HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 2x05 BREAKDOWN! Every Detail You Missed!

[@NewRockstars]

How would you rate this episode out of 10?

[@shantoreywilkins651]

8

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

7/ 10 it was great set up episode for next week.

[@ianschmitt4991]

7/10 Oddly enough I never thought Daemons visions at Harrenhal would start to feel like it's cutting into time that could be better spent on more characters and settings. Seeing stone hedge and the brackens having principles were the highlights of the episode

[@user-pu8eg3rk2l]

8/10

[@Jbreeze3878]

Daemon’s trippy weir wood dreams are getting tired.

[@BarnabasTheBarmy]

The scene immediately cutting to Daemon sitting forlornly on a rock going "i didn't think they would be so eager to die" just cracks me up 😂 Daemon is so unintentionally hilarious

[@BlondeAndBougie]

He so in unserious!!!

[@DigitalBrooke]

This was a GEM!

[@Lozzy_1994]

I loved that moment too!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JoeNasr123]

I think the best part is Ser Simon constantly barging in on Daemon’s room.

[@unintentionaleffectiveness4393]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that gets a good laugh every time he does that 😂😂

[@gmcmurr15]

😂😂

[@made-line7627]

He's so cute

[@ajaysworld93]

Every communication between them 2 is so funny

[@lindsay9838]

Right?! Alys mocks him for not being great at swinging an axe, I wouldn’t be in Ken Griffey Jr. shape either if I were going on 3 weeks of no god damn sleep between Simon’s knocking and the Scottish Witch making me hallucinate

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

The fact that none of the small folks believe aegon actually killed melys was the topping of the sundae of his kingship.

[@WhiskerDooz]

How do you know

[@janechoy2073]

But instead, the biggest lesson learned by them is that dragons can actually be killed - like meat. Not so mystical / godlike anymore

[@Woozie87]

@@janechoy2073it would be like seeing a dead superhero, like damn if they can get killed than they ain’t that Super shiiiiiiit lol I got that vibe

[@keithwoodcrest]

When did the small folk say they didn't believe he killed melys?

[@Rjlexie]

@@janechoy2073ahh interesting good point , now It makes sense what happens in the future

[@amf0078]

I swear Jace is the blacks saving grave he got an army from the north and Erie and treated with the Freys to open the crossing to allow his army from the north to intercept the greens army in the riverlands and then to top it off he gave his mother the idea about people with distant dragon lord blood that could possibly ride their largest unclaimed dragons under dragon stone.

[@TKEGOODIES]

Never trust a Frey

[@wolfmanxx77]

You could say Jace is a “strong” kid, amirite?

[@amf0078]

@@wolfmanxx77 I dare you to say it again.

[@amf0078]

@@TKEGOODIES nooooooo please and Jace reminds me a lot of Robb as well.

[@Ifzal2k]

@@amf0078robb was a legitimate heir.

[@KingKaboose2000]

When they peel the armor off Aegon, I imagined it like peeling the scales off a dragon perhaps.

[@JB-mb6lm]

Good one

[@Soccercrazyigboman]

Very cool observation 😎

[@MadameRed69]

It reminded me of when samwell was taking the greyscale off of Jorah Mormont

[@WhiskerDooz]

Thanks for reminding me of the best/worst match cut of all-time ​@@MadameRed69

[@Dominicn123]

Lol nah like anakin becoming Vader

[@Mrempoleon100]

You can say Aegon is in"Aegony"? 😀 Ok im letting myself out

[@nicnack2548]

🤣🤣🤣

[@CyrusHardingg]

You can stay.

[@colinbanning9416]

@@CyrusHardinggyou don’t speak for everyone. Get out, and don’t come back until you think about what you’ve done

[@CyrusHardingg]

@@colinbanning9416 fair enough

[@kiidkif2009]

​@@colinbanning9416😂

[@samuraicupcake289]

The scene with Helaena asking "was it worth the cost?" was very reminiscent to me of that heartfelt scene in Infinity War where soulstone-world child Gamora asks Thanos "What did it cost?" 😢

[@marvellamoos1327]

Omg yes!! I thought I was the only one who noticed that

[@shawngiver5570]

Peak brain rot

[@loozziee]

...Everything

[@KhaLeesiDAD_PSFIVE]

The phrase actually said “Was it worth the Price?”

[@loozziee]

@@KhaLeesiDAD_PSFIVE okay?

