Meanwhile Daemon is going through his own Silent Hill subplot 😂

Daemon out here in Luigi mansion while everyone else is fighting a war

Aegon literally drinking and driving his dragon, he deserved this but Sunfyre did not :(

The fact that Rhaenys got taken out by her daughter's dragon.. 😪 The queen that should've been.

Seeing the Dragons hurt and killed really broke my heart. It's like seeing the magic in the world be snuffed out.

It’s like watching the Starks wolves get picked off all over again.

King Aegon's about to get real acquainted with milk of the poppy after this episode.

Olivia Cooke said in an interview that they would all spin those balls while filming the counsel scenes, and then they started incorporating it in the scenes, lol.

Tom Glynn-Carney needs to get more praise for his portrayal of Aegon. He portrays so much emotion with just his face.

RIP Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen that never was! And today was her birthday too…

Any scene with Vhager sends chills down the spine.

I can now see why the characters keeps warning a battle between dragons is deadly an we see that firsthand with that in this battle lol I loved it

Jeremy's impressions are unironically fucking perfect, I spit out my coffee with that Aemond bit

I find it extremely funny that Vhagar's signature move is a sneak attack despite her being the biggest living creature in the world

The bond of Sunfyre was really shown when free-falling Sf tried to rotate his body (and land with that open-wounded stomach) so Aegon wouldn't get crushed. Plus he curled his body at the end around Aegon. Sheesh well played.

Spilled my drink when I saw Larys noticed Alicent's plan B box on the table

Loved the smoke coming out of dragons when they’re injured. Nice touch

The Build was worth the pay off

"His plan was to have Muderface ride in on the shadow of the colossus at zero hour" That one got me good. Well said!

Rhaenys death actually made me cry. It was so well built up from her getting on Maelys to the end of the battle. They did show the dragon's intelligence and their bond so well. The moment she decided to turn back i knew it was gonna happen but it still hit so hard for me thanks to the way they executed all of it.

Pretty cool how smoke came out of Sunfyre when his chest got scratched. And then the blood pouring out being boiling hot and burning the soldiers beneath. Such awesome details.

Huge props to Eve Best as Rhaenys. What a masterful performance! 👏👏👏

It is funny how Vaghar, despite being the most MASSIVE dragon of the series, moves and flies as quietly as a couple of eels through butter, and she keeps landing devastating sneak attacks from behind (or under) other dragons... It seems like Granny Vaghar decided to multiclass as a rogue in her youth...

It’s been weeks since viserys death is insane

Criston Cole Hand IN the queen, nice

The Targaryens : Are on War with their Dragons Daemon: On his Spooky and Bizarre Adventure on Harenhall

I actually loved that they changed it up a bit she could have flown back to dragonstone after aegon fell but she chose to stay and fight and defend Rook's nest, that was the reason she was there in the first place and Cole's army was still there and still attacking

It was interesting how the show portrayed Rhaenys choice to go to the battle as a kind of deliberate sacrifice. It could be viewed that by turning back to fight Vhagar/Aemond 1 v1 that she knew she was going to most likely die but she was banking on her death solidifying the Blacks and spurning them on to take the fight on more fully. You can view her death as a way to solidify support behind Rhaenyra.

Shoutout to that part of the episode when Rhaenyra smirks and says that her caution has been mistaken for weakness, and just when you think she's finally gonna say something badass like "Release the kraken!" she follows up with " I will go" I had the same exact same reaction as Jacaerys, which made me laugh more than it should have, I must admit.

2:36 glorious clip

Jeremy, they showed Meleys' intelligence with how she attacked Sunfyre and Vhagar. She opened up by swiping her claws for Sunfyre's soft underbelly. Meleys tried it again with Vhagar but she knew better and caught/kept Meleys claw. That's what made them spiral down to the ground in dragonfire. Then Vhagar used the same sneaky move she did to kill Jace and his dragon at the end of season 1.

Cant wait for Vermithor, the Bronze Fury. We are so not ready

Black Council: “Hey uh…this is a war now, can we do something?” Rhaenyra: “Lol bye fam gonna meet with my childhood friend at her house for the weekend.” Jace: “Mom WTF?”

