Jay Almost Quit After This Eps! - House of the Dragon Season 2 Eps 1 Reaction

Adam and Jay react, review, riff, and rate the premier episode of the second season of the intense prequel series House of the Dragon.
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[@davecoz4227]

Give Jay a big hug from comments

[@sjaxs30]

We can all agree with this comment

[@andrewhelmer6853]

Yep . Was worried about this and the dog

[@Kellie_McDixon]

Honestly my first thought after the end was Oh God Jay is not going to handle this well.

[@mattduglin4695]

100% same

[@MrNathansdad]

Ditto 😢

[@liladdy42590]

I love that all of us were so worried about Jay after watching the episode 😂

[@Lesedipls_]

i was thinking about him too

[@LeoandLamb]

Jay’s gonna need a lot more Bluey therapy after this… (Also whoever decided to air this episode on Father’s Day must be a special kind of evil.)

[@princessjava42]

GoT Seasong 4 Ep 10 aired on Father's Day. IYKYK 😅

[@kotabear6556]

They did the same thing with a new episode of an anime I watch. Not entirely the same. But same feels

[@madelinegarber7860]

Ugh seriously!

[@edwinvanooijen7749]

Well shit I didn't even realize it until everyone here started to mention it

[@sincitty3323]

HBO always does stuff like this. Dany burned down King's Landing "happy mother's day".

[@darekotto3317]

My thinking is if Cole was at his post, most likely guarding the Queen as Otto instructed, he probably could've taken them. Instead he abandoned his post to get his noodle wet. Thus leaving the Queen unguarded. Cole is the worst and most dishonorable Kingsguard I've ever seen/read about. I hope it's brought up.

[@kajalmohan4844]

"get his noodle wet" 😂💀

[@jamesw7072]

Soiling his white cloak, all he has to his f'ing name

[@hellzzonearth]

The million dollar ? Where are the royal queen and children's guard? Now we know. Shameful.

[@BloodDjimon614]

Adam's "Just wait..." as he can clearly hear them sawing off the toddler's head had me rolling.

[@AOaight]

Thought of Jay immediately after this episode. Damn. I completely feel the same way.

[@jackstutz2860]

Greens started it. Blacks making it worse. I'm on team Cregan. Dude was like "yeah ight i'll honor my oath. Here, have 2k old dudes we don't really want anymore. I gotta go pull in the harvest with all the good men so my ppl don't fucking starve."

[@MrFredstt]

Technically Viserys started it. Without him the dominoes would've never been set to fall. Also lol. Cregan really did just give 2k old dudes and sat out of the entire war essentially

[@522abet]

Old dudes that still knew how to fight. If there’s one thing we learned from the ending of GOT, everyone, even old men would be needed if the dead marched down. So yeah he gave up the old dudes but it’s still 2,000 swords he could have needed. Still a sacrifice.

[@Edward-W]

​@@MrFredstt Technically Otto started it by manipulating Viserys and pushing Alicent into his lap to make some Hightower heirs to sit the throne even as the succession had already been decided. Technically the councel at Harrenhall and Jahaerys started it because they chose Viserys over Rhaenys. Technically, technically, technically....

[@MrFredstt]

@@Edward-W And all of those would be wrong. It all starts and ends with Viserys. He is a grown man. No one forced him to marry Alicent. No one forced him to bed her and impregnate her. No one forced him to rob his first born son. No one forced him to ignore his children with Alicent. No one forced him to bring back Otto on his council. No one forced him to be ineffective and ignore growing issues within the realm and within his own household. Many times he could have reconciled the 2 sided of his family before irreparable damage happened. Many times he could have done something about the growing rivalry between Alicent and Rhaenyra. Sorry, but you cannot escape placing the blame onto Viserys. Without him the stage would never have been set for war and he could have avoided it at hundreds of different opportunities along the way.

[@CloeC-u9t]

@@MrFredsttViserys has all the fault

[@darthbrandon3856]

The Greybeards are probably the most badass warriors native to Westeros. While old, they are highly experienced warriors and literally unafraid of death (that isn't an exaggeration lol). In their own words: "We have come to die for Queen Rhaenyra!"

