House Of The Dragon Episode 8 FULL Breakdown and Game Of Thrones Easter Eggs

I will not see it ended on  the account of this... Say it.   Welcome back everyone it's Charlie this will be my  Full House of the Dragon Episode 8 video there's   a whole bunch of Easter eggs and references so  we'll break it all down if you're brand new to   the channel I'm doing videos for all the episodes  be sure to subscribe to get them and careful for   spoilers from the episode if you haven't seen  it yet we'll just start at the beginning of   the episode and work our way through shot by  shot talking about Easter eggs WTF moments   starting with the episode title the lord of the  tides which is a reference to the lord of House   Velyaron and driftmark because in this episode  corlys velaryon's brother vaemond is challenging   for his claim to driftmark he wants to assert  his claim over rhaenyra's son lucerys who corlys   wanted to inherit in rhaenys choice who's clearly  baela that's the whole reason why she took her to   ward with her the past six years the only big  additions that I could detect in the opening   title sequence were the line between rhaenyra and  Daemon to represent their marriage which they did   in last week's episode and the new lines from  her representing the children that they've had   together since then and she's pregnant with  her third child with him in the episode I'll   talk about them in a second so pretty soon she's  gonna have six kids her first child with Daemon is   aegon III who they introduced to viserys the  second child I think is more poignant because   his name is viserys II she names him viserys after  her father viserys who he also got to meet before   he died in this episode the actual opening scene  takes place on driftmark with rhaenys sitting in   for Corliss while he's been fighting down in the  stepstones but they did explain that they won back   the stepsons in the previous conflict remember  they were worried about a big war starting with   Dorne potentially in the triarchy since then they  explained that they've retaken the stepstones but   the triarchy has resurged and then tried to take  back the stepstones from Corlys Velaryon is how he   got injured this is the older version of Baela  we also meet older rhaena later in the episode   remember they're meant to be twins but they style  their hairs differently so it's a little bit   easier to tell them apart on screen did a real  quick blink and you'll miss it Brienne of Tarth   reference when they reference Evenfall that's  actually the seat of house tarth. So eventually   later in the timeline Brienne of Tarth is born  and raised there when vaemond starts arguing   with rainey's about the succession she mentions  no talk of crow which is another Feast for Crow's   reference they literally reference a feast for  crows like someone actually said the words a feast   four crows in a previous episode too obviously  the big conflict in this episode is him really   not liking rhaenyra in the fact that her children  are bastards in his petition with the Iron Throne   the big problem with runera is that even though  she doesn't really care that much about drift   Mark or its Holdings like she doesn't want it for  herself or her family or anything like that she's   not mad with power in that way she's more worried  that calling the legitimacy of her children into   question will further cause questions on her  legitimacy for the Iron Throne so she's really   worried about the Iron Throne when Bayman says  that it's a queen who sits the Iron Throne these   days not a king that's a reference to alicent even  though they transitioned directly to Dragonstone   because technically rhaenyra is the current Heir  and going to become Queen eventually even though   the end of the episode makes you think that  it's going to end very differently there's a   lot of moments like that in this episode where  you think things are a done deal like the best   laid plans and obviously things go completely  off the rails and none of those plans come to   fruition. And on Dragonstone Daemon climbs the  rocks of the mountains into the caves where the   dragons lay their eggs in syrax has laid a new  clutch of dragon eggs which they referenced in   a previous episode when rhaenyra was trying  to betray jakiris to Helaena Targaryen they   actually referenced that later in the episode too  when they're dancing together in front of viserys   like oh they could have been king and queen when  they were all younger rhaenyra said if syrax lays   another clutch of dragon eggs then Aemond would  have his choice of any of those eggs this time   Daemon grabs a new one it looks pretty fresh like  it's still smoking when he prys it out and it's   meant to be another callback to him trying to take  a dragon egg in episode two obviously that was a   big faint though like he hadn't actually gotten  this area pregnant but this time he has three   legitimate very legitimate children with renira  who by the laws of their house in the realm just   in general are entitled to dragon eggs dragon eggs  to their family are more precious than gold it's   like giving a child a nuclear weapon even though  he says that syrax has three new dragon eggs he   only takes