saying this is the worst season of asoiaf is ridiculous, but hey, different strokes. also this show continues to be visually stunning, i will never stop giving them their flowers for that

alexis ♡︎

Is there a beep sound starting from the middle of the video

‎

What an horrible season

Leo

I wonder if this season was originally supposed to be a 10 episode season like the first season. Like many have said it doesn’t feel like a season finale. I loved finally seeing Sheepstealer and Tessarion on screen! I still really want to see Dreamfyre out of the Dragon Pit and flying!

pineapplegreg

lmao rhaenyra saying we need to attack the lannisport and old town armies……..baela: “kill innocents?!” like what lol, i swear these writers are missing the plot and trying to make this something it isn’t

bateman bookworm

i hope they stretch that to tragedy at summerhall

redpgps345

feel like im the only that liked it better than hotd season 1 🤷‍♂️

redpgps345

i thought it was my bluetooth messing up cuss im sweating riding my bike 😆

redpgps345

Season 3 is gonna be insane, but I am not looking forward to this wait lol. On the plus side, season 1 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms should be released next year for you guys to watch until then.

TheSauceGuy

probably a head check

redpgps345

That Daemon weirwood vision was one of my favorite scenes in either show, absolute chills. Bloodraven sighting, hype!!!

Hunter Snider

Idk how to feel about this episode, in isolation I think it was a really good episode, but it didn't really feel like a finale

darist

got was different than asoiaf why are ppl expecting hotd to be any different 🤷‍♂️

redpgps345

Now that we are done with HOTD, can we please please please get an extra day of GOT on the weekly schedule? 😭😭😭😭

Mason Schutz

Where's the other uploads? Are you guys okay? Hope everything is fine

Jsjdifjfjfjrjkeowkhdhf

honestly the audio started to get crackly after brig set the solo cup down next to the mic at 21:17 suddenly it just corrected at 37:49 ish. not tryna blame brig at all 😂 i honestly tried to figure out what was causing it but cant see why it really went wonky or why it got better randomly. just for your info, those the timestamps.

emma.bean

"blue hair what the freak?" and that's why they didn't include it in got smh

redpgps345

Listen. These are adult men. They don’t need you white knighting them. Also they’ve been doing this for over a year. They should know better. Literally no other YouTube reactor eats while recording content. Be professional. Noises are around 25-30 minute mark.

Ryan Ry

The “fanficy” parts (I’m gonna steal that) were like half the season sadly

Sam

Stop crying ry

poe

This season was disappointing, especially considering how it took 2 years to make and how different are the books in terms of quality of plot. Damon’s story arc was probably the most upsetting one And don’t even get me started on Rhaenyra vs Alicent . Both of them need a bit of Cersei or Daenerys in them. I can count on one hand where they ACTUALLY made decisions and moved the plot (not moved by the plot that other characters started). Some of the character interactions were very “fanficy”. Like they were made to get reaction out of viewers instead having a significance in plot. The whole season was very slow overall. I wouldn’t fault anyone who likes it, I can see why. Just not for me. Especially during the GOT rewatch it made me see the show’s faults even more.

Ayaulym🇰🇿

Lyman Beesbury family is my guess. The did mentioned earlier in the season that his family were wanting answers for his disappearance

pineapplegreg

She probably hasn’t had any water in a few days

pineapplegreg

Death of Stalin is a criminally underrated movie

Sam

Like random political / casting things that aren’t really congruous with the plot / characters in the show

Sam

Why did Rhaena drink that water that fast omg

Tyler Sick

Ohhh, with that POV I see where you’re coming from.

Mason Schutz

Do y'all think Larys has feelings for Aegon? Idk I just get that vibe And why do I kind of ship it? I may need my head checked 😩

Ana

Hopefully not a full 2 years. They starting filming earlier then expected so fingers crossed. But there will be so much production needed for next season💀

Shadow

I'm sure they got spoiled about almost everything (as per what cannon was saying in last GOT reaction). But for you and other petreons happiness I deleted the comment.