[@vb7794]

I think Adam hopping for a better ending was forgetting he was watching HotD 😅

[@jasontoddthezombierobin4898]

Don’t they chose the opposite child in this encounter though. I think that’s what he was getting at. I’ve read Fire & Blood so it’s not like this show is writing as it goes along

[@donnatroy5381]

​@@jasontoddthezombierobin4898 yeah the book scene is even more rough. They force Helaena to choose between both her sons (Maelor isnt in this because they once again walked into timeline issues), but then kill the other one

[@leonidasnoble6939]

Jay, as a father of two grown sons, I understand. My oldest son was in the hospital under “Suicide Watch” a few years ago, for about a week. I was there every day as long as they would let me stay. I drove him home when they finally released him. He is in a much better place mentally now. But, I was shocked at the time to realize that my love wasn't enough to keep him here. This is to say, there may be no greater love than mothers but there is no greater fear than fathers. Love you, brother VIVAT!

[@mattstark7480]

And to think some people didn't think the scene was fucked up enough. Yeah, it's worse in the book but there's only so much you can get away with on tv and honestly, I'm not interested in torture porn.

[@pnut3844able]

You must have had fun with Glenns death in TWD 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@chillslug]

@@pnut3844able glenn wasnt a 4 year old boy

[@Arcannabis]

Omg not the “I’m in your base, killing all your mans, kekekekekekekekke” startcraft meme reference. Jay you can’t EVER leave bro ❤

[@khaleesimandy74]

Sending Jay a big HUG.. I knew this would get to you. The Oak from Badd Medicine woooo he went off. That's why I love watching you guys because you don't care who sees your emotions. That's a true man to me

[@scarlettsugar8159]

My first thoughts after watching the ending of this was almost immediately about Jay and The Oak and what their reactions were gonna be.

[@ervicito77]

I finished the episode earlier today, and immediately thought of Jay. And when I came here, my heart sank as soon as I saw his reaction. Oh man, you deserve the biggest hug in the world. You have a good heart, Jay, and I felt your emotions welling up. Oh my goodness...

[@mori1bund]

Bevieve it or not, but they actually toned this scene down. It's even darker and more gruesome in the book.

[@bluegypsy71]

The title of the video….kind of had a feeling Jay might walk but glad he didn’t ❤

[@dimond360_]

That ending was just so horrifying to witness. I can only imagine how hard that hit Jay. Sending virtual hugs and love to all.

[@deadlyice2042]

please note rhaenyra did not ask for the boy she wanted aemond

[@edwinvanooijen7749]

Yeah this was either what Daemon asked of them or Blod & Cheese took initiative on this.

[@unbowedqueen]

@@edwinvanooijen7749daemon asked them to as a second choice/back up choice. So yeah. He definitely knew. And it’s 100x worse in the books.

[@theshadowfax239]

​@@unbowedqueen Yup, way worse in the book. There were more mental games in the book.

[@edwinvanooijen7749]

@@unbowedqueen Oh I know if they had done that beat for beat, than it would have been safe to say that Jay would have walked away.

[@hellzzonearth]

Sadly, she'll be blamed regardless. I hope we see her be more regretful than Alicent. Idc she lit a candle for Luke. She has no true remorse for him b/c she feels he never paid for aemond's eye.

[@NarrativeFrontier]

Very brutal scene. You don’t have to be a parent to know this was horrific

[@AOaight]

“He’s got sole” 😂

[@havok6280]

But he's not a soldier...

[@TheVerifiquitas]

on the bright side Jay had some real good zingers that he got no response to and I was rolling

[@aldenwilkins]

I was worried about ole' Jaybird for this one.

[@Martinbumms]

2 mother and son 'interactions' made me especially happy this episode (beside a lot of other things). When Jacaerys came back to report to his Queen and lost it, he reached out to hug his mother as soon as she was close enough. It's such a lovely and realistic detail. Children do that all the time when they're stressed, frighten or just need some sort of support. It was also a beautiful detail in The Last of Us when Sam fell into Henry's arms and later Ellie into Joels. It's that need of a safe place. It's heartbreaking. Not nearly as heartbreaking is the fact that both, Alicent and Aemond, described each other with only one word, "angry". I have no idea what that means and if it has a deeper meaning but I noticed it and since it's HotD I don't think it's a coincidence.