one of them that's for their newest  child who's going to be named visenya their oldest   is named aegon III the second is named viserys II  after her father and the third is named visenya   for aegon the conqueror's sister wife vicenya so  the idea is that Daemon wants to put this dragon   egg in vicenya's crib when she's eventually  born also him mentioning that syrax had three   dragon eggs is another reference to Daenerys but  daenerys's dragon eggs actually probably came from   dreamfyre Helaena's Dragon because later in the  timeline there were three dragon eggs that were   stolen from dreamfyre's clutch in physically  dreamfyre resembles Daenerys dragons in the   map table room jacaerys is learning High Valyrian  that sounds like he just started and he's getting   a history lesson from this maester about the path  of aegon the conqueror during the conquest making   first landfall at what eventually became King's  Landing that's what he's referencing when they   talk about him felling the trees what happened was  as the aegon and the Conqueror made landfall in   the area that they just renamed to King's Landing  later after he won the war of Conquest the city   was sort of built up around that place but until  then it was really just a military fort that they   called aegon fort in fact after the high septon  crowned aegon king of Westeros he went and ruled   from the aegon fort for the rest of his life the  actual red key like the big castle that you see   in present day was actually built by maegor much  later in the timeline near the fire you notice   baby Joffrey no longer quite the baby with one of  the servants I think the picture book that he's   reading from is another picture book about aegon  the conqueror when she mentions that she's going   to be deposed that's also a reference to what  happens at the end of the episode with the idea   that alicent thinks that aegon II has been named  air in the greens this is their faction in the   dance of the dragons is basically going to pull a  coup in next week's episode and try to name aegon   II the official King when they arrive back at the  red keep they're greeted by Lord Caswell if you   remember he was the person that greeted rhaenyra  on the stairs when she had just given birth to   baby Joffrey asking her if she needed any help  anything at all just let me know in the future   that was a reference to the eventual coming of  the dance of the dragons like he'll probably   declare for the blacks that's another really  interesting thing in the episode too based on   what color you see people wearing in the episode  that basically lets you know who they're going   to declare for when the battle lines are actually  drawn so for instance rhaenys is wearing black the   entire episode during the episode she basically  declares her support for renero the same is true   for a lot of The Other Side characters too in the  background that don't have a lot of speaking lines   in the episode they also take note that alicent  has swapped in a bunch of symbols of the faith of   the seven for all the Targaryen heraldry she's  also wearing the seven-pointed star around her   neck on a chain the reason for that is because  her family has this long history with the faith   of the seven remember they're from Old Town and  before aegon's Conquest the faith of the seven   was centered in Old Town so for thousands of  years their family was very close to the faith   of the seven itself and she's always believed in  the faith but it sounds like she's become way more   devout in her older age it's also a reference  to what happened with tommen later during the   events of the main show too when the faith of the  seven basically kind of took over Tom and kind of   co-opted him and they replaced a lot of heraldry  around the red keep with symbols of of the faith   itself it's just meant to show you the growing  influence of the faith of the seven in the realm   that'll become a bigger thing during the events  of this show which I'll talk about in future   Seasons because I think some of it won't be paid  off till like Season Two Season three they also   reference during the small council meeting that  a lot of the members of the faith are requesting   more funds from the crown that's going to become  a big problem in the future like they're just kind   of seeding a lot of this faith of the seven plot  in the background now they pay off the reference   about the queen sitting the Iron Throne when  we see alicent sitting at the head of the small   council because of what's happened with viserys  him becoming so infirm when Thailand Lannister   mentions jacarus's Dragon that's Vermax who's  gotten much bigger since the last episode but   he's still relatively small compared to the other  dragons the other members of the small council   also make reference to him being a bastard without  actually coming out and saying it out loud clearly   the members of the small council want to declare  for vaman like they don't want to have anything to   do with rhaenyra's children I'll talk about this  more in a second too because it has a lot to do   with the way that alicent is taking all this and  playing the Game of Thrones so to speak because   it seems that she really