House of the Dragon's Season Finale is DISAPPOINTING

where I explain why House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 8 'The Queen Who Ever Was' is sorta kinda... bad.

Thank you for watching. Peace and love!

[WhiteBoyTariq]

I feel like they plowed the same field twice with this season.

[winniejoshi]

House of the dragon S2 🤦‍♀️

Rhaenyra - let's not go for this war
Alicent - 😛

Alicent - let's not go for this war
Rhenera - 😛

[JakeKoenig]

This wasn’t a finale. It was a “set the table” episode for a penultimate jaw-dropping battle episode and a finale where the dust settles and we tie up some loose ends and resolve some conflicts and set up the primary storylines for next season.

Except we aren’t getting any of that. Just leaving us hanging for what will probably be a two year wait.

[kevinroark]

The Alicent who wanted 'an eye for an eye' would've let the whole realm burn before willingly sacrifice her first born- whom she put on the throne.

[Casboof]

They have completely whitewashed Rhaenyra’s more nefarious deeds, tried to make her into a generic “girl boss” but taking away her flaws and agency has made her boring, and managed to turn TB into the good guys and TG into the bad guys like it’s some sort of Marvel series. They shouldn’t even be meeting in the middle of war, it’s ridiculous. I don’t mind them aging Alicent down for the show but it’s literally INSANE that Alicent is betraying her family for a friendship/“love” from 20 years ago. Goes against both the book and S1 characterization

They could have shown a kingdom needlessly ripped apart destroying a dynasty over bullshit like not wanting to follow a woman but they made some weird mopey fanfic about two indecisive impulsive women whose petty fight about who was sluttier in their teen years is causing a bloody war

[soFallenfilms]

It's crazy how they focus on the most uninteresting and boring things like Daemon spending a whole season in Harrenhal or Alicent moping around in the woods for half an episode but then they skip over the interesting stuff pertaining to the war like the Blockade in the Riverlands that they always talk about but haven't even shown once or Aemond setting fire to a whole fishing village but we only see it in a 20 second after math scene. The interesting events are all off screen.

[Deee]

They pussed out hard with this season. End of season one Rhaenyra was about to go to war. Season 2 started and oh wait nevermind she can’t do war cause of collateral damage (one kid), then e4 she can do war again and is ready for it, then nevermind that’s scary we can’t do that lol, oh wait nevermind we have more dragons so let’s kill thousands of innocent people (who care about collateral damage? Not her! 😜), aaaand a convenient offer from Alicent for peace that Rhaenyra will probably stupidly take. That’s not character development it’s flip flopping because you don’t know what to do with her character!

[calvinuchiha]

Finale was an extended season 3 preview

[Wonkzzilla]

And Season 3 will start right after a battle they dont show on screen. LoL

[davidm]

No wonder George is pissed at this show. STOP CHANGING STUFF. I get it, some stuff has to be changed. But if they really killed would be a really really huge and bad decision.

[appathegoat]

I can’t believe HBO fooled me twice. Now the question is, is it Condal’s fault or is it HBO? As soon as Miguel left HOTD started TANKING.

[sharkfilet]

The only battle we got in the finale was a mud fight. Cool.

[josephvlogsdon]

The second half of the season just seemed like set up with no pay off. The only episode where anything significant happened was episode 4. I normally don’t complain about lack of action in a show, but I do think it’s perfectly appropriate to have some in the season finale. It honestly felt like the second to last episode. There should have been at least one battle. People talk about Game of Thrones being slow in the beginning, but every season delivered climatic moments at the end. It seems like they’re trying to draw it out because the source material is so thin. I wouldn’t mind so much if I didn’t have to possibly wait another two years.

[Venoxisguides]

The fanboys will probably try and crucify you for simply telling it how it is.

[Mutazili]

Alicent betraying her family for Rhaenyra? The woman that wanted Aemond tortured right after he lost an eye, starved a city, and husband decapitated her grandson? Helaena forgetting Daemon kiled her son? Blacks now fight to save the world? No it was a fanfic...

[kylelancianese]

Season 1 ended with daemon bending the knee to rhaenerya. Season 2 ending with daemon bending the knee to rhaenerya

[the_venomous_viper]

People will just say ‘it’s character development’ but who developed? Daemon was forced to face his demons but ended up defecting for the white walkers, not his own guilt. Rhaenyra was mad about being impotent while waiting 6 episodes to do anything ABOUT this. Alicent felt powerless and alone, and made no effort to change her station like she did in season 1. Corlys and Addam played the same daddy issues scene on the docks all season. Aegon and Jace seemed to be the only ones actually taking actions to change their situations (flying to rooks rest and the twins respectively), and we got less and less time with them as the season went on.

[Nachobeerman]

Better to wait until season 3 & 4 are out then binge watch the whole thing. Watching this disaster of a season with only 1 real episode play out over 8 weeks is a massive waste of time energy and money

[Oxcymoron]

If only Jace just said " I'm not POUTING, I'm Mewing" I'd be willing to look past the disappointment that was the second half of season 2.

"I jest" 😂

I absolutely loved fire and blood, the source material is RIGHT THERE and we know what happens when the show runners start making changes. The blueprint to the Dance is in their hands and they still manage to fumble it. Episode 6 and 7 should've been one episode and we should have been able to see what the season has been leading up to. They weren't bad but they wasted valuable time that should've went to an actual finale of a show we've waited 2 years to return. 😪

[dsemasin]

HOTD and The Boys both have a two year wait? That is a series killer.