Crafting an Army | Behind the Scenes Season 2, Episode 8 | House of the Dragon | HBO

[@ratwayresident]

i truly hate ulf as a character but the actor is so charming in the bts footage. i'm glad he seems to be having fun

[@Blablablabla-i8q]

Gotta admire him for eating those 30 quails 😂

[@buffalosoldier2623]

Omg that was so awesome the season was worth it for that amazing moment!! I will remember ot forever!

[@tifferzturner]

Oh his character sucks but the actor seems to be awesome & he’s having fun .. I love that they show how much work goes into this show , the practical effects , the visual effects look sooo real like it’s actually insane how good they look . Amazing characters , but the seasons need to be longer , if we had 2 more episodes of this season then I think it would’ve been perfect & set up season 3 perfectly 👌🏻

[@kostiszantos7944]

The actor really seems he's got a bit of Ulf within himself! It's an Ulf thing to do to eat all that much on set, on work! 😂

[@ObiesieMaduegbuna]

It’s interesting seeing Tom Bennett play an extroverted character like Ulf. Used to seeing him play timid and introverted christopher in phone shop lol

[@bettyc1841]

I hope HBO gives them 10 episodes for season 3. I think it affected this season. Some things could have been expanded and explored more.

[@maggyfrog]

the starks and jace in the north needed more screen time

[@O6i]

GRRM said he isnt helping w s3

[@PitsPenguins87]

Probably a budget thing

[@Touchgrassplz]

8 EPISODES BUT THEY WERE LONGER THAN the usual 60-minute mark

[@Gergokovacs937]

they don't had money for a dragon and kings landing do you think they have to tumbletown gullet fall of kings landing Butchers bell sheepstealer battle above gods eye? these are s3 and major battles only now even all

[@Shubh_RKO]

The only one who was super happy in season finale was Caraxes after seeing his crush Syrax and his homie Seasmoke. He was like "Good to see u guys. Harrenhall has me creeped ou

[@chrinneon]

I thought so too 😂 the way he wakes up immediately

[@CHAKAT-co9lp]

Dragon getting creeped out, get real man

[@ft.jackjimmy7282]

@@CHAKAT-co9lp dragons can get creeped out, Vermithor and Silverwing refused to fly north of the wall because they are too scared to

[@CHAKAT-co9lp]

@@ft.jackjimmy7282 They are not real Dragons; they are juvenile.

[@Krayd-q5j]

Even they know this felt more like an Episode 6 than a season finale

[@joemartin2228]

lol incredible comment, so true, 100% needed at least 1 more episode with that rushed montage for the last 2 minutes 👎

[@psych0536]

it feels like the Episode 8 of a 10 episode season... Except it's an 8 episode season

[@cosmicknight4665]

@@psych0536exactly

[@vrooooooooooooooooooom]

On the bright side, we all get to cancel our MAX subscriptions two weeks early.

[@Regenmacher175]

Nah, it felt like a breather episode, which is what episode 10 of most seasons of GOT was. People now want to pretend that was never a thing but it was.

[@psychopomp-s5c]

The wings on Sheepstealer are incredible. They remind me of pointy leaves.

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

it did indeed look cool!the very blackness of it and the pointy wing tips were very noticable!

[@susanleach9106]

Just wish we could have seen more!

[@Jon155mt]

They found a way to completely waste Rhaena in this episode. Should’ve just left her out of it at this point. They couldn’t even have her claim sheepstealer yet FFS 🤦🏾

[@psychopomp-s5c]

@@Jon155mt Agreed. I hate that they just had her alone, running after a dragon we don't see until the end.

[@jamiemacdonald5203]

​@@susanleach9106more time with her and sheepstealer (which I would've rather had) might of meant no time to give us Tyland mud wrestling a lesbian. I would've also preferred more than the rushed couple of minutes with Cregan and Jace which seemed so formal considering the books make it clear they formed a brotherhood. I still enjoyed S2 but I think it's dropped in quality a little since miguel parted ways.

[@Ravenblack42]

House of the Dragon Season 2: The Finale that never was. Looks like I'll be spending the next two years pacing the Halls of Harrenhal day and night while awaiting the return of our Queen in Season 3. Despite less episodes this season there is such an unprecedented amount of work and commitment put into this show as a whole. Many thanks to all those who continue to make it possible for us to return to Westeros.

