House of the Dragon Season 2 Finale Recap and Thoughts By We finally arrive at the House of the Dragon Season 2 finale, and ...
I’m more frustrated than elated. Save for a few brief moments here and there, HOTD Season 2 was very underwhelming. Honestly, I’m shocked.
I expected an epic payoff, a battle, a shocking twist, or some sort of wild plot development. Instead, Episode 8 felt more like a mid-season chapter than a season capper. In a show filled with dragons, armies, and the threat of war, I suppose it’s only fitting that Season 2 ends with two women sitting in a room sorting out their feelings.
Anyway, let’s discuss what happened or didn’t happen in House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 8. What happened in the House of the Dragon Season 2 finale? We open with Tyland Lannister attempting to woo the Triarchy. This somehow leads to a mud wrestling contest between our cowardly lion and a tough-as-nails woman named Lohar.
Impressed by Tyland’s grit, Lohar agrees to lend him her army. Yay. Meanwhile, Aemond nukes the village of Sharp Point off-screen because, Heaven forbid, we have any war sequences in a show about war.
He’s mad, you see, that Rhaenyra won the dragon race, and because he’s a man, he massacres innocent civilians to make himself feel better. Later, the one-eyed king damn near forces his sister, the benevolent , to jump atop her dragon and join him in an attack against Daemon at Harrenhal. Helaena’s like, nah, I’m good, and Aemond’s like, �.