[0:00] Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers 
Show. I'm your host, Paul,  
[0:03] and this video we're breaking 
down House of the Dragon.
[0:10] Season 3 is now here with it being packed 
with some major battles, brand new characters,  
[0:14] and also some really big deaths. Feels like 
the season 2 finale that we should have got  
[0:19] and kicks things off in a big big way. There's 
also some major changes from the book and some  
[0:24] that I liked and some that I didn't. But we'll 
obviously be going through it all and I've just  
[0:28] been back through this big section of the story 
so we can compare things to how they were brought  
[0:32] to screen. We'll also of course be covering every 
episode for the next eight weeks. So if you want  
[0:37] to bend the knee and pledge your allegiances, then 
please hit subscribe. Now we ended season 2 with  
[0:42] a blacks and greens assembling for battle. We had 
to call this ahead out for the Valyrian blockade  
[0:46] while Tal and Lannister secured the Triarchy's 
support. Larus also smuggled out of King's Landing  
[0:51] by convincing the king that Aean was going to kill 
him. Their mother also made a deal that would give  
[0:56] him up as well and she promised that the gates of 
King's Landing would be open for Reneer. She had a  
[1:01] reinvigorated spark as Damon had decided to stand 
by his wife/nie. He's witnessed the coming of  
[1:06] the Night King and basically has watched Game of 
Thrones season 8. So that's where we kick things  
[1:11] off with a season picking up with the iconic title 
sequence. The opening titles are largely the same  
[1:16] as last time with a woman being sacrificed to a 
dragon and then the doom of Valyria. Agon then  
[1:21] heads over to Westeros for his conquest and it's 
at this point we see the fall of Harrenhal the  
[1:25] Ronald Aaron Shara Aaron Torren Stark and Edmund 
Tully Neil and then Agon accepts the faith of the  
[1:31] seven and we get the great council from season 1. 
Then we have the dance of the dragons with the two  
[1:36] thrones before seeing Arax dying and then Jiharis 
Targaryen's body with his head being cut off in  
[1:41] blood and cheese. We then end with the battle 
at Rook's rest and Vaggar being confronted. Now,  
[1:45] the episode itself opens with Raina staring down 
sheep stealer, picking up right where we left off  
[1:50] in season two. Those scenes were reminiscent of 
Danny's dragons, killing sheep in the main show,  
[1:55] and it's pretty much this dragon's main 
personality trait. Now, Raina for the show  
[1:59] is a mix between Raina from the book and also 
the character Nettles. In the book, Raina has a  
[2:03] dragon named Morning, whereas Nettles is a dragon 
seed who ends up with Sheepsteeler. Many of the  
[2:08] other seeds and seekers who aspired to ride upon 
Sheepsteeler's back ended in Sheepsteeler's belly  
[2:13] instead. In the end, the brown dragon was brought 
to heal by the cunning and persistence of a small  
[2:17] brown girl of six and 10 who delivered him a 
freshly slaughtered sheep every morning until  
[2:22] sheep stealer learned to accept and expect her. 
In the book, Raina doesn't actually leave the veil  
[2:26] and stays there throughout the entire war. Nettles 
is also described as foulmouthed and fearless and  
[2:31] born to a dark side hall. Although Nettles is 
one of my favorite characters from the book,  
[2:36] h I do kind of get why you want to keep the 
characters to a minimum and combine them  
[2:40] where you can. In the book, Nettles fought at the 
Battle of the Gullet, and this was alongside Ol,  
[2:45] Hugh, and Adam. We'll talk about that more later 
on, and I have a big theory time about what they  
[2:49] could be doing. I think this opening with the 
sheep, though, kind of sums up the whole show,  
[2:53] and how everyone was fine and chilling until those 
damn dragons showed up. We have quite a peaceful  
[2:58] and idyllic scene, but then it swoops down and 
ruins it all. This escalates with this dragon  
[3:03] [ __ ] things up and being the reason for Jayce's 
death to a degree, anyway. But they've given  
[3:08] Sheepstealer a large protruding lower jaw and he 
seems a lot more jagged than the typical royal  
[3:13] dragon. Because of this, it just makes him seem a 
bit of a wild card and basically a complete idiot.  
[3:18] And hey, don't tell him I said that. Raina calmly 
approaches him and it's a taming scene that's a  
[3:23] lot different in the dragon pit scene from last 
time. This kind of highlights the kinship between  
[3:27] the families and why they're held up as gods 
because they're the only ones who could really  
[3:31] approach them and succeed. And even the bastards 
had difficulty. Cutting to King's Landing, we then  
[3:36] see Aean drag Grand Master all out of bed and put 
his head to the block. This is in the courtyard,  
[3:40] which is where Cersei had a gigantic map of 
Westeros in the main show. The guy's ready  
[3:44] to behead him for not knowing where Agon is, but 
Aean gets some egg on his face when he's told he's  
[3:49] left with Laris. But this is great shortorthhand 
to show how impulsive Aemon is. And this is what  
[3:55] kind of led to him accidentally killing Luceris 
and causing all this [ __ ] in the first place.  
[3:59] I think it's kind of the classic case of where you 
could argue that he's just reacting to the world  
[4:04] around him, though. As a child, he had his eye cut 
out by some very strong lads. And after this, he's  
[4:09] just not taking any chances. He's wildly jealous 
of his brother as well, and his delay at Rook's  
[4:13] rest led to Agon almost being killed by Reine. 
Even when he went to get him from the wreckage,  
[4:18] there was the feeling that he might strike him 
down. Think Aemon is a bit like Damon as well,  
[4:23] and that they both felt they should lead and 
will have to accept that they must fall in line.  
[4:28] Interestingly, it was also the Maester who wrote 
this history in the book of what happened to Egon.  
[4:32] So, this is a pretty good Easter egg. Now, like 
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[6:03] Thank you. Now, upon hearing, Egon is missing. 
We cut to him and Larus who are bound for Essos.  
[6:08] This is different to the book as Laris arranged 
for him to hide out on Dragonstone. In the book,  
[6:13] it's actually a big mystery to where he went, 
but here we see he was captured on the road  
[6:17] and likely escorted there. Laris also arranged 
for the passage of Prince Mor and Princess Jiara  
[6:22] with the former having one of the darkest moments 
in the book. However, Mor isn't in the show. So,  
[6:27] at the moment, the battle of Tumbleton might 
not happen as they also skip over some of the  
[6:31] stuff with Reneer's kits. In the book, they've 
actually been smuggled on the gay abandon, which  
[6:36] we saw them being escorted to towards the end 
of season 2. This is where Raina snuck off from,  
[6:40] whereas the two boys went aboard the vessel. This 
was then sworn by the Triarchy, which pretty much  
[6:45] kicked off the battle of the Gullet. Prince 
Aegon, not to be confused with Aegon here,  
[6:49] like Rene's kid, Aegon. He escaped in his dragon 
Stormcloud, who got hit with the scorpion bolt.  
[6:54] Stormcloud managed to take Aegon home though, 
but he died after delivering the prince,  
[6:58] who is said to have arrived stinking of piss, 
who's only nine at the time, though, and the  
[7:02] work said he'd never flown before and would never 
fly again. As for his brother, Prince Viseris,  
[7:07] he didn't have a means of escape, and though he 
disguised as a ship boy, he was snitched on by  
[7:11] another one. Lowhar then got his hands on Viseris 
and the fleet arrived shortly after. Obviously,  
[7:16] Aegon and Viz are in the show as well. So, I do 
wonder if we'll explore more of what if anything  
[7:22] happened to them last week. Anyway, Aegon is 
an Aegony and wants milk of the Poppy, which is  
[7:27] Westeros's opium. However, Lar didn't bring any, 
and I did wonder if this was a means of control.  