[@morganrandler7235]

"I did not expect them to be so eager to die" is the Eleventh Doctor coming out in Matt Smith lol

[@monke815]

I cant be the only one who saw Alys disappear behind Simon

[@funty420]

OMGGG I SAW IT TOOO YAAAZSSSSS

[@Karvelas_]

OOHH YES!

[@TheTheae06]

Cool i thought i was tripping

[@AnonNonaA]

YESSS I SAW IT TOO IT WAS SUCH A COOL SMALL DETAIL

[@magusking9215]

Just saw that upon second viewing.

[@CreyParkFilms]

My mom from Finland always called the hour between 3 & 4 am the hour of the wolf.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Aegon gonna need an Iv of milk of the poppy on stand by for the rest of his life.

[@shannonashton3769]

😂😂🤣if you know you know right!

[@drxppy.2x97]

😂😂😂Maboii finna be delirious

[@grimmywizard]

Liquid heroin

[@lindsay9838]

It’s crazy how many people in history suffered before IVs were used like they are today. Jesus. I mean I know it’s just special effects but when you see things like those burns, plus all his broken bones from the fall, it makes the suffering less abstract.

[@Red-mt3ot]

Woodford 😂😂😂😂

[@allenmusic9]

I thought the duck or goose conversation over the table was a call back to Laenor and Rhaenera’s “preferences” when agreeing on their engagement

[@made-line7627]

It had to be, surely!

[@southie3177]

👍

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

I feel like harrenhall isnt worth the trouble and maybe everyone should just stop wanting it.

[@rjeizzay9619]

It's like a middle class struggle

[@nobleskywalker4639]

The castle itself is not worth anything. It's more the location where it stands

[@TheFiddler69]

@@nobleskywalker4639The castle if fixed could also be important since it’s the largest castle in Westeros, however the location is definitely the biggest attraction to it (being central to the Riverlands)

[@nobleskywalker4639]

@@TheFiddler69 Correct like you said if fixed. But the value was more in the location of it rather than the state of the actual castle

[@farmgal77]

It's a fixer upper, that's the attraction for me🙃☺️ I'd totally live in the drippy castle 😍

[@murkdirt284]

Bron said it in one of the episodes…you control the food you control the city bread becomes more valuable than gold..or sow Thing like that

[@alisterfolson]

Aemond should had one of the downed dragons brought back to feed the smallfolk

[@dadams11]

i thought the peeling off of the armor was more like peeling off a dragons scales. Across westeros, the people are seeing the vulnerability of the targaryens, a dragon without its scales.

[@antoinebugleboy6864]

Does anyone else get strong Samwell Tarly vibes from Ser Simon?

[@stephaniejimenez4051]

Yess, older version

[@farmgal77]

I haven't read the books, but I'm hoping Simon does something horrendous, that would be excellent 😁

[@michaelbaker1148]

Cole has PTSD =Post Traumatic Seeing Dragons 😂😂😂😂😂

[@zacharytravis1919]

Hell yeah seeing them in action !!!

[@lindsay9838]

So does Daemon. Post Traumatic Sex Dream🤢🤮

[@movieloverfan18]

Cheese dog is a trained rat catcher. He has been surviving on eating rats.

[@timk9847]

A thought on the blood on Daemon's hands....we only see the blood from an outside view and the blood is gone from Daemon's view. Like Daemon doesn't see the blood on his hands from his actions.

[@whynot5568]

Pretty cool thought.

[@user-bm9yt3oj8y]

The starks are going to cross at the twins? it may work this time… but something tells me it won’t in the future

[@valarmorghulis3571]

It's like .. predetermined

[@CyrusHardingg]

​@@valarmorghulis3571I just rewatched the red wedding today

[@kiidkif2009]

​@CyrusHardingg why would you subject yourself to such horrors

[@CyrusHardingg]

@@kiidkif2009 because sometimes you just have to.

[@zonahfalak4261]

We don't need reminding of that horror 😭😭😭 much less watch it again

[@TheRandompaint]

For anyone wondering what the smoke on the cart was, it's almost 100% incense for the smell.

[@benjaminrees3687]

I thought it was the dragon blood steaming cuz it's so hot

[@TheRandompaint]

@@benjaminrees3687 I thought that too until I saw the incense sticks

[@benjaminrees3687]

@@TheRandompaint 😂 that will do it

[@redencarnacion]

Helaena definitely foresaw Aemond’s little attempt at kingslaying.

