I think my favourite part is where the new hand just nods at his son, then his son just starts KOing people till he finds Rhaenyra, picks her up like a sack of potatoes and walks away. Fucking legend.

A westerosi wedding without a death is considered a dull affair

I’m excited to see the time jump for the next episode but I’m sad we don’t get to see Milly Alcock as Rhaenyra and Emily Carey as Alicent, they played the parts incredibly well

Joffrey is really 0-2 for weddings

Alicient is becoming my favorite character. While she was reluctant to play the game, that scene when she walks out in that green dress showing signs she is playing game of thrones. I love it

What a fantastic episode. I loved the music during Alicent’s entrance, Ramin Djawadi always creates individual themes for each character, and to me this moment signifies Alicent finally coming into her own as true player in this game of thrones.

That Royal WAP had Ser Criston absolutely mind boggled. Good grief!!!! He went full blown “Teach ya man how to squabble!!!!”

*Everyone during the Red Wedding:* flames. Out the side of my face. See-seeeeething fire. *Everyone during the Purple Wedding:* the cheering bar gif *Everyone during the Green Wedding:* Trying to understand how the fight happened.

I like how they gave Ser Criston a legitimate reason to do what he is going to do in future episodes. The books didn't quite explain it so I'm glad the show did. What I didn't like was making Criston kill Joffrey during the wedding festivities in front of everyone when he actually killed him in the tourney while they were competing against each other according to the books. Granted that Criston probably did it out of spite, he still had a good excuse for killing Joffrey since they were in a tournament. But going full-on psycho in front of everyone in the most lavish wedding of their time, that would've been unforgivable. That was just something the showrunners did for the shock value and to compete with the Red Wedding. I don't know how Criston could get out of this mess even with the help of Alicent. I guess we shall see in the following episode.

This episode caught me completely off guard. I didn’t realize how tight the were ratcheting the tension until it was too late. Almost no action at all, yet by the end my heart was pounding out of my chest. Gotta love a Westeros wedding

The final shot of this episode just made me think, it's good to have GoT back.

I loved Lyonel Strong as the hand. The face he kept making throughout the episode were just perfect. Like when they talking about who Rhea Royce "fell from her horse", you can see on Lyonel's face that he has no doubt whatsoever that Daemon killed her. Or when Rhea's cousin confronts Daemon and Lyonel is just sitting there trying not to look like ((O_O)) I imagine him walking around in the Red Keep mumbling "Fucking Valyrians... I am going to die aren't I?"

Really impressed with Criston Cole’s character and his acting. Show has impressed me so far, just hope they know what they’re doing unlike the ending of GOT

That final scene of the rat licking the blood, if you know you know 😏 Brilliant foreshadowing.

2:40 I think Otto is rationalising there. He is taking it for-granted that Lords will rebel against Rhanaeyra, and instead of trying to find a way to talk them down or strengthen Rhanaeyra's claim he is undermining it. Without him pressuring his daughter to spend time with Viserys, Aegon wouldn't have been born at all.

Alicent was seconds away from Criston’s seppuku session 😬 I’m guessing she’s gonna ask him to join her rebellion/help with her testimony against Rhaenyra.

"Wait Sir Love Interest"..hilarious 🤣 Jeremy has no clue of any names on this show 😂

The show will only get better and better. Think of Episode 1-5 as a prologue. We're still not at the Dance yet. Once that happens with no more time jumps, the show will be so fire 🔥.

I love these weekly episode reviews, Jeremy

None of this and what’s gonna happen would happen if Viserys just picked his guilt over his obsession with having a boy. Said “Hey, because of me, I got my wife killed in a gruesome way that is haunting me, so I’ve decided not to remarry nor try for any more heirs. Rhaenyra will be my heir to show that any oldest child, regardless of gender, can inherit and save more women like Aemma from a needless death. Either back up my daughter as our future ruler or you’ll get Daemon, and you don’t want Daemon.”

Honestly I'm so happy with the show its been fantastic! Having read the book its great seeing the pieces starting to fall into place and what the characters are actually like as the book is full of different viewpoints. Criston is a lot more relatable, Alicent is way more likeable so is Viserys....and Daemon is much more of a lad!

Another weeding, another Joffrey dying.

I adore these weekly reviews! They have been making me smile when little else is.

I do like how Alicent interrupted Viserys attempting to announce the joining of two houses with the Throne aligned with her, great foreshadowing, same with Daemon not standing when she walked in

Gosh ALICENT HIGHTOWER IS A QUEEN! That was a great power move in that wedding festival. I know they are setting her up vs Rhaenyra but wowowow! Love her arc! Love how the actress is portraying her too!

When I saw the episode Preview for this, I immediately thought that this was going to have a Red Wedding of its own. While it may not be as bloody as the one we know of, it was certainly close to one.

