[0:00] Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers Show. 
I'm your host, Paul. In this video,  
[0:03] we're breaking down House of the 
Dragon and wrestling with this wig.
[0:11] We are back with episode two, which deals 
with a lot of major things. It focuses on  
[0:16] the aftermath of the Battle of the Gullet, Aean 
storming Harrenhal, Reneer taking King's Landing,  
[0:20] and leaving a wake of blood behind her. Now, 
though I was a bit sour on last week's episode,  
[0:25] I actually felt this one felt like we were back 
to where the show used to be at. does take a  
[0:29] lot of creative liberties with the book, but I 
enjoyed them far more than the changes last week.  
[0:34] Throughout this video, we're going to be pointing 
all them out, discussing the big big Easter eggs,  
[0:38] reveals, and basically just going through the 
episode. So, come with us as we break down  
[0:43] the entry and talk about everything within it. 
Dead so that I may sit upon a throne of swords.  
[0:51] Will you let them die in vain? As always, we open 
with the tapestry that shows the entire history of  
[0:55] the Targaryenss up until now. If you don't skip 
the credits, then you'll see that there's now  
[0:59] some brand new additions which show the events of 
last week. Firstly, we have Lowa fighting against  
[1:04] Corus Valyrian and then transition to the death of 
Jaceris. We then open on a similar shot to where  
[1:09] we ended things with his body floating in the 
water. The fire burns overhead and a body then  
[1:14] sinks down past the camera before we transition 
to the surface. It's such a poetic moment and the  
[1:19] incredible string arrangements really elevate 
the next few shots. As the sailors burn,  
[1:23] we have the dragon riders desperately searching 
for Jayce's body, which is then returned to  
[1:27] Dragonstoneone. He then gets the Spider-Man 2 on 
the train treatment as the dragon handlers carry  
[1:32] him in. It does add quite a lot. Um, and the 
book is actually quite light on these details,  
[1:36] but it does say the Valyrian fleet lost almost a 
third of its strength. Thousands died. Yet, none  
[1:42] of these losses were felt so deeply as Z of Jerus 
Valyrian, prince of Dragonstone and heir to the  
[1:47] Iron Throne. It's crushing scene as he's carried 
in. And I really wish season 2 had last week's  
[1:52] episode as its finale. We then would have had a 
mirror of season 1 which ended with Luceris' death  
[1:57] at the hands of a rogue dragon. Season 2 then 
could have opened with the aftermath and it could  
[2:01] have been like poetry they rhyme. However, we 
mentioned last week that there were also supposed  
[2:06] to be 10 episodes in season 2. So with season 3 
episode 1 being a massive battle and this episode  
[2:11] setting up what's next, it felt very much like 
traditional Game of Thrones. For example, Game  
[2:17] of Thrones season 2 had the battle of Blackwater 
Bay in season 2, episode 9. And then episode 10,  
[2:22] things dealt with the aftermath. Season 3 then had 
the Red Wedding in episode 9. And then episode 10  
[2:27] dealt with the aftermath. And that may have 
potentially have been the original plan. But yeah,  
[2:32] we then see Solar appear to greet the rider and 
his death's getting fired, mate. And I mean fired  
[2:37] fired like literally like from a dragon. But he 
was of course convinced by Jayce that following  
[2:42] the oath of the queen's god meant preventing the 
queen from fighting at the gullet. But I think  
[2:46] a similar thing probably would have happened 
to her if she had have been there. It's clear  
[2:50] that everyone feels like this is a loss though, 
even though the Blacks came out victorious. The  
[2:54] battle [music] it is won. This is such a hard line 
as well. And the delivery really hammers home how  
[3:02] much this was a bittersweet victory for them. The 
Triarchy have been smashed, but the crown prince  
[3:07] is dead, Drift Monk is burned, and the Valyrian 
fleets in ruin. Now, it seems like the writers  
[3:12] may have taken the delivery of Corus' line. If 
this be victory, I hope I never see another.  
[3:17] And given the sad delivery of that to this new 
one, cuz yeah, the delivery later on, h I don't  
[3:21] know, just just felt a bit meh. Don't know if it's 
like the script or the direction. Uh but dear me,  
[3:26] he sounded kind of like Keith Chegwin and 
extras because I buried my sister today.  
[3:32] Anyway, skipping ahead there, but Jayce's body 
is brought in front of Rene, who thinks he's  
[3:35] just lying down on the job as she can't face 
the reality that he's dead. Building out from  
[3:40] the cutting of the dress scene last week, it 
seems like they're slowly building towards the  
[3:44] mad queen. Driven by grief, Rene becomes vengeful 
this episode, rather than just being like, "What  
[3:49] would you have me do?" for like 12 episodes like 
they've had in the past. In this moment though,  
[3:55] we really see the madness creeping in as she 
starts chatting to his corpse and asking what he's  
[3:59] done. It's yet another tragic loss for the queen 
as she's now lost both of her strong children,  
[4:04] had a miscarriage, lost her dad, and is just 
getting faced with loss after loss. Now, beyond  
[4:10] this, you could also argue that the inaction and 
protection that she gave Jace eventually led to  
[4:15] his death, caused him to want to take risks and 
he was reckless because he felt like she'd held  
[4:20] him back. The queen is then overcome with grief, 
which leads Lauren to pull her off her son's body.  
[4:25] He says that he's failed her and then offers up 
his life as forfeit. At the moment, though, she's  
[4:29] got no time for his sacrifice as it won't bring 
Chase back. Now, this doesn't happen in the book,  
[4:34] but it might be foreshadowing something that I'll 
talk about in the spoiler section. It also reminds  
[4:38] me of Eric taking his own life after he killed 
his brother on Dragonstone. In general, I think  
[4:43] the theme of this episode is about the cost that 
often comes with victory. Rene eventually gains  
[4:48] a seat on the throne, but it comes at the cost 
of her sons and countless other people. Everyone  
[4:53] just ends up miserable, and the future they were 
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[6:24] of the aftermath of the Battle of the Gullet as 
the Valyrian men kill all the Triarchy remnants.  
[6:29] Allan is carrying on his search for Corus, and 
he's using a rowboat to get around, desperately  
[6:33] looking for his dad. We then cut to the veil, 
and Raina's return there after accidentally  
[6:38] causing Jayce's death. Uh-oh, spaghettio. More 
like how not to train your dragon, eh? [music]  
[6:46] Now, but I think this kind of plays into the idea 
of how the dragons can give power, but can also  
[6:51] take it away. The Targaryenss used them to reign 
over the seven kingdoms, but a lot of them had  
[6:56] no idea what they were doing. They weren't like a 
nuke um where you could point and control it and  
[7:00] choose when to fire. And we have seen twice now 
how two disobedient dragons have caused more  
[7:06] conflict. Both Luke and Jayce suffered a similar 
fate because people arrogantly thought they held  
[7:11] power over these creatures. Being like them 
fighting them is like me fighting this wig. You  
[7:14] guys cannot see it, but every time I talk, some 
hair goes in my mouth and I have to keep brushing  
[7:19] out the way. The editors are doing a fantastic 
job, I must say. Anyway, this is very much a  
[7:24] full circle moment for Raina as she's at the same 
gate that she left at in season 2 to go and look  
[7:29] for Sheepsteeler. Lady Jane then appears and the 
princess asks for help. She needs asylum as the  
[7:33] blacks will be searching for the mystery dragon 
rider and also the Greens won't want her either.  
[7:38] The major thing about the dragon seeds is that 
they tip the scales of power and meant that one  
[7:42] side's dragons vastly outnumbered the other. Now, 
in the book, after Raina arrives at the Veil, she  
[7:47] ends up staying there for the rest of the story. 
Her egg then hatched a dragon named morning near  
[7:51] the end of the civil war, but it didn't really 
have any impact on the conflict. As we mentioned  
[7:56] in last week's breakdown as well, Raina in the 
show is being combined with the character Nettles.  
