Fans React to the House of the Dragon Season 2 Premiere: "A Son for a Son"

[@j2o2]

PLEASE SUB & WATCH THE 10 MINUTE LONGER EXTENDED CUT @ PATREON.COM/JOHNNYODELL!

[@Dracobyte]

Thank you for the mashup reactions!

[@kampipkin11131]

Can we get x-men 97 next

[@HvitserkBoy]

Bro you should have uploaded the boys..it's already on ep5. The boys is trending right now. Plez we need it ASAP. Thank you!! All love! ❤

[@evanneal264]

Whoever decided to air this episode on Father's Day is a Savage. That scene was brutal as hell

[@UltimateTanMan]

Fear The Walking Dead did something similar on Mother’s Day a few years ago. It was a whole episode about a pregnant woman having a flashforward with her teenage daughter and it ended with her miscarrying. Very bad planning lol

[@Dracobyte]

A certified Stannis Baratheon moment!

[@madelinegarber7860]

I know! I told that to my parents when I rewatched it with them last night. But my sister who saw it when it droppef completely blew me off.

[@nicolenewman3453]

@evanneal264, this STILL doesn't top Tyrion offing his dad Tywin on Father's Day. That was chefs kiss!

[@fadumomohammed2251]

​@@nicolenewman3453 i aways wondered if it's worse for the child to end the father or if the child was ended and the father is in agony, which would be worse on father's day? What scenario would a good dad fear most? I'm morbidly curious about it 😢🤔 👀

[@northwind2538]

It's so sad to think about how Jace heard of Luc's death at the wall which means he had to fly all the way back to Dragonstone in silence and alone on his dragon feeling guilty since he told Rhaenyra to let them go, expecting his mother to possibly shun him for it.

[@umainebearman]

What has Rhaenera ever done to make you think she would shun Jace for a decision SHE made. You're thinking way to much, it's not that deep.

[@Tashwampa]

​@@umainebearmanthat's how kids think bro calm down

[@northwind2538]

@@umainebearman Can you read? I never said Rhaenyra would, I said Jace might think that way on his long trip back. He's a kid, that's how kids think.

[@therealroblowe4206]

“There are babies on this floor.” Oh, my sweet summer child. 😂

[@memecity9849]

House of the Dragon is back and J2O has delivered it on dragonback

[@j2o2]

🐉🐉🐉

[@michaelyohanes2782]

When ep 2 ? ​@@j2o2

[@j2o2]

@@michaelyohanes2782 next week probably

[@ladyhotep5189]

😂😂😂 nice

[@ssotkow]

@@j2o2 Johnny, are you implying you're on Team Green?

[@Dracobyte]

Welcome back to "Warcrimes with Dragons and Incest: The Prequel - Season 2"

[@amayajones68]

Best alternative show title ever😂

[@ethandollarhide7943]

Glad to see somebody else acknowledging how cleanly Rhaenyra slides off of Syrax during the beach scene

[@perlyshell]

it's funny to see that larys will be forever known to be "the feet guy" 😭

[@madelinegarber7860]

I know! Previewd’s comments in particular had me rolling. Little toe!

[@Darling_Poet]

One of the smartest characters in the show and he's just "weird foot guy" 🤣🤣🤣

[@HYPER_SONIC_FAST]

Somke that baby pack

[@narendramartosudarmo6112]

He is called Clubfoot for a reason.

[@Foop2005H]

That scene still haunts me

[@reezozim9356]

"I want Aemond Targaryen..." The fact that this was the only lines that came out of her mouth this episode. Boy, you're done f...ed up...😔🥺😢😭

[@dimensionzone8048]

Something the greens completely started lmao especially Aemond

[@JalimRabeikkkkk]

​@@dimensionzone8048Luke attacked Vhagar first, he died coz he was dvmb lol

[@KashiKay]

@@dimensionzone8048Luke and Jace started it. Bullying him as children and then Luke taking his eye. Luke got exactly what was coming to him. He had to pay somehow

[@VyceofMataMertha]

Johnny, you're a Real One for this one, man! I really didn't expect a HoTD compilation so soon!