I think Cole goes nuts and kills due to the overwhelming guilt he felt for going against his vows as a knight and of course Rhaynera and his feelings for her. What he did is punishable by death meaning this would have been on his mind constantly. He snapped because of all his. We act shocked that he randomly killed Joffrey forgetting he's a knight who literally kills people as his profession.

The other 4 episodes felt like a prequel, this felt like the first TRUE episode of a GoT show and it was fucking rad. I pray they can keep this quality/intrigue rolling.

Viserys doesn't die at the end because we see him in the next episode preview. Also, it's worth pointing out that this is the last episode with Milly Alcock and Emily Carey, the actors for Rhanyra and Alicent. They will be replaced with the older counterparts of the characters after a time jump next episode.

“The quest of adulting” damn I didnt think of it like that

At the very end of the episode before the credits roll, you can hear the piano play the opening to "The Rains of Castamere." :)

BTW, in the Medieval period Jeremy was also known as Hieronymous.

Seeing Jeremy and Ser Criston Cole side by side I notice some striking similarities.

People saying that it’s “boring” have no clue what they’re building up to. If it just started at the beginning of the civil war the same people would be like “wtf is going on” it has to set the stage and illustrate why the civil war happens and how many friends became enemies. I’m so pumped

I love the writer or showrunner after the episode saying, "hey, as we all know, GOT weddings don't go quite so well" LMAO! My favorite was Rhaenyra gives her little speech to Daemon on the dance floor. She practically dared him to kill everyone and kidnap her. Dafuq?!

My favorite part of this episode was when Viserys tells Lord Corlys that rhaenyras children can have the Valerian name...until they take the throne, at which point they will take the targaryen name. The look on his face could have froze over hell.

Love that you’re reviewing each episode weekly. Glad that good Game of Thrones is back

I was really hoping you'd talk about the king's question of being remembered in songs and history or being forgotten about to time

IDK why, but "somethin's goin down" had me in stitches! Great rundown! Keep up the good work!

The amount of tension that was built in this episode was aggressive. I was watching at work with my hoodie up, strings pulled till you could only see my nose and eyes. It was so good

this episode of House of the Dragon reminds us of that one concept we learned allmost 10 years ago, if you're in a wedding in westeros it's better to leave, before S¨%& hits the fan.

LOL I lost it when you imitated Ser Criston Cole “it was me, your Grace! 😭”

nice to see some things never change

What a fantastic episode, truly. It really does feel like we're back in the golden age of GoT!! The political drama aspects of the show have always been my favourite, and I say this as a die-hard action/fight scene devotee. It's just absolutely brilliant writing and direction through and through

Im thinking Jeremy doesnt watch the next episode previews. My boy Viserys has got some more life in him

The thing is Sir Criston Cole wasn't and isn't really the love interest. Rhaenyra only used him. Daemon is her real love interest. She challenged Daemon to take her away to Dragonstone so they could get married because she actually wanted him to. Laenor was crying during the wedding because of his dead lover, but Rhaenyra was looking all teary-eyed because Daemon didn't do what he was told. Honestly, Rhaenyra is impulsive and a bit selfish. She reminds me of a young Cersei. If you think about it, they have a lot in common.

Daemon: Everyone will be talking about my swagger as I enter this wedding! Queen: Hold my Hightower!

Been waiting all day for this and of course it uploaded while I was at work 🤣 Loving your insights on this series as always

Jeremy.. Ive been watching you since I was in grade 8. I grew up on you, love all your stuff!

I was waiting all day for this one 👏🏽

Good review, but my favorite part was "Wait, Ser Love Interest!" 😆

I’ve never been this early! Thank you Jeremy for your awesome videos and all your hard work!

Gunna miss Milly Alcock and Emily Carey in their roles. Don't understand why they couldn't just age em up a bit with makeup and we all would've been fine with it. Oh well, hopefully the new actors are just as good!

Here's what I think happened between Rhaenyra's love interest and the other guy: he came to him and was like "I care very much for the prince, you care very much for the princess, let's swear an oath to protect them" and Sir Love Interest took that a little too literally, and acted rashly. He managed to half-convince himself that if both he and the other guy were dead, the secret would die with them, and Rhaenyra would be protected (as well as the young prince, but that's beside the point). But right as he's about to kill himself, he sees Queen Alicant (sp?) and it kind of snaps him back to the reality of the situation, which is that she knows as well.

Great video Sir! I've always appreciated your humor and take on something. Thanks for showing the clip to support your references: Star wars, Moulin Rouge etc...🤣

Another amazing video!!! Thank you!