[8:01] She was actually one of the dragon seeds in the 
book alongside Alfu and Adam. She tamed sheep  
[8:05] stealer by feeding her a sheep every day and was 
a bastard just like the rest of them. Raz Rainers  
[8:10] accepted as a royal. Both flew at the battle of 
the gullet though, but Nettles had control of her  
[8:14] dragon. They then celebrated the victory after, 
but out of all the dragon seeds, Nettles was the  
[8:19] only one who didn't relish in it. So, this scene 
kind of feels like a version of Nettle's post  
[8:24] battle feelings. She had flown with the others, 
fought as bravely, burned and killed as they had,  
[8:29] but her face was black with smoke and stre with 
tears when she returned to Dragon Stone. Here,  
[8:33] where their stories greatly diverge as Nettle 
returned to Dragonstone, but Raina, it seems,  
[8:37] is going back to the veil. Now, though the 
lady suspects that Renero will be hunting her,  
[8:42] Raina thinks that no one saw it was her. I do 
even wonder right if Damon will finally be a  
[8:47] decent father to her. Um, which could change what 
happens next compared to the book with Nettles.  
[8:51] But I think what Jane does next is kind of a way 
to get back at Reneer. The pair had a very thorny  
[8:57] relationship in season 2 as Lady Jane was offered 
a dragon to protect the veil, but instead received  
[9:02] two children, Raina and a tiny little dragon. So, 
she hasn't really got what she wanted. Rea then  
[9:08] asks, "Do you want a dragon or not?" Which calls 
back to how Jane felt deceived when she expected a  
[9:13] massive dragon to defend her kingdom. So Raina is 
once more being bold and offering protection with  
[9:19] Sheepsteeler. I do wonder as well if it's going 
to be a Fouian deal as Sheep Steeler will probably  
[9:24] burn the whole place down. Jane then says the 
veil is lost and that she doesn't wish to see her  
[9:29] again, but also says she cannot stop a dragon from 
going where it pleases. So it seems like plausible  
[9:35] deniability. In the book, she did actually have 
Joffrey's dragon, Tyraxis, at the veil, but he  
[9:40] was put on the ship to Pentos in the show. We then 
could the soldiers drinking and celebrating their  
[9:44] victory over the Greens. It's a very um gladiator 
like, or at least to me, h but it's nice to see  
[9:50] a happy moment in all of this misery. Now, this 
is in the aftermath of the battle that we saw  
[9:54] last week, and there's Jason Lannister's head on 
a spike along with his lions. In medieval times,  
[9:59] and in this franchise in general, it was a common 
thing to put slain enemies heads on spikes. And  
[10:04] Joffrey did something with Ned that was quite 
similar. Ned, you bastard. As they used to say,  
[10:09] Ned, you bastard. Ned, you bastard. 
So, oh, Bessie. Get [screaming] out.  
[10:19] Oh, [sighs] [ __ ] hell. But I did wonder um if 
this might be a reference to the book. After the  
[10:24] battle, Kristen actually came across people who'd 
fallen in the fight arranged in a mock feast.  
[10:29] But that's probably a reach, though. Ronny Ru then 
starts a song which tells the tale of the battle.  
[10:34] He says they had 10,000 men but we had more. 
That's roughly true as well as the force they won  
[10:39] with had over 12,000 men whereas the losers had 
just 8,000 according to the source material with  
[10:44] NZ Alice and Blackwood saying that they pressed 
them to the bloody shore. In the book, the black  
[10:48] forces pushed the Lannisters into the reeds of the 
God's Eye and then attacked them from three sides.  
[10:53] The Westerman were driven back foot by foot into 
the waters of the God's Eye. Hundred died there,  
[10:58] cut down whilst fighting in the reeds. Hundred 
more drowned as they tried to flee, which is why  
[11:03] they're referred to fish feed. Alisain is also 
a big badass in the book. And though she just  
[11:08] appears briefly here, I do think we'll see more 
of her. She actually fought at the Battle of the  
[11:12] Burning Mill, which was a bloody fight that we saw 
the aftermath of in season 2. Her brother, Lord,  
[11:17] Samuel Blackwood, was also killed by Sir Amos 
Bracken, and she took revenge and shot an arrow  
[11:22] through the slit of Bracken's helm. He's also 
the aunt of fan favorite Benjot Blackwood. Sadly  
[11:27] missing is Sabatha Frey, who the Winter Wolves 
met before the battle and is someone who would  
[11:31] bunk with Allison while campaigning. Also known 
as Black Alley. She was one of the few who fought  
[11:36] from the start to the end of the Civil War. We 
then hear them say they couldn't see the water and  
[11:40] then chant Fishfeed. Fished was an alternative 
name for the battle and like I said, it was a  
[11:45] very bloody affair. Lastly, Rody sings Ashes for 
the Reeds, making light of the countless enemies  
[11:50] killed in the water. Now, we we never saw the 
battle um so it's a bit bit of a miss there. Um,  
[11:56] but this is just akin to the kind of songs that 
we had in the books and shows which allow great  
[12:01] moments to live on through oral history. It's much 
like Egg singing about his family's victory during  
[12:06] the Blackfire Rebellion and Night of the Seven 
Kingdoms or the Reigns of Castmir. And I think  
[12:11] it's just a nice bit of camaraderie and world 
building. All the while, someone's preparing fish,  
[12:15] which really sends home the meaning of the song. 
On top of that, the Tullies literally have a fish  
[12:20] on their armor. And yeah, this is just a big 
victory for the Blacks. I don't actually think  
[12:24] Damon's look this happy since like the very first 
season when he led the Goldcol on a killing spree.  
[12:30] Damon then says with his one good eye, he looks 
a prick about Aement. Now, I can't quite make  
[12:35] out what Allison says after this, but with 
the next line about shoving it up your ass,  
[12:39] I can kind of guess. However, the song then 
ends as Simon Strong arrives at camp. He's  
[12:44] bought them wine to celebrate the battle at the 
Red Fork in the lake shore. But along with this  
[12:48] comes a message from the queen that says that 
Jace is dead. Now, I did actually expect Damon  
[12:53] to take this news out on someone, but he keeps 
his composure and tells the army that they're to  
[12:57] march south and meet him at King's Landing. They 
also have to leave a garrison at Harrenhal and  
[13:02] once the capital's been taken, he'll send dragons 
to provide them cover. One major problem though,  
[13:08] the dragon seeds have boogered off and are back 
at Dragonstone. So, Harrenhal is now defenseless,  
[13:13] which leads to Aean taking it easily. The reaction 
is pretty different in the book, though, and Damon  
[13:18] isn't too bothered if it falls there. Once 
he'd heard that Aemon was heading to Harrenhal,  
[13:22] he simply said it was past time and departed 
for King's Landing. Aemon then went and found  
[13:27] the castle empty, which is a lot different to what 
we see later on in the scene that's a call back to  
[13:31] season 2. And it kind of feels like a mirror of 
Damon's arrival there, albeit a bit more bloody.  
[13:37] Rest in peace, Simon Strong. In the book, Damon 
then departed for the capital directly and joined  
[13:42] Renero over Egon's Hill for the assault on King's 
Landing. As such, all the stuff at Dragonstone  
[13:46] with Damon is new for the show, but I actually 
really appreciate the changes. Meeting with Alice,  
[13:51] she then says, "I've seen that you're coming has 
been an omen of the end." Which, yeah, it kind  
[13:56] of is. She sent Damon on his journey by showing 
him what his role is in the Song of Ice and Fire,  
[14:01] and she mentioned omens in the season 2 finale. 
There are omens here for those who seek them.  
[14:06] By helping Damon at Luigi's mansion, she's managed 
to get 40,000 rivermen to support the queen.  
[14:11] She did this by guiding Damon with her visions and 
rightly thinks that she should be given Harrenhal.  