[@CraigKostelecky]

May your dreams at Harrenhal be entertaining and not drive you mad. Also... _fewer_ episodes ;)

[@scarlett.23]

@@CraigKosteleckyuse your real profile, Stannis

[@Andre_APM]

This is about highlighting the cast and crew who have no effect on the writing or producing on the show

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Harrenhal looks so huge and creepy, They really nailed it

[@Blablablabla-i8q]

Wish it really exist ❤

[@RyanMan1337]

In the Godswood, Alfred Broome is talking to Daemon. With subtitles on, you hear someone whisper "traitor", to Broome, to which he responded "Did you hear that?", and Daemon responded with,"This place will have you......." Also, may be callback to Bran when he uses the Wierwood Trees to view history and keeps saying stuff people hear, like Ned and Hodor

[@psychopomp-s5c]

Ooh! I remember him asking, but I didn't think anything was actually said. I'll have to go back to that scene.

[@RyanMan1337]

@@psychopomp-s5c Do it, and have the subtitles on

[@coffeeicreme]

ooohh cool observation! never thought about the possibility of it being Bran

[@elchicodelportico808]

Maybe the third eye raven?

[@RyanMan1337]

@@elchicodelportico808 Entirely possible! Just WHICH three-eyed Raven?

[@nomisunrider6472]

You know I always wanted to know how they handled eating scenes. Kieran Bew: I feel like Hugh would be eating the meat in this moment, because he's been starving and this is him enjoying meat for the first time in a while. It's gonna suck, but I'll do it for the character moment. Tom Bennett: I'm gonna see how many quail I can eat before I throw up.

[@Garlicboss19]

Although this was underwhelming finale shout out to the show runner designer and crews for their phenomenal set design and creativity all season seeing part of Westeros from book brought to life was amazing.

[@peptobismol8554]

While I don’t think this season was terrible, it primarily felt like 8 episodes of buildup. And not in a good way. Like, I TOTALLY understand they need to set things up for season 3, but I think it could have been executed better. Standouts of the season was the acting (Tom’s in particular) and episodes 4 and 6

[@denisefromdc1796]

💯

[@blockboi3816]

🧢

[@annie-sc]

Fair take. I really do think Tom did shine this season and made his character still very likable (despite his shenanigans and the r)

[@psychopomp-s5c]

I enjoyed this season, but there were definitely points where it felt like things were standing still. Episode 4 though? Worth it on its own. Lol.

[@dorohedoro1424]

Negativity is bad try being positive. I know you enjoyed every bit of the minutes you watched . And I am sure you are team green. Lmao😂😂😂

[@athenacheeks6937]

Seeing Dany in the vision is bittersweet I'll never forgive D&D for ruining her character

[@amaterasu5001]

remember in the books she is still in mereen with her dragons happy and fine

[@Jud6es]

do you however forgive these guys for ruining most of the big players in this show tho?

[@vishX999]

The most goosebumps moment for me was Starks arriving with their backrgound music

[@melissaharris3389]

It's really unfortunate that HBO reduced the episode count this season. It seems to have really messed with the pacing and left the season without its big finish. I hope the first few episodes of season 3 start with the clash this season was leading up to.

[@connor4144]

Season 3 will very likely begin with the Battle of the Gullet.

[@MyUniqueVibe]

They planned to end the season with the Battle of the Gullet, but HBO, I think, forced them into pushing it back to season 3. :/ I'm not sure how much power the show runners had at that point, and it shows in the finale. It feels more like an episode 8 of a 10 episode season, which it would have been had they not been forced to push back the aforementioned battle. Then again, perhaps the budget was too much, and I would rather wait for a a proper battle than one where we don't see the dragons and ship battling.

[@YamatoTre]

An extra battle wouldn't have fixed this. They've thrown consistent characterization out the window. Season 1 had only one battle, and one dragon "fight" if you could call it that. Yet it was infinitely better than this Season. Why?

[@darthlouise]

Either budget or schedule. It really does show and it sucks those two episodes were moved to season 3. It felt kinda anticlimactic (don't get me wrong the score and the ending gave me chills) because we're not left with much to ponder between the seasons ie is this character alive, what will happen now this character is dead. We also still haven't had a scene of rhaneyra talking to aegon, and I don't think we will until the end of the dance :(

[@ft.jackjimmy7282]

@@YamatoTre it wouldn't be game of thrones without the character flaws and inconsistencies. Rhaenyra did not want to fight and plead with Alicent to stop but Alicent refused thus forcing Rhaenyra to start preparing her dragons and armies for battle, but right when Rhaenyra is about to fight Alicent come to ask her to stop. So yes, the show runners pointed this out, she has that choice to stop again but if she is smart, she knows the opposing army is on the march too, her gaining more dragons is not a deed that had gone unnoticed by her enemies. I'm sure now history will remember her as a queen that started the war by claiming more dragons when in reality she didn't want this war to begin with.

