House of the Dragon Episode 2 Rhaenyra the Cruel | A Review and Key Takeaways

Rhaenyra the Cruel

After Blood and Cheese incident there is chaos everywhere in king's landing and Dragonstone. Aegon is angry, Queen Helaena is in grief, Aemond is planning. Rhaenyra finds out that Daemon ordered the hit and she started blaming him that he put her position in jeopardy. Ser Criston Cole is always the annoying airhead blaming others for his stupidity

MY REVIEW

King's Landing

There is a funeral organized for Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen (Son of Aegon the second). The scene was phenomenal with awesome acting from Phia Saban as Queen Helaena

Aegon has hanged the Rat Catchers and displayed their bodies on the wall which made Otto Hightower angry because ever the political he thought it was an unwise move. So he yells at Aegon, some heated words are exchanged and finally the truth comes out....King Viserys was right abut Aegon. Aegon said he made me king and Otto replies "Is that what you think"; which means Otto knew that king has never changed his mind about Rhaenyra being the heir. And it is proving my analysis that Alicent is such a moron😅.

Also Sir Cristin Cole picking a  fight with Ser Arryk Cargyll and blaming him for negligence which he himself committed because he was too busy with Alicent Hightower. I hate this character with passion because he is the reddest of red flag. Such Men Alicent surrounds herself with. I mean he is crossing all his lines while claiming he is the most loyal and most honorable being ever graced this earth. 

There is another peak into Aemond's character about how he feels what he did to Luke. He regrets it and he is sorry but now it is done he cannot go back to the way it was. The war is already escalated and he won't avoid it.

Dragonstone

Rhaenyra and Daemon has a fight about the move Daemon made and Rhaenyra blames him about all the other things he did in the past...And Daemon got angry and leaves. My analysis of this situation is that Daemon is not at fault here Rhaenyra is. She does forget they are at war and it's not Daemon's fault that Blood and Cheese were idiots. Daemon do try to explain it to Rhaenyra but just like her father he misunderstood him. What I think is that Rhaenyra is being an  airhead at this time. She is getting too emotional she should know they are at war. and casualties happens even the ones they don't want.

After Daemon leaves Ser Arryk Cargyll  reach Dragonstone and recognized by Mysaria. So she comes back to castle with ser Erryk Cargyll and both have a face off resulting in both of their deaths. One was trying to kill Rhaenyra and one was trying to save her.  Again Cole being ana airhead for starting this mission in motion. Mysaria has an important role to play in the coming episodes and in this one. she saves 

Driftmark

Alyn has come back from a voyage and is met with his brother on the docks of Driftmark and there it is another entry of a character who is going to be important in the war. If you don't know who Alyn is , he is the bastard son of Lord Corlys Velaryon

MY RATING

Overall: ★★★| 3 Stars

Plot: ★★★ | 3 Stars

Characters: ★★★ | 3 Stars

Dialogues: ★★★ | 3 Stars

THE PARTS I LIKED

☙ Otto making Aegon unsecure and Aegon in turn taking away his Hand Designation. Bot deserves the worst in my opinion. 

THE PARTS I DIDN'T LIKE
☙ Daemon and Rhaenyra Fight

WHERE TO WATCH?
You can watch it here

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