[7:32] Like, it did cross my mind that he was basically 
going to sue them of his pain when he wanted to  
[7:36] get what he wanted and then hold it over him as a 
means of manipulation. As Agon rails about how bad  
[7:41] life is being a [ __ ] we then get a quick cut 
to Lis. Larus has lived his whole life known as  
[7:46] the club foot. And I do think he could even see 
this being a bit of revenge for how the family  
[7:51] spoke about him. And I mean, he did kill his dad 
and brother after all. It's not like he's not  
[7:55] petty. This potential plan is then erupted though 
when they're stopped by House Stuntton. Lord Stor  
[8:00] declared for Reneer in season 1 and was present at 
the Battle of Rook's Rest. However, in the book,  
[8:05] he was actually killed there, and it's poetic that 
Agon's confronted by the army he almost defeated.  
[8:09] Laris explains that they're taking ravens to 
White Harbor, presumably so they can travel out to  
[8:14] Braavos. However, they need to denounce the user 
a pass. Bend a knee. Swear to her grace, the one  
[8:21] true queen Targaryen. I love how Laris instantly 
bends the knee as well. He will do anything to  
[8:28] survive and doesn't mind turning on the king 
in front of him. It's best to live, I think,  
[8:33] however you do it. Agon of course refuses to kneel 
as he is the usurper himself who still has some  
[8:39] sense of honor. Even them flat out saying they can 
be on their way if they affirm their fieldalty is  
[8:44] something he still stands up to. The refusal 
makes the soldier adamant there for Egon. But  
[8:48] Laris plays a dangerous card by revealing who he 
is. Guy even gets him to bring out the crown and  
[8:54] it's a bold strategy cotton. Let's see if it pays 
off from then said to be killed but Laris smartly  
[8:59] says how the soldier can name his price if he 
delivers them to the queen alive. It reminds me of  
[9:04] how Tyrion managed to survive the initial capture 
by the slavers in the main show. However, Lis is  
[9:08] far more like Littlefinger as opposed to the Imp. 
And I'm pretty sure I cannot get cancelled for  
[9:13] calling him that cuz they say it in the show. But 
their trip to Dragon Stone begins via the closest  
[9:18] port of Duskandale. Now, I am a bit confused about 
this as in season 2, we saw Chrisen Cole and the  
[9:23] Green Armies take the city. How about maybe they 
could show the city still in conflict or maybe the  
[9:28] writers just forgot about the Iron Fleet. This 
was also a bit of the episode I was a bit like  
[9:33] m just seemed like a stupid plan and I'm not sure 
if Laris would put them in harm's way like that,  
[9:38] especially cuz he's so intent on surviving. Or 
maybe he would, mate. I don't know. But let me  
[9:42] know what you think below. But we then cut to 
Reneer on Dragon Stone. She says that she has  
[9:46] to believe Allison's plan was real and is holding 
on for hope that they can come to a resolution.  
[9:50] But Jace doesn't believe Allison at all. And to 
be fair, you can understand why. He thinks it's  
[9:56] a trap. But Rene is operating on the old news that 
Aean's gone to Harren Hall and Agon is bedridden.  
[10:01] It's why Allison later is so desperate to 
convince Aean to head to Luigi's mansion,  
[10:06] even accepting his kiss, which in a franchise full 
of incest, I don't know, felt a bit weirder than  
[10:11] the usual stuff. If you cast your mind back to 
Helena's vision, though, you'll remember that  
[10:15] she told him he'd die in the god's eye. You were 
swallowed up in the god's eye and you were never  
[10:20] seen again. So, you can see why he'd be hesitant 
to go there. But Rene is adamant that she can  
[10:25] take both King's Landing and also kill Usurper. 
However, as we've just seen, Eegon is egg gone,  
[10:31] which I suspect will lead to her dark turn in the 
books. The queen then basically lays things out,  
[10:36] and her plan means they will take the city in two 
days. This includes calling back Damon as well,  
[10:40] and we last saw him exit Haron Hall in his armor. 
This is a bit different in the book as well,  
[10:44] as Zary abandon it when Kristen and Aean marched 
on it. At the moment though, Kristen's continuing  
[10:48] to be an AO crybaby in the woods, and Aean is 
too busy trying to kiss his mom. Speaking of her,  
[10:53] we then see her returning to King's Landing. The 
framing is the same as we saw of her when she was  
[10:57] walking during the season 2 ending montage and 
they're also doing that thing in Game of Thrones  
[11:01] where they have characters traveling thousands 
of miles in a couple of hours, even though it  
[11:05] would probably take a week. And yes, mate, I know 
it's not real. When I was doing Night of the Seven  
[11:09] Kingdom as well, people are like, "You haven't 
even taken your watch off for the costume." I'm  
[11:12] like, "I'm not trying to actually be the character 
in the show, mate. There's [ __ ] Iron Man helmets  
[11:18] behind me. Filming it for a YouTube video, mate. 
I've got a mic in front of me. It's not real. I  
[11:23] don't know why the watch is breaking the illusion 
for you. But yeah, she's told that the king wants  
[11:27] a word, but looks stunned when she's told to 
head to the throne room. This builds off his  
[11:31] desires throughout the show, and he's finally 
gained a seat on the Iron Throne. Allison is  
[11:35] kind of screwed either way, though, and she's 
basically watching it all fall apart. She has a  
[11:39] failed king for her son, a psychotic one now after 
power, and the potential that Rene could kill all  
[11:44] her family. So, it's lose-lose all around. We can 
see that he's holding the sword Blackfire as well,  
[11:49] which he stole from his brother. This gave Aegon 
legitimacy over an era in season 1 and it's one  
[11:54] of the symbols of rule. Though it was primarily 
wielded by Agon the conqueror, it was also held  
[11:58] by Damon Blackfire who rebelled against the 
iron throne. That's something they discuss more  
[12:02] in a night of the seven kingdom. So I do like the 
image of a usurper of a usurper stealing the sword  
[12:07] and then sitting on the throne. Aemon is also 
suspicious of his mother and she says that she was  
[12:11] in the king'swood which we saw in season 2. She's 
confused as he's supposed to have already taken  
[12:16] Vega to support Kristen. However, he's used Egon's 
disappearance to sit in his spot. As we later see,  
[12:21] Orman's on his way with Prince Darren, and 
though we haven't been introduced formally yet,  
[12:25] we finally get to see him in the episode. He's 
a son of Allison Viseris, but was sent to be  
[12:29] Lord Orman's Squire. Because of this, he's not as 
much of a [ __ ] as the other kids and is actually  
[12:34] popular amongst the people. Darren is played by 
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, who you may have seen in  
[12:39] the Haunting of Blind Mana, and he will be playing 
Link in the upcoming Legend of Zelda movie,  
[12:43] Please Don't Suck, Please Don't Suck. He's a major 
player in the battles to come as well and we saw  
[12:47] his dragon Tacarian flying over the high tower 
forces at the end of season 2. Thearian is who  
[12:52] we see parked up later on, but we'll talk about 
that more in just a bit. Aemon also says that the  
[12:57] Triarchy will smash the Valyrian blockade and 
that they just need to bite their time. Now,  
[13:01] this is the best strategy to take. However, Loha, 
like the book, acts selfishly and messes it all  
[13:07] up. We then cut to said blockade and call this 
a ship and see the aftermath of Damon's forces  
[13:11] smashing Lannisters. The Lannister Sigil is the 
golden line as well and we see one being cut up  
[13:16] on the field as we cut to the battle. That is the 
same line we saw in episode six of season two and  
[13:21] I have to say the camera work and score here are 
really something else. Though I did have a bit of  
[13:26] a problem with Laris and the kiss later on and 
some of the stuff we'll get into later. I just  
[13:31] think the way they they handle the stuff here is 
A1. Just the way the camera moves and we've got  
[13:35] Caraxis walking around in the background burning 
it all really adds to the feeling. We've also just  
[13:40] launched our Caraxis inspired shirt below, which 
can be found at the merch store right under the  
[13:45] video. We've got loads of House of the Dragon 
and Night of the Seven Kingdoms inspired stuff  
[13:50] there as well, and have switched the material of 
the shirts to even higher quality fabric. Plus,  
[13:54] there's a big sale, too, and lots of money to 
save for the more shirts you pick up. We can  
[13:59] see a bracken shield and a soldier as they mop 
the last Lannister forces. The house originally  
[14:03] declared for the Greens, but has switched sides 
after the meeting at Harrenhal. So this is the  
[14:07] continuation of Damon heading out for a war at the 
end of season 2. This appears to be at the battle  
[14:12] of Red Fork combined with the battle by Lakeshore. 