I love the setup for why Rhaenys went to Rook’s Rest and in turn- why she stayed after the trap had been sprung. Green Dragon or not, there had to be a response to Cole’s campaign and without an army the Blacks had to send a dragon. So the fight was never about beating Sunfyre and then escaping, despite that being the smarter move for her and her dragon. Rhaenys knew she had to stay to show the realm that the Blacks would defend their supporters. Also, she won that first round with Aemond! I’d count a knockdown on the largest dragon in the world a win. If only she could have gotten away

It must be so satisfying as an actor doing green screen dragon riding acting and then seeing results like this.

2:39 EXECUTE ORDER 66 😂🤣 wasn’t expecting that face Jeremy Lmaoo

I thought I wanted to see Dragon war but now that I’ve seen it I’m sad and want it to end

Criston Cole actually is a very competent commander. He had a good plan in place

I feel like Rhaenys wanted to die. She thinks her son is dead, her daughter is definitely dead, and she knows her husband cheated on her. At that point, she was just tired. I guess she figured " if i stay and take out Vhagar, i win. If I stay and get killed, i get to die a warriors death."

Loved this episode. They finally made me give a shit about a character who got killed.

This is exactly why all that build up is so important. I've seen so many people go "NOW I understand why they were so against using the dragons." It's essentially the same dilemma as going nuclear. Is the surefire victory worth the human cost? You wouldn't care about these people without that build up. Poor Meleys and Sunfyre. When she looked back at her rider, it just felt like she had so much regret in not being able to save them both from Vhagar. "To her credit, Rhaenys didn't flee." I had always thought Rhaenys was set upon by both brothers, that Aegon was in on it. But I really like this change.

It speaks volumes that viewers were emotionally impacted more about the death of a Dragon, than the death of any character in The Acolyte.

2:36 had me dying 😂

Kinda wish you do a longer review of each EP or whole season, cause ngl your simple format is entertaining. Also Jeremy "if i look like a ghouls, apologiese" and then there me staring at a Clone of keanu Reeves "dunno whut you talking about but apology accepted but unecesaary to begin with"

One thing I noticed that I really liked was whenever Vhaegar’s on screen you could see her wings had all these little holes in them. It’s something that I think happens to moths and bats etc as they get old. It’s really not an important detail, but it’s good to see the creative team put that kind of effort into their work.

Sunfyre Gone but not forgotten 😢

Rhaenyra is definitely a queen I could get behind. Alicent is too, to be fair. Cristin Cole, you are a bastard.

“Sir Criston, Hand in the Queen” 😂😂

F for The Princess and her Dragon

Meleys = Employee of The Month.

Snuck that “Hand in the Queen” in real smooth 🤣

Vhagar once again can’t win unless he gets u with a sucker punch bite smh

I am thinking that Valayrian armor really got proper test lol

the cinematograhy of this episode is off the chart. So many beautiful shots.

"dogs are better than people" 10/10 statement

The Actress who plays Alicent Hightower said in an interview that when they would film scenes on the Small Council, to waste the time, they would all spin the little balls around the ring to see whose would spin the longest. Aegon's spin during one take made it into the show for this episode. LUL

One part of the episode i liked that you didn't bring up was Daemon telling the young Tully lordling to just kill his grandpappy already and give him an army.

I’m upset that Vhagar is sneak attacking people. Like how tf is this huge ass dragon sneaking up on people?

Hopefully the slow attention span people will stop complaining bout there being no big battles/dragon battles with proper character development and buildup akin to the OG GOT, season has been fire. R.I.P. to the Queen that should’ve been 💯

So happy to see you enjoying a series and not just padding the YT algorithm. ❤

Rhaenys was a likeable character, loyal, noble, brave, leadership qualities and a great wife and mother.

Vhagar has gotten 2 fucking stealth kills now, despite being being the size of a football field

The look Meley gave to Rhaenys when she was dying 💔

I love how everyone who is reviewing both HotD and Acolyte has the same reaction to both shows. Its amazing.

I definitely feel the dragon love and totally felt it went Meyles's light in her eyes went out, but damn theyre atomic bombs for medieval fantasy... some pets gotta be put down when they bite people....

For me the best part was when those two kingsguard unintendedly invent chest bump for bros.....

This is one of the most hilarious reviews you've done in my memory. Love it!