[@crystalpritchard5065]

Apparently in the books this scene is so much more psychologically damaging. You know it’s bad when even HBO is toning down the violence.

[@Cdog923]

For as awful as the scene is, it is very much worse in the book.

[@voiceofraisin3778]

Its mentioned by the show runners. Becasue of the time compression they only had two kids instead of three and they just couldnt bring themselves to give child actors PTSD, even if they could find any who could do it technically.

[@crystalpritchard5065]

@@Cdog923 I’ve read about how it happens in the book and if they done it that way, I may have stopped watching the show. They definitely made the right decision, you can’t cut it from the story, but happening offscreen and while he was still asleep, at least at first, was the right choice.

[@justbeyondmythoughts]

So. much. Worse.

[@Cdog923]

@crystalpritchard5065 Their hand was sort of forced by the fact that they left one of Aegon and Helanea's children out of the show, which how that child's story ends is another story all together

[@tomfehr]

no one can quit... (Serkis Andor voice) no one is getting out

[@Giveuponyourdreamsanddie2]

I'm still on Rhaenyra's side but my god does my heart hurt for Helaena and her children other than Luke they were the most innocent in the war.

[@mori1bund]

When this is all over you will be on no one's side.

[@rexibhazoboa7097]

How is Luke more innocent that Helaena and her toddlers? I dont understand

[@pnut3844able]

It wasn't her fault

[@tiarnieedwards9584]

Well one side kinda started the war with their misogynistic ideas of ruling and usurping but whatever ​@@mori1bund

[@tomodachiotaku8004]

1Luke was a teenager, not a child, and 2 I wouldn't consider him so innocent in that universe, especially for gouging out Aemond's eye and never apologizing or feeling remorse.

[@polterkat]

"I need to mentally prepare for what's about to happen"....oh buddy. There's no preparing you for this one. I didn't even need the title I knew what was coming as soon as I got done watching the episode 😬

[@navidadrocks]

Jay would have passed out if they went with the book version lmaooo

[@douglasmitchum1488]

What happened in the book?

[@shadowfire_08]

@@douglasmitchum1488 way more brutal

[@devon596]

*spoilers* in the book, she has two sons. They make her choose which will be killed, and threaten to grape her daughter if she takes too long. She chooses her youngest. They tell him that his mom wanted him to die, then they kill her oldest anyway, beheading him with a sword.

[@abbyanderson2463]

@@devon596 thank god they didn't do that, the show did it with way more finesse and tact while still being as impactful

[@barb_17]

​@abbyanderason2463 right? They really used the sounds to create that atmosphere and it was excellent. Phia's performance was phenomenal

[@L.L.Cool.T]

What more “vengeance” does Aemond deserve to seek? Both Alicent and Otto said he’s still owed vengeance…but he killed Luke, what more does he need?

[@Ashbrash1998]

I think it's because Aemond hates almost everything, like he's not just angry at one person he's angry at everybody. Even if they did nothing to him he considers them guilty by association or for just being in the room.

[@islasullivan3463]

^Well in regards to Rhaenyra it makes sense as she suggested he be tortured for where he heard the rumor, Rhaena and Baela started the fight, and Jace was the one who brought the dagger.

[@DarthKay093]

@@islasullivan3463a dagger that he brought to protect himself, his Brother and the girls. They are kids and didn’t know who it was that took Vhaegar.

[@islasullivan3463]

^I know I’m just putting from Aemond’s perspective of who else would he feel was to blame for his eye.

[@islasullivan3463]

Or deserve to be punished for hurting or trying to hurt him.

[@miss.seroton1n]

Finally someone recognizes Bill!! I was so hype to see him here! Warrior is such a good show and he is such a highlight in it.

[@cimderslla5459]

Been waiting for this ALL WEEK lets go!!