In the book, Damon wasn't actually there as he had  
[14:18] to part for Dragon Stone so he could take King's 
Landing with Reneer. In the show, much has been  
[14:22] made about Damon's bloodthirsty nature, and this 
led to his gold cloak slaughtering criminals,  
[14:27] taking the stepstones, hitting the thumbs up, and 
ordering the Blackwoods to kill without mercy. On  
[14:32] the Red Fork, Lord Jason Lannister found himself 
facing the Lord Pink Maiden, Old Peter Piper,  
[14:37] and the Lord of Wayfairers rest Tristan Vance. 
Though the Westermen outnumbered their foes, the  
[14:43] Riverlords knew the ground. Thrice the Lannisters 
tried to force the crossing, and thrice they were  
[14:47] driven back. In the last attempt, Lord Jason was 
dealt a mortal wound at the hand of a grizzled  
[14:52] squire, Pate of Longleaf. Lord Piper himself kned 
the man afterward, dubbing him Longleaf, the Lion  
[14:57] Slayer. Pate isn't in the show, but in the bug, he 
was a squire who was knited after the battle. Now,  
[15:02] before recording this section, I spilled a big 
can of Pepsi down myself. H So, that's why I'm  
[15:07] looking so fresh. We take our breakdowns to the 
max, but this fight is a big loss for the Greens.  
[15:12] And in the book, Jason Lannister demanded that 
Aean arrive with Bear before he moved on. So,  
[15:17] Aean's selfishness here has cost them. If he 
hadn't let his brother burn, they'd also have two  
[15:21] extra dragons. As Damon looks for Jason Lannister, 
we can also see that soldiers from House Mallister  
[15:26] have joined them. as there's a soldier with their 
silver eagle sigil. Damon then meets with Oscar  
[15:30] Tully and the Lannisters are smashed from the 
front and back. Now, they might be regrouping  
[15:34] near the god's eye, which is something that's a 
nice bit of foreshadowing for Damon's story line,  
[15:38] which is something that we will be saving for our 
spoiler section, but Oscar just wants graves dug  
[15:42] for the dead rivermen. Damon doesn't care though 
and just says he can use his dragon to burn the  
[15:47] bodies. Plus, they don't carry the plague if 
they're incinerated. That is very interesting  
[15:50] though, as in the main Game of Thrones show, we 
saw host Tully be given a Viking style burial.  
[15:55] here that we then first see the winter wolves 
along with Rodrik Dustin who's played by Tommy  
[15:59] Flanagan. I actually had no idea who was going 
to be in the season, so it was great watching  
[16:03] the actor appear. Now, this is an army made up 
of much older men, hence the name Winterwolves.  
[16:08] It was actually customary for the older men of 
the north to leave their homes when the snow  
[16:11] came. And this was to preserve the supplies for 
the younger northern folk. It's them making way  
[16:15] for the young and accepting that they all have to 
make sacrifices. They were also clearly inspired  
[16:20] by the Vikings as well as they saw dying in 
battle as being a glorious end to their life.  
[16:25] That Stark banner though is always good to see and 
though they're not in the show that much that it's  
[16:30] always nice when they do pop up. But the Northmen 
are here as Jayce managed to secure the support  
[16:34] of Winterfell at the start of season 2. They were 
then shown marching at the end of the series at  
[16:38] the bridge where their house would almost nearly 
be destroyed hundreds of years later. Now, these  
[16:42] winter wolves are very badass and play a major 
role in the battles to come. And from the book, we  
[16:47] know that 2,000 of them have arrived to fight for 
the blacks. Rodri then presents Jason Lannister's  
[16:52] head and says they've come to die for the dragon 
queen, which is a line that's right out the book.  
[16:57] However, there it was said to Sabatha Frey, who 
rode out to meet them to confirm Craig's support.  
[17:01] From there, they then went to join Lord Frey and 
join in the battle by the lake shore. It was the  
[17:05] bloodiest land battle in the dance of the dragons 
with the bloodiest naval one being what follows  
[17:10] later on. It's a real shame that we never get to 
see this though, and I know that a lot of book  
[17:14] fans, myself included, were excited to get to this 
point. I think being realistic though, the budget  
[17:19] would have been absolutely insane as they've of 
course got the gullet as well. Twothirds of the  
[17:23] Winterwolves actually died in that battle, and 
it was just a major set piece that I think would  
[17:27] have been great to see, but alas, the money's 
not probably there. We then cut to High Tower,  
[17:32] who sees the aftermath of a villager being 
taken advantage of by a soldier. shows that  
[17:36] Kristen Cole's camp is just as despondent and 
ill disciplined as its commander. Really cements  
[17:41] how far Cole's fallen and that he's realized 
that honor doesn't really matter. In season 1,  
[17:47] he was completely torn up about sleeping with 
Reneer as he taken an oath to be celibate. Even  
[17:52] caring for his cloak was something that showed 
he valued what it meant, but now no one really  
[17:57] gives a [ __ ] As for Gwane, we saw how he was 
jaded by war and after the battle of Rook's rest,  
[18:02] he saw no hope when an enemy had dragons. He 
believes they will march their annihilation,  
[18:07] but is now trying to hold on to some semblance 
of order. Gwane then heads to inform Christen  
[18:11] Cole as the Lord Commander paints his shield with 
the sigil of House Cole. High Tower mentions how  
[18:16] Aean and Vega were supposed to have joined them 
already, but he is late and we know where he is  
[18:20] now. The timing here is a little bit different 
in the book, but I think it's a nice little  
[18:23] scene in between the fighting. I did kind of 
wish we get more of a payoff as well, though,  
[18:27] and see whether Cole took the guy's life to 
show he was moving back to his morals. It's  
[18:31] not really fully needed as you can kind of 
read the scene yourself, but at least to me,  
[18:36] he seems slightly taken by High Towers's morality 
in the face of Oblivion. Now, he must decide  
[18:41] whether he wants to abandon his principles or stay 
true to the oath that he made. Gwane was also not  
[18:46] here in the book and was actually at King's 
Landing and second in command of the Goldcol,  
[18:50] but I do think that the pair work really well 
together as well as we have the nihilistic knight  
[18:54] interacting with the one who hasn't lost his way 
yet. Will they become beasts by the end? Well,  
[19:00] that's what we're going to have to see. We then 
cut at the dragon seeds outside the castle that  
[19:04] the pair have just been discussing. It appears 
that they're on the bank of the god's eye, which  
[19:07] is the huge lake outside of Harrenhal. This has 
the aisle of bases in the middle, and the woods  
[19:12] are said to be haunted, which we do see in just a 
bit. Here, elf tells the story of his upbringings,  
[19:16] which is all new for the show. Feels very similar 
to the origin of Varys, and we learn he was abused  
[19:21] when growing up in King's Landing. As we saw in 
Night of the Seven Kingdom, a childhood in Flea  
[19:26] Bottom is worse than a screen crush video. Now, 
Wolf says he was abused by a priest from Essos  
[19:31] who told him he had the blood of kings. To me, 
this has to be the red priest who worships the  
[19:35] god Ror. And we've seen this with Thoros of Mia 
and also Melisandre. The priest likely could  
[19:41] tell he had dragon's blood and was possibly drawn 
towards this in a really creepy way. We've also  
[19:46] seen how powerful that blood is with Melisandre. 