[@yseson_]

I love Ser Simon's "Gods Help us" looks when dealing with Daemon's insecurities and pettiness.

[@limdoo6473]

Daemon doesn’t know what his mother looks like, so I don’t think his subconscious fantasies lean towards his mum, and more just his family in general loving him for his power and strength

[@xSnAxTaXx]

Why they gotta do Meleys dirty like that 🥺

[@ianschmitt4991]

If it makes you feel better, whatever they were trying to achieve by parading meleys head on a cart, didn't work at all

[@cricketReviewChannel211]

I was shocked, it reminded me of Grey Wind the way they paraded him and Robb after the Red Wedding

[@Mcherri]

It backfires so bad on the greens though.

[@emilyk5168]

In defense of Hugh Hammer, he comes to believe he should be king because of a prophecy of a king with a hammer. I always assumed he was misreading a prophecy that was talking about Robert Baratheon. Prophecy is shifty in these books.

[@CyrusHardingg]

Prophecies are weird like that.

[@manvirshergill1739]

Propehcy has always been a weird thing in asoiaf books.

[@athenacheeks6937]

That's exactly that unfortunately

[@bryanrussell6679]

Aegon is probably not screaming because he's in an unconscious, coma-like state, not because he's too tired.

[@eyan1012]

I wonder is Aegon having same Daemon mommy dreams? That’s why he cried out mommy! 😂

[@LumbersomeLlama]

Anybody else wince when they showed the lemon, thinking that they were putting lemon and salt on Aegons wounds?

[@retrotony4119]

For the people seeing that dragons head it was like they were saying “If it bleeds, we can kill it.” It will make them bold

[@lucasbetancourt6474]

35:07 the mural of the weirwood trees hanging above the lords in this scene also serves as a kind of vessel of innocence, syncing the innocent people of Bracken with the innocent weirwood trees cut down to build the castle. This effectively parallels Daemon with King Harren, connecting them as two cruel tyrants terrorizing and exploiting the Riverlands to achieve their own personal glory.

[@ToolFloydChimera]

Aemond isn't full Valyrian. His mom is a Hightower

[@TiffanyM-co6dm]

And Rhaenyra's grandfather was an Arryn.

[@BruceWayne-ue5dj]

No duh

[@criss8836]

Valid for Rhenyra as well...

[@criss8836]

​@@TiffanyM-co6dmthe mother

[@cartersminis]

Sir… hard-boiled Aegon is craazy. 😅

[@MacAoidh4]

😂😂

[@damonalexander001]

Fr💀💀

[@nicnack2548]

🤣🤣

[@evaphy]

the comedic gold in this ep is "I did not expect them to be so eager to die" in my opinion lol especially after all that impressive VFX dragon, they cut to Daemon sitting down quietly looking defeated lol

[@Nenernener123]

It’s weird we see Aegon’s right side viewing Vhagar about to scorch him, but it’s his left that is burned in the bed in this episode!

[@paigehanford4249]

I was questioning that as well

[@jakeg7472]

Must be a mistake. Rare for HOD

[@rashmirathnayake_]

I noticed that too 🥲

[@benjaminrees3687]

I thought he was mostly scorched from his own dragons injuries

[@denisemartinez1122]

i WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING!

[@gregparker8621]

Am I the only one that noticed the dragon head wasn't smoking? The wagon that they were carrying it on had little spits on either side that was causing the smoke!!!

[@TheRandompaint]

Incense

[@stevedepasque]

I’m pretty sure it’s just dragon blood, not, uh, gland oil? Martin writes that dragon blood is scalding, for instance when Balerion is wounded

[@josam4545]

Right! These reviewers are extremely knowledgeable but fumble with a lot of simple details

[@ingydegmar2060]

Locking the people in King's landing also prevents them from spreading the news of how bad the situation is. The lords of Westeros don't need to know those details.

[@baneofthedragons]

The duck and goose was a throwback to the conversation Rheneyra and Laenor had before their wedding.

[@movieloverfan18]

Yes, they equated liking goose to being homosexual. So when the one Strong said he liked goose and handed the platter to Daemon, who then just passed it down the table to somewhere else.

[@nerdsengage]

Lots of chess moves in this episode done very well.

[@demonsorrows]

I like that they called out the deal that none of them have dealt with a war, but they're acting like they're more suited. Men sitting upon chairs, imagining themselves standing on valorous blood-stained pedestals, as they flip through the cliff notes of past wars thinking, "I could've done that."