[@garysherman3623]

Sending Jay a hug - those sounds at the end stuck with me! 😐

[@hellzzonearth]

You guys are awesome. Thank you for toughing it out through to the end.

[@bitteroldjoe]

Friend care at 100. ♥️

[@caseyh8386]

I have skipped the scene and not been able to watch it yet in any reaction. I get too affected by this stuff and I too have a very little boy. So I feel you Jay. I hope you don't fixate on it too much ♥ try looking up interviews with the cast, it helps me to get in the "it's ok, it's just a show, it's not real" mindset

[@DanRobotMan]

When Lord Stark said Grey Beards, all I could think of were the Dwarf units from Age of Sigmar. lol

[@pnut3844able]

Skyrim

[@Julia-qv5ls]

OMG! I hadn’t thought about Fathers Day! Now I feel worse!

[@superkoopatrooper4879]

Funny, clear mics, good editing... subscribed.

[@pReviewd]

Thank you. We rarely get comments on our production value. It’s much appreciated 😊

[@misti-step]

i was worried about jay knowing this ep was coming up... ❤❤❤

[@TiberiusRexXXI]

Best sound editing of a beheading ever!

[@wanderingseth]

I love your friendship and the way you support each other. FRIENDSHIP GOALS!

[@penileshenanigans2613]

As soon as i saw the upload i was like oh no. Then i saw the title and was like OH NO

[@RedFive03]

I am a dad of a 15 month old little boy. That was difficult to watch even as a book reader knowing it was coming.

[@ccochran4191]

Love Jay’s heart. My friend and I have an agreement. She tells me about eye violence in movies and I tell her not to watch things that have bad things happen to children. Luckily, her husband was able to warn her while they were watching (as a book reader) and she walked out. I hope Jay never changes. I love this channel’s vulnerability, emotions and friendship.

[@mamaseesa3122]

My friend wants to know ahead of time where the smex scenes are so she can skip them. Works for me, I pre screen these for my daughter for the same reason.

[@nickyutzy4788]

Knew it would hit ya hard Jay. Just know we got you.

[@Jungeit]

15:06 *flesh slashing cutting bone sounds Hold on the scene is not over yet there’s still hope 😹💀

[@carlosriveraauthor]

From the moment I finished the episode (with that monstrous cutting sound in my brain), I knew Jay was going to lose it watching this one. Sending you lots of love, positivity and hugs, big guy.

[@CarlyMcc]

“We need to let the scene play out” as the background noises are the literal worst lol

[@colleens1107]

Yeahh this was in the book. Sooooooo glad when I heard son for a son, I knew what was coming, like I was when the Red Wedding happened. Still horrible but not as horrible if I went in blind.

[@Cdog923]

I would argue they somehow softened it up for the show.

[@embrown1442000]

Me too, Jay. Me too. It's Wednesday when I write this, and I'm STILL traumatized. Hugs to you Jay. I wish I could have warned you. 😫😪

[@christianmichael3120]

Brutal yes, helps to remember that kid probably had the time of his life on set in costume sitting at the King’s council playing fantasy lol. Growing up a huge horror nerd (way too young) I would of done anything to get my head chopped off in a movie 😂😂😂😂

[@adrianreevers891]

Wow, SUPER early today! Let’s go, Peaches!

[@unbeheld]

Adam: "Hang on let the scene happen" Jay "..." *Slashing sounds* Adam: "Hang on let the scene happen" Jay "..............." *Knife gnawing bone sounds* Adam: "Hang on let the scene happen" Jay "......................................................................................" Adam "okay doesn't look good" You two crack me up. :D

[@edwinvanooijen7749]

Yeah once I went down the list of youtubers whoes reactions I follow, I knew that Jay was going to have a strong reaction to that ending. And I think we should be very glad that HBO toned Blood & Cheese down. By. A. Lot. Had HBO down it beat for beat (like many people apperently wanted) Jay would have walked and maybe not returned.