[@marianafavela8527]

🎉❤ yes! Love it so much

[@LadyDynamitez]

@@YamatoTre Because people are too tiktokbrained now and can't handle shows taking their time to build up for big events. No doubt people would be calling first seasons of GOT slow and boring if they came out today. Then have the audacity to complain about lack of episodes as if more episodes building the war wouldn't make them complain that much more. It seems like people just want action and battles and forget the whole thing that made them so good in GOT. Go watch it, you'll discover that it's not battle after battle every other episode, it even skips many if not most of them like all Robb's battles (even the one where Jaime is captured), Tyrion's first battle to name a few, only one big battle per season. As an avid hater of season 8 of GOT, it truly amazes and honestly irritates me to no end how people have problem with slow build and development when they previously complained about rushed ending and loose ends and abandoned development, and plots. People complained about Season 1 too, why? *Because it was "rushed".* How are they to write a show well received when even the fans don't know what they want?

[@anthonyufert8477]

I liked the season but I really feel like they’ve shot themselves in the foot by shortening the season. Battle of Rook’s Rest was awesome! The special fx is 🔥 but I thought we would see more than one battle this season. The way this season ended there are so many battle that should happen in season 3, their budget is going to be insane. Makes me worry they’ll pull a Battle of the Burning Mill and we’ll only see the aftermath of a few significant events. Season 3 needs to go back to 10 episodes imo. I am nervously excited for the next season of HOTD. Now my wait begins for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

[@shortdrink873]

@@anthonyufert8477 yeah, feels like HBO tried to save money not realising it’s going to cost them more in the long run doing it that way. (And potentially losing them viewers who don’t trust their patience will be rewarded)

[@Wonkzzilla]

And so much cool stuff happens off screen. LoL

[@Divine_Chareka]

Major appreciation to the Behind The Scenes team for their hard work and dedication. They're a huge part of why the show looks so great. It's going to be tough to wait for season 3 until it comes out, hoping it won't take too long.

[@monicad99]

for a minute there, i thought it was daario naharis, his first version.

[@thundernuggies1980]

And so our watch begins 🫡

[@Infernal460]

Bring on the birds, watching is hard work.

[@kamillakayter]

Everyone afraid of spoilers for future seasons must be hating Helaena right now 😂 I mean it's insane how she laid out everything so straightforwardly!

[@dorohedoro1424]

Things could change you don't know Books are books 😊 cinema is cinema.

[@ft.jackjimmy7282]

@@dorohedoro1424 but Helaena had been correct ever since we first met her. It's more about whether you know how to decipher her riddles like, the beast beneath the boards referring to Meleys coming out of the dragonpit at Aegon's coronation, or he'll have a dragon but he'll have to lose an eye referring to Aemond losing an eye but gaining a dragon, plus the rat business. Now she's saying Daemon has to play his part, what part? that we don't know, there's only speculations but when it does happen, we'll know she's correct again.

[@n1c3s43]

@@ft.jackjimmy7282 her saying to Aemond "Aegon will sit the throne again, you'll be dead, swallowed by the gods eye never to be seen again" could also still be said to Daemon in his vision. Daemon is never seen again, whereas Aemonds body is found years later with Daemons sword in his eye.

[@Seronu]

Do you guys know what you've done? You have set up S.3 to be an **ABSOLUTE BLOODBATH!** There are going to be so many conflicts that I am actually worried about the budget. I don't think this show will have the budget to show all of these conflicts, and I am scared we will wait another 2 years for House of the Dragging.

[@masterowen45]

Yeah, they have filled the next season with so many big scenes, and when you realise this season had one major battle, and still only 8 episodes to keep the budget down, kind of worried for major rewriting/ cuts 😬

[@CraigKostelecky]

Let's hope that HBO/WBD gives them the necessary resources to tell the story properly.

[@n1c3s43]

lets see them skip the battle of the gullet and the sack of kings landing like they did with Robbs battles in GoT lol

[@sunnydayz5348]

Was expecting more from this last episode 😢 but can’t wait for season 3

[@thaizbravo2]

I was expecting more from the whole season 😅

[@pfeffi1996]

Typo in the Title? EP6?

[@charlemagnepapio854]

NO. It's "EP8" dude, you're seeing things after watching the finale.

[@jackbrown5461]

Also says “The Queen who ever was” in the title frame

[@denisefromdc1796]

They literally have some incompetent intern posting content because they don't care.

[@Krayd-q5j]

Eh whatever

[@Jrdn357]

@@jackbrown5461 Except I actually think that's what the title is supposed to be, which is such an awful cringe pun to name an episode lmao.

[@Andre_APM]

Regardless of how people complain online I'm grateful there's such a dedicated team for this show who consistently bring this world to life in new ways each episode

[@bananasmoothie8464]

i stand by the fact this whole season could've been 4 episodes

[@Vman9484]

at first i thought i clicked the wrong video, then saw when it was uploaded, and i was worried i was having a stroke

[@Shelly-lz9tm]

Needed 2 more episodes

[@drsavage3262]

I know Miguel is still a producer but we need him back as a show runner and director.. nobody does it like him.