[@j2o2]

Appreciate it, I’ve been working double OT for you guys

[@oxosoleil]

It's wild that the entire reason this was able to happen is because Helaena is never assigned a sworn knight of the Kingsguard. If anyone else was on duty, Criston wouldn't be able to see Alicent since they're smashing in Rhaenyra's old bedroom. Too close to cover it up.

[@nebullae]

and as soon as she was made queen upon aegon's coronation, criston should've been assigned to her. but bc alicent and criston be fuckin, they did not do their due diligence and a child was killed.

[@W33BN4VIGATOR]

12:38 my boy was waiting on the reaction just like us😂😂

[@robertwoods3871]

Bro knew

[@nEthing4Her]

LOL Cole walks past Otto. Otto suddenly sniffs suspiciously after him.. 😆😆😆

[@Dat1guyDev33]

This was perfectly edited!!! Some of your best work Johnny!!! Bars… 😂

[@j2o2]

Thank you! Always happy when the non extended cuts turn out just as well despite some cuts

[@j2o2]

Btw go sub to the “bars” guy Reggie Luck - he’s new to the reactor space and could use some subs! youtube.com/@reggluck?si=0cvpQY0HOgtdeWZe

[@Dracobyte]

Thanks for the shout out!

[@ladyhotep5189]

I don't think people realize just how "the help" is disregarded. Seriously. If youre used to maids, housekeepers, janitors or even rat catchers walking about all the time they become "background noise". Unless theyre like your personal chauffeur, bodyguard or maid, the rest just "blend in" with the castle, mansion wct.

[@damianblackfyre]

Winterfell scene was so nostalgic. The North remembers 🖤🤍

[@RC_Gaming_306]

14:33 just imagine the show onlys reactions to Book Blood and Cheese “You hear me little boy… your mama wants you dead”

[@DirtnapJack]

Clearly no one read that book. Hbo pussed out by comparison

[@Warsm1th12]

@@DirtnapJackgood. This was horrible enough, I don’t need to see that shit

[@DirtnapJack]

@@Warsm1th12 lol, whoopdie doo, you heard sounds. Did your doc have to medicate you over sounds?

[@Warsm1th12]

@@DirtnapJack bro is talking shit about me being disgusted about a child being brutally murdered and decapitated lmao wow bro you’re so cool and tough

[@DirtnapJack]

@@Warsm1th12 yes, i do. Because you do realize the child in question was on a television show, right? It didn’t really happen. It was a work of fiction.

[@v0id]

This season is really highlighting the absolute hypocrisy of both Alicent and Cole

[@bryana50cents16]

I hate them 😂😂😂

[@dimensionzone8048]

​@@bryana50cents16so damn much 😂😂

[@Rex-rg3ce]

A woman screaming & throwing up is easy to do. But the brutally real, emotionally twisted human reaction Phia managed using only her eyes is more impactful. Instead of screams & thrashes you could feel the utter pain, terror & despair just by looking through her eyes without needing to see what's happening in front of her. Helaena's freeze frame reaction was on point with her cassandra coded character & it was absolutely devastating. The total silence surrounding b&c & its aftermath made it even more jarring. Ofc Helaena called Jaehaerys “the boy”. She was traumatized & mimicking the speech of b&c as we do in moments of high stress. Her "cold" reaction was her mind detaching as coping mechanism, not that she didn’t love her son. Her offering the necklace was actually brilliantly upsetting & endearing cause it hadn't yet registered with her that these ppl are for real. She's too innocent & sheltered. We saw how common ratcatchers are in the palace. No one pays them any attention, royals treat them as wallpaper. So one would assume Cheese has been inside royal quarters & has routinely seen Helaena's odd behavior & nervousness. That's how he knew she's incapable of being duplicitous. You could pinpoint the exact moment when something in Helaena switches. It's like she has this moment of realization about what she prolly already foresaw & knew she couldn’t prevent. A look of quiet panic & resignation sets in. You can clearly see Helaena dissociating. She didn't even realize that she got down the stairs. When she did, the first place the little girl in her thought of was her mother's room to find comfort. Loved the camera staying anchored to her as if she couldn't perceive emotionally what's happening even as it was happening. The whole scene was filmed as if it was Helaena's nightmare, only to realize there's no waking up.

