:35 Spring 2023 filming for S2 — likely won't release until 2024

1:20 Painted Table was sick

2:30 Rip Lucerys / Book description of the events

5:00 Season ends on a good note

6:00 S2 start in Winterfell? They destroyed the Winterfell set though

8:20 Sizes of the dragons

8:50 Where Driftmark is located

9:04 End of ad

10:33 Jon Snow series

13:55 only complaint for the episode — no mention of the dragonpit damage

14:15 Daemon choking Rhaenyra / Difference from the book with Daemon

16:14 Robb Stark catching strays 150 years in the past

18:50 Fan Question: Was the season rushed?

20:15 Overall complaints with S1, Ser Criston getting away with murder 2X without fallout, didnt care for a ton of the deaths because we didn't get a lot of time with the actors

24:35 Will Laenor come back next season?

26:17 Daemon's neck? Burnt? Greyscale?

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8:29 'civilians dont matter' — yet a common theme in GRRM's books is the plight of the common people

8:50 'Not her war' — yet her grandkids are betrothed to Rhaenyra's kids

9:08 Rhaenys didnt kill them because she saw Alicent 'mother to mother'

12:20 Rhaenys scene was not in the book, hard to scrub that from history

17:55 Aegon II actor says his character is constantly drunk

19:54 ad break

20:00 Finale trailer (Spoilers)

20:03 Vermithor — Second biggest currently in Westeros

21:10 Wild dragons living at Dragonstone

24:50 Book quote of what went down when Lord Beesbury dies

26:00 Harrold Westerling was dead by this point in the book, will he go to the Greens?

27:05 Criston Cole the Incel

28:30 Larys Strong killing his family for feet pics

32:45 The reason in the book that Aegon II agreed to become king was to save his family, or so he was told. Different than the show

34:35 Another reason Otto was able to convince everyone in the book was because they were scared of what Daemon would do

36:30 Storm's End battle coming in the finale

37:30 Winterfell teased at the end of the season?

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Timestamps

1:57 difference to Vaemond's death in the book

2:12 Where Daenerys' dragon eggs came from

6:57 Wild dragons on Dragonstone

9:00 Dragon eggs inspired by Ridley Scott's 'Alien'

9:09 end of Ad

9:37 Daeron Targaryen confirmed for S2

13:40 Viserys' death in the book, storm happening at the same time

15:05 Is Daemon comparable to Maegor?

16:03 GRRM Praising Paddy Considine, improvised parts in the episode, symbolism and BTS details

25:50 Ross talks TikTok theories

30:00 More Viserys talk, Bobby or Viserys a better character?

34:03 GRRM wants 40 episodes

36:40 Alicent is a hypocrite

37:20 What does Halaena mean? 'Beast below the boards'

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Timestamps

:34 Limited filming location and weather leading to more shots getting night filters added

2:08 Why Daemon was laughing

3:31 Driftmark was the first episode they shot for the series

5:30 Aemond's dialogue about losing his eye was pulled straight from the book

8:25 Actress confirms Alicent is in love with Ser Criston

11:00 Solid child acting

14:30 Rhaenyra's kids marrying Daemon's kids to make a tie up the family lines

17:26 Ad break

17:30 Is Rhaenyra using Daemon?

18:40 Dragons have to choose their rider

19:15 Here's how we would kill Vhagar / History of Vhagar

24:00 The Blacks and Greens are set. Was Alicent justified with wanting to take out an eye?

25:30 Ser Criston is such a tool

26:00 Leanor living is a change from the book, good twist. What happens with Seasmoke now? Dragons are tied to their riders for life

29:30 In the book, Seasmoke bonds with someone else, confirming Laenor is dead (potential spoilers)

32:17 Spoilers — talking next week's trailer

32:35 Alicent's kids grown up look wack asf

36:14 What happened to Alicent's fourth child from the books?