She needed king's blood to power her magic, which  
[19:51] led to atrocious acts such as sacrificing Shyne 
and trying to kill Gendry. But in its twisted way,  
[19:57] this grooming gave hope in this terrible world 
and he says that he owned it. It's why he was  
[20:03] so adamant that Bale on the brave was his father 
in season 2 despite no one believing him. Think  
[20:08] Tom Bennett is also fantastic here and Ola is 
one of those really interesting characters. He  
[20:13] especially grapples with his duty and kind of 
just wants to live the life of royalty. It's  
[20:17] kind of why I'm a bit gutted that they didn't go 
to the Battle of the Gullet as they end up playing  
[20:21] a serious role in that. In the aftermath of it, 
Ol's all like, "Well, where is Roy as Reneer is,  
[20:27] but we're the ones putting our lives on the 
line." So, he starts really asking himself why  
[20:32] he's fighting these wars when she gets the glory. 
And yes, to me, it is a major emission. However,  
[20:38] we do kind of get them touching upon it as he 
thinks he'll get a castle. He's clearly built  
[20:42] this up in his head, except Rene just promised 
them they'd get a knighthood, not a lordship.  
[20:47] A knight will comport himself with grace at the 
Queen's table. Best make me a knight then. So,  
[20:53] you're just going to get a horse, mate? What do I 
need with a [ __ ] horse? I've got a dragon. Adam  
[20:57] and Hugh are happy though, as with that, they'll 
finally be shown respect. However, Ols the worst  
[21:03] of the Targaryen traits by saying, "Men would have 
to show me respect cuz of the big [ __ ] dragon."  
[21:09] Targaryenss are only in power as they have flying 
atomic bombs. However, without them, they're just  
[21:14] like any other lord. It's something that was 
explored in a night of the seven kingdoms where  
[21:18] without their dragons they're in a precarious 
situation for the first time in history. Ul is  
[21:22] the side of the ts who believe they have the 
right to respect and power with their dragons.  
[21:26] While someone like Viseris believe they should 
rule kindly. He also quite rightly says that the  
[21:30] title of knight won't bring him food or drink. 
And as we saw with Allen of Penny Tree, it's not  
[21:35] all glitz and glamour. Later he's shown [ __ ] in 
the woods. And this clearly mimics the scene in  
[21:40] Night of the Seven Kingdoms. We don't ever see the 
royals reduced to this and it highlights how even  
[21:45] with the confirmation he's a Targaryen, he's still 
not respected just like Bronn or my guy wants as a  
[21:50] castle. He then asks Hugh Hammer where he got his 
dragon's blood. Now Hugh told his wife in season 2  
[21:55] that he was the son of Sarah Targaryen who worked 
in the pleasure house. Thus this makes him nephew  
[22:00] of Viseris and Damon. They're then interrupted 
though as they hear something on the island.  
[22:04] Ulf want to leave the island behind but Adam wants 
him to wait for Aean and Vagar. Hugh then reminds  
[22:09] him that Aemon's killed two dragons already, 
which were Aryex and Meis. Speaking of dragons,  
[22:13] we then cut to Raina after her first flight with 
Sheepsteeler. She attempts to sing to it just as  
[22:18] Damon sang to Vermathor and the dragon handler 
sang to Sea Smoke. However, it doesn't calm the  
[22:23] beast down. She struggles with it and her flight 
clearly wasn't a calm one. Similar to when Aean  
[22:28] claimed Bear, sheepstealer just doesn't obey 
her though, and he's basically like when Ash  
[22:33] first got Charizard. We then cut to Allison, who 
asks if she knew her husband/brother had fled.  
[22:38] Along with that, Otto's fate is still up in the 
air, but book readers have a fair idea of what's  
[22:43] going on. Because of this though, Allison is the 
only realist in the castle. Now, she's writing  
[22:47] a letter, and we do see this delivered later on. 
Turns out she's forged the king's signature. Uh,  
[22:52] which reminded me of the [ __ ] I'd do every 
week at school when I'd signed stuff from my  
[22:56] mom saying I had completed my homework. Back in 
the day kids, we had homework diaries and I was  
[23:01] a [ __ ] expert when it come to signing me mom's 
signature. We then see this message arrive a bit  
[23:06] later at Orman's camp where Tisorian is being 
kept in place by some dragon handlers. Allison  
[23:10] also knows that Aemon will not arrive to meet with 
him as she urges him to go to Harren Hall later in  
[23:15] the episode. So I feel it's part of her plan to 
let Rene take over King's Landing. She's sending  
[23:20] Aemon away. And as she said last season, she'll 
make Helena tell the gods to surrender the city  
[23:25] by delaying Orund and making him wait. he won't 
reach King's Landing and thus the city won't be  
[23:30] defended. It will also save a lot of lives as well 
because they won't be there to fight Reneer. Orman  
[23:35] himself is played by James Norton who's been on 
a number of big UK TV shows. He's accompanied by  
[23:39] John Roxton of House Roxton who along with Orund 
will be present at the Battle of Tumbleton. My guy  
[23:45] was an Andor as well, and it's nice seeing him 
here. Orman then proceeds to smell what I think  
[23:49] is something to mask the messenger, and it's 
here that he learns of Agon's incapacitation.  
[23:54] Orund doesn't seem to care who is king, though. 
And even though something's off with the sigil,  
[23:58] the guy just ignores it. He then orders the 
messenger to be bathed and fed. He said that maybe  
[24:02] the weather will hold after Jon said it's raining 
piss and [ __ ] going by messenger. Now, according  
[24:08] to the showrunner, he's the last major character 
to be introduced. I expect he'll be far different  
[24:12] to the others like Kristen and be more of a 
decent guy like Wayne. Now, he's in a fair few big  
[24:16] battles as well despite having a low page count 
in the book, but I am excited to see what they  
[24:21] do with him. Norton is also one of those actors 
who can play a proper [ __ ] and also be a really  
[24:26] charming lad who always hits the thumbs up. Helena 
then says that Aean is frightened too. She says  
[24:31] that he knows he will die if he faces Reneer's 
dragons, which is something we'll expand upon  
[24:35] in our spoiler section, but she has seen visions 
much like Agon did, who saw the coming of the war  
[24:40] against the Night King, and also Dan who predicted 
the doom of Valyria. We also saw Darren the  
[24:44] drunken predict his father's death in the night of 
the seven kingdoms. And yeah, dreams are something  
[24:48] that have been laced throughout the franchise. 
The story is pretty different to the book though  
[24:52] where after her son was murdered, she sank into 
a deep depression and refused to eat, bathe,  
[24:56] or leave her room. Now, I do expect she's up and 
walking about because yeah, the blood and cheese  
[25:01] scene was neutered quite a bit in the show, even 
if it was quite bad. I think they're just avoiding  
[25:06] torturing kids, which is probably why they also 
cut the stuff on the gay abandon. Jumping to the  
[25:11] fleet, we then catch up with Corus and Alen of 
Hull. Corus breaks out a bottle from Eb, and this  
[25:15] is an island off the nation Iben. This might be a 
type of schnaps as Iben is based on Iceland. It's  
[25:21] somewhere that Corus traveled to when he was much 
younger in the book and is a great father and son  
[25:25] scene. They've been given the order to take five 
ships from the blockade and sees King's Landing.  