does not like playing the  game of Thrones whereas her father Otto Hightower   is really trying to push her around the board so  to speak the way that he pushed her around when   she was younger like why don't you go spend some  more time with viserys when rhaenyra goes to see   her father they show the ancient valyria model  has cobwebs all over it this book is probably   another history book about ancient Valeria just  showing you that it's been a long time since he's   actually worked on his model because his condition  has gotten so much worse he's almost like a living   corpse at this point which is why I was really  surprised that he died at the end of this episode   and not an episode nine like I was expecting like  one more episode out of him he's been kind of like   the Sean Bean of the show so you're just kind of  waiting for him to die like when is it going to   happen because the actual conflict that dance of  the Dragons doesn't really start till his actual   death they use their conversation to set up a  lot of what happens at the end of the episode   too where he confuses alicent with rhaenyra and  just confuses the two different versions of aegon   so alicent thinks that he's really talking about  aegon II when he was actually thinking that he   was talking to rhaenyra about aegon's prophecy of  A Song of Ice and Fire where aegon saw up at the   North they're careful to highlight the fact that  he's got got so much milk of the poppy in his tea   like his quote unquote tea is addling his brain  so to speak but that's because he's in a constant   state of pain like they're very careful to show  you how much pain he experiences just trying to   walk around or even speak to someone is also meant  to be a mirror for alicent with the moon tea later   with the servant girl who's gotten pregnant with  aegon the seconds bastard which is also meant   to be a callback to rhaenyra's Moon Tea in the  earlier episode when the grand maester prepared   the same thing for her and if it wasn't clear  alicent is genuinely sympathetic to her plight   she totally believes her like oh yeah my son  definitely forced himself on this girl poor girl   that's why she gives her that lump of gold in the  moon tea just to let her know oh we're not going   to have you killed but you definitely have to  leave the red keep but isn't it ironic that she's   now facing the same situation that she had been so  upset at rhaenyra for previously aegon II Breaking   All the Rules but because she wants to uphold the  status quo this whole question of the bastards and   who becomes the next king she's kind of forced to  live with it which is why she kicks around aegon   II so much like you're no son of mine you're  such a terrible person it's also a call back   to Cersei and Joffrey with the way that Cersei  loved Joffrey but he was a terrible person and   she had trouble controlling him the big difference  with aegon II is that he clearly wants nothing to   do with being King it's like he's pulling a Jon  Snow here I don't want it him sleeping with the   servant girls and being drunk most of the time  is also right out of the books too like he was   very fond of drink that only got worse when he got  older and he really really loved getting with the   servant girls and I love the irony of the moment  when Helaena walks in asking what happened to   the servant girl that she just had to get rid of  because of the bastard child what happened to her   she was supposed to get the children ready that's  a reference to her legitimate children that she   had with aegon II remember alicent betrothed them  previously and since then she's had three children   with him it's jaeherys, jaehera and maelor maybe  we'll see them in season two they're also meant to   be very young and she makes some jokes about being  married to him later in the episode too after he   makes a bunch of jokes at jakaris about still  being a virgin. Rhaenyra and alicent have their   big reunion scene and they just show you the  things are are still pretty tense between them   even though they cooled off quite a bit there's  just a little acrimonious at this point early   in the episode but it does seem for a brief hot  second that they actually might mend their fences   until the end of the episode when she first walks  in too they're careful to focus the camera on her   scar that's left over from the valyrian dagger  like oh the last time we met as they focus on   the scar the boys go back to the yard and see the  old practice damage all the fun that they used to   get up to they talk about Criston Cole's Morning  Star the one that he's currently fighting with   Aemond practicing with that's the same weapon  that he fought Daemon with during the tourney   at the beginning of the series and obviously all  the children are older in this episode so we have   the much older version of aemond who seems like  now he loves violence and I think that's why he   tells Kristen Cole that he doesn't care about  tourneys because when vaman walks in he perks   up or any time he thinks that a fight is about  to break out he perks up later in the episode   in fact at the dinner table later when they avert  a conflict early on he seems really crestfall and   like oh I was