34:00 Aemond grown up looks older than his mom

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Timestamps

:35 Luke's theories and thoughts

4:07 Laena's death

6:50 The duel between Daemon and the Sealord of Braavos' son to marry Laena was removed from the story

8:20 More book differences. Would've been cool to see Laena getting her dragon

10:00 Kids are going to be very important after the final time jump

10:34 Intro was updated — Alicent had 4 bloodlines. Where is Daeron Targaryen?

13:13 Rhaenyra definitely should've been banging a guy with blonde hair instead

15:05 Rhaenys Targaryen (in the book) had black hair, so it was more ambiguous with the grandkids' hair color

16:17 Ad break

16:50 Daemon was right. Viserys could overrule Alicent but he's a weak king

17:40 Maester leeches guy is gone, and probably why Viserys is even alive still

18:27 Rhaenyra had no maesters at her birth

19:47 Could dragon-riding have caused the birth issues with Laena?

20:37 Going over Larys theories with Luke

21:53 Larys put his firefly sigil on the criminals who killed his family... why would he do that

24:04 Helaena have the Targaryen dreams? Some serious foreshadowing

26:26 Ser Criston Cole got off way too easy

29:05 Ned Stark / Harwin Strong parallel

29:34 Stranger reference with the Faith of the Seven

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Timestamps

1:38 are the Maesters working with the Hightowers to poison Viserys?

7:04 Ad spot

7:06 Difference between Lady Royce dying in the book vs show

10:20 Otto making points? If Viserys dies sooner, would it help Rhaenyra's case?

11:42 Larys Strong theories — Did he give Rhaenyra the tea? Is he possibly a Greenseer?

23:10 Fabien Frankel gives more insight into Ser Criston Cole snapping

32:52 Best episode yet in HOTD?

33:29 Fallen crown shot

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1:25 Brackens vs Blackwoods — legendary rivalry

7:26 Daemon's new look

8:45 Alicent Hightower has way more depth to her character in the show vs the book

9:30 Rat Hightower symbolism

11:00 Sets in the show are amazing

12:15 Daemon and Viserys both trying to teach Rhaenyra the same lesson about using marriage for politics and winning over the small folk

13:00 Strongest episode yet for Viserys with his decision making

16:12 fan questions

16:40 People comparing what Rhaenyra did to Harvey Weinstein... def not the same thing

21:42 ad read

25:31 SPOILER WARNING preview for next episode, fate of a certain character, and BIG foreshadowing moment

29:17 END OF POTENTIAL SPOILERS

29:50 tapestry of people having sex with dragons...

30:30 Prince that was Promised references sending GoT S8 flashbacks

34:00 Young Alicent and Rhaenyra discussions happening for S2

35:34 Fan Q — Did Daemon orchestrate everything that went down?

42:00 What was up with Daemon's neck? Greyscale? Burn? Scar from the arrows?

43:40 History of incest before Viserys

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0:44 Best episode yet?

2:12 Daemon's big W

3:32 Hunting party compared to GoT

6:59 Discussing House Strong

13:25 Pugs in Westeros?

14:54 ad spot (time stamps below may be slightly off due to the ads)

14:56 white stag

17:33 Suggestion for Rhaenyra to marry Aegon... Wack af

21:40 Fan Q — Would Daemon have Greyscale now after touching The Crabfeeder?

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2:14 fans complaining how the storylines will be limited, we don't feel the same way

7:14 Sizes of the dragons as of E2

13:20 What is Daemon's motive?

14:08 Ad break

18:20 Viserys' self-inflicting wounds and the history of rulers' injuries while sitting on the Iron Throne

25:38 Where all the locations are in Westeros

28:52 Miguel Sapochnik exiting as co-showrunner on the series

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:47 Ground rules for HOTD: No future spoilers since it's all out there

2:31 Changing some of the character ages

7:16 Daemon Targaryen

11:58 Jousting scene was fire... also, what are even the rules?

19:45 More GoT spinoff ideas + ad break

23:16 Some history of the Valyrians

31:31 There will be 9 dragons in S1

32:50 GRRM's involvement

34:08 Fan Q's

34:25 What locations will show up in the show

38:24 Eggs during the small council meetings

41:40 Fans are complaining about it being dark

43:07 New score will be revealed next week

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