[@mrouschkateer]

She did foresee it, as she was embroidering Jaeherys' funeral shroud

[@quellebeaute1]

Great comp as always Johnny! I was hoping you would include Roshi’s random “LISAN AL GAIB” at 10:08 💀

[@j2o2]

lmao I gotchu

[@eminosose]

Bars! Bars!!! I like how you cut scenes together 😀😀😀😀😮

[@DemonPorkRAWR]

"BARS" 😂

[@Rex-rg3ce]

I LOVED the restraint on B&C. This episode was peak bleak, dread soaked gothic horror. The haunting soundtrack with the cutting & sawing noises creates a diff kind of creeping horror. All these "bring back D&D" posts just makes me know that a lot of purists didn't hate GoT's cheap, gawdy, shock value spectacle writing, what they hated was their self-insert (Dany, Jon or Stannis) not sitting the throne. The "emotional impact" the MCU brain wanted was heavy-handed head chopping gratuitous violence. But unsettling silent terror will always be more disturbing than gory theatrics. Some fans can't even see the tone set by the gloomy, grey-filter KL & cry about bright Bridgerton colors! The book's B&C is an overly sadistic creative writing exercise of cartoon villains (makes sense considering it's made by fictional 'historians'). The extended psychological torment of Helaena strains credibility as B&C had no personal vendetta against her & were risking their own skin playing games in the Red Keep during a war. The show deconstructs how history is shaped by the biases of maesters. It exchanges gore for dread, presents it as a straightforward hit, with the grim realism underscoring the urgency & perilous stakes B&C was in. This was almost scarier, as 'historians' frame these events as a Machiavellian plot for propaganda. When in reality it’s some plebs willing to do anything for Dameon’s scraps. Which is spine chilling in a separate way & showcases the banality of evil. It's almost more sickening if less gory. *GoT was about brutality & shock geared for a dramatic reaction. Hotd is about building up a creeping unease of dread. GoT was about the stab, Hotd is about digging in & slowly pulling a wound open.* It's easy to write a woman screaming & throwing up. Pulling off the utter pain & psychological horror of the freeze frame reaction of a cassandra coded character who has already dissociated takes brilliance. Phia's eyes told the story. It almost felt like we're watching Helaena's nightmare.

[@JustMe_Jessi]

I think Phia did such an amazing job because it's like she's not sure of if she's in one of her dream states or if this is really happening. Then to be truly seen by someone for "telling true" when almost everyone has brushed her off as weird (except Jace; they would have been an amazing couple with a marriage of love and joy) by someone whom would unalive her child; absolutely chilling and so much more brutal than going off of unreliable narrators' versions of the Targaryen dynasties' history . I also appreciate how the show runners stated that by taking the scene straight from B&C would have meant causing trauma to the child actors, which they wanted no part of, so they went with a much more humane actor-wise way that is wickedly cruel to the audience (the sound design was so well done because it was so awful). I think a lot of people don't realize that Helena is existing in a state of what is and isn't real, so she often seems to be lacking in intelligence, but she has no one to guide her waking dream states; no three-eyed raven, no Valarian magic users, no one so she's just trying her best to make it moment by moment. And the fact that she is already *SEWING THE FUNERAL SHROUD* even if she doesn't know why she is makes Daemon's son for a son bloodlust even more painful; his own grand-nephew is a son and since B&C asked what they were to do if they couldn't find Aemond when the camera cuts away from Daemon's smirk...classic gothic terror storytelling perfection.

[@dimensionzone8048]

What about the mcu has to do with this ? 😂

[@jaymac7349]

10:07 Lisan al Gaib 😂

[@Dracobyte]

Hahaha!

[@TerrickSmith]

Shut up 😂

[@MightyOtterr]

I find it fascinating that so many people somehow cannot fill in the blanks of "Son for a son" and Daemon's instructions about what to do if they couldn't find Aemond. I don't get how people can't figure it out without having the show explain it in great detail. They ask Daemon what to do if the couldn't find him, it lingered on Daemon but cut before his response, pretty clearly suggesting that whatever his response was had important implications. Then when Blood and Cheese keep referring to "a son for a son", that should easily answer what Daemon's reponse was. How do people misunderstand that? Especially people who watch TV and movies for a living.

[@seanmurphy1355]

Calm down 😂

[@ManicMeeks]

Not really. That is what show writer/ authors explicit explained about Daemon last season. He never actually says or does the things people say he does. Everything is left up to your own interpretation. He could have said it....but DID HE ACTUALLY SAY IT? We don't know.