[@rjeizzay9619]

Comparing aemond to dwight schrute in the aspect of king regent is f***in wild

[@NotYourMoses]

"hard boiled Aegon"😭

[@Whotheeffisasking]

“See Criston doesn’t even flinch because he has no soul” So casual and nonchalant with that delivery, if I was drinking it would’ve been a spit take 😂💀

[@fauxfibfaux]

If only the northern men were as fast on arrival as I

[@stephenanderson8743]

Winter is coming… and so am I

[@kingofdragons7]

Oh they're gonna take some time...

[@arcturionblade1077]

Only dragons can travel at the speed of a Concorde passenger jet and arrive in less than a day

[@rsvnz]

they be taking their time for real 🙄😂

[@kingofdragons7]

@@rsvnz the north is the largest of the seven kingdoms, it will take a long time until Cregan reunite the northern houses and the journey south is even longer

[@jel0995]

as a firefighter emt.... cats dont wait.... dogs wait as long as they can

[@SabrinaRina]

But their owners would want it that way. The people take to the animals they take to pretty aware of their nature. Kinda like some friends have that "if we crashed in the mountains... would you eat me?" discussion.

[@genevieveyork7275]

using a lemon to clean your sword is the most Dornish thing

[@michaelg1778]

Daemon needs to leave Harrenhal and actually do something, that part of the story is dragging on way too long and eating up valuable plot time. Get on with it!

[@originalloverman]

Harrenhal is a crucial and valuable asset and location

[@WillBillBilly]

I wait all day for this

[@sinnattugaq]

Meat is just another Word for Food or Meal in old english

[@TheTexasArsenal]

“It’s not your smile its your stink…” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ninadloke785]

I think the smoke in the first scene is to keep the flies away from the rotting flesh of dragon while they travel to kings landing. You can see it’s part of the cart. 2:05

[@CyrusHardingg]

Didn't think of that, good call-out.

[@tempellem]

Sex dreams doesn't always mean sex, I believe. I looked it up before when I was a teen having intimate dreams with relatives and was so bothered. The dream dictionary says it's about wanting to be close to someone or talk to someone like have a personal 1:1 time.

[@ladyhotep5189]

Loved Jace and Baela this episode.

[@sevencell80]

As a paramedic, I can assure you that a dog will eat at a body within the first 48 hours. It might start as licking to clean, then nibbles, then bites.

[@mauratjr4699]

The display of the dragon took away the group fear of dragons which causes the uprising at the dragon pit

[@scottboyd3838]

Love your reaction to Damon's Oedipus Dream....YeeeUUk!

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

After Aegon heals he should rename himself to the Crispy King 😂

[@kayla_loreen]

Or crispy wing since sunfyre has a wounded wing 🌝😄

[@athenacheeks6937]

I just love the shot of the Twins, it’s as if it just was peeled off the books and paste on the screen.

[@KPbouj]

Cold cabbage leaves are still used to help with swelling of breasts during lactation and if you use them continuously with a wrap or binder it dries up milk (changing leaves and cloth/binder of course).

[@NoCallerID_0]

I tried this when I suffered with breast engorgement, it worked! I'd put cabbage leaves in the freezer, take them out and line my bra with them and it definitely did the job! Don't knock it till you try it!

[@KPbouj]

@@NoCallerID_0yep. I thought it was some old wives tale that my mom was telling me but it works.

[@NoCallerID_0]

@@KPbouj Same! I thought it was an old wives tale too the first time my grandmother told me to do it, I laughed! Until I tried it out of desperation and it worked wonders! We can learn a lot from the ones that came before us! 💯

[@buffysummers7887]

hardboiled aegon was so brutal 🫨🤣🤭😅

[@tobecontinued47]

I don’t even know what Hugh hammer does but the way you announce him every break down has me HYPE

[@curtishay9936]

I’ve worked as a support worker and my team leader said a former client had been dead around a week when he was found and his terrier had eaten about a third of him.

[@bradschoeck1526]

Hahahahaha, the little fella was hungry!

[@creatrixZBD]

I always joke with my pet rat that I know he would eat me (probably eyeballs first) if I died at home and nobody realised for a while. Heheh, it’s just a bit of dark humour between friends.

[@MiamiHeatHype]

That’s how god these actors are 27:43 … little details like holding breath or not holding your breath wow great casting

[@hayley-annmathieson9929]

I figured the rat catcher's dog loyally standing by his owner's corpse was a nod to Gray Friar's Bobby.