Leo

Overall this was a really good season. Only one episode i didn't enjoy. The dance is truly starting now. The set up for season 3 is amazing. Season 3 is gonna be the best season. I can't wait 2 years is so long but I can understand with everything that's coming they need this time to perfect it. My standouts this season Rhaenrya Aegon Baela Jace Tyland from this episode he won me over a little 😂 Also I already know HoTD is not touching GoT. But it's amazing for what it is. I feel like HoTD brings out more rage emotions though

Ana

the crazy dream sequence reminds of that one AoT post-credit lol

Thomas Strunk

Can someone drop timestamps because obviously we don't want this to happen again

Studio Geck

I think it might be one of the riverlands houses but who knows🤷🏼‍♂️ not in the book so it will be a surprise

Shadow

The serious question here is, who the hell has Otto locked up?!?!

Bri-Ana Monique

Btw, the face of the weirwood in this episode is George RR Martin's face lol. Oh, looks like Jack mentioned it, but it's only this tree iirc.

TheSauceGuy

Did yall see the 6 second tease of the Knights of the Seven Kingdoms show? Its based off of 4 generations after house of the dragon. And comes out next year. A nice buffer show while we wait for season 3.

jblakk

What does shoehorned agendas mean???

Thicc Thanos

L

Ana

Jack, in the books Daario dyes his hair blue (and that golden stache) like the guys in this episode. Many of the series' more colorful aspects are taken out of the show lol.

TheSauceGuy

Me too!!! Grrm also loves her and said she is one of his fav from the show. Likes her more then her book counterpart

Shadow

If the Dunk and Egg show premiers before next season I’ll be alright

Joe Mama

i love what they have done with Helaena.. i think she is one of the most interesting characters in the show. I wish we got a bit more of her tbh.

emma.bean

i dont entirely disagree this season was a little bit frustrating.. definitely a set up season and a slow burn.. that being said, in the end, i did love it still. i mean i could watch endless filler episodes just to be in this world for a little longer. and i do think next season is about to pop all the way off. idk if you watch the after the episode snippets but someone said this season is like the plantings and beginnings of a medieval war and next season is the full on war.

emma.bean

Helaena isn’t a known dreamer in the books but there’s not a lot about her tho. but I’m very glad they added it as their was a serve lack of magic and fantasy elements in GOT. Same with Aegons dream. I love that grrm told them that

Shadow

booo ryan ry

emma.bean

id have to go back and watch season 1 predictions to see if they picked up on it all.. but in case they did not.. in season 1 when Alicent is reprimanding young Aemond for going to the dragon pit and she says "you will have a dragon" helaena says "he'll have to close an eye" prophesying his eye being cut out. then there's the whole "beast beneath the boards" prophesying Rhaenys dragon pit scene. The "im afraid. not the dragons... the rats" prophesying the death of her son. *fun fact someone pointed out in that scene when she tells aegon she is afraid, she is embroidering something and theory is shes making her sons funeral shroud because she knows his death is coming which is tragic but such a good foreshadowing detail if its true. it matches the item she gives Alicent in the next episode when she says "this is for my boy"

emma.bean

Sheepstealer looks amazing. Those wings are so cool

Shadow

Great season, best show of the season easily, and the blood in my ears was a nice touch 10/10.

Huewi

you could’ve been so much more courteous and respectful with this. it’s true your paying them for this content, but it’s not like they’re purposefully doing it to screw with you and make it not worth your money. there’s a much more respectful way to go about something than to full on say that they don’t care. also it’s not just about us, the people who watch their reaction, but it’s also their time to watch a show, have fun, and enjoy themselves. don’t be a jerk. to call this unwatchable is laughable at best because it didn’t bother me one bit. i think it’s just you.

Seth Aasland

them being shocked by Helaena's conversation with Aemond is confusing since she has been clearly prophetic throughout the season 1 & 2.. i thought they had picked up on it along the way but maybe not? 😂 book readers correct me if im wrong (without spoiling obv) but isnt she a dreamer? isnt it like some targs have the power of prophecy which is why Viserys placed so much value on the dream of his son, and why Aegon's dream of the song of ice and fire was added to the show?

emma.bean

I'm thinking of continuity with GoT where Jamie reads an entry for Cole as being one of the most noble knights... having a scene like that in the open puts that rep at risk hence I have a problem with this episodes writing And I personally think small folk will give 0 f's the more hunger and poverty play a role they're gonna get desperate

Scinaps

back to 3 eps GOT and starting DARK 🥴🥴🥴

Frosty

The pacing of this was ridiculous. Honestly, the pacing of the whole season was a bit all over the place. I'm really hoping the next two season will recapture the pacing and dialogue of seasons 1,2,3, and 4 of GOT. I doubt it though. The early seasons of GOT are like 90% George's writing. And he wrote Fire & Blood to be more of a history book rather than an actual story.