[25:29] And Alan says that he'd expect Aean to let the 
city burn before surrendering it. But luckily,  
[25:34] he won't be there. Corus is trying to make amends 
with his son though after ignoring his bastard for  
[25:39] his whole life. Coris says he tried to give 
him a life, but it's a sore spot for Allan  
[25:43] as he'd be working to survive while seeing his 
dad buying sweets for Lenor. Coris apologizes,  
[25:48] but they're interrupted by the arrival of the 
Triarchy fleet, which completely outnumbs them.  
[25:53] Corus is surprised as well as he was expecting the 
Lannisters at the Greyjoy. How about just in the  
[25:57] same way he's had to face up to the past with his 
son, his old enemies returned as well. And since  
[26:02] the Battle of the Stepstones, they've had a lot 
of experience fighting dragons. We then see Tylen  
[26:06] Lannister and Loha's ship as the crew prepares for 
battle. Tylen wants to engage the Valyrian fleet  
[26:11] in close combat. So Reneer's dragons can't afford 
to burn them from the sky. Loha is aloof though  
[26:17] and says he will regret wearing such heavy armor 
if he falls overboard, which is something that  
[26:21] does happen. He then says he'll be glad of the 
armor when the fighting start, which yeah, they  
[26:25] are because sending them overboard allows him to 
pass this treacherous passage. She then commands  
[26:30] her fleet to take a detachment to sack high tide 
as it's a monument to call this. Loha then bets  
[26:34] that he'll lose focus when he sees it on fire, 
including all his treasures. All the treasures  
[26:39] the sea snake had brought back from the east were 
consumed by fire. His servants cut down as they  
[26:43] tried to flee the flames. The Valyrian fleet lost 
almost a third of its strength. Thousands died.  
[26:48] Yet none of these losses were felt so deeply as 
that of Jerus Valyrian, prince of Dragonstoneone  
[26:53] and heir to the Iron Throne. We then catch 
up with sheep stealer yet again, who's eating  
[26:57] another sheep and being a great bloody mate as he 
offers some terrain. It's kind of like when a dog  
[27:02] or cat brings in a dead bird. Oh, thank you. Thank 
Thank you for vomiting that up. After Ormond, we  
[27:08] then see Allison speaking with her son. The pair 
talk about the future and it mirrors the Visera  
[27:13] scene with Rene where he explained the dagger. In 
both, we have parents talking to their kids about  
[27:18] the future and trying to steer them on a path 
that will save the family. Both try to implant  
[27:22] the idea they have a really important quest 
and if anything bad happens, then all was for  
[27:27] nothing. She says it's her follow as she tried to 
put Egon on the throne but unfortunately did not  
[27:31] prepare him to rule. But I think Egon at least you 
know seemed interested especially when the small  
[27:36] folk presented their issues. He was still a dick 
though and yeah got Jason Lannister to basically  
[27:41] give his son a pony ride. But he's also a [ __ ] 
too. As they say though, you never know what  
[27:46] you're going to get with the dragon folk and like 
the gods toss a coin every time they're born or  
[27:51] some [ __ ] as they say. Aean was also well aware 
of Egun's shortcomings and even embarrassed him  
[27:56] when speaking high valion. Allison says that Aean 
should have been king though which from an ability  
[28:00] standpoint does make a lot of sense. However, I 
do think he would have just been evil as we saw  
[28:04] with Shaw point how he reveled in the destruction. 
The guy just has a chip on his shoulder and was  
[28:09] embarrassed by his brother his whole life. Even 
last season, Egon embarrassed him at the brothel  
[28:14] because my guy was in love with his stripper. Now, 
I actually don't think Allison believes he'd be a  
[28:20] good ruler, though, and is instead hyping up her 
son. She pretty much just wants to give the throne  
[28:24] up, so I don't know why she'd also be telling 
him he's this [ __ ] She knows Agon's heads  
[28:29] for the chopping block and that he's outnumbered 
when it comes to the other dragon riders. We then  
[28:33] get the weirdest moment where Aeand kisses his 
mother. Kind of comes out of nowhere. To be fair,  
[28:38] the show has kind of tried to play up that he 
has mummy issues, but I don't know. Um, again,  
[28:43] just kind of shocked everyone, including the 
actors, I think. I mean, I'm all fine and good  
[28:48] with incest, but this was just too far. What 
do you mean you're fine with incest? I suppose  
[28:53] aiming Sylvia at the brothel kind of kind of look 
like her. But yeah, this came out of nowhere for  
[28:59] me and was just one of those changes that I didn't 
really think worked. Kind of like Reneer kissing  
[29:04] My Zarya when it just feels like it was written 
for the shippers. Incest is of course a big thing  
[29:09] in this family, but for the High Towers, it just 
isn't normal. She keeps her eyes open, horrified,  
[29:14] which reminds me of the cover of performance and 
cocktails by the stereophonics. I've always kind  
[29:18] of thought the casting was a bit weird as well, 
as Olivia Cook and Euan Mitchell are fantastic in  
[29:23] their roles, but in real life, the pair are only 
3 years upon age. It's a result of aging down  
[29:28] Allison's character for the show, which makes the 
scene she has with her sons feel slightly off. And  
[29:33] yeah, I think if she seemed a lot older, it would 
sell how messed up things are. In his mind though,  
[29:38] he's potentially thinking about her as his 
queen and filling in the gap left by his father,  
[29:43] literally. She then sheds a tear, knowing I 
suspect that he may not return, but this is a  
[29:48] son for a son world and it is a noble sacrifice. 
Although she could also be thinking, "OMG,  
[29:54] my son kissed me. What a freak." We then cut to 
Ulf dropping his guts and thankfully we are spared  
[29:59] the dunk camera angle. He's shocked as a black 
goat appears, which are usually an apparition of  
[30:03] Satan and witchcraft. This is then combined with 
a pentagram to symbolize Baffomet. But if you've  
[30:08] checked out our XFiles breakdowns, then you'll 
know people often misinterpret them. Pentagram is  
[30:13] a symbol of protection and Baomet isn't always 
shown as a force of evil. But the goat is of  
[30:18] course an evil omen and one like this appeared 
throughout Harrenhal. My guy is literally scared  
[30:23] shitless and he runs back to his fellow dragon 
seeds. Adam is adamant a that they should stay,  
[30:29] but they're startled by a green man. We saw one 
during season two at the Harrenhal Godswood and  
[30:34] these are people who preserve the aisle of faces. 
They were formed to protect the island when the  
[30:38] first men made peace with the children of the 
forest. The men agreed to cease cutting down  
[30:41] their weirwood trees and thus they survived on 
the aisle of faces and in various godswoods.  
[30:45] It's actually said that Harrenhal was cursed due 
to haron the black felling the weirwoods around  
[30:49] Harrenhal to help build his castle and then bad 
things continued to happen on the ground. Adam  
[30:54] actually landed on the island later in the source 
material after quite a lot of stuff had gone down  
[30:58] and he then sought the council of the green men. 
So suspect that maybe this is a setup for Adam to  
[31:04] know that this is an island of magical people and 
then that'll lay the groundwork for more things to  
[31:08] come. We then get the return of Alice Rivers who I 
think first appeared as that black goat. She says  
[31:13] that they're missing the battle and that their 
queen needs them at Dragonstone. Hugh asks her if  
[31:17] she's a witch which is something Damon called her 
when he first met her. As mentioned throughout the  
[31:21] video, these dragons sees throughout the battle 
of the gully, but here they're waiting for Vagar.  
[31:25] I do have a theory, which is something I'll save 
for the spoiler section, though, as it includes  
[31:29] what happens with Aean and Alice next. But it is 
actually quite a good change that would at least  
[31:33] make up for them being bye-bye at the battle. 