[@spacegalaxy19]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS 🎉🎉🎉 hugs to jay a very tough episode

[@saiyan24]

If I could give Jay a big hug I would

[@andrewramirez3978]

Footy Mcgee. Lmao 🤣

[@vinylrecord68]

Big hugs to Jay. (And to Adam for helping him through it.)

[@timothypolanco8622]

Blood & Cheese was a lot more darker in the book then what they showed, but the tension leading up to that moment was still great. Also we got a name drop in the epsiode for Dalton Greyjoy aka the Red Kraken😈, but they'll probably save his appearance for season 3. I'm just hoping we see the lads & bloody ben this season along with my girl Black Aly !! 💯🙏 #TeamBlack !!!!!!!

[@kylethompson3008]

They also showed Corlys bastard son Alyn and Hugh the Hammer

[@Shiera_Seastar_]

Sadly we won’t see black aly nor bloody Ben this season. The list of all the new characters for this season were revealed earlier this month n their name weren’t included, so we won’t see The Lads, Black Aly, nor Elmo Tully. I just really hope they don’t cut them out at all 😬

[@changinlooks1]

SUBSCRIBED IMMEDIATELY! Looking forward to seeing what else you guys react to!

[@LeMimePug]

This scene is intense of course, but is more "light" if you compare it with the book...

[@aniqueevans1547]

After watching this episode I thought of Jay cause I remembered how much Aemma's death in season 1 affected him knowing that he was gonna be a dad soon. It took me over a week to even watch it their reaction cause I know how heartbreaking it'd be for him, but I wanna still support the channel. We love you Jay! Lots of hugs

[@KenFromchicago]

Maybe starting a new season showing a new dad a lethal threat to a newborn child and then having him HEAR the child's slow murder ... c'mon, HotD, have a heart! There, there, Jay. [Baymax hugging GIF] The bad men's who can't follow instructions to kill a ONE-EYED ADULT MAN can't hurt you no more! Ironically, had they actually followed orders, it would have removed one of the most powerful weapons Team Green had. But, NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@tomodachiotaku8004]

Aemond is a teenager just like Rhaenyra's 2 oldest children.

[@richardbrown3055]

This takes me back to Jay’s comments part way through season one where he asked how watching this makes anyone’s day better….they just beheaded a small child.

[@Skye_Writer]

Emma D'Arcy had just ONE line the entire episode. All the rest of their story was told through their face and the help of the costuming, makeup, and hair depts.

[@owenbridgers]

This episode broke me despite knowing exactly what would happen, I could never be prepared no matter how hard I tried I genuinely almost threw up after due to how Upset i got He was just a baby and I want Daemon to suffer

[@jaysax7381]

I get being immersed but man none of this is real it’s okay man relax

[@CharTurner6928]

Adam, "WAIT we don't know what happens yet". Me, "Dude, don't you hear that slicing and crunching"?

[@GettysburgLentz]

Giving a big hug to Jay after that ending. That was the hardest moment to watch in PReview’d history.

[@robertcurtis8585]

Wish they did it like the books, so Jay could go catatonic

[@thor-cj9dh]

She's goig to into orbit when she finds out how badly the target was missed, and, it' a time of war, where were all of the guards?

[@LTWillio]

Thee guard was in Alicent's red-haired keep

[@visupreme2757]

^ but we also saw earlier that the guards are more worried about dragons attacking at any moment

[@LTWillio]

That as well. they were vulnerable in the most possible way.

[@godzilla101188]

Literally 75% of guards were in the throne room with the king. Cristen was banging, and remaining were probably walking around looking for dragons

[@KylieIsOverIt]

All great answers. Also, re: regular guards (as in, non-KG - of which there are only 7) = Just got murdered by Larys. Possibly guards are in-training/not at full strength.

[@TheNathanChronicles]

Yeah that’s exactly how I imagined this going.

[@noteasybeingweezy]

Ok, I'm just going to ask it. Has Jay been working out? Brother, you are looking svelte.

[@jayschmidt9727]

Trying to cut weight a bit, it’s been hard, but thank you for the kind encouragement!