[14:16] Her requesting the castle isn't out of place 
either, as it does foreshadow the later part of  
[14:21] her story. Now, at this point in the book, she was 
actually at Harren Hall with Aean as the battle we  
[14:25] saw last week took place after the oneeyed prince 
had taken the cursed castle back. But yeah, like  
[14:30] Matt Smith says, there's lots of tiny wimy wibbly 
wobbly stuff going on. Sorry, wrong doctor there.  
[14:35] Most of Damon's story with Alice is new, though, 
as even the book explains that her feminine powers  
[14:40] didn't work on Damon, and little was said of the 
pair's time. Overall though, she's just sick of  
[14:45] seeing her change hands and constantly be given to 
the wrong people. Alice is also far older than she  
[14:50] seems, and the fact she's watched it change hands 
so many times confirms that she's very, very old.  
[14:55] I do even wonder if she used the constant state of 
flux as being a curse akin to the Iron Throne. In  
[15:00] case you don't know, the throne was said to slice 
those who weren't deemed worthy of rule. This is  
[15:05] why it covers Sarah in season one which eventually 
led to an infection. Harren Hall is said to have a  
[15:10] curse in it as well. And in season one, Laris 
weaponized this and used it to cover for him  
[15:14] killing his brother and father. The episode also 
sees the death of Simon and his family. And we  
[15:19] could have a case of those who are unfit to rule 
here being taken by the curse. She is truly the  
[15:24] only one who seems to understand Harrenhal. And I 
even wonder if with her occult practices if she's  
[15:31] causing the curse herself. But Damon says the 
crown is not in the habit of giving out castles  
[15:36] to midwives. In the book, she's referred to as 
being a wet nurse, but the show shows that she  
[15:41] is clearly more and his midwife the son of what 
you think I am. She called herself a witch when  
[15:46] greeding the dragon seeds. And we have a theory 
about um what she's going to lead to down the line  
[15:50] that I do hope we get confirmation by the show's 
end. Beyond that, I even wonder if she's kind of  
[15:55] the precursor for Melisandre and might be someone 
who teaches her her abilities. Damon then says he  
[16:02] will speak to the queen about another reward, but 
she says that nothing else will satisfy her hunger  
[16:07] and to not come back here. As he departs, she also 
says, "Remember what I said. You will die in this  
[16:12] place." Damon then departs on Coraxis, which seems 
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[16:41] We then cut to Alan's search for his father as 
Baylor Lance and talks to him. She says that  
[16:46] many people have believed that her grandfather 
is dead, but that time and time again he's proven  
[16:51] them all wrong. Several times he's been at death 
store, and this was also a big point in season 2.  
[16:56] Now this scene shows a difference between the 
kids and Baylor is very much to the mana born.  
[17:01] She lived a life of riches while Adam had to 
live with the rex. She explains how callless  
[17:05] love rise and that he tried to forget about 
Alan and Adam for her sake. This is something  
[17:10] that was mentioned in the book as well as their 
callus ended the trrist so he didn't anger rise.  
[17:15] Turns out that Adam told them they were indeed 
related but in the book it was callless who  
[17:19] brought his bastards to the red sewing as he 
knew they could be potential dragon riders.  
[17:23] In the show, their parentage has been a secret 
until now. And she then says how Corus is proud to  
[17:29] a detriment, which is the side that Allan's only 
known. Calls back to when he said that Corus and  
[17:34] Lenor would come to buy sweet treats while Adam 
and him were struggling to get by. Meanwhile,  
[17:39] Adam is looking for Corless from the air. Again, 
I did think this was a missed opportunity by not  
[17:44] having them fully participate in the Battle 
of the Gullet like how they were in the book.  
[17:48] I just think Adam would have been there for his 
dad and it would have reflected Jason nicely,  
[17:53] but he does indeed find Corless and at this 
point he's like harder to kill than John Mlan.  
[17:58] We then cut Delaris and Agon who are on their 
way to Dragon Stone. It's a mirror of last week  
[18:02] with them once more on the back of a Raven Cart. 
Egon doesn't want to talk to him though as he's  
[18:07] exposed who he is and it's kind of like a comedy 
double act at this point. Egan play the situation  
[18:13] stupidly due to his ego and Laris says that 
the king needlessly antagonized their captives.  
[18:19] Now Trey Magnum actually did an interview with the 
cast where Tom talked about how they initially had  
[18:23] Egon kneeling and originally in the script it had 
Agon being told to kneel for an era and kneeling  
[18:30] straight away. And I'd questioned that. I thought 
that that doesn't feel right at all. I feel like  
[18:36] it's the only thing he's got left to be defiant 
in in that. And al also he's not used to being  
[18:44] um submissive, which I do think fits the 
character more. They're still heading towards  
[18:49] the coast though, which was part of Laris's 
plan, albeit going in it in a roundabout way.  
[18:54] I feel like Lar is skirting quite close to 
defeat and not just because he likes defeat.  
[19:02] We then see as their carriage stops as a triarchy 
soldier opens the door. Matthew Needam is  
[19:06] absolutely hilarious in this moment as well as he 
delivers the line. I was mistaken. I am surprised.  
[19:11] Laris is then shocked that Tyler and Lannister 
managed to convince the Triarchy to join them  
[19:15] against Reira. But as we saw last week, that 
was a disaster. One of the gods then struggles  
[19:20] to get the prisoners back in the carriage. But 
Larus uses quick thinking to knock him out with  
[19:24] a cage while Agon stabs the poor Storm lad. I 
think it shows how he's still dangerous and is  
[19:29] kind of setting things up for down the line and 
Agon's big ark. Egon then says that he's going  
[19:34] to Rook's Rest instead of Dusk and Dale, 
which is where Laris wants to buy passage.  
[19:38] The road there is long and perilous, but Egan 
mentions that Kristen has a garrison, which is  
[19:43] also something that Kristen mentioned in season 
2. I left a mega garrison behind to protect it.  
[19:49] So, Sunfire is there, but in the book, he was 
heavily damaged and though he tried to fly,  
[19:54] he couldn't take to wing, as they say. I'll talk 
about what that leads to in the spoiler section  
[19:59] as they might be changing something and this could 
impact things down the line. We then cut to call  
[20:03] saying one of his biggest lines from the book. 
This be victory. I hope I never see another. Now,  
[20:09] I don't want to rag on it too much again, huh, 
cuz I know I know Steve Tusson is a good actor,  
[20:13] but it feels like they just kind of did the first 
take and I don't know when reading it, it carried  
[20:19] a lot more emotion in my head. The line in the 
source material came after he was congratulated on  
[20:24] the victory and then Adam and Allan also sought 
out their father after the battle. However,  
[20:28] no one knew what they actually discussed. So, this 
scene appears to be inspired by that bit. Caller  
[20:33] Sen says he has nothing to give Allan except his 
name, but he's happy with this as it's worth far  
[20:38] more than a mountain of gold. Being legitimized 
and accepted by his dad is all he's ever wanted.  
[20:43] And him being pulled under his wing just clearly 
means the world to him. Now, I do wonder if Leno  
[20:48] is going to be pulled back in the series as well. 
Unlike the book, he went off to live his life and  
[20:52] we know that he's out there somewhere in the 
wild. So, he is a bit of a wild card and could  
[20:57] potentially return. Beyond that though, if you've 
seen a night of the seven kingdoms, then you will  
[21:02] know just how powerful that names and tuttles are 
in Westeros. We saw it in Game of Thrones as well  
[21:07] with Ramsay who became a true Bolton. Corus did 
say to Rainer in season 2 that he would wish to  
[21:11] make her his heir and she said that it should 
go to someone of Sultan Sea as she was blood  
[21:16] and fire. Corus then had a newfound affection 
for his two sons and that will play a major  
[21:22] role moving forward. How about he will still need 
to petition to the queen to make it legitimate  
[21:26] which is something that he had to do in the book. 
Although they could just be skipping that because  
[21:31] this scene kind of achieves the same thing 
and yeah it would be a bit redundant I think.  