Back at Dragonstone, the queen then decides that  
[31:38] it's she who should go, which enrages Jaceris or 
Jakaris, they sometimes call him. I don't know.  
[31:44] My brain is a mush with audiobook pronunciations 
and show pronunciations, but he's been sidelined  
[31:50] by his mother and protected ever since Luceras 
died. And we see the worst thing imaginable as he  
[31:54] dies at the end. Reneer is just scared of losing 
her though, and she puts her plans of winning the  
[31:59] war in peril. I think they really would have sold 
it more though if the young Viseras was captured  
[32:03] as well, and Jace and Egon were literally the last 
two kids she knew were safe. Jace just wants to  
[32:09] prove himself in this moment. And he passes an 
almighty speech check to get the king's god to  
[32:13] lock her in her quarters. And the guy was nailing 
the right dialogue tree options there. He's  
[32:18] desperate to join the battle though and even wants 
Baylor to come. I love his eyes as they light up  
[32:23] clearly hungry to prove himself cuz in his mind 
the dragons are unstoppable. But as the book says,  
[32:29] when Prince Jeris swept down upon a line of lysene 
galls on Vermax, a rain of spears and arrows rose  
[32:35] up to meet him. The sailors of the Triarchy had 
faced dragons before whilst waring against Prince  
[32:39] Damon and the Stepstones. No man could fault their 
courage. They were prepared to meet dragon flame  
[32:44] with such weapons as they had. Kill the rider 
and the dragon will depart. Their captains and  
[32:49] commanders had told them. Beyond that, I know 
they say [ __ ] in the show, but I don't know,  
[32:53] seeing Rene shouting, "You open the [ __ ] door," 
felt a bit weird to me. I think this dialogue in  
[32:59] general can be really hard to sell sometimes. And 
I don't know, for for me, it was just another ding  
[33:05] on the episode. How about that shit's kind of 
quickly brushed to the side when we cut to the  
[33:09] battle and see its absolute chaos. The boats burn, 
the skies are full of ash, and Allen informs his  
[33:14] father that Loha's ship Bitchfist has been cited. 
The ship is making easy work of the other ships  
[33:19] in the Valyrian fleet, and Lowa commands her ship 
to attack Corus. Tylin's also realizing he's been  
[33:25] played, as if the flagship leaves, then the entire 
attack is ruined. As I keep mentioning as well,  
[33:29] they also completely skip over stuff with the gay 
abandon. After Viseris was taken hostage by Lowa,  
[33:34] he then sold him to pay for his debts after the 
fight. This is because he was to blame for the  
[33:39] massive failure of this battle and was accused of 
keeping lysene ships back as most of the dead were  
[33:44] from Mir and Tosh Tyro. She sorry [ __ ] wig keeps 
going in my face. The leader was then shortly  
[33:50] assassinated after the sail whereas here they have 
her die during the conflict. So, another fate will  
[33:55] befall the prince, which is something that we'll 
bring up in our spoiler section. Loha is also  
[34:00] a lot different here in general. Got them turkey 
teeth, the best in the west, and she wants to take  
[34:05] out the sea snake's retribution for persecuting 
her people 20 years ago. Throughout the series,  
[34:10] we've seen call this's side taking down people 
like crab feeder, and he's someone who's oppressed  
[34:14] those in the Stepstones. In this show, Lowhar 
has been merged with Raalorun, who shares golden  
[34:19] plunder with their men. I'm also not sure if I 
like the idea of Lowa being a freedom fighter  
[34:24] who's just trying to get revenge for persecution 
as it just feels like a needless addition that  
[34:29] they put in at the last minute. I think had we 
seen her as a kid with crab feeder or something,  
[34:33] it would have added more weight to it. But they've 
just banged the rivalry in with Corus at the last  
[34:38] moment when the characters have absolutely no 
connection so far. But yeah, this is why Lowhar  
[34:43] promises an equal split of the bounty from Corus' 
ship. Sadly, Abigail, who plays her, I think,  
[34:48] doesn't quite hit the the acting marks uh that 
she needs to, and it feels a bit bit more nebula  
[34:55] than HBO. I bit his neck and drank his blood 
and dumped him in the [ __ ] pool. I'm not sure  
[35:00] if it's the writing. Um cuz that that open the 
[ __ ] door thing as well. I know Emma Darcy can  
[35:05] act. Um and the stuff with Laris as well. I don't 
know. It kind of felt a bit Dungeons and Dragonsy  
[35:10] rather than Game of Thrones. And look, mate, 
I love Dungeons and Dragons. That last movie  
[35:15] was a classic. H but it's written more like the 
dialogue there is more of a modern thing than the  
[35:21] sort of history uh that Martin was going for. You 
might even remember he did a blog post slagging  
[35:26] off the show and then an interview talking about 
the problems that he had. So I do wonder if we're  
[35:30] going to see more controversy after this as well 
as there's loads of big deviations from the book.  
[35:35] I know that the show's got like 100% on Rotten 
Tomatoes. H the score is very very high. But yeah,  
[35:40] I just had these nitpicks and though it's been 
rated higher than season 1 and season 2 so far,  
[35:45] I think season 1 has it pitted quite quite 
harshly. Quite harshly you could say. We  
[35:50] then cut to Reiro picking at her fingers, which is 
something Allison also did as well. What she has  
[35:55] is a wildly different relationship than we've seen 
between the lords of the seven kingdoms and their  
[35:59] sons as they're expected to go out and find glory 
in battle. But her nurturing of Jayce has left him  
[36:04] feeling shut in, and thus he's rebelled by doing 
something stupid. The fact he's desperate to prove  
[36:10] himself leads him to take risks like flying low, 
which ultimately gets him killed. Rene also starts  
[36:15] slashing up her dress, and I did wonder if this 
was them trying to show the madness and reckless  
[36:21] anger in the Targaryenss that manifests in the 
Mad King and later in Daenerys. I may appear  
[36:26] to have the weak and feeble body of a woman, 
but I possess the heart and spirit of a king.  
[36:30] This line got shown early and Twitter was 
saying it was a bit misogynistic, but it's  
[36:35] actually a play on something said in real life 
by Elizabeth the First to the troops at Tilbury  
[36:39] delivered on the 9th of August that was said as a 
way to rouse up the troops to defend against the  
[36:43] Spanish Armada. There she said, "I know I have the 
body but of a weak, feeble woman, but I have the  
[36:48] heart and stomach of a king and a king of England, 
too. And I think foul scorn that Palmer or Spain  
[36:53] or any prince of Europe should dare to invade 
the borders of my realm. To which rather than  
[36:59] any dishonor shall grow by me, I myself will 
take up arms. I myself will be your general,  
[37:04] judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues 
in the field. So yeah, it's not misogynistic,  
[37:11] mate. It's it's playing off that, you [ __ ] 
idiot. Get off Twitter. Back at the gullet. Corus'  
[37:16] fleet surrounded, but luckily dragons come flying 
in. As mentioned though, this is wildly different  
[37:21] from the books where the pair are joined by the 
dragon seats. It's one thing to face a dragon,  
[37:26] another to face five. The silverwing sheepsteealer 
sea smoke and vermouth descended upon them. The  
[37:31] men of the triarchy felt their courage desert 
them. The line of warships shattered as one  
[37:36] galley after another turned away. The dragons 
fell like thunderbolts, spitting balls of fire,  
[37:41] blue and orange, red and gold, each brighter 
than the next. Ship after ship, burst of thunder,  
[37:46] was consumed by flames. Screaming men leapt into 
the sea, shrouded in fire. Tall columns of black  
[37:52] smoke rose up from the water. All seemed lost. All 
was lost, but they stand their ground really well.  