[@genniferkelly]

Wow 😮 Honestly I was really expecting more out this season and last episode 😢 Just can't wait for season 3 with all new episodes..

[@BeatLjooZ]

the costume designers make me wanna ask them to take my money. If I was an actor I would love to keep a piece as memory of that great time with that great crew. :D

[@r.beeeee]

“The city is yours, Princess. But you will not hold it long. The rats play when the cat is gone, but my son Aemond will return with fire and blood.” Alicent loves her sons and halaena, despite them making the choice for her to not show comfort to Aegon when his son dies. She proves time and time again that she is willing to defend her children with her own BODY. She would never give up their positions and put them in danger for a friendship that ended decades ago. They killed Alicent and Aemond's relationship, she was the only one who defended him when he lost his eye. Not even Viserys did. Aemond was an interesting character, forced to deal with the reality that he could possibly be better for the throne than his older brother (in season 1) who bullies and undermines him. He is the most methodical and calculated person on team green besides otto and he is their biggest mental and physical advantage against rhaenyra, but they turned him into a one-note villain (basically s1 Daemon) who only wants the throne and power; where they could have developed Aemond into a fierce protector of his family (who ends up dying for this cause), they gave him the mad targ big bad wolf storyline...to prove that he's worse than Aegon?? why? the appeal of Aemond was that he was a foil to s1 Aegon (who is not invested in the idea of ruling at this point) but he cares for his family. No one is supposed to be wholly good or bad in this show, but its clear that the main characters (not just alicent and rhaenyra) were meant to have redeeming qualities and I think that's forgotten, every character does questionable things (i.e. people stand by rhaenyra but so many people die because of her inability to take action; she doesn't even admit to Rhaenys that her son, her only living child, is actually alive, she just kills someone random then marries Daemon infront of their four kids who have all lost a parent, Harwin and Laena).

[@lucyl5851]

I love seeing all the hard work that goes into scenes I take for granted / that I don't think to consider how they were achieved

[@LMesina29]

A lot of complaints in the comments, i am just happy and grateful this show even exists.

[@El_.5794]

I now believe that HOTD is Condal’s tv version of the book so let’s just accept that it’s not a book by book adaptation, wish it was …. Season 1 and 2 is like the Chosen tv series of the Gospels. A lot of changes and made up stories that went against the biblical gospels. HOTD is the same unless GRRM will involve himself in the screenplay and writing dept. in the next 2 seasons to come. Otherwise, it’s a similar story but different also

[@Eladdrin]

A whole season of talking in circles, walking around & half-heartedly planning a war. GRR martin was talking about this all along. RIP Rhaenys, the Cargylls & Jaehaerys for carrying the season, the Queen who did something, the Guard against unnecessary/nonsensical changes & the Prince who died for filler Hope all those fans who told us to be “patient” are eating their words & seethe for another 2 years. So much for S1 being the build up to the “Dance of Dragons”

[@blockboi3816]

🤨🤡

[@AstroAvenger]

Shameless 66 minute teaser for season 3, the 2 episodes that were cut were supposed to be the Battle of the Gullet, now you make us wait 2 years.

[@dorohedoro1424]

I am sure you loved Game of thrones during that era lmao the winter is coming the hype train this season Of HOTD was amazing . Each scenes were exe cuted to perfection

[@kyletreat3724]

@@dorohedoro1424i agree there are some really standout episodes this season and some great moments, i don't know how people say nothing happened all of the characters have changed in some way and the entire board has shifted. that's how you tell a story. it's about the character drama, scale, and politics. although the final episode didn't feel like a final, it was still good (otto should've been the one to deal with the triarchy though the fact that he's missing for most of the season is genuinely bad). season 3 is now going to be filled almost entirely with payoff, large battles, and major character deaths. why are people so hyperbolic? it's still one of the best shows on right now

[@prelife9152]

I remember when everyone was mad that got season 2 had nothing happen in it. now everyone loves it. this stuff is Way better than big dumb explosions and dragon fights

[@roddur1000]

I swear some of you people are astroturfing for hbo. Each scene was perfect? Really each scene?

[@matiasgoni6220]

Waiting is something GRRM fans are trained to do at this point. We should take it in stride.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

GOT / HOTD have the best sets, Seeing the books brought to life in such a huge way has been amazing

[@justatroll4282]

I don't know, i was expecting a kings landing conquering finale. Are they planning to do that in episode 1/2 of next season? Missed opportunity for the finale

[@shortdrink873]

An episode full of the meaty conversations that should have been happening all season, and then doesn’t pay off what it’s spent an entire season setting up. Baffling structural decision. I loved it as it was happening, but it’s frustrating still.

