Inside the Episode - S2, Ep 1 | House of the Dragon | HBO

Rhaenyra and Jace sharing a moment to grieve together was my favourite moment in the episode.

Underrated moment: seeing the Nights Watch still be a respected and honored faction instead of the exiled criminals from GoT

Nearly all of Rhaenyra’s scenes made me tear up and she hardly says a word :(

The ending was a little weird but the best moment of the episode was Jacaerys reporting back to the queen and seemingly breaking down in front of his mom. That part had me tearing up.

Rhaenyra's reaction when she finds the remains of Luke and Arrax 💔
Emma's acting is amazing

I just knew Blood and Cheese were going to be in the initial episode. Rhaeneyra's one line was brilliantly chilling. Well done.

Daemon flies Rhaenys’ father’s dragon and Rhaenys flies Daemon’s mother’s dragon. There’s a lot of mutual respect between them but Daemon as usual has no chill

It was such a joy to go back home to Winterfell again. The emotions were at an all time high I swear

And Tom Glynn-Carney (King Aegon II) was the MVP of episode 1 for me, he brought his A game to the character and I'm loving it.

The sound design in the blood and cheese moment was perfectly nauseating

The scene where Aegon The Dragoncock is relaxing with his pals on the iron throne was very well done. A few laughs before the horror

“Im afraid of the rats” Brilliant

As bad as Aegon is, it’s still interesting to see he has compassion for people in some capacity. He’s still not as bad as Joffrey…….yet

Losing her father, & two of her children in such a short span of time would be absolutely heartbreaking- it's almost merciful that she didn't get to see BabyVisenya take her first breath, or grow into her own person, like she did her son - Luke is a young life cut tragically short- I can't even begin to imagine getting into that headspace; she doesn't have time to mourn her father's death, or her daughter's, but she's made focus on the usurpation of her promised throne- politics, rather than the personal - but then it all just compounds in the loss of Lucerys...

Poor doggo.

Rhaenyra lost 2 children in a span of like a week… she didn’t just lose luke. Her grief is insane.

The amount of pain and loss for Rhaenyra from the very beginning is heartbreaking and she bottles it all up. Loosing your mum, loosing your best friend, painful labours and still borns, her fathers death, dealing with the death of her children’s father, Daemons abuse, Luke’s death, having to cover up the fake death of her ex husband, loosing her family home and the crown. My god it just keeps getting worse for her.

The opening scene with the raven flying back to Winterfell then to the wall, back to Jace and Rhaenyra. King Aegon wanting to show his son and heir the ropes at the beginning with the exterminators with rat traps in the background foreshadowing what was coming. That final scene with Helaena and the little ones and her previously saying she's not afraid of the dragons, but the rats. Welcome back House of the Dragon.

Eve Best deserves more credit for her role in the show. She inhabits Rhaenys better than I could have ever imagined. If only they hadn’t passed over her for Viserys. Emma D’Arcy is just continuing to kill it. Such an insightful and talented actress.

Seeing Winterfell brought back good memories.

Cheese is basically Charlie from always sunny but Westeros edition.