[37:58] This scene is just like Rhaegal's death as well 
at the hands of Euron in the main show. Both were  
[38:03] attacked using a grapel/ scorpion and both died 
off the coast of Dragonstone. Arch Maester Gilden  
[38:08] explains in Vyron Blood as well that the story of 
how the dragon was killed differs across several  
[38:12] tellings. One story was that a sailor managed 
to shoot Burmax through the eye, similar to  
[38:17] what happened to Maraxis. However, because of 
that similarity, there were some that doubted  
[38:21] the telling. Maraxis skull has actually been 
seen throughout the show, and we theorized that  
[38:25] it somewhat foreshadowed the death. Knowing this 
though, it actually added some tension, especially  
[38:29] when Loha's firing the scorpion. I didn't even 
think that we might get Jayce's death here, as  
[38:34] it seemed like the characters were pretty screwed. 
In the book, the scorpion attaches to the ship and  
[38:39] the dragons are unable to grapple with the weight. 
However, I love the idea that it kind of drops an  
[38:44] anchor that then pulls the creature down into 
the depths. Seems like it's game over, but he  
[38:49] survives for now as Moon Dancer cuts the line. And 
it's a shame your sister wasn't as useful, mate.  
[38:54] MVP move right there. Meanwhile, Callis heads into 
the Dragon Stone Pass and orders the crew to row  
[39:00] as opposed to using the masts. It's a great scene, 
though, as it's tense and also helps us just focus  
[39:05] on two boats, so the stakes seem personal. 
It's also a risky move as well that helps to  
[39:10] prove Corus is a sailor. Corus gets clear thinking 
that Loha will die in the pass. And when she comes  
[39:16] through, it highlights how they're evenly matched. 
Also shows how she's desperate to be callless no  
[39:21] matter what. They drop as much weight as they can 
as the rest of the ship sink and the Lannisters  
[39:26] are then sent to drown along with Thailand. His 
fate we will have to save for the spoiler section,  
[39:30] but luckily it was just enough weight to make 
it through the pass. Corus then prepares for a  
[39:34] broadside attack only to get rammed and boarded. I 
expect this is because Keris saw high tide on fire  
[39:40] and as Lowhar predicted, he lost his focus after 
watching his home be ruined. In the book, the  
[39:45] island was completely destroyed, but Spice Town 
was dealt the worst blow. Basically burned down,  
[39:51] never got rebuilt, and yet it all springs forth 
from this war. Loha then boards the ship. And a  
[39:55] lot of these battles are pretty similar to the 
ones with Euron where he arrived to kidnap Yara.  
[40:00] It is great seeing a fullscale sea battle, though. 
And for all the criticism I've had in the episode,  
[40:05] they really go all out with making this a visceral 
showdown. All the while, Raina starts to burn the  
[40:09] ships indiscriminately, and the sailors scream, 
"Bring down the rider." Which is again something  
[40:14] out the book. Bring down the rider. These 
attacks really set the dragon off, though,  
[40:20] and it ends up attacking Corus' ships. As for 
him, all hella's broken loose on his deck. The  
[40:26] ship is falling apart, and everyone's falling 
into the water, including Alan. He desperately  
[40:30] pulls off his armor and we see in the skies the 
dragons clash. Jason goes to defend his fiance,  
[40:36] but sheep stealers like you're drunk mate when 
you're trying to get into the club and act as  
[40:40] sober as possible. [ __ ] Ryan Airy dragon that 
guy. These kinds of things have caused issues in  
[40:45] the past though and Vagar refusing to obey Aemon 
led to Luceris's death. His brother now suffers  
[40:51] the same fate as well. Lowa finally comes face 
to face with Coris and the pair jewel as the ship  
[40:56] sinks. But Alan steps in and fights a triarchy 
admiral. He really comes through for his dad in  
[41:01] the end. And we'll talk about what happens to call 
this more in this spot. I'm sorry I keep teasing  
[41:05] it. Jay then goes to attack the rogue dragon who's 
been burning both sides and he orders his to kill  
[41:10] a rider only to find out that it's Raina. I love 
how Raina just shouts away the whole time as well  
[41:15] saying obey. And we get a dragon chase that 
feels a lot like the one with Vagar as Jayce  
[41:20] is forced to fly low and then Araxus is hit by 
a grapel and sheep stealer is like ah time to  
[41:25] bail. but it really adds to the feeling of the 
houses turning on each other and the Civil War  
[41:30] dance of the dragons. Both Reneer's sons have 
been killed by a dragon doing its own thing,  
[41:35] which is poetic. And though it's a big change, 
I understand why the show's gone this way. That  
[41:40] said, I can see a lot of book fans really hating 
this decision. But yeah, for me, it worked well  
[41:45] within the confines of the show. And I've probably 
said I don't like some things that you loved, and  
[41:50] you've probably loved some things that I didn't 
like. So, everyone is entitled to their opinions,  
[41:54] but for me, this bit worked. Either way, the night 
will be full of darkness and discourse. Jason ends  
[42:00] up getting pulled into the water. It reminds me 
a lot of Dunkirk, namely the drowning scenes,  
[42:05] and the music kind of plays in the peril that the 
soldiers have when they find themselves in the  
[42:09] sea. The book made it sound blood curdling, and 
as it skims along the sea, we can see its red hot,  
[42:14] oily blood pouring out into the water. I did like 
as well how this came off the back of Lowhar and  
[42:19] Corus, as it adds some victories and losses to 
the fight. Baylor is then forced to watch as  
[42:23] Chase is stuck in the water drowning. He manages 
to encip himself and grabs a piece of wood only to  
[42:28] be turned into target practice for the triarchy. 
It's similar to the book. However, their Vermax  
[42:33] took down the ship with it as opposed to just 
sinking to the seabed. I love the way this is  
[42:37] played though with him getting almost like a shock 
as the arrow hits him. He then turns around and  
[42:43] we just see the life going from his eyes as he's 
hitting the neck. I will remember you. We then cut  
[42:53] to the last surviving dragon flying overhead and 
the ships completely decimated. In the book, only  
[42:58] 28 out of the 99 Triarchy ships return. And while 
both sides could claim a victory as Jason Lowhar  
[43:04] were dead, it was the bloodiest sea battle of 
all time, which was even worse than the Battle of  
[43:08] Blackwater Bay. But overall, it's a really strong 
way to end the entry. Um, and I think this episode  
[43:13] was full of action to the point that it felt like 
a true season 2 finale. It paid off almost every  
[43:19] moment of that previous episode. And I think it'll 
hit a lot more for people who just watch that  
[43:24] rather than people who are jumping in expecting 
things kind of starting with new plot lines like  
[43:29] you normally do at the start of a second season. 
I know the production was also told they needed  
[43:33] to cut two episodes and they settled on using the 
budget to make Rook's rest look good, but yeah, it  
[43:38] is something that might end up causing issues with 
the show's impact. Now, as for how this episode um  
[43:43] hit for me, I I kind of felt like how I did after 
Blood and Cheese. For me there, they made some  
[43:48] changes that just lessened the impact. Um and I am 
interested to see if this messes up things going  
[43:55] forward. Reneas and Aegon is just a massive part 
of the plot line going forward, especially when  
[44:00] you look at Night of the Seven Kingdoms and events 
that go down there. So, it's just wild to me that  
[44:04] stuff was cut. The dragon seeds were also kind of 
wasted as well. And I know they have some major  
[44:09] moments coming up. Um, but putting them on Spooky 
Island only to be sent back to Dragon Stone. Yeah,  
[44:15] I I feel that was a missed opportunity. A lot of 
this to me feels like they're just carrying on the  
[44:19] criticism I had with season 2. And I know this 
is a kind of a direct continuation of that. So,  
[44:24] I am hoping either next week or by the season's 
midpoint at the latest that they kind of establish  
[44:29] things and actually sell the choices that they 
made here. But uh I'm kind of worried. How would  
[44:35] I score this? Uh three out of five. But yeah, I 
think Fire and Blood is like a dry textbook that's  
[44:42] kind of open for interpretation, which they really 
did a good job with during season 1. But I think  
[44:48] if you drift too far apart from the bare bones of 
it, you can often run into big changes or things  
[44:54] or characters missing that are going to lessen the 
impact down the line, I feel. Anyway, I have a lot  
[45:00] I want to talk about in the spoiler section, so 
let's get into that. If you don't want to know,  
[45:04] then I thank you for your patience. And I also 
promise that there's not like a there's not like  
[45:08] a secret Robert Baratheon section that you're 
missing out on. Wait, actually, there is. Keep  
[45:12] keep watching now. But spoilers from here on out. 