[@sarahrizvi7239]

Geeta is an incredible director, her two episodes were this season’s best

[@KainedbutAble123]

“What a story to tell” But instead of telling it, you’re making up cringey scenes where Alicent and Rhaenyra visit each other and have a cry. That is NOT their characters at all.

[@kurtco969]

Loved seeing my home wales to be a part of this show! Immense welsh pride 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@rupertkennedy7964]

Ulf is channeling Joey chestnut😂

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

30 quales?

[@rupertkennedy7964]

@@johnbernhardtsen3008 That's like, 120 wings😱

[@tucan6376]

they called this episode 6, a subtle hint that we'll definitely be getting two more episodes right...?

[@bnose202]

The sound of thousands now canceling their Max sub

[@jayc5373]

The sound of thousands not caring.

[@MindOfJigsaw1]

thats why they priced hiked shortly before the premiere, to make the most money they could within those 8 weeks knowing people would cancel.

[@maggyfrog]

you guys are acting as though you won't watch s3 😹😹 edit: and the dunk and egg show is gonna air in the off-season of hotd

[@Vilppy]

@@maggyfrog Why are you dummies taking this as if people are hating on hotd? Why keep an active subscription for two years if you're not watching anything else other than hotd?

[@taytayqueen7024]

@@maggyfrogmost people will again sign up right before s3 😂

[@SeirenAL]

Amazing job these people do! I like how they are taking this story into the show and giving us such quality. That´s why it takes so much time to have another season. I´m pleased and I don´t care about any variation/deviation from the book, cause it´s well done :)

[@Zand3rsson]

7:10 what a legend 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jesscorletto4963]

It's sad they're all thinking this season was fantastic when it was lackluster.

[@ellefluckinger5523]

thanks so much for the bts, please keep it up for season 3. i would love to see more of the team and crew and all their efforts. cheers!

[@taytayqueen7024]

It’s heartbreaking to know Emilia still can’t bring herself to watch HOTD. And now to put Dany in this. I’ll never forgive d&d for what they did to Emilia

[@moonborn-musti6051]

I mean who could blame her? GOT traumatised everybody.

[@O6i]

Her death was criminal. They rushed it. Needed an entire 9th season to be written properly

[@asadrazzle1859]

​@@O6iI agree.. i had no problem with how it all played out, it's just the way it played out! They messed up not makin 1 season based on white walkers war then 1 on daenarys finishing arc

[@Grimsg]

As someone who was an extra who has done 'eating scenes', initially you're like 'yay! free food!' and then you realize you have to eat food, constantly, and for hours. So you learn to pace yourself with the food lol.

[@Kaice88]

that last shot is pretty cool. Im so used to CGI now that anything that seems impossible or hard to film I almost assume its finished in post so very cool to see that this show goes out of the way to do as much practical things as possible. Which is why it looks so good.

[@bryanokafor9024]

NEVER STOP THESE BEHIND THE SCENS VIDEOSSSSS. They are amazing!!!

[@FrenzyVidzHD]

I agree, as someone normally happy with just being immersed in the series, its actually nice to see the BTS just to take in all the detail of the work involved.

[@SwimmingRobot]

It's so cool to see how much work goes into even the smallest little moments. Watching how they had to figure out how to shoot one little shot for the ending montage, and how much collaboration and creativity it required is so inspiring.

[@VerdantJedi]

Filler finale.... Sigh!!!!

[@andreasviken2949]

Well, we've seen what happens when a season is all pay off no build up (season 8 of GOT) so it was honestly refreshing to see a season with all build up no pay off. :D

[@Nenernener123]

In Condal I trust! Just don’t let anyone talk you into bringing Laenor back!

[@yoy_arg]

amazing work!! so much talent!! we will be waiting for season 3!!

[@fightronin3753]

Daemon is the best character of the show!!! Epic scenes!!!!

[@cosmicknight4665]

Not in this season lol

[@Calactic]

The montage at the end was a bit cheesy imho

[@Hyliea]

A bit?

[@cheyennem9218]

Great season. Just needed two more episodes, but with the studio constraints and having those episodes taken away at the last minute, I think this is the best possible season we could've had. Some of the best episodes and scenes are in season 2.

[@amiciprocul8501]

7:26 mission accomplished 😂

[@celticwolff5429]

I've seen people complaining about the episode. I really liked it. It builds the tension so much for Season 3. It makes it feel like Season 3 is going to be the biggest beat drop ever.