[@SirAwesomeVille]

We who have read the book already know what is going on, and look specifically for how the show translates it. The people watching blind are looking for how the show may or may not confirm their theories of what will happen, which vary greatly. I don't think it's that weird not catching details like that the first time.

[@adry3211]

​@ManicMeeks The show literally confirms that Daemon told B&C "a son for a son." Blood was also going to give Daemon Jaehaerys's head in a sack while expecting a reward which he obviously wouldn't have done if Daemon didn't give him the leave to kill Jaehaerys.

[@dimensionzone8048]

​@@adry3211Fair but they also had them confirm that he specifically meant Aemond and Blood even reinforces this Cheese just goes entirely against this just because it was easy and barely even tried if at all especially when he admitted he never been upstairs

[@postshanna]

This is art!! Your editing and overall style always blows me away. I’m so entertained by these 😂

[@DuendeTortuga]

"People who did not kick a dog" haha, nice!, so glad HOTD is back, and it's nice, for a change, none of these reactors seem to have read the book, I think when the story is (almost) entirely new for them makes the reactions so much better..

[@mack_taylor]

I'm enjoying watching people watch this episode more than I enjoyed the episode itself lol

[@nayas75]

Please keep doing season 2! These are sooo wonderful!!

[@streamingscreens9931]

Yaaassss ... been waiting for this. cheers bro

[@jessehardy9765]

Well I’m glad I stayed up then good work Johnny and thanks for the birthday ❤

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

What a way to start season 2

[@Dracobyte]

And this is just tge beginning!

[@jeremy1860]

It's fascinating. This situation is only going to get worse and worse, yet we keep coming back to it. Why do we always do this to ourselves?! 😟

[@anvngun6729]

THank you one again!

[@aalayahadrianna3397]

Yessir we back baby I was waiting for this

[@cressreeves171]

I've been waiting for this. Cheers, mate.

[@lordjunk5847]

This mashup was “Bars”

[@Jordashian93]

This premiere was so dark! Ready for the war!

[@caseytemple2285]

Yesssssss it has been a long time great to be back

[@brendacruz7544]

Omg I’ve been coming on KZbin since the premiere to see when you would be dropping! So happy ❤❤

[@LM-gm9yo]

10:06 _lisanalgaib_ SHUT THE FUC- I LOVE THEM SM they're SO funny 😭

[@raphaelperez9722]

Perfectly timed and kinda hope with got more stark lore

[@jtser8322]

HotD and J2O are back! So glad so many of reactors from season 1 returned. I hope StruggleNation is included in future episodes. Those guys are hilarious.

[@YAS-dn6xn]

here we gooo!

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

We back, baby!!!

[@Lfkxl]

4:47 That reactor girl is always saying the same thing about everyone LMAOOO “cannOt wAit TiLl He DiES” 💀💀 Bro the show would be over if everyone dies and only the vanilla hypocrites live on. Calm the hell down

[@Eldon_is_The_Best]

That outro music tho?…. BARS.

[@RavenIV]

Tbh the amount of people that value a fucking dog over a child is terrifying...

[@vivannet231]

Blame the show for ruining B&C

[@Aaron_Guest]

The show completely ruined B/C bro.

[@james2160]

that's bc it's fictional, people are used to watch humans being murdered in media but not animals getting hurt. which one will be weirder, watching a human get beaten up (like glenn from twd) or a dog getting beaten up? obviously it will be the dog one because it's not usually done in media

[@nebullae]

also it's obvious the kid didn't actually die (and matter of fact they're not allowed to actually act out anything traumatizing with the child actor, i think they even had the kid's own dad do the hand over his mouth and not the b/c actors) so logically you know it's fake, but the dog kick looked real enough that anyone with a heart would have an instinctual reaction to it.

[@Yoda_81843]

@@vivannet231b&c?

[@fortunebelow500]

5:25 there are only two ways to feel about Alicent

[@DJSoup364]

BARS! lol 👏🏾 well done

[@houseofamma]

"You be sayin' No, no, no, no, no...when it's really..." yes child, a son for a son. You dig?

[@ltlt3477]

7:45 Not the double bars!!!! But that last bar was the truf!!!!