hoping for a fight that's mostly  foreshadowing for what he'll be like during   the actual conflict later I don't think he's a  total madman or anything like that I think that   he just loves violence now like he's become very  twisted in the years since the last episode back   in the godswood rhaenyra and rhaenys betrothed all  their children together although they don't seal   the deal to the actual meeting later like rainey's  declaring it in front of the king is her basically   saying oh yes I agree to all your terms we also  finally see the older version of rhaena in the way   that rhaenys talks about it it sounds like rhaena  stayed on Dragonstone with Daemon because that's   her father so only Bayla has been on driftmark  these past six years as rainey's Ward the fact   she's wearing black here early in the episode is  also meant to foreshadow her eventually declaring   her support for rhaenyra really interesting to  note that rhaenys still thinks that rhaenyra   was responsible for laner's death and when she  denies it in the episode like I had nothing to   do with your son's death she's not lying because  later is still alive we'll see if she ever learns   the truth in the future you can let me know in  the comments if you think that rhaenyra will   eventually tell her no no your son's actually  alive there's always the possibility that laner   Aaron could come back in the future pretending  to be somebody different and just helping them   during the actual battles but the whole idea  is that jakaris is going to marry rhaena and   lucerys will marry Baela so that rhaenys will get  all the things that she originally wanted viserys   continues to confuse rhaenyra with alicent further  setting up the confusion at the end of the episode   the other interesting moment here too is rhaenyra  basically telling viserys that she doesn't want   the Iron Throne like I'm tired of all the drama  she pulls a Jon Snow I don't want it this episode   was full of people saying that they did not want  the Iron Throne also the smoke coming from the   model of ancient valyria as he's being treated for  his wounds in the Bell tolling is foreshadowing   for his death like they would light the smoke and  ring the bell to mark his passing in the naming of   the new King which it sounds like will happen  in next week's episode also love the way they   transitioned to the overhead shot of the iron  throne in what's happening because of the whole   Battle of the succession that's happening on the  show right now there's so many metaphors in this   shot too like there's so much that you could take  out of this particular scene the way that they   filmed it during the petition vaman May takes all  these references to the histories of both House   Targaryen and house velaryon I talked a lot about  those histories in my previous videos so I'll link   those Below in the description he also keeps  talking about Bloodlines and the purity of his   blood for those of you wondering why Daemon was  laughing during the funeral scene in the previous   episode that's also the reason why he was laughing  because during vaman's speech a lot of what he was   saying was about being pure of blood so Daemon  was laughing about him trying to secretly knock   rhaenyra's children being bastards and now he's  just doing it in a much more open way when he says   he could cut his veins and show them his blood  that's obviously foreshadowing for Daemon doing   exactly that ending the matter and when viserys  walks in to preside over the meeting not on the   Milk of the poppy like clear of mind you need  to take note of the way that alicent reacts to   a lot of this because she seems so worried about  what's going to happen to him and the pain that   he's in if he didn't realize alicent was also the  final caretaker for King jaeherys before visares   so during his final days alicent watched over King  jaeherys the same way that she's is watching over   King viserys so watching him waste away is really  painful for her having to relive a lot of the   memories of what it was like watching King jiharis  waste away so they do want you to sympathize with   a lot of her wanting to give him that milk of  the poppy even though it does addle his brain   and cause a lot of confusion in the worst possible  way at the end of the episode The Crown falling   off his head and Daemon picking it up is more of  a callback to previous episodes with him wanting   the throne for himself but he's clearly very sad  about what's happened to his brother rhaenys'   speech about the succession over driftmark is  her basically agreeing to all of rhaenyra's   terms like oh and by the way they're all going to  get married when you look at everybody's reactions   to a lot of this before things go off the rails  aegon II smiles a little bit that's because he   feels like things are settled and he doesn't have  to worry about becoming King likes oh thank god it   doesn't have to be me obviously he spoke too soon  because it sounds like they're going to force him   to put the crown on in next week's episode drag  him kicking and screaming to the Iron Throne love   the way that daemon eggs him on and the way they  pay off this moment about taking his tongue oh he   can keep his