[@MrNikoSrb]

10:10 " It's just going to be a really powerful part of the end of the series I think " Well it wasn't

[@El_.5794]

Was that the end of the series? It’s a 3-4 series and we’re only at the end of season 2. We’ve watched only the build up towards the real battle

[@MrNikoSrb]

@@El_.5794 he meant season 2 like series 2

[@El_.5794]

@@MrNikoSrb it does feel short and long overdue for just a build up setting to the real battle. That’s probably why there were only 8 episodes, too long for that purpose

[@JOpalensky]

The White Walkers nose was something else!

[@mr.nobody5653]

I was so hyped that there were 15 minutes left at the end just to find out they filled it with making of content. I feel very much betrayed

[@TheBaldr]

Harrenhal should not be a totally desolate place. Through out the series it is gathering point for tens of thousands. You needs woods and farms close by to sustain that amount of people.

[@soufflefatale]

"see the things that WE wrote on the page"

[@gushterell7989]

-There is definitely character evolution if you know to analyze them. Daemon being at Harrenhall definitely evolved his arc and was necessary for his character. As for Rhaena's plot, wtf is she doing? -I hate useless shock value things like Meleys bursting through the floor, Vhagar using stealth and teleportation to kill Meleys. Triarchy fight scene seems added later in the plot development and also useless. Mysaria and Larys don't use ''little birds", how do they spy? In the original GoT this is shown while having dialogue between characters and pushing the plot forward. Melinda Massey is wearing a red cloak just for the trailer to make us think there will be a red priestess in the show. -Cinematography is great, but I miss the vibrant colors of the original first 4 Got seasons. Please more natural vibrant colors while outdoor. -The GoT has so many scenes were multiple things happen: Tywin scolding his children, planning future war moves, great dialogue while writing the letter to the Freys. HoT should have more of this. -I do understand that there was a budgetary limit and had to make do. Writers guild strike might have affected the plot, but for those who don't know, for every Matt Smith or any other actor paid millions, there are thousands of people who work in the background to create shows who barely can make ends meet. Everybody deserves to have a reasonable salary and sustain their family.

[@detlal]

This season didn't feel like a season finale. It felt like episode 6 or 7. It's sad :(

[@Laid_Back_17]

I’d rather not done the close up to the white walker, just a far glimpse was gonna be neat. Would’ve saved you budget too

[@rioj14]

Two years later and this is the finale?! The writers need to be fired followed by Condol.

[@ZachBobBob]

Cant believe I didn't click that was Abigail Thorn

[@WAYTOOMELO]

I like this show but they cant be having 2 year wait times between seasons that end on cliffhangars. People move on quickly in our society and they might not come back if they can have the next season done by next year this wont be a problem but 2 years feels like a stretch

[@tequilasunset4651]

For such an all-out production it's certainly a cheap trick.

[@_angd.oodles_4186]

you forget this is how actual tv shows work and have always worked...and not clips you watch on tik Tok or binge on Netflix, be so fr they still have to create the next season especially since it will be a lot of battles. y'all seriously need some patience and respect for the people working on these massive productions that take so many moving parts, it can't be done in a day.

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

This is what happens when HBO cuts 10 episode season down to 8. We're just stuck with episode 8 of 10 as the season finale. Second worst season finale after GoT Season 8

[@thomaschristopherwhite9043]

If I see another square inch of Harrenhal next season I swear to god I'm gonna burn king's landing myself.

[@Melisa-g1j]

I really do hope they do justice to the books action. It looks like it’s been held back a lot

[@adityaasmoli8644]

We waited 2 years for this shit 😂😂😂😂

[@shiannesteele]

To be a little probably insignificant light in the sea of some negativity I want to say thank you to the bts crew, they make incredible sets and spend so much time and effort on these things and even find beautiful locations to shoot at/in. Yes it their job and yes they are getting paid but they are still taking time out of their lives to give people a beautiful show. Also hbo/crew of HOTD when you come back for season 3 please make these videos again it's so interesting. Also thanks to all the actors that have acted their hearts out in this show, some of them really came into the spotlight that we didn't get to see last season and we got to meet some awesome new actors and characters this season. Even though I too was a little disappointed that we didn't get a truly crazy finale, I stepped back and remembered many cliffhangers I had dealt with while watching another great show The Walking Dead, and those ones just made me more excited for the next season once I got over the surprise of a cliffhanger. So I'm excited for season 3 of House of the Dragon.

[@julesgch3976]

Ryan really just casually introduced the Green Men, love it.

[@KGanza]

Why the writers chose to make a filler season shorter than usual boggles my mind. Ok give us a slow burn character show but take ALL the extra time don’t get bored at the homestretch

[@kdjslvgds]

loved this season. i think ending the season leading up to the battle is the better choice than ending with it tbh.