Lexi Browning

Back to 3 eps of GoT weekly hopefully🤞

Scinaps

When you realise Simon Strong actor played Beriya in Death of Stalin his personality makes so much sense lmao

Scinaps

They planned to have another until HBO said no and didn’t give them leave for 10 episodes or the money too. And u had the writer strike right before this season. They had their hands tied with 8 episodes and limited editing

Shadow

Unwatchable. Terrible audio. This is the best GEKs could do? I guess since they got more popular, putting out quality content isn't a priority any longer. All I hear is scratching noises, in between people chewing and eating, Lord of the Sus @Brig slamming the cup right next to the mic.

Ryan Ry

And we’ve seen how easily they can be killed if they are a threat to the King. A good example is killing of all of the ratcatchers and the display of their bodies to the rest of the small folk. Honestly, I would be afraid to say anything even if I did hear what they were talking about. Revealing something that damning about the king’s mother and the hand of the king of all people is likely be suicide for that person lol. Especially given how it’s revealed that many of the Kings guard aren’t celibate to begin with.

Mason Schutz

thisssssss is a stretch

Seth Aasland

is something else going to be replacing hotd in the rotation?

Frosty

This season suffered from no one having an actual character arc. There's nothing but the overarching narrative motivating anything.

Noah

They destroyed Alicen't character ,at this point she herself kills Aegon.

Adam Dark

My mind...

Lux Omnia Vincit

There’s so much story left they could have given us one of the battles to leave the season off with and still had plenty for two more seasons.

Darrell Henry

Yeah as soon as I posted I thought of S8 but ill let the Geks decide on that one

Sean Johnson

The sets were great, actors are great, CGI is great - I know they have good narrative content to work with from George, but HOTD dropped the ball with this season, - it is very 1 dimensional writing, the sub-plots make no sense (Queens visiting each other is trash and unbelievable). A lof of plots are started and finished within one episode, there is no depth or intrigue or planting of seeds that come to fruition later intelligently, the worst is when an actor is forced to act out of character to further a plot-line which just makes it unbelievable for the viewer

Sean Johnson

I think it had massive pacing issues and clearly some shoe-horned in agendas from actors. But season 8 of GoT is much worse lol

Sam

No, I'm talking about this causing rumors which would make their way to the small folk. We've seen how important smallfolk become this season....

Scinaps

Unfortunately, this entire season could / should have been done in 5-6 episodes. It just felt like they were trying to fill too much air time because they want to milk this thing for an extra season.

Sam

100% this was the worst season out of HOTD and GOT

Sean Johnson

Gwayne is quite literally part of one of most influential noble houses in Westeros. Lol. The dude’s a Hightower and his sister is the queen dowager. Do you really think they would stand up to someone who can get you executed or assassinated? 😭 The Hightowers are known for their wealth, power, and their seat at Oldtown, one of the largest and oldest cities in the Seven Kingdoms. No one would dare throw away their lives to play white knight for Criston Cole of all people. LMFAO

Mason Schutz

I think it was well-written…. mostly. Then there’s literally every scene with Lannister and the Triarchy. Every single one of those was filler-level trash lol

Sam

This wait is gonna kill me fml

Mason Schutz

That figure with the antlered head by the weirwood in the scene with daemon and alys was a Green Man btw

Shadow

The digitized audio effect on this one was a nice touch!

Thicc Thanos

the mic was dying on this episode

Kite

What a completely goated episode

Jake

Why would Gwayne openly confront Cole infront of his men? And accuse him of sleeping with his sister - if anyone heard that information it looks bad for his house. Horrible writing...

Scinaps

All Daemon and Helena scenes were sick af tho

Clegane (GOT Season 1-8 enjoyer)

love the lighting of this reaction 💓

Bellaa

Ulf really was bugging if i was Rhaenyra i would’ve considered feeding him to Syrax

Seth Aasland

I see it 😂

Ana

Hey the audio is a little messed up it the middle around 30:36 and a bit before and after. :)

Alan

???

Nash

Gwayne reminds me of Rickety Cricket from Always Sunny when he was still in the clergy for whatever reason lol

Joe Mama

Buckle your seatbelts🫡

Shadow

Was the episode well-written... Yes. Was the episode well-made... Yes. Is the episode season finale quality... Absolutely the fuck not. If there were 2 more episodes, fine, we're looking good. But they gave us a trailer to season 3.