[21:37] Back at King's Landing we then see as Allison 
watches as Vagar flies over the dragon pit  
[21:41] which is more foreshadowing for where this King's 
Landing plot will go. But he's leaving and she can  
[21:46] now enact her plan to ensure the city puts up as 
little resistance as possible so her former BFF  
[21:51] can take it. It's vastly different in the book 
where this whole plan never took place and Rene  
[21:56] simply just stormed it. Allison then heads to 
Luther Logend who's the commander of the city  
[22:00] watch. She walks through their changing rooms as 
well and it wouldn't be Game of Thrones without  
[22:04] a little bit of [ __ ] somewhere. Now in the 
book Otto installed high Tower as the commander's  
[22:09] second in command as it was thought that logent 
was not massively committed to Eggon's claim to  
[22:15] the throne. As such was asked to keep an eye out 
for any sign of disloyalty. His sister though  
[22:20] has replaced him in the show and made it so she's 
actually trying to get him to turn on the greens.  
[22:25] Here she tells him that Rene is coming back and 
that Queen Helena will allow the city to be taken  
[22:29] over. It's a very bold plan, Cotton. Let's see how 
it pays off for him. And ultimately, it amounts to  
[22:35] treason and also the death of her father, which I 
think makes her realize that she may have [ __ ]  
[22:40] up. It was at this moment that he knew he [ __ ] 
up. We then cut a dragon stone where the seeds get  
[22:46] a dressing down from Damon. Again, there are more 
changes here as in the book, Alf and Hugh were at  
[22:50] the battle of the Gullet. Afterwards, they drank 
and celebrated, saying how they should be lords.  
[22:55] Here though, they return after being frightened 
by the creatures near Harrenhal and also Alice  
[22:59] Rivers. So, they're just standing around thinking 
that the queen needs them. In the end, they're  
[23:04] intimidated by Damon and Ulf ever the Duface says 
as he walks in, the rogue prince himself, which  
[23:11] obviously isn't a nickname that he's too fond of. 
It also cracked me up how he just cows after not  
[23:16] getting a response. The nickname was actually 
the title of a novella by George R. Arman that  
[23:21] told the story of Damon and was later included 
in the expanded edition of Fire and Blood. Damon  
[23:25] is also shocked that the pair are at Dragonstone. 
As they say, we are just returned from Harrenhole  
[23:31] and the Gullet. In the opening, we did see a 
bunch of other dragons as well. And looking back,  
[23:36] this was likely there. However, it was nowhere 
near the extent that they were there in the book.  
[23:40] So, it does seem like they did play a part at 
least during the battle of the Gullet. However,  
[23:45] it didn't really have the repercussions that 
they have in the text. Damon is just confused  
[23:50] and furious, though, as he says they waited just 
2 days after being ordered to pursue Vagar. Adam  
[23:56] left too. Also, love how Ulf is quick to throw 
Adam under the bus as well. And it shows that he's  
[24:01] far from honorable. Matt Smith's delivery here 
is excellent as well as he just says they're not  
[24:06] required to think. cracks me up that Damon then 
backhands off as he explains the spookiness they  
[24:11] experienced in the woods. Damon then says their 
erring will cost them dearly which is something  
[24:16] we see later as Aean's taking of Harren Hall's a 
cakewalk. It also lays the groundwork for some big  
[24:20] things later on and the way Damon treats them is 
going to cause some issues in Ol's mind. He should  
[24:26] have a castle and be treated like royalty, but now 
he's just [ __ ] in the woods and getting smashed  
[24:30] like the like button. So, this is kind of laying 
the seeds with the seeds. And I do appreciate the  
[24:35] way this scene sets things her up down the 
line. Also love the way that Hugh asks what  
[24:39] they should do next and Damon just leaves without 
responding. And yeah, we've all been there at work  
[24:44] where we pissed off the boss doing something and 
being like, "What should I do next?" And they just  
[24:49] they just don't respond and I relate to it. We 
then see Rene's inconsolable and Damon reunites  
[24:55] with Myaria. In the book, she was more of Damon's 
mistress of whisperers and disappeared after Blood  
[25:00] and Cheese until returning when Rene took King's 
Landing. Here though, she plays a much bigger part  
[25:05] and is also clearly after her own goals. Damon's 
also surprised that she's out as when he left  
[25:10] Dragonstone, she was merely just a prisoner. 
However, he offered her freedom in exchange for  
[25:15] helping the son of a sunplot, which Rene later 
on it. He's no doubt still furious that she was  
[25:20] selling secrets to Otto, though, which then led to 
Agon being put on the throne. The pair also had a  
[25:25] relationship, of course, but for years and years. 
Um, but that couldn't go anywhere due to the  
[25:30] status that she had as a madame of a brothel. 
I do think though that the pair genuinely loved  
[25:35] each other at some point, but now they're both 
kind of burned by each other. Damon then asks  
[25:39] if she believes the queen's judgment sound and 
if following Allison's plans a good idea. He  
[25:44] then does a little jab at her and asks if it would 
pain her if Allison Reneer still had a bond. James  
[25:49] Bond. They do seem to agree though that Allison 
is a conspirator as opposed to a deceiver. And as  
[25:54] such, her making this all up as a trap is simply 
not in her nature. At the heart of it, the former  
[25:59] friends simply want what's best for the realm. But 
whatever friendship they had, I think is unfixable  
[26:04] come the close of this episode. But they were 
best pals at the start of season 1, just like  
[26:09] Mysaria and Damon. And it shows how this civil war 
has just driven people apart. Now, in the book,  
[26:15] Damon and Mysaria were allowed to sleep together 
as Rene's desires were met by eating. Reneer  
[26:20] eventually put on a [ __ ] ton of weight. Um, I 
don't think they're doing it in the show, but it  
[26:26] made the people view her as Gastly, whereas once 
she was known as the realm's delight. Actually  
[26:30] wonder as well if Mysari and Damon might hook back 
up, especially since she kissed Reira. If he finds  
[26:35] out about that as well, it could lead to a very 
messy entanglement that causes further division.  
[26:40] But they're then interrupted by the maester who 
states that Vagar is heading towards Serence.  
[26:44] It's at this point that we then cut to Allison at 
King's Landing. So Rickard Thornton thinks that  
[26:48] she shouldn't be going out alone and it seems like 
she ducked him at the King'swood and then dipped  
[26:52] out to Dragonstone. He then says the atmosphere 
is fraught and actually plays a pretty big role  
[26:57] later in the book. In the source material, Laris 
also smuggled out Princess Jiara and Prince Ma.  
[27:02] However, Mea isn't in the show and later on 
we see them taking Jihara themselves. He also  
[27:07] sent Sir Rick and S will fell with them to act as 
protection. However, as that's not happened in the  
[27:11] series, the character is still at King's Landing. 
In the book, the queen also sent out people after  
[27:16] the knights and they were discovered while trying 
to hide out at the hog's head when someone found  
[27:20] Moor's dragon egg. He was killed trying to flee 
and this left Mor at the mercy of the people  
[27:24] at Bitterbridge. They were then undecided about 
what to do and debated sending him to Reneer or  
[27:29] to Orman High Tower who is nearby. The book then 
explains that it's disputed about how he died,  
[27:34] but his remains were then sent to Reneer by Lady 
Caswell. So, lots of things kind of spin out from  
[27:38] that. Um, but here he is exacerbated with Allison 
as she asks where the captain of the household  
[27:43] god is. She then explains that she'll be having a 
meeting, but as we know, she is going to get the  
[27:48] household god to stand down. At Dragonstone, Damon 
then says that Jayce died fighting for his queen,  
[27:53] which was his desire, and that sons usually defy 
their mothers. And yeah, defying is something that  
[27:59] Damon knows all about. But in this society, it's 
the sons of noble houses role to go out and fight.  