[@cosmicknight4665]

Bruh

[@kdjslvgds]

@@cosmicknight4665 the blacks are finally consolidated, you can see all the story pieces falling into place and the armies in their many factions are ready to converge. idk your knowledge of the books but if we had tried to squeeze the gullet in with magically teleporting triarchy ships knowing how that ends with a moment similar to the s1 finale, i think its better to save this big epic moment for all involved for s3. 🤷‍♀️ edit - fixed some grammar

[@tatra-77]

@@kdjslvgds Fully agreed. Ending both S01 & S02 with similar losses (Storm's End & the Gullet) would likely have felt repetitive. Hopefully, moving the Gullet to S03 will allow the story some space to breath and the audience fully experience its aftermath without another two year gap. Also, we can thank the old gods and the new that these writers are (as yet) avoiding the magic teleportation of latter GoT seasons. Dragons may move quickly, but soldiers? Not so much.

[@FrenzyVidzHD]

@@kdjslvgds agreed also - S1 ending you see Green grow in power, and what people forget because Blacks simply had a lot more dragons is that they had literally nothing else to fight back with, a big factor in how they suffered a key dragon die. S2 is all about the Blacks recovering whilst under attack. People calling it a trailer for Season 3, its like saying GoT seasons 1-7 was a trailer for S8... like yeah... of course its meant to make you want to watch the next season?! lol (not that I'm a big fan in how the did S8... but you get my metaphoric point! lol)

[@kdjslvgds]

@@FrenzyVidzHD people forget how television works.

[@Mordred14394]

The Northern army shot at the Twins is so incredible and breathtaking, glad their effort in achieving that shot paid off Also, funny seeing Clinton in disbelief and pain seeing Tom eating so many quails 😂

[@robertbutler9465]

THIS was the season finale? How very disappointing this episode was. Does it leave me hanging on the edge of my seat waiting for Season 3? No. Just has me question whether I want to continue trudging through this quagmire of slow paced and actionless drama. 😢

[@_angd.oodles_4186]

if you want action go watch anything else, action will be mostly the entire 3rd season, this is a political thriller, game of thrones earlier seasons were not every episode battles. yall need to actually be fr. It was also probably not easy to do between the strikes as well. this season had alot going against it.

[@tatra-77]

Lovely to see Paul Kasey being given his flowers. The king of the Doctor Who creatures haunting Matt Smith's nightmares once again? Yes please! 🤩

[@gandalfdengra5580]

Fix episode count, hire some better writers, and voila; it would be perfect.

[@shubhamnema8281]

Though the finale was underwhelming, the work that every person involved did was exemplary, with such extraordinary passion, is very inspiring. Hats off to you guys

[@st.johnmccloskey2612]

HBO should fire whoever made the call that this season should be 8 episodes. Honestly, it really weakened the season, and although this episode was good, I think it was the weakest episode of HotD so far (a testament to the show, really). Let the people who make good stuff make good stuff! If they had knocked it out of the park on this season I think it would have got more folks watching next season. After HBO’s hamstringing them, I’m not sure how much growth there will be. I hope lots, but I don’t know.

[@worldadventuretravel]