tongue and like I said you look at  eamon's reaction he seems enthralled by the sight   of all this violence like oh this is amazing  let's do more of this big big red flags coming   from aemond in this episode the scene of both of  the women in frame of the Iron Throne the blacks   versus The Greens the succession all reference  to the coming dance the dragons and the conflict   starting in next week's episode then the scene  of rhaenys watching The Silent sisters prepare   vaemond's body I think it's just a way to honor  him and honor all the dead people that she's known   like she references all the dead people she's lost  to the maester then I love this dinner scene so   when viserys walks in sitting between the women  even though it starts kind of tense for a while   in the episode you think like it all might be  okay viserys is getting everything that he wanted   everybody is making nice making peace with each  other the cane that he's using there looks like   it has a little dragon head on it and then if  things actually went off the rails it was really   mostly the kid's fault like fighting the way  that you would expect kids to fight aegon making   fun of jacares for being a virgin then Helaena  making fun of aegon for being a bad husband but   near analysis seemed like they temporarily set  aside their differences and it almost works like   for a little while rhaenyra is planning on coming  back and spending time with her like they used to   when they were younger when they were best friends  it even sounds like they were almost leveraged at   one point too when she says she's going to return  to the red keep on Dragon back that's obviously   herd thinking that she's going to just come  back really fast on her own but really it's a   reference to her coming to the red keep on Dragon  back with fire like I will come back and it will   be War they make another pink dread joke when  they serve the pig to aemond he makes another   strong boy's joke to jakaris and luceris inside  No 2 Helaena's comments when she says beware the   Beast beneath the boards that's not a dragon dream  because like when she was younger she spoke all   in Prophecy she still has Dragon dreams but the  Beast beneath the boars is just a reference to   aegon sleeping with all the servants like beware  of aegon trying to sleep with you but the Beast   beneath the boards is literally like the beast  within aegon's pants when Daemon diffuses the   tension at the end of the episode before the kids  break into all-out fight and you see this seen   between him and Eamonn that's also a reference  to them later in the godswood but that won't   happen until like season three maybe so I'll just  wait to talk about that till later but eventually   they will go at each other on Dragon back mysaria  comes back into the story remember she's kind of   like a version of Varys she has little birds and  it turns out the woman who informed alicent about   what happened with aegon in his bastard and the  servant girl is working for messeria so when she   says oh it sounds like things were busy at the  red keep today it's just to let you know that   missary knows everything that's been going on this  entire time she'll have much more influence on the   actual plot in future Seasons then at the end of  the episode obviously he speaks to alicent about   aegon's prophecy about the long night believing  that she's rhaenyra and she being someone who is   hardcore about duty and honor that's why she got  so pissed off at rhaenyra when they were younger   believes that he's forcing her to unite The Realm  by naming aegon II to the iron throne and she   thinks that she's going to honor his wishes like  do right by him by completing that so that's what   she means when she says I understand what you mean  and I will do it she thinks that she's honoring   his memory doing the right thing when really he  was talking about aegon the conqueror and she   just confused it thinking that he was talking  about aegon II also love the way they end this   shot on the valyrian dagger like ooh this is not  going to end well which is also a callback to the   conflict in episode 7 with her attacking rhaenyra  with the Valyrian dagger then he dies the king is   dead along live the king his dying last words are  my love and that's him greeting his original wife   aemma remember he confused alicent for aemma  in last week's episode too she was the love of   his life so it's like he's greeting her seeing  her again in death it was a great episode if   you spotted any other Easter eggs or references  in the episode that I didn't talk about in the   video just write down below in the comments in  my episode 9 trailer video we'll post next so   make sure you enable alerts for my channel so you  don't miss that but basically this is the actual   start of the real dance of the Dragons everyone  click here for that episode 9 trailer video I'll   update the link as soon as I post that and click  here for all my other house of the dragon videos   thank you so much for watching everyone stay  safe and I'll see you guys in the next one!

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Length: 20min 20sec (1220 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 10 2022