[28:05] And they often act against the wishes of their 
parents. It normally isn't put on the mothers,  
[28:09] but because of the way that Rene is the queen in 
the situation and people kind of doubt her for it,  
[28:14] in his mind, Jace was doing something that was 
his duty. However, on the flip side of this,  
[28:19] Rene thinks that Jayce's death was avoidable. She 
also tells Damon about how there were reports of  
[28:25] sheep stealers in the skies above the gullet and 
that he also had a rider. I expect that this will  
[28:29] be a mystery for the couple to unravel as time 
goes by and Damon says he'll investigate it.  
[28:34] I think that he will learn it with Raina 
and this will cause some conflict between  
[28:38] him and his wife. Jace obviously wasn't his 
son H so he won't be bothered by that but I  
[28:42] think Rene will probably want vengeance. Now I 
do have a theory theory theory theory theory.
[28:50] So yes I have a theory about how things will get 
out. Raina obviously should have been on the ship  
[28:58] sailing for Penthouse and no doubt when it gets 
there Damon will be informed that his daughter  
[29:02] wasn't on it. Sheep stealer has been siding the 
veil as well and I think when he learns that he'll  
[29:07] put two and two together. Anyway, that's end of 
theory theory theory theory theory. You get you  
[29:12] get the idea with that. I think this scene is when 
the grim reality hits that Rene's kids have died  
[29:18] just so she can sit on a chair. Damon then says 
to not let them die in vain and that he saw the  
[29:23] song of ice and fire and a woman in the desert 
with three dragons. This is of course Danny and  
[29:28] Damon must ensure that this happens so she 
can go ahead and help defeat the Night King  
[29:33] and then turn heel and ravage King's Landing. 
A bit like Rene in this episode in a way. Yay.  
[29:39] But he basically spoils all of Game of Thrones 
and appeals to her by asking what she would do if  
[29:44] it's true. This then gets her to get her awesome 
gear, which I am a big big fan of. I did feel like  
[29:50] them making Reneer as mopy as she's been has 
been a big issue with the series as in the book  
[29:56] she's a bit more sort of bit more of a [ __ ] like 
you know those classic Game of Thrones characters  
[30:01] where they have loads of [ __ ] happen to them but 
they're still like I don't give a [ __ ] I'm going  
[30:04] to be a massive [ __ ] that sort of thing feel 
like had they kept it the 10 episode season which  
[30:09] was initially planned that they could have had 
her moping around after Jayce's death last time  
[30:14] and then kick things off with season 3 she's taken 
King's Landing and is sitting on the throne and  
[30:20] then dealing with the fallout. We then get Allison 
who's preparing a bag to leave King's Landing.  
[30:24] You might notice that she's wearing all blue as 
well, which is something that she dawned at the  
[30:28] start of season 1. It was only at the wedding that 
she started wearing green and this was the signal  
[30:33] she was fighting for her place, but going back 
to blue kind of highlights she's returned more  
[30:37] to her season 1 persona and is stepping away from 
the war. However, she's confronted by Lord Jasper,  
[30:43] who seems salty that she took power when 
she was younger by getting close to Viseris.  
[30:48] slowly revealed that he's come there to assault 
her after saying how she found much enjoyment with  
[30:52] Kristen Cole. Now, I did kind of wonder what this 
scene was actually for. Um, but he does mention  
[30:58] her meeting with the city watch and then continues 
to force himself upon her. The guy also mentions  
[31:04] his wife in his final words as well, but I I don't 
know. This just kind of came out of nowhere. Goes  
[31:09] from like not to 100. I do feel like they probably 
needed at least one scene before this where Jasper  
[31:15] made a move before it ramped up to this. kind of 
like what they did with Andor season 2 with Bixs.  
[31:20] Seemed reckless of him to do this during the 
day. However, I suspect that he may be doing this  
[31:24] because he's the master of laws. He expectedly 
could get away with this and was also likely going  
[31:29] to turn her in to be arrested for conspiring 
with the city watch. Luckily though, they're  
[31:32] interrupted by Orwell and Cesarin and the Grand 
Maester shocked and has Jasper arrested. Now,  
[31:38] I did also expect Orwell to actually ask what was 
going on. Um, but he doesn't seem to want to pry  
[31:43] for some reason, which leads to him almost losing 
his head again. And I kind of hope we get like a  
[31:48] running joke every episode where the character 
almost gets beheaded. Either way, we then cut  
[31:53] to Reneer, who's getting ready to take King's 
Landing. The shot paints her as dark and powerful,  
[31:58] almost evil in a way. This foreshadows how the 
small folk will see the former realm's delight,  
[32:03] and they're terrified by the dragons flying over 
the city. She's then offered sympathies from the  
[32:08] lords, but explains she's off to take the capital 
with her husband. In the book, the sea snake ships  
[32:13] and assisted the queen by heading into Blackwater 
Bay, where they were led in by the turnco gulls.  
[32:17] Here though, there's no cover as her advisers 
say. She's done talking though and says to let  
[32:22] Sir choose how he will die. This implies that he 
will indeed be granted his request for his life  
[32:27] to be forfeit, which is quite a big thing for 
her to do. It shows that she's stepping towards  
[32:32] being merciless and is a pretty big book change um 
which we'll explain later in the spoiler section,  
[32:37] but it does seem like she's going down a 
darker path. Myia then hands her the crown  
[32:42] and this symbolically also carries a lot of 
weight. This crown belonged to both Jiharis  
[32:46] and Viseris and both were keepers of the peace. 
How about the realms now descended into war so  
[32:51] it's been twisted like Rene. Isaria says that she 
hopes the queen will send for her and to remember  
[32:56] which one of them has been faithful. The dragon 
seeds are also with them as well. And Damon says  
[33:00] they're to provide cover and he seems to single 
out Ulf. He says they're not to have any ideas and  
[33:06] clearly doesn't value him. I like as they walked 
as well, we also see Cyrax and Caraxis snuggling  
[33:11] up and we might have some shagging dragons 
there. Flying over the wreckage of the gullet.  
[33:15] They then make their way to King's Landing while 
Allison begins her plans to ensure that there's  
[33:19] no resistance when they arrive. Helena is looking 
at bugs once again just like she's done with the  
[33:23] spiders in the previous entry. She says that it's 
not the season and in her book it seems like she's  
[33:28] researching Alium of Nath aka a butterfly. The 
text also appears to be written by her as it says  
[33:34] they are said to cause death to people around them 
but so far I remain alive. Nath is also known as  
[33:40] the aisle of butterflies and it is said that they 
protect the island. This is actually an important  
[33:44] location as well as it's where Miss Sande is from 
in the main show. That line of text though, I also  
[33:49] wonder if that's intended to foreshadow something 
coming down the line as well. Though Helena seems  
[33:54] cool in the show at this point in the book, she's 
locked in her bed chamber, completely losing her  
[33:58] mind. Also wondered, right, and bear with me here, 
might be reaching, but I did think this might even  
[34:04] be Ryan Condell clapping back at George R. Martin. 
Now, in case you don't know, Martin actually wrote  
[34:10] a blog named Beware the Butterflies, which 
discussed his disappointment with season 2.  
[34:14] He explained that the changing of Blood and 
Cheese along with the removal of Mordor created  
[34:19] a butterfly effect that means Helena will not have 
a reason to do what she does later down the line.  