A viewer could literally go from S2 ep. 7 to S3 without missing anything important. This was the most unsatisfying episode of the entire season, and here's why. Overall, the show builds up to "final" moments that should have been the starting scenes of the episode because they were all things the show already spent the entire season building up to. There are exactly 3 conversations that actually moved the story forward. Most of it felt totally unearned, and worst of all were the contrived conflicts that were overplayed to replace meaningful interactions *(ex. Jacerys and Ulf)* or just didn't fit with the story. Other things happened out of nowhere but did nothing for the story, like *Alys Rivers* sitting on Daemon's bed when they've never been like that before now. The rest was padding the runtime so the writers wouldn't have to actually resolve any storylines *(like the brothers Hull and Corlys Velaryon)* or spend any money until season 3. There's a difference between "slow burn" and "buying time so we don't have to spend money." Ep. 8 was the latter. Even when the tension was valid the arguments were overly heavy-handed, as if the writers were trying to lump multiple off-screen interactions into one on-screen conversation in order to justify a future reaction between the characters (ex. "Ulf betrays the blacks all because Jacerys was so rude to him that one time!") or service casual viewers by overexplaining. The result of these tactics is that literally all of seasons 3 and 4 could happen without us knowing anything in this episode and nothing would be missing. It was pretty much all just filler of some form or another. In *Helaena's arc,* they just skip over a whole bunch of steps. This whole time she's been blabbing her dragon dreams half out loud, half to herself without any indication of understanding them. In book canon this is largely how dragon dreams work; difficult to interpret and often just huge info dumps with no context. Dragon dreams also have absolutely nothing to do with weirwood magic at all. So not only is it a departure from Helaena's story to suddenly understand and know all about what's going to happen at the God's Eye, but why would she have gone that entire time knowing Aemond tried to murder her brother-husband and have said nothing? Worst of all was the writers stuffing Helaena conveniently into *Daemon's weirwood dream* trying to connect two disparate forms of magic as either a plot device or just outright fan service to move the story forward by explaining rather than showing. Even the weirwood dream itself was done on the cheap, ex. why would they show that one random white walker from the trailers instead of a horde of them or the night king? One creature isn't enough to tell Daemon a long winter full of ice zombies is coming. *And speaking of offscreen:* What a rip-off that literally everything significant in this show happens offscreen OR ends with cutaways to something else before a resolution. For the alleged burning of Sharp Point all we get is Aemond standing over a CGI version of a town and then the back of a dragon?! This is what I mean when I said everything feels unearned. The *Rhaena* thing is obnoxious as hell. The show writers kept trying to build some sort of anticipation around something we've known was gonna happen for 3 episodes already and nobody notices her total dereliction of duty toward her younger half-brothers, who she left completely unprotected with the staff. The writers chopped up a total of 90 seconds of screen time into this episode to make it feel earned when they finally bring her in on Sheepstealer sometime in 2026, as thought the audience is going to think "Aww she suffered so much hardship for that dragon" instead of "she abandoned two little kids for literally no payoff." And another thing: *what's going on with the army from the Vale?* It looks like Rhaenyra screwed herself out of that, since the deal was a dragon for an army and we just watched all the hatchling dragons head off to Pentos while Lady Arryn mean-mugged them from the back while she closed her gates. But the show completely leaves that hanging without a conclusion. On top of that, they had to throw in a couple of *needless 'girlboss' moments* not in the books. Obviously making the Triarchy captain a woman AND a lesbian was Emma D'Arcy's (they/them) idea just like the stupid kiss with Mysaria that doesn't fit with the story whatsoever. At this point why not just have Disney or Marvel write the rest of the show? Then, even though they at least have the grace NOT to do that again, now *Mysaria* is all "muh queen" like Jon Snow and suddenly all for attacking small folk with weapons of mass destruction?! One kiss and it's "meh, screw the small folk I've been talking about for my entire character arc?" Then they ended the *Harrenhal arc* with a repetition of the whole "King of the North" scene from GoT in place of any actual meaningful events that move the story forward. Honestly IDK how much Gurrm had to do with how this season ended but if I were an HBO exec I'd be thinking about canceling the series. Game of Thrones season 8 writing is not what I started watching House of the Dragon for at all.

[@thunderstorminmyblood3705]

Spot on!

[@justaghorl]

that impossible shot paid off, was so hyped to see the Greybeards

[@masterplokoon8803]

They spent the whole season building an arc for Daemon onlt to erase it in one scene with the white walkers.

[@Overit898]

Wish they highlighted the costumes as much as the props and sets and talked about them more.

[@pixel.catcher]

These behind the scenes episodes have been better than the actual season🤷‍♂

[@jonny-b4954]

I really don't get why the CGI dragons cost so much. Why does it cost tens millions to hire a half dozen artists and graphic designers?

[@_angd.oodles_4186]

do you know how LONG and how hard it is to do that??? yall actually need some damn common sense oh my god it's not easy JESUS

[@Juul1964]

Wow, thought it was well known by now how hard it is for these designers. So many reports on Marvel and the way they treat those designers. Amazed you missed it. But luckily there's enough on KZbin or Google so that you have the proper information on how it really works.

[@1998topornik]

Camera shots were top notch in this episode.

[@bearableplant7222]

Can't fathom why they didn't end s2 on a high with the Battle of the Gullet, could've easily been 10 episodes with Gullet ep 9 but I guess it'll be the premiere now ? At least we got to see Tessarion for 3 seconds I guess very dead finale

[@bettyc1841]

Blame HBO. They only gave them 8 episodes, and the writers had to work with it.

[@marcf.h9934]

I love this season but you the last Episode was not enough..... That was the badest ending in the hole GoT and HoD era.

[@mrwho995]

Lol this was absolutely nowhere near as bad as GoT S8.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

@@mrwho995people love to moan. It makes them feel better about themselves

[@evanperel3254]

30 of them is insane lolll

[@bradcowley4151]

I don't understand why people are upset about 8 episodes. It makes sense that they stretch it out for one more season. In the meantime a whole new series begins next year. I guess people find a way to complain about anything.

[@halocraze9839]

Lol stop being dumb. This is not how you do a finale

[@ptrckkkkkkkkk]

bruh wut this isnt ep 6 most of us havent even seen this episode yet wtf

[@WhiskeyTangoFoxtraught]

HBO Max = Dragon Tax. Don’t cancel in off season, pay your dues we need them to have the budget they need!

[@oliviac3077]

no thanks 🏴‍☠️