Clegane (GOT Season 1-8 enjoyer)

I am so damn satisfied with how this season ended. It’s been quite some time since I read Fire & Blood, but if memory serves, next season is going to be absolute insanity off rip. LMAO

Mason Schutz

Caraxes a pork guy😂😂

Shadow

It’s been 4 seasons. Grrm said so awhile ago. And HBO forced the 8 episodes. Which sucks. 2 more woulda felt amazing and went a longgg way

Shadow

Incorrect. Season 1 set up the REASON for a war, while Season 2 concluded the PREPARATION for it.

Mason Schutz

Yea GOT wasnot usually one of those shows that focused on the final episode. They often just let the story play out. And climax where needed. I was just saying the first few seasons of GOT really didn’t many battles at all and are still loved almost unanimously. Like season 2 has blackwater and deals with the fall out of season 1 ending

Shadow

This season was a bit of a let down

ShhImANightmare

Everyone on my couch collectively screamed when the credits started rolling 😭 such a tease!

Carrie

For me this episode feels completely off. A lot like season 1 ep 9 with the dragon pit incident... oh wait same writer... makes sense

Scinaps

Yes exactly. It’s so nice. GOT shorted us on a lot and HOTD is restricted by that but they do a lot of things that make grrm/ASOIAF lovers feel the fantasy the first show hid

Shadow

They wanted to drag it out to 4 seasons

Scinaps

Horrible casting choice for Lohar sorry not sorry

Scinaps

Except we got the battle at the end of season 2. I’m afraid there might be a backlash among the casual fans for how slow this season was without a big payoff.

Darrell Henry

In all fairness the end of season 1 was the start and season 2 was the preparation with some action. 2 more episodes would have been a good pay off tho.

Shadow

This should have been a 10 episode season. They could have given us the battle to actually end the season.

Darrell Henry

And so the 2 year wait begins…. 😭😭😭

Fujiie

WHEN THE RED STAR BLEEDS 🦅🦅🔥🔥🔥

Lexi Mae

Peak

Ana

This is why I appreciate HoTD so much. Like they are not shying away from the fantasy of the show. They are fixing things that happened with GoT through this show. And I love it.

Ana

Daemon going and touching that weirwood(grrm’s face fun fact) and seeing the long night and “prince” that was promised Felt like something I’d read in(show runners confined it that the scene isn’t meant to confirm the ptwp prophecy)ASOIAF. I mean we got to see a freaking greenman

Shadow

It’s okay you only have to wait 2 years for more 🙂

Brady

IT’S TIME

Thicc Thanos

was hoping to see Dreamfyre, Daeron, and more of Tessarion this episode 🥲 it’s okay i’m fine waiting 2 million years

Seth Aasland

S1 finale: Preparing for the war S2 finale: Preparing for the war

Brady

These 8 episodes seasons are killing me. I need MORE!

Joe Mama

Dany haters crying right now 🤭🤭

Ana

and the Geks are ALIVE!!!

Philbo

No fr. I was like waittt is that Dario😂

Shadow

Amazing episode. Only complaint is Rhaena like where are the kids??? Love how they tried to make up with the Daario fans giving us some blue haired Tyroshi men 😩

Ana

When Dany was shown in the screen, I SCREAMED!!!! 😭

spacejamjam

Dunk and egg will give u a brief relieve

Shadow

Im supposed to go to bed🫠

Jed

You’re WHAT!

Jed

Sufficiently edged rn

Cannon Andrus

LETS GO

Lexi Mae

YUSSSSS

Melizé

I enjoyed the f out of this season. And would donate a kidney to have the last 2 episodes not be dropped for this season. Would have felt like a better end cap. Got to see the preparation and beginning strikes of war. Shit bout to go down tho. The pieces are ready. This felt a lottttt like season 2 of GOT. Can’t wait for season 3. 8.8/10 for me - need a rewatch And stone me but I loved daemons arc this season. Magic fed me. And Last season he swore to Rhaenyra but he was still the same dude that did all the “rogue” stuff and further disproved her trust this season. Second son syndrome. Now he had to face his flaws and it appears we actually have a changed daemon kneeling this season. Complete support not undermined by himself

Shadow

Geks make a fiery return

Shadow

I loveee HOTD

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