[@LeoArenales18]

Aemond , the strong/silent type like Gary Cooper

[@darceyhicken8885]

Hello from Penzance in Cornwall ... I can see St Michael's Mount from my house 🤗

[@Jedi_Hush]

Thumbs up for the horses winning an emmy! LOL

[@jeremymacko5609]

Jace carried this episode

[@annabella37]

The duck and goose reference is a call back to s1 with Rhaenyra and Laenor discussing their preferences.

[@user-gg8ep1hk9c]

My theory is: there was no update to the tapestry because it didn't become public knowledge until this episode. We should see an update next episode.

[@devinmorin3389]

Thanks for your time in putting this all together

[@ericab6247]

5:39 resin can indeed help as it is antibacterial and is indicated for trauma. Most useful applied topically in an oil extract but also burning it will release the oils and purify the air physically and energetically

[@kristinalehman7562]

16:07 So wait... don't "stick em with the pointy end"? Lol

[@Acog11]

Stick em with it, don’t swing at them with it!😅

[@haileypereira8316]

I think the duck and goose is a reference back to Rhaenyras conversation with Laenor before they got married

[@madoca1007]

“Bent knees…” “THESE?!” Absolutely LOVING the edits this season🤣🤣

[@rebekah9713]

OOOO, HE NEED SOME MILK ...of the poppy.

[@_Tree]

Aemond has been the main villain for the last few episodes so far 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@farmgal77]

That thing of his slapping about in the brothel was also pretty dangersome 🙃😁

[@seal2721]

4:15 “as they unbox Aegon” 😂

[@SlenderManIsDead]

Alicent: 😧

[@faviancarrillo4337]

Waited all freaking day for this 😭

[@jjprimojj6491]

Anybody else notice the bandage isnt where its supposed to be at 35:50 ?

[@TheSadadfsa]

Davos Blackwood was not Willem's brother. His brother was Lord Samwell Blackwood father of Benjicot. Willem is ruling as regent until Benjicot comes of age. This was mentioned last episode I think. Also, there were references that Sunfyre might be dead. This might be a major change from the books. If indeed Sunfyre is dead, it would be interesting to know how the writers will play out the climax of the dance.

[@McCrapweasel]

Damn. Daemon's f**ked up.

[@nobleskywalker4639]

Duh

[@jeffhidalgo6037]

Looking forward to your insights on what I missed. Thanks!

[@Songbd09]

i LOVE this videos. seeing someone else pov helps me absorb ALL the info

[@michaelmcglone4484]

Thank you, just thank you. You and your team are great. Thank you.

[@foukyng]

By the way Daemon has been acting I’m starting to think that even if the blacks won, why would daemon want Jace to ascend oppose to his own son Aegon the Younger or Viserys

[@Greyzepher]

The cabbage leaf thing has been proven to to be somewhat effective, funnily enough. Medieval medicine did stumble upon one or two correct practices!

[@brianc620]

I think it’s significant that Aegon is burned on his left side while Viserys was rotting out on his right side. They’re opposites.

[@Aszod96]

1:39 I think the smoke is from incense burned to keep the flies off the head

[@limelightcapital7958]

I wish his name was Hugh Janus instead of Hammer😊

[@alfredogonzalez9581]

Funny when Aegon saw Aemond about to burn him, he was hit on his right but was burnt on his left.

[@jatintuteja1457]

True I noticed that too.. Armour got hot from right side

[@felixfelicis8633]

The smoke is not coming from Maelese's severed head- in the past, they'd often burn incense around dead bodies to help cover the smell and you can see there are little pots around the edge of the cart.

[@VitorAguiar17]

The instant "BEES?!" cut at 31:03 felt like watching an actual short in-out scene from Arrested Development. Brilliant.

[@joewyatt2269]

I like the theme that despite all the posturing about being appointed by the gods and by bloodlines to be the rulers, all these people are being confronted by the reality that the lords and masses submitting to you is what really makes a ruler legitimate.

[@johncharles53shsu]

It's not smoke from the dragons head, it's incense to keep the smell down I would suppose.

[@But_Sects]

Dogs and cats have no problems eating their owners at all. Not weeks, days.

[@prettycyber8332]

Nooo why are y’all promoting a news outlet like that on here?? We come here for an escape

[@awhartig5847]

Can we please let Dyanna adopt the orphan Doggo & GTFO of KL to live a happy life someplace quiet & safe? Please can I have 1 happy ending?