"Ser Criston Cole, Hand *in* the Queen" LOL

Sorry but thats the second sneak attack in this series from Vhagar that kills. I give her that for the first instance in that dark thunderstorm between clouds, but on broad daylight while basically beeing mid-fight? Theres some source material and seemingly Q&A stuff from producers and writers and they say Vhagar has a wingspan of 150m (~490ft) and a nose-to-tail of 90m (295ft). How the fuck is that giant moving building able to "sneak" out of every possible range to perform a perfectly (say, ass pull) timed vertical charge FROM BENEATH! Not from above but from beneath a wide cliff with no way to hide? Some say Rhaenys was just tired but all in all the scene does not tick the right spots.

The one thing I can’t stand in this show is that as great as dragon riders are they can’t seem to ever see the largest dragon until it’s too late. “I’ll just fly over that giant area over there, there’s no way he could be hiding there.” Also how can a dragon that big move that incredibly fast

I love the touch of the dragon wound leaking out scalding hot juices onto the soldiers below.

3:19 wonderfully timed😂😂😂😂😂

With the threat of Vhagar always there, I would’ve sent as many dragons as possible. You got three fighting dragons with riders available at your disposal. Send them all. If the queen wants to go even better. It would take one single pass to destroy your enemies in formation, then return home. You can’t hope to win a 1on1 battle against the largest dragon

Poor Aegon, he didn’t want to be king got told he had to, then told to fuck off because he’s in the way.

"Hand in the Queen" gets a chuckle every time.

Welp the next morning & still got a knot in my stomach… needed a Jahn review to ease the pain. What a great show.

All Hail! Princess Rhaenys Valaryon! Lady of Driftmark! Rider of Meleys! and The Queen That Never Was! 👑

“Dogs are better than people” facts

I absolutely love the entire story of the conflict in HOTD being an allegory to conflict between two nucelar armed nations, with the dragons being the nukes. The rational voices in both sides understand the truly devastating power they can unleash, and how a war between dragons is basically Mutually Assured Destruction, yet the warhawks still push for this. I think this was seen with the Battle of Rook's Rest and the utter and complete chaos a dragon battle unleashes, and how Cole gets a small taste of the armageddon these dragons (i.e Nukes) unleash. It couldn't be a more relevant allegory to the situation our current world is facing, and the tensions boiling at the highest parts of our goverments.

I like how the battle shows how when you bring Dragons into the battle, it doesn't matter if the Dragon is on your side, they will take out people on both sides because fire does not discriminate.

The first time in a while that I've fully been enraptured in a scene (the ending battle). Thank you to the Acolyte for lowering my expectations super far so that this was an even harder hitting banger!

Amond was sheathing his sword BEFORE he realized Cole was there, before Cole called out to Amond.

Rhaenys looked like she was over everything by the end. That was the most obvious sneak attack and she flew right into it

Not gonna lie, that was a good trick by the Greens. I thought the same plan to attack with a dragon, only to realize they were anticipating that. My only tini tiny question is, how the fuck did this godzilla dragon hide from everyone?!?!?! You're telling me nobody on the Blacks were keeping an eye put for the biggest nuclear weapon in Westeros?!?!

Good thoughts Jeremy 👏👏👏👏😥

"His plan was to have murderface riding in on the Shadow of the Colossus at zero hour" im dead lmao 🤣🤣🤣

That execute order 66 gag was very good, damn near spat out my drank.

You gon tell me that giant dragon pulled off a sneak attack??

A banger of an episode

That eye patch murder face impression is spot on

Every time Jeremy acts like Aemond it kills me 😂😂😂

2:35 That Daemon and Star Wars cross over impression was hilarious.

even without the dragons, filming the castle siege at the end must have cost a fortune.

- Let´s just skip to the end battle! (look at this people!, look at their eyes sparkling!, they love this shit!)

That final look that Rhaeny's dragon gave her before it died broke my heart. I feel so bad for it and Sunfyre. Neither of those dragons deserved to die. Humans suck. 💔

Aegon is alive but he’s in a coma, he is permanently disfigured from the burns and he will become a milk of the poppy addict to cope with the constant pain.

Vhagar succeeding insane stealth rolls this ep lol.

stumbled across on of your reviews from years ago... I'll give you this... Consistent (oh and freaking funny!)

It is impossible for Vhagar to be as stealthy as the showrunners portray her, and it breaks immersion for the sake of a shocking moment. The show is good, but it has some obvious flaws.

I think I care more when dragons get hurt then when people do. 😂