Ryan Shoots First: House of the Dragon (S2 Ep5) “Regent”

We have a little bit of a quiet setup week as moves and counter moves continue on House of the Dragon.

After last week’s massive battle, we look at the fallout on both sides as one must go on without a dragon and one must go on without a king. While Aegon was in a pretty dire state, and I mean dire this scene was gross, the council is quick to grab for power to guide the realm. Stop me if you’ve heard this one but the men are not entirely happy with a woman leading not only the realm but the war effort. On the other side on Team Black, they are left trying to fill the void of losing a leader, voice, and warrior in Rhaenys but more importantly a dragon in Meleys. Dragons are not only nukes, Meleys was their biggest one with the most experience. With her gone they don’t have much for Vhagar when the time comes. Rhaenys was one of the few who flexed her influence to back Rhaenyra to the council and truly backed her, with her gone Rhaenyra is struggling for allies she can trust but also not want to get killed. 

Beyond this, a lot of the episode is back at Harrenhal with Daemon Haunted Mansion where he continues to fumble around not only through the castle but through whatever plan he is cooking up. His questionable tactics finally bite him in the ass and the mind games of the castle are starting to take their toll on him.  Kinda ready for whatever they are doing with Daemon to move to the next step. For 3 weeks now he’s still kinda in exactly the same place but after his proper plan has blown up in his face we will see what he does next. 

Next week looks like a desperate gamble as Team Black looks for a secret weapon in the arms race and it promises to be tense television as wild dragons are on the scene. Quick get Hiccup! 

Observations 

• Well, this previously is some older stuff 
• Man, what a shot. 
• Corlys just in his lounge sweats 
• Yea this may backfire. 
• Is that the king hidden in there? 
• Aegon has quite the collection of dead things. 
• Yea no hurry 
• Alicent has that “Oh maybe I shouldn’t have told my son he was a worthless good for nothing”
• Ewwwwww 
• Ewwwwww x2
• Aemond is clearly broken up about all this. 
• I hate Rhaenyras council 
• Tell him girl 
• Can I don’t know people stop running off alone on their dragons? 
• Dang that was a cold shot. 
• I don’t Daemon. I don’t take your meaning. 
• That guy man he didn’t even put on his war crimes cloak for that one. 
• Yea you gotta be specific lady. 
• Did she not know?
• Yep, appease the small folk. 
• I want to see them drop pamphlets over Kings Landing 
• Daemons house of horrors 
• Weird weird weird. 
• Sounds like Daemon needs to pull a heist! 
• They don’t have some magic MRI tree or something? 
• Men really struggling with letting these ladies run wartime. 
• “After all those feet pics I sent you?!?” 
• Ooooh we all know that feeling of having to sit in a meeting when you’ve been royally pissed off. 
• That dude’s beard is immaculate. 
• I hate Cole but kinda made a good point. The bell’s been rung 
• I can’t help but feel something bad is coming for this family. 
• Oh Jayce what are you getting yourself into? 
• Quite the picnic 
• This Old Castle 
• Daemon is the definition of a Wild Card 
• Rhaenyra has good instincts. 
• Emma D’arcy is the Master of Eyebrows. 
• This is what we call “playing yourself” Daemon 
• “Shits about to go down” theme
• Corlys needs to get over himself and get in the game. 
• Go to Berk they got some dragon riders. 
• It’s like Cinderella’s slipper but with dragons!