[@taylorgant1209]

Im not on Aegons side but I fully support the revenge on his kids murderers.. Not Rhynera just the Yellow Cloak and the rat catcher.. Id have lost my shit

[@jessehardy9765]

I definitely said that about the dog 😂😂 poor dog

[@AnatolyName]

i remember the women who went " Is that it i thought we were going to war?"

[@FrontDesk-k5q]

meeks face at "Peen Peen" lmao

[@yesimarangel]

Reaction compilations, we are so back 😭

[@writer4000]

IT CAME OUT

[@phoenixfox2697]

Love to see Machond back ♥️

[@CSLintheCASINO]

16:00 💯🐶🥺👊

[@shauna.a8701]

11:52 IYKYK

[@talkandeattv]

FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK BABY #teamblack

[@JohnAlbinius]

Imagine if Disney could make good shows lol. Shit blows the last 6 years of star wars content out the water with 1 episode.

[@Measy215]

9:56 I don’t even like seeing her face 💀😂

[@toxicflame15]

the sounds of the son being beheaded was hard to sit thru

[@owoeyeayomide3940]

People who did not kick a dog 😂😂

[@ChaosLORDish]

I pledge my sword and my life to Rhaenyra, the one true Queen of the Seven Kingdoms!! #TeamBlack

[@JoelmaRosadiva]

Cadê os outros episódios???

[@f2wo_]

We want episode 2 rn plase

[@AuntieL_ATL]

Yes. We are very impatient!!

[@bullymaguire3905]

1:12 Channel name?

[@pandabooming]

Talk and Eat Tv

[@leisastalnaker3790]

Wasn’t The Red Wedding aired on Mothers Day?

[@bloomofdaisies]

THANK YOU

[@JayJitzux]

I love Aemond so much lol

[@nicholashall8553]

Well done!

[@FranDrakeS]

5:47 does anyone knows her channel?

[@KDEADES]

Where's the rest of the season!?

[@KendallM0219]

Are you the creator from Gamma Ray?

[@AuntieL_ATL]

Yeah, that was him.

[@Dracobyte]

Yup!

[@Haystackscalhoun33]

We are so back

[@jerrythunderstorm2987]

7:40 bars XD

[@reezyisthaname]

Oh God this is gonna be hell on earth

[@samraymond9761]

7:45 Bars 💀

[@ELDRAGON-fj1lm]

Remember this is Game of Thrones Universe...

[@bigjack3175]

All these shows got J20 and the KZbinrs working OT and I love it 💪🏾💪🏾… keep it coming

[@kreysi5745]

Lisan-Al-Gaib! 🤣😆

[@rickymoranjr9609]

so far this season is pretty amazing, but yet it's also starting off sad and depressing

[@josceola8979]

Screw that dog a child literally had his head severed while he was awake. Some people LOL

[@MrTREEHUNTER22]

It’s because some bad actions feel more real than others. People kill babies but it’s something that’s not normally heard of or seen. People see pet abusers more often. So it’s more real. It’s the same reason why Umbridge was hated more than Voldemort.

[@AuntieL_ATL]

@@MrTREEHUNTER22 I hated Umbridge so much I can't even watch the actress in The Crown.

[@brizzle711]

It’s a show. Settle down.

[@chriswilliamcmamaril1347]

Where ep2..

[@biashacker]

BARS!!!

[@Dracobyte]

Yeah!

[@OsatoOkazaki]

"I mean, he's a sex offender." 😂😂😂

[@wartyrant8627]

Ser Criston Cole the Queenslayer

[@CSLintheCASINO]

YESSSSSS

[@GenZhumouridc]

Whenever J20 drops a video, I click. Simple 😊

[@janaihamilton1895]

3:07 4:25 7:05 9:25 10:05 12:26

[@bryana50cents16]

Kicking the dog was unnecessary 😑😑😑😑

[@يحيىوائلثجيل]

Let's goooooooooooooo

[@Samiii90210]

HOTD IS BACK J2O IS BACK LES GOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@dr2849]

Johnny doing the Lord's work! 🐐Shit!

[@Kidapollo92]

J20 I’m here bruh let’s get it!!!!!

[@tijasrlr]

U should do some animes series reacts, like Aot or Jjk!