[@noteasybeingweezy]

​@jayschmidt9727 hell yeah, man. You got this! 💪

[@arm279145]

I watched this episode and I knew poor jay was not gonna be okay

[@bbanner2356]

Sending hugs for this episode and the next, good lord

[@TheNathanChronicles]

Giving Jay all the love

[@sheamccullough177]

I’ve been worried for Jay for this episode since they announced the episode titles back months ago. I really hoped someone in their Discord community would like warn Adam to warn Jay so he could like brace himself- I haven’t even watched the video yet. I guess I’ll find out if he goes in blind or not 😓

[@Luna-zw6te]

You dropped this, Jay👑you’ll be alright, bud😊they also kicked a dog so I’m waiting for them to get their just desserts as well

[@lisamarieligreci-newton7804]

God, this kind of reminds me of when (I think it was when I was watching Season 2) I was still more or less post partum (and having a lot of problems with invasive anxiety/thoughts about terrible scenarios/violent harm coming to my children) and there was that scene where they kill all the baby bastards by drowning, stabbing, etc. I had to nope out a bit.

[@CarolinayAna93]

not a total monster ??? babes Alicent is the least evil in this world of aberrations

[@pnut3844able]

Rhaenyra is the least evil

[@JulitaLena123]

Thank you Jay, for your reaction, mine was the same. I saw tons of comments from people complaining that the last scene was too little and not like in the book (I haven't read the book) and I thought what's wrong with you people!!! I have a big imagination, as a mother of a child of a similar age, it hit me very hard...

[@Buuuuurrrrp123]

*the sound of baby neck meat being sawed* “Scenes not over! He’s gotta chance!”

[@_chipsahoey3341]

I can relate with Jay man, this SHOOK me

[@colleens1107]

Yeahhh I figured this would hit you hard Jay. I’m so so so sorry you weren’t aware of this plot point.

[@boldroast1197]

My wife had the same reaction. She said she refused to watch the rest of the season for fear of more. She eventually read what happened in the books to ensure she could watch the rest. Spoiled everything (if they stay true) but she kept it to herself and said she could watch the rest.

[@SupraJulie]

We love you Jay.

[@callmemak]

the way my first though after watching this ep was to be worried about jay, says everything about how much yalls channel lives in my mind rent free.

[@TheWindwall]

Jay, I know it's a tough one. All the best, sir.

[@justbeyondmythoughts]

Sending virtual hugs Jay. It’s so sad to say it could’ve been much worse but the book scene was badddddddd

[@Animalfriend777]

Hey Jay, we all love you and I think we're all super nervous about your reaction to this, especially those of us who read the books. Big hugs

[@chrisbeaudoin1852]

I've got you jay

[@friendlyfiddler5727]

ooof, I hope Jay is okay, that was great but also understandably rough... What a way to return to this, damn

[@Mor1Hunt3r]

Oof… I knew it was coming and it was still a tough watch 😬

[@nick62184]

Rating : 1 out of 1 episodes of s2 before we tap out

[@TheRealBillix]

That ending was GNARLY

[@GarrettMazzuca]

Haven't watched the reaction yet, but I can imagine what Jay is gonna go through. As a dad, it's a tough watch.

[@Mesajinx]

Sad fact: Syrax is mother to Vermax, Arrax and Tyraxes (the dragons of Rhaenyra's 3 oldest sons) so when Rhaenyra is mourning over the remains on the beach, Syrax is grieving the loss of her baby as well. 💔🥺

[@tomodachiotaku8004]

Oh both moms lost two immature teenagers.😔

[@leisastalnaker3790]

Poor Jay. ❤

[@starhawk63]

*hug* 💖

[@MarianDalton]

Huge hugs for Jay.

[@pakistancricfan1773]

Alicent lighting that candle made me hate her that much more. Ever since Luke was born, she was trying to prove him as a bastard, essentially putting his life in danger. She made their life at Kings Landing so difficult that they fled to Dragonstone. She demanded his eye to be taken out even though it was her vicious son who a) hit the girls b) almost killed Jace with the rock. She then had the audacity to defend Luke's murder in front of her dad. And then she goes and does this. Lol. She's trying to ease her guilt, nothing more. Hypocrite asf