[34:25] This basically talked about how minor changes mean 
that things are not going to be as impactful when  
[34:29] the story wraps up. Now, we did kind of touch upon 
it last week with the Battle of the Gullet and how  
[34:34] Reneer's kids, Egon and Viseris, weren't part of 
the conflict. They actually play major roles down  
[34:39] the line. So, it was a bit weird um seeing them 
completely absent from something that's such a  
[34:45] pivotal moment. The young Agon especially is very 
very important. Um and he was completely absent  
[34:50] there. So, I can imagine Martin's also going to be 
a bit annoyed about that too. So, yeah, beware the  
[34:55] butterflies being connected to Helena. Um and the 
butterfly here. I did wonder if that was Condle  
[35:00] clapping back a bit, but maybe I'm reading too far 
into it, but I'd love to hear your thoughts. Am I  
[35:05] insane? Yes. Ballison then says that they need 
to stand down the household god and this is her  
[35:11] chance to get some sort of redemption. She failed 
with Egon and Aemon, but if she can save Helena,  
[35:16] then it won't be for nothing. They then head out 
to the battlementss where Allison basically speaks  
[35:20] for her daughter to get them to stand down. It's 
a lot different in the book as there she tried to  
[35:24] send out as many ravens as she could to the Leo 
lords. She also attempted to send a message to  
[35:29] Aean to get him to return, which unfortunately 
never reached him. She then arranged the city's  
[35:33] defense in Aean's absence, including shutting the 
gates, which the gold cloaks ended up opening.  
[35:38] Here, though, Allison's the complete opposite, 
and she reminds them that Helena's in charge,  
[35:42] and says that she will have no beast haunted. 
The gods are kind of hesitant at first as well,  
[35:47] but she's basically like, "Look, mate, we're 
screwed. The [ __ ] dragons everywhere,  
[35:52] so you can subscribe or be burned. Your choice." 
She was also clearly hoping to escape after this,  
[35:58] but gets caught in the end. We then cut to 
Christristen Cole looking up at the skies as Vagar  
[36:02] arrives. The guy's taking a break from doing his 
arts and crafts, but we can see a shield for House  
[36:07] Rosby and also House Stokewith. The soldiers then 
cheer as Kristen Cole says it's going to Harrenhal  
[36:12] who then cut to Aean and Vagar and this sends a 
torrent of bats out into the day which does feel  
[36:18] like a dark omen. As mentioned earlier, it's 
also the second time in the show that a lone  
[36:21] dragon rider has taken the castle with this moment 
mirroring Damon in season 2. However, I think it's  
[36:26] actually supposed to reflect Agon the Conqueror 
with Aean seeing himself as the second coming in  
[36:31] Agon's conquest. He actually stormed this castle 
after they refused to bend the knee and burned  
[36:35] it much like we see here. This is something 
shown in the tapestry at the start and this  
[36:39] moment is clearly evoking that especially because 
Aemon also carries Agon's sword. In the book, the  
[36:44] place was empty save for the Strongs, but I think 
this is very important to show how ruthless that  
[36:49] Aemon is. It's a savage scene as Vagar burns the 
garrison outside just like Danny in the main show.  
[36:55] Like his uncle, Aemon also enters the hall to find 
the Strongs. And I love how the servants run out.  
[37:00] Where things differ though is that Damon accepted 
Simon Strong pledging feely to the Blacks, but  
[37:05] Aemon simply asks him to draw his weapon. This is 
just like the book where Aean demands that Simon  
[37:10] Strong should be given a sword. He then says that 
it's in the hands of the gods and challenges him  
[37:15] to a jewel, which yeah, it's very one-sided. Aean 
of course has a lot of beef with their very strong  
[37:21] boys and I think he has his eye patch off because 
it's their family that took it originally or so  
[37:27] he suspected. We cannot confirm or deny 
if the Jason Luceris were very strong boys  
[37:33] but yeah he's come to get revenge and doesn't 
want to give them anything but death in the  
[37:37] book. This was simply after some pleading but 
in the show Aean just stabs him without honor.  
[37:42] The two sons as opposed to the grandsons are 
then killed but one manages to stand against him.  
[37:46] He gets him inside which eventually causes him to 
collapse. Allison arrives like a good Samaritan  
[37:52] and he's of course going to be indebted to her. 
She's also going to be indebted to him as well  
[37:56] as she's finally seen her oppressors being taken 
down. Now this is different in the book as there  
[38:02] she was simply kept as a prize for Aean's bed. 
But I do like this addition and just as she's  
[38:07] being cast to the side, a new person arrives to 
basically help prop her up. You might also notice  
[38:13] that Aean has the catsport dagger as well. This 
of course carries a prophecy and it's something  
[38:17] the pair could potentially discover. May make 
Aean realize why his mother betrayed the Greens  
[38:22] and also possibly make him think that he has to 
carry on the legacy. If we're right about um what  
[38:28] comes down the line with Alice and Aean that we 
talked about in the spoiler section last week,  
[38:32] then knowing this prophecy would be very very 
important. Back at King's Landing, the Queen's  
[38:37] group then arrive and thankfully the house gods 
stand down. And to be fair, you would, wouldn't  
[38:41] you? The place would end up like Lothric Castle. 
This foreshadows Danny's eventually turn as well  
[38:46] and how the horror of dragons will bring Rune to 
the city. Just like the book, the small folk flee,  
[38:51] but it's a bit more peaceful with them not being 
harmed. In the text, they scramble for their lives  
[38:56] and hid while Alice and Helena and Jiara hold up 
in Meos's holdfast. That was with Jasper and Otto,  
[39:02] and the latter is revealed to have been captured 
and kept prisoner by Laris strong. We then see  
[39:06] Hugh's wife, Cat, and I did notice that Hugh 
never mentioned that his wife was back in  
[39:10] King's Landing. This scene is also very similar 
when they had to leave in season 2 episode 5 and  
[39:16] he's kind of left her and their kid which I think 
is going to have lots of repercussions. Actually  
[39:21] really expect something bad to happen to Cat which 
will then lead to the rest of Hugh's story in the  
[39:26] book. We then see more of the small folk and cut 
to Ol's old drinking buddies who see him flying  
[39:31] over the city. A man he really showed them. I 
also love that the guy on the left is played  
[39:35] by Samson Ko who is in truth seekers with Emma 
Dorsy. We then see Selby who was the lady of the  
[39:41] night that Aean frequented because yeah does that 
guy have some mummy issues. Also shout outs Ryan  
[39:46] Ryanary last week for also pointing out that 
the brothel was called Mothers and he went there  
[39:52] cuz he had mummy issues which is subtext. I know 
writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.  
[39:59] The dragons then land outside the Red Keep and 
this scene reminds me a lot of when Rene and Damon  
[40:03] return to King's Landing in season 1. There they 
journey to ensure Rene's claim was cemented as  
[40:08] well as the future title feliceras. Here though, 
they've come to take what's rightfully Renez  
[40:13] and the gods outside then surrender. Damon then 
correctly says that the true test is inside. Now,  
[40:19] these are where the loyalist soldiers are 
posted up as they'd be closest to the royals  
[40:23] and not like instantly putting down their swords 
like the guys here. We then get a big fight scene  
[40:28] which goes down in the room where Cersei had 
a map painted. Also kind of hated how Reniro  
[40:32] was simply told to wait as I feel like that 
makes her look weak. However, the book does say  
[40:37] only when he was certain that the defenders would 
offer him no harm did he signal for his wife,  
[40:42] the queen, to descend upon Crax. Also just lets 
Damon be a badass as well. And in the work,  
[40:47] he's pretty much Reneer's enforcer. I love 
the way that Damon sticks the Last Guard,  
[40:51] too, and then he's just held up by the weapon. He 
then slits his throat and then and then I think he  
[40:56] beheads him as well. Complete overkill. Um, and 
though I had my criticisms with stuff last week,  
[41:01] I think we get so many good scenes back to back 
here, it was difficult not to be enamored by it.  
[41:06] They then head to the throne room and make light 
work of any opposition before being outmanned by  
[41:11] the household god. It looked almost too easy when 
they entered, but the soldiers come streaming  
[41:16] in to protect the throne. Now, this shows how 
symbolic this whole thing is, cuz like, yeah,  
[41:20] there's no one else sat on it. And yeah, who 
gives a [ __ ] if if you go up and sit there?  