So, in the aftermath of the battle, Corus ends  
[45:17] up surviving, but he's pretty despondent. Due to 
Jayce's death and what's gone down, he even says,  
[45:23] "If this be victory, I pray I never win another." 
At present, he's missing, but I think, you know,  
[45:29] he's far too big of a character for them to kill 
off. And what's a big difference as well, the rest  
[45:33] of the dragon seeds were not at the battle, and 
we don't get to see them drink and celebrate the  
[45:37] battle afterwards. Al mentions that they should 
be called lords, which I think the show adapted  
[45:41] into the discussion between the seeds earlier in 
the episode. I do wonder if they'll get blamed for  
[45:45] not being there as well, but to be fair, Ry didn't 
struck them to wait at Harrenhal. And I have heard  
[45:50] that five dragons on screen was a bit too much 
for the budget and that's why they weren't there.  
[45:54] But in the book, Nettles was traumatized after 
what happened, which I'm guessing they'll give  
[45:59] to Raina. The girl Nettles did not share their 
celebrations. She had flown with the others,  
[46:03] fought as bravely, burned and killed as they had, 
but her face was black with smoke and strict with  
[46:08] tears when she returned to Dragon Stone. I expect 
she will feel guilty over what happened when she  
[46:13] either returns to Dragon Stone or the Veil. Cuz 
yeah, if you know what happens with Nettles and  
[46:16] Damon as well, I don't know if they'll do it 
or maybe they will after that Aean and Allison  
[46:21] kiss. But as we mentioned before, a big mystery 
in the book was to where Aegon actually went.  
[46:27] In the source material, he went to Dragonstone 
with Laris and then returned to King's Landing  
[46:31] and undermined Rene's rule of the capital. His 
disappearance was actually a big mystery when the  
[46:36] queen arrived at the Red Keep, and she was shocked 
to see was missing. It's not until Rene returns to  
[46:41] Dragonstone that she learns Agon was hiding out on 
her island the whole time. He'd engineered a coup.  
[46:46] And though I don't want to spoil what happened 
after this point, it was quite a big moment.  
[46:50] What do you mean it's the spoiler section? Okay, 
turn off now if you don't want to know. Three,  
[46:55] two, one. Yeah, so we fed Reneer to Sunfire. 
Looks like the show is adapting the subtifuge  
[47:01] of Laris at King's Landing as well, though going 
by the season 3 trailer. As mentioned earlier,  
[47:05] the pair are taking a Dusk and Dale and it's 
quite funny as this swear bought passage back to  
[47:09] Dragonstone after she fled King's Landing. Another 
big thing is the meeting between the dragon seeds  
[47:14] and Alice Rivers. The seeds are outside Harren 
Hall with three dragons, which is something that  
[47:18] will cause major trouble for Vagar and Aemon. 
However, Alice Rivers has spooked off Ulf,  
[47:23] Adam, and Hugh. In the book, she becomes intimate 
with Aean when the prince takes the castle. She  
[47:28] ends up in his bed and eventually becomes pregnant 
with his child. Now, this is a total theory time,  
[47:33] but I think this child is likely an ancestor of 
Brynden Rivers. Alice, of course, has magical  
[47:38] powers, and Brynden ended up becoming the one 
who helped Brantock hone his abilities. This  
[47:42] helped then stop the Night King from taking over 
Westeros. And we see Brynen and Damon's vision.  
[47:47] Both Aean and Brynen look very much alike based on 
this vision as well. So I think she sent the seeds  
[47:51] away so she can sire a son with Aemon. The future 
appears to be fixed in the show too and everyone  
[47:57] must fall in line to stop the Night King. This 
episode also featured the God's Eye a fair bit  
[48:01] which makes sense considering a lot of it's around 
Harrenhal and the seeds were sent there. As for  
[48:06] Jason Lannister, he also died near the God's Eye 
as well. And who else died there was Aean and also  
[48:12] seemingly Damon. It's possible that this might 
be something that happens this season. H though  
[48:17] we don't get Damon's fate confirmed and he might 
have run off with Nettles, but Nettles isn't in  
[48:20] the show. But yeah, that how about a big part of 
Damon's character growth has been him recognizing  
[48:25] his part in the Song of Ice and Fire. Alice 
showed him the vision in season 2 and he's likely  
[48:30] prepared to go and sacrifice himself. Chris and 
Cole will also make his way to Harrenhal and with  
[48:35] the arrival of Aemon, he can finally leave his 
emo forest. In the book, we get the fall of King's  
[48:40] Landing, and with the Riverlands being hostile to 
the Greens, Kristen then departs for Orman's army,  
[48:45] which is when he's killed in a battle known as 
Butcher's Ball. As for young Viseris, he was  
[48:50] captured and lived out the war in the free cities. 
He was held by Bomaro Bazan, who died, and Viseris  
[48:56] then revealed his identity to his new owner, 
Lisandro Ragard. After this, he finally returned  
[49:01] to Westeros to find his brother was the king. But 
a lot has to happen between now and then. In the  
[49:07] episode, Allan also mentioned he was not given a 
name, and this is the only thing that would have  
[49:11] lifted him out of poverty. In the book, After Adam 
rides Sea Smoke, Corus asks Ran era if they can no  
[49:17] longer be referred to as bastards. As such, this 
line in the show is actually foreshadowing Allan  
[49:22] becoming the air drift mark just like the book. 
I suspect that he will ask after this battle as  
[49:27] it is a problem for the brothers that they they're 
not legitimate as Adam hasn't divulged who their  
[49:33] father is to the queen. So if they do change 
things up with Corless, it might be another  
[49:37] dunk having to prove his knighthood situation with 
Allan and his birthright. Someone else who wants  
[49:43] a lordship is also of the white. As the dragon 
seeds miss the battle of the gullet, I expect  
[49:47] their first battle will be Tumbleton. Apart from 
the cakewalk, that will be the taking of King's  
[49:51] Landing. But in the book, they actually end up 
defecting. Prince Darren's accepted bitter bridge,  
[49:56] but demands high garden, which yeah, that's not 
going to happen. He then goes utterly unhinged  
[50:01] and abuses women and feeds the one who angered 
him to his dragons. Hugh also goes mad in the  
[50:06] book and thought he could be king after hearing a 
prophecy that a king would be made when a hammer  
[50:10] falls on a dragon. The pair were then hunted 
to be killed. And considering Olf's eagerness,  
[50:15] I don't doubt that he'll betray the queen. We saw 
Hugh's wife in the trailer also looking up at a  
[50:20] dragon and I think that something may happen to 
her which will then lead him to also turn to the  
[50:24] other side. Lastly, we have Tylin's fallen to the 
drink. He's of course wearing heavy armor which  
[50:29] should spell his doom. In the book though, he was 
actually at King's Landing when Reneer took it,  
[50:33] which I expect to happen either next week or the 
one after. He ends up being tortured extensively,  
[50:38] but my theory is I expect him to worship on Dragon 
Stone and then be taken to the queen. But anyway,  
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