All in all great episode, but few things felt like they happened just for the sake of plot. Minor spoilers : Rhea's death - how is it that literal heir of Runestone didn't have any bodyguard? Aren't house Royce like one of the most prominent houses? Also, how was ser "Crispin" able to just peace out after punching future king consort at his own goddamn wedding? Shouldn't kingsguard immediately apprehend him? I'm feeling that a bit of writing is being sacrificed for a bit more action. Hope it isn't a precedence of something much bigger

Was I the Only one waiting all day to watching Jeremy’s video? 😅😂

“I should really remember these names”- lmao with all the shows people watch these days I’m just glad you remember the key players

I think Ser Criston caving in the man’s face was an OMG moment for me. My face was 😮😮😮. He also should have shit his mouth. Queen Alicent couldn’t understand youthful lust? She seemed a little dramatic. Daemon’s last wife verbally adult him was epic.

You know a review is good when the reviewer spends 80% of it just reliving his awesome experience of it.

I love this show so much

Frosty the snowman reference was awesome. Thank you.

Name a more iconic duo in Westeros, The name Joffrey and Weddings 😂😂

Bruh that padme reference was on the point Also I kinda expected more bloodshed, maybe the red wedding effect

“Guess that didn’t work ‘cause your face is caved in and you’re dead.” 😂😂😂😂

6:14 Jeremy... you're getting dangerously.... The Kingmaker is HERE BABYYYYY *RAAAAAHH* Been waiting all season for the switch

I personally felt like this episode was quite rushed. In stark contrast to the previous 4 where they generally did an excellent job of establishing the multitudes of characters and the whole political powderkeg in King's Landing. But brother, this episode was PACKED. It may fly over the head of book readers who don't yet know just how many things they tried to quickly establish in some 15 minutes that were allocated for the wedding, but it was far too many, that's for sure. In my opinion, the show would have benefited from having one episode devoted to the preparations for the wedding, setting up all the pieces (basically the first 40 or so minutes of this episode + extras) and then have a full episode devoted to the wedding, letting all characters interact properly and not rushing... certain developments. For instance, Ser Criston's killing of Joffrey was, I felt, sloppy TV. He does kill Joffrey in the books as well, but does so covertly, during a tournament, and it is convincingly framed as a possible mishap. As opposed to the EXTREMELY overt murder by way of caving someone's face in during a ball. Like, hello, how is he walking free after that, exactly? Man's killed one minor noble and struck the future king-consort, but nobody's even so much as asking him questions? I felt like this was the first time this so far excellent show had its certified "GoT S6-8" moment. Scene done not in a way that makes sense, but in a nonsensical manner for little less than shock value.

I totally felt uneasy expecting something to happen like the Red Wedding in the original series and sure enough something did happen. I loved it ‼

Alicent was telling Criston to wait so she can get her phone out 😆

Glad I took the chance and finally watched it. This is daaaaamn good, man!

6:46 Holy moly he did the outro punch! :D

Loving this show so much. They are doing everything right so far.

There’s actually a couple of Jeremys in the books, and also a Jaremy I believe

1:03 "What is today if not yesterday's tomorrow?" -Mr. Krabs

Extra points for the Legacy of Kain reference there.

The show is too damn good.

I'm glad Jeremy seems to avoid trailers, lol

Excellent quote from Kain for House of the Dragon.

You killed me at the Zach, Saved by the Bell comment 😂

Jeremy was on a roll in this one lol

"Give short yes and no answers until I find out what I'm being accused of." A lesson I learned from Jeff Foxworthy in the 90's.

Great Legacy of Kain reference at the end there.

Here crazy early was waiting for your video my dude! Here since movieman Chanel keep doing this good workkk

I know a lot of people said Joffrey got what he deserved for talking to Ser Criston but I didnt see it as him talking shit, rather more like “you know my secret I know your secret so it’s both in our interests to keep quiet” but Criston was so angry from being rejected by Rhaenyra he misinterpreted the tone of Joffrey’s conversation and thought it was a threat

I think I like GoT characters more, but like the more focused contained story of HotD

So we have the Red Wedding, the Purple Wedding, and now the Green Wedding. Can't wait for the next one!

Great video! And even better top tips for life!!!

Without a doubt this show is the best show on 📺 by several miles !! And as a book reader I'm happy the show runner's actually showcase the strength of sir Harwin Strong aka breakbones 💪💯

Our boy Crispin wanted to save the girl but the girl didn't want to be saved .

Dude! I love the Kain quote at the end!

Jeremy's a real one for being deadass and telling people to not make specific mistakes.

The writers were trolling us at that wedding. Every delay. Every glance. Trolling. The score was perfect. Made each second delay the anticipation of…a dude getting his face smashed in. The queen will find Otto via crow and start drumming up evil chiiit.

I was hoping he would have talked about new lord hand both sons. One who broke through the riot and brought Rhaenyra and other who was doing littlefingery shit with Alicent.

i like the little legacy of kain reference at the end

Another great episode!

But where’s the sandman review at?

Nice to have a good fantasy show to watch. I can't think of any other good ones to watch.

Everytime you mention blood omen or soul reaver, it just makes me smile man. Keep doing what you're doing!

The legacy of Kain quote was AWESOME!!! Lol!! You should do those more!