[41:25] Having this throne definitely doesn't win the 
war and it's just a thing that shows power but  
[41:31] doesn't actually grant it. And yeah, just seeing 
them guard a chair, you realize how dumb it was in  
[41:37] a good way. I mean, as well, I think the episode 
is purposely being like all this stuff, the kids  
[41:42] are dying for nothing. Rene then draws her sword 
and the soldiers laugh, but thankfully the gold  
[41:47] cloaks arrive and choose a side of LEN's former 
leader. The book also has a cold as [ __ ] line at  
[41:53] this moment, which is sadly missing from the show. 
But in that, he says, "Damon gave us these cloaks,  
[41:58] and they're gold no matter how you turn them." He 
then stabs one of the high-ups in the high towers,  
[42:02] who I won't spoil in case I give him a death later 
on. H we'll talk about in the spoiler section,  
[42:06] though. But I did kind of feel like it was a shame 
this line was missing. Instead, it's changed to  
[42:13] it was Prince Damon himself who gave me this gold 
cloak 20 years ago, which uh maybe sometimes leave  
[42:22] it to George, mate. In the book, it was actually 
Allison who surrendered the castle after leaving  
[42:26] Meor's Hull Fast and the soldiers, King's God, and 
any High Towers were arrested. This also included  
[42:32] Gwain, who in the show is currently with Kristen. 
In the book, they also found Helena locked up in  
[42:36] the bed chamber, but I like the idea that she's 
caught alongside Allison. Damon then goes to see  
[42:41] Orwal and we get a similar scene to the one that 
we had with Aean last week. He pledges falty to  
[42:45] Rea and says he only sided with the Greens out 
of fear for his life. He then offers up Jasper  
[42:50] Wild and Otto and we cut to Helena and Allison 
trying to leave the city with Jiara. Some ladies  
[42:55] behind them seem to spot them and yeah, they're 
the most famous people in the kingdom so they've  
[43:00] got no chance of sneaking out. Damon then orders 
some people to be freed who I expect were the ones  
[43:05] logged to Reneer after the green small council 
declared for Egon. One of them's Lady Fell, who  
[43:10] refused to kneel for Egon in season one. However, 
in the book, she was actually killed after that,  
[43:14] but they've kept her alive in the show. This is 
the same for Lord Merryweather, who both appear  
[43:19] later in the throne room. Further into the prison, 
we then see Jasper Wild, who's in a bad way, but  
[43:23] we get a surprise that I really wasn't expecting. 
The Jailer says that there is a gift for Damon,  
[43:28] which turns out to be Otto High Tower. The 
last proper time we saw him, he was stripped  
[43:32] of the hand of the king position and said he was 
returning to Oldtown to mentor Prince Darren.  
[43:37] However, in the finale, it turned out that he was 
captured and was shown in the cell. It was a bit  
[43:41] of a shock as this didn't happen in the book. 
And for like the last two years, I've wondered  
[43:46] what happened to Otto. How about turns out it was 
the minations of Laris. In episode 6 of season 2,  
[43:53] Aean agreed to appoint a hand of the king and 
Laris thought it would be him. How about he's  
[43:58] just tasked with bringing on a high tower back 
to King's Landing so he can take up the position  
[44:02] once more. Solaris doing this is clearly to get 
him out the way. And yeah, with how close he is  
[44:07] to Egon right now, he's clearly still vying for 
that position. But seeing Otto is something that  
[44:12] brings Damon great joy, as these two have had beef 
since the very first episode. Otto was even sent  
[44:18] to Dragonstone to get the egg that Damon stole 
back and wasn't happy with how Damon commanded  
[44:23] the Goldcolaks. So Damon is more than happy 
with his gift, even if it comes from Lar Strong.  
[44:29] We then see the released prisoners and it's a 
scene similar to the book where Rene doesn't  
[44:33] sleep and just meets with the lord so they can 
bend the knee. In the source material, she wants  
[44:37] everyone to know that she's the rightful ruler 
and projects this by sitting at top the throne  
[44:42] and demanding the lord's kneel. Here though, she's 
hesitant to sit on the throne and we learn there's  
[44:46] a line waiting for her so they can all come in and 
bend the knee. The gold cloaks then bring in their  
[44:50] prisoners and Otto's paraded about the room which 
is a grim reversal of his position in season 1.  
[44:56] In episode 9, he had the position Reneer does 
here and demanded that people swore guilty to her.  
[45:02] There we also saw Lady Fell and Lord Merryweather. 
And hey, I have said I'd wish some things had been  
[45:07] set up earlier in the seasons like um Loha and 
Call this is beef, but credit where it's due,  
[45:13] some pretty good long-term storytelling here. 
Otto then says, "I assume everyone else is dead."  
[45:20] Which shows he doesn't understand his family at 
all. I definitely don't think he expected Egggon  
[45:25] the second to be ruined at Rook's rest and for 
Allison to send Aean away and then open up the  
[45:29] gates. The only way the city would have fallen in 
his mind is if everyone in his side was dead. And  
[45:34] yeah, you shouldn't have put your faith in so many 
idiots. My guy must have been like, "I love you,  
[45:42] but you are not
[45:47] serious people." Damon then says that while 
Agon's fled, a public execution of Otto will  
[45:53] cement her as queen. He says she must not waver 
lest she be seen as weak. Otto then delivers  
[45:59] an insult by asking Damon to do it so he's not 
hacked to death. And to be fair, the kill isn't  
[46:04] clean. But my motto, [ __ ] Otto. I get seven 
digits from your mother for a dollar tomorrow.  
[46:10] Terrible. But this moment is very similar how 
Theon Greyjoy had to kill Sir Rodri when he took  
[46:14] Winterfell, only to end up taking ages to chop his 
head off. Damon then hands her dark sister which  
[46:19] is the ancient blade of a senior Targaryen. 
She was the sister wife to the conqueror  
[46:23] himself and is someone whom Rene looked up to for 
inspiration in season 2. He's also a character who  
[46:29] was involved in the usurping plot and I feel this 
signals that while she looked up to the character  
[46:35] she is really struggling with the cost 
that it actually takes to rule and yeah  
[46:39] hacks away and just turns into a big ball of 
snot. Luckily though she has Damon who hypes  
[46:44] her up but she's far from the strong warriors 
of old. I feel like this is the first test that  
[46:48] Reneer has to take to really really prove herself. 
Um, and unfortunately she kind of stumbles at the  
[46:53] first hurdle. I think it shows she's just not fit 
to grapple with this role and clearly, you know,  
[46:59] isn't good at killing people yet. Anyway, before 
dying, Otto also says he did his best and Rene  
[47:05] cries before lopping his head off for good. 
The pair executing Jasper and Otto is also  
[47:10] like when Damon killed Vayon in what is pretty 
much the exact same spot. Now, in the book,  
[47:15] Jasper is adamant that Reira isn't the queen until 
the end, but these lines appear to be more like  
[47:20] the king's god earlier in the scene. We then see 
Rene walk through the blood, which is similar to  
[47:24] Damon's vision that saw him do the same. It's not 
exactly the triumphant march to the throne that  
[47:29] people were expecting, and she simply slowly walks 
up to it, which mirrors Viseris's climb in season  
[47:34] 1. She leaves a trail of blood behind her. And 
rather than being glorious, it's kind of low-key,  
[47:41] which I think works well with what the show's 
going for. She doesn't seem relieved at all.  
[47:46] This has cost her her kids, and the worst part 
is yet to come. Also feel like it's playing off  
[47:52] the visions in season 2 as their Visera said to 
Damon that the weight of the crown is crushing  
[47:57] and she's kind of been forced to do this out of 
necessity. then goes from bad to worse as Allison  
[48:02] and Helena are dragged in just in time to see 
Otto's corpse. Rene then looks stern and I feel  
[48:08] like the friendship is finally over. Ultimately, 
Allison had kept her word, but I don't feel like  
[48:14] she expected it to go this way. So, this may lead 
to a further breakdown of communication when they  
[48:19] were almost reconciling. And I feel like she's 
going to be like, "This isn't what we agreed to."  
