S2E1

A Son for a Son

House of the Dragon · 2024-06-16 · 58 min

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from 28 comments

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what happens

While Rhaenyra struggles to come to terms with her son's murder, in King's Landing, Alicent grows concerned that Aegon's Small Council may lead them to an all-out war. Larys suggests Aegon needs a new Hand, and Rhaenyra arrives at a fateful decision.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 28 comments — 11 said when.

The number holds — it is read from every comment. The shape is not settled: only 11 said when something happened, and below 20 the same evidence split in half draws two different pictures. Drawn faint for that reason.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit24 read

“30 seconds in and we see Winterfell, The Wall and hear the Stark theme. We are so fucking back baby.”
SerDire▲ 4,794about 0–1% inread it ↗
“30 min later his head is chopped off”
SpicyAnal▲ 3,195about 25–35% inread it ↗
“I got chills”
hannahsem▲ 3,065about 90–100% inread it ↗
“why don’t they have a guard”
not_a_bot__▲ 2,659about 0–15% inread it ↗

who made it

directed: Alan Taylor
written: Ryan J. Condal

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole
Phia Saban as Queen Helaena Targaryen
Bethany Antonia as Lady Baela Targaryen
Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull
Phoebe Campbell as Lady Rhaena Targaryen
Kieran Bew as Hugh
Rhys Ifans as Ser Otto Hightower

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