After the apparent death of superhero cinema, lack of Star Wars content since past 4 months, and dying mainstream Hollywood, there has been nothing particularly hype worthy since months. Well, that might be changing soon enough as House of the Dragon Season 2 is nearing its release. Adapted from A Dance with Dragons, Season 1 of the show was an overwhelming success for HBO, both in terms of viewership as well as critical acclaim and accolades. A second season wasn’t even a question and the latest trailer for Season 2 has left viewers more piqued than ever. Well, as it happens, a lot has been leaked about the show from the sets and hints. Here, we have compiled everything about it from Episode 1 to Episode 8 which will basically provide a summary for each House of the Dragon Season 2 episodes.
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 Plot Details
- Introduction to Cregan is the season opener. Jace doesn’t meet him in this episode. Cregan’s scene is a stand alone Winterfell scene. Probably to excite the audience about the return of the Starks and to show the offer the greens made to him by raven.
- Rhaenyra at Shipbreaker’s Bay
- Daemon sneaks into king’s landing at night
- Introduction of Blood and Cheese and the assassination of Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon and Haelena)
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 2 Plot Details
- Jaehaerys Funeral
- The Battle of the Burning Mill
- Daemon takes Harrenhall, likely introduction to Alys and Simon if not the first episode
- Introduction to Addam & Alyn, Seasmoke following Addam around like puppy
- Cargyll twins duel to the death
- Rhaenyra needs a stunt double this episode
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 3 Plot Details
- Aegon goes to cock inn with the gold cloaks. Ulf is introduced in the same scene. Ulf drunkenly brags about being a Targaryen bastard. The two characters apparently don’t interact.
- Hugh is also introduced in this episode. I can’t remember if he was introduced at the Cock Inn as well.
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 4 Plot Details
- Begins with the aftermath of the sack of Duskendale. Criston beheads Lord Darklyn who says before, “Is there no honor left in this world, Cole?” Criston has a biting reply.
- Battle of Rook’s Rest
- Alys spits and screams at some soldiers at Harrenhall
- Criston, Gwayne, and Rhaenys need stunt doubles this episode
- Criston yells at Gwayne to get dressed for battle
- Criston gives a rousing speech at the beginning of the battle and tells the army their king is with them.
- There’s a Sunfyre sized green screen behind Aegon’s personal cavalry
- A tired and bloody Criston walks up to and talks to Aemond who is casually swinging his sword outside of a tent
- Fabian filmed a scene of Criston getting on his knees beside a burnt body
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 5 Plot Details
‼️ SPOILER FOR SEASON 2 OF HOUSE OF THE DRAGON ‼️
A big cart with dried blood was seen on set in Spain where King’s Landing scenes are currently being filmed.
[After the death of Princess Rhaenys] “it was the head of the dragon Meleys, drawn through the city on a cart” pic.twitter.com/LhssOSc2gG
— 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒 ＆ 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 (@theblacks_) May 16, 2023
- Meleys head is paraded through the streets
- Dyanna, the servant Aegon raped, has a scene
- Larys tells Aegon he has survived dragon fire
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 6 Plot Details
- Jason Lannister and Lord Lefford meet at the Golden Tooth
- Addam claims Seasmoke
- Dyanna makes another appearance
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 7 Plot Details
- Addam and Rhaenyra meet/confront each other on Dragonstone’s beach at the beginning of the episode. Addam swears allegiance to her
- Rhaenyra and Jace teach the seeds how to approach and claim dragons
- Rhaenyra needs a stunt double this episode
- The Red Sowing
- Alicent goes for a cathartic swim in a lake in the kingswood
- Aegon the younger and Rhaena will travel to the Vale and meet Jeyne Arryn. Presumably, Joffrey and Viserys are with them as well.
- Daemon will survey his army at Harrenhal in episode 7 which will consist of men from the houses Darry, Mooton, Mallister, Piper, Vance, Bracken, Blackwood, & Strong
- Oscar Tully will appear to Daemon and tell him they can’t join the war until Lord Grover dies
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 8 Plot Details
- Rhaenyra and Daemon meet at Harrenhall at the beginning of the episode
- Rhaenyra and Alicent confront each other at Dragonstone
- Things we know will happen but not which episode:
- Otto will personally travel to Tyrosh and personally meet with the Triarchy
- We will will meet Alfred Broom who apparently has a sizable enough role this season for his casting to be formally announced along with Cregan, Addam, Hugh, and Ulf.
- Corlys will spend much of the season repairing his ship. The spy photos of Corlys’ ship with blood and broken windows is apparently how it looked from his return from the gullet in season 1. Alyn is a veteran of the gullet in the show so we may get some scenes of him here as well.
- There will be a peasant riot where Alicent and Helaena are pelted with food. This is NOT during Jaehaerys’ funeral.
- An extra said they filmed a scene at the Cock Inn with a major actress
- Elinda Massey will be a mysterious hooded woman messing with food carts in king’s landing
- We will meet a character named Cley(stand-in for Luther Largent)
- The brothel madam from episode 9 will return
- The only episodes Dyanna are 100% confirmed to be in are episode 5 and 6 but she might appear in two more
- White walker flashback
- Jace and Cregan set up camp in a snowy Forrest and have a nighttime scene there with men of the nightswatch
- Jace and Cregan travel to the wall
- Jace and Baela share scenes together at Dragonstone
- A village is burned at night
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