[48:25] I do think she'll see this as a betrayal and 
might not be so forthcoming with helping quell  
[48:30] tensions with the Greens. So yeah, I expect that 
we will have Allison locked up and this death may  
[48:35] push Helena over the edge, literally. Anyway, that 
takes us to the spoiler section in which we'll go  
[48:41] through what happens in the book and also some of 
the things in this episode that set up things to  
[48:45] come. If you're ducking out at this point again, 
thank you so much for sitting up until this point  
[48:50] of the video. I know the videos are long. I 
know the breakdowns are a bit [ __ ] long,  
[48:53] especially when you watch like an hour of 
television, but I really really appreciate you  
[48:57] guys sitting through it. Um, you guys make it make 
it worth putting all this extra effort in. Um,  
[49:02] and I just want this to be as thorough as possible 
and without you guys, it wouldn't be worth doing.  
[49:07] So, thank you. Now, after this, Allison 
becomes known as the queen in chains,  
[49:11] and she pleads for the rest of her children's 
lives. Leads to some cold lines, which I fully  
[49:16] expect we'll get next week when we deal with the 
aftermath of what's just transpired. In the book,  
[49:20] Allison was actually spared with Rene saying it 
was for the sake of our father who loved you once.  
[49:25] Oral is also alive and has quite a story in the 
book, but he was sent to the dungeons immediately  
[49:31] after this. Gwain was also the one who was stabbed 
when the gold cloak's turned, but obviously  
[49:36] they're not doing that in the show and instead I 
think they gave that death scene to Otto. As for  
[49:40] Anira in the book, she got up from the throne 
only to be cut by it. As I mentioned earlier,  
[49:44] this does signify that she's unfit to rule and is 
quite a bad omen. I expect that that will happen  
[49:50] in episode 3 and it will basically start off 
the arc with the city beginning to hate her.  
[49:55] In the episode, we also had Lauren Marban offer up 
his life as a forfeit for locking up Reneer. She  
[50:00] even says, "Let him decide how he will die." And 
this is something which I feel is foreshadowing  
[50:04] his book death. In the source material, King's 
Landing experiences riding due to how the small  
[50:09] folk have been treated, and this is hastened by 
Laris Strong's whisperers. Lauren then led 100 men  
[50:15] into flea bottom in a bit to stop the riding only 
to die in the fighting. So I do wonder if he'll  
[50:20] accept some kind of insane mission to help his 
queen at the risk of his own life. Beyond that,  
[50:25] the biggest change of the show is how Ara ended up 
back at the veil with the dragon. As we mentioned,  
[50:30] her story matches that of Nettles in the book in 
that Nettles apparently ended up sleeping with  
[50:34] Damon, even though some reports said he treated 
her like a daughter. Msoria then appeared at  
[50:39] King's Landing and she basically told Reneer 
that the pair had got together. This then led  
[50:45] to the queen descending into a fit of rage and 
demanding the girl's head. However, with Raina  
[50:49] being his daughter and I know the show's got 
incest in it, mate. I've seen it enough times,  
[50:54] but I do feel like they're not going to do 
that with Damon. Instead, I think the series  
[50:58] will likely take inspiration from the line doted 
upon the brown girl as a man might do upon his  
[51:02] daughter. So I feel like Damon might protect Raina 
instead and Judah sheep stealer killing Jeris and  
[51:09] that will be what causes the rift in the book. 
Nettles also reportedly hid out at the veil and  
[51:14] the Veil Mountain clans called her the fire witch. 
So that could be something that they do with Raina  
[51:18] and and and I know I've kind of gone back and 
forth over whether I like them combining her  
[51:22] her character with Nettles, but I think that 
would be the best way to handle it. Um so yeah,  
[51:27] let's see what they do. Give me a call if it's not 
too late. [ __ ] No, don't call me at all. I'll  
[51:32] give you terrible advice. As for the other dragon 
seeds, we then get a heel turn with Ulf and Hugh.  
[51:37] I think that's coming very, very soon and kind 
of going to build off the way Damon treated them.  
[51:42] In the episode, we saw Ol's wife, Cat, look 
about the dragons arriving over King's Landing.  
[51:46] Hugh seems to have forgotten about his wife and 
kid, but I feel like something may happen to her  
[51:50] which will get him to turn. This is all building 
towards Reira's reign turning into a very bad one,  
[51:55] and this is because the kingdom's basically been 
ransacked. She was left with no money in the royal  
[52:01] coffers as Laris took it all for safekeeping. 
This meant that taxes were levied which turned  
[52:06] the small folk against her. This was to the 
point of even calling her king meor with tits.  
[52:11] Riding then ensued and I do wonder if Hugh will 
be swept up in the antiro wave and switch sides  
[52:16] just like he does in the book. Ul. Yeah, it's 
obviously going to happen. Um, and I think he's  
[52:21] going to be spurred on by Damon's bullying and the 
fact he resents not being treated like royalty.  
[52:26] Now, regarding Alice Rivers, she boldly asks for 
Harrenhal. This actually sets up something later  
[52:31] in the story. And if you watched our spoiler 
section from last week, we explained there  
[52:35] that she's probably moving Damon away so she can 
have Aean's baby. I think if she sleeps with Aund,  
[52:40] it might make the castles hurt by blood as she's 
technically tied to the royals. In the book,  
[52:45] they called her the witch queen and a small 
cudded congregate at Harrenhal a year after the  
[52:49] Battle of the Gods Eye. Knights were then sent to 
investigate only to come back and report that she  
[52:54] used magic to kill a lot of them. So, I think the 
show will feature a lot of her future minations  
[52:58] to keep Harren Hall in the scenes with Aean, 
unless they do like Luigi's Mansion scenes with  
[53:02] him as well for eight episodes, which kill me if 
that's the case. Now, regarding Aegon in the book,  
[53:08] there was an attempt to retake the castle by 
Wallace Mutin. They succeeded and then attempted  
[53:12] to kill Sunfire for good. It was an absolute 
disaster, though, as the sound of the soldiers  
[53:16] defeating those guarding the dragon woke the beast 
and the attackers were then killed, which also  
[53:20] included Wallace. It appears that the mutants 
have taken Rook's rest at some point though  
[53:24] between season 2 and now as we can see them in the 
season 3 trailer there. Agon's looking up and we  
[53:29] can see the mutant sigil on a shield. I think that 
he's heading to Rook's rest to get his dragon back  
[53:34] and we'll likely get a shock when he turns up and 
find the garrison's taken over. Sunfire has been  
[53:39] shown in the teasers as well. So we do know that 
he's coming back. Um and I think that's when this  
[53:44] plot point will likely go down. Lastly, Helena was 
looking at her bugs. And in the book, we mentioned  
[53:49] earlier how the butterfly usually means death, 
but the character is still alive. This sadly won't  
[53:54] be for much longer, though, and she's racked 
with grief over everything that's gone down.  
[53:59] In the book, she supposedly jumped out of a window 
and fell onto the spikes below, which happened  
[54:03] shortly after the battle above the God's Eye. She 
was also reportedly with child, and some say this  
[54:09] was from the brothel. You see kids, after trying 
to reach an agreement, Allison called Reneer's  
[54:13] son's bastards and was like, "Oh, you see, it's 
not it's not that bad, mate. Only bastard bloods  
[54:18] been spilled, which obviously annoyed her." In 
some tellings, Myaria then reportedly sold her  
[54:23] mother and daughter into prostitution, and 
Helena basically had to work the brothel.  
[54:28] Moro was then killed. Her head was sent to Helena, 
which some said Reneer did. And this basically,  
[54:33] yeah, this life of pain and anguish just pushed 
her over the edge, literally. Now, though it might  
[54:37] not have been Rene, that is what happened. 
and the death was blamed on her because of  
[54:41] it. H which also led to more writing. Yay. Now I 
feel like that shot of her looking up in the weeks  
[54:47] ahead trailer is this moment as it's going to 
happen in the series and this might be going down  
[54:52] right before she takes the leap and almost said 
takes a leak there. But yeah, that's it for this  
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