S2E4
The Red Dragon and the Gold
House of the Dragon · 2024-07-07 · 55 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 23 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
In Rhaenyra's absence and with no word from Daemon at Harrenhal, Rhaenys tries to keep the peace on the Black Council as Cole mounts a campaign into the Crownlands. In King's Landing, Aemond continues to undermine Aegon's fragile hold on authority.
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
0
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
0
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 23 comments — 4 said when.
Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.
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.
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
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.
“Yo that’s pretty sad actually I don’t like this”
Upbeat-Armadillo1756▲ 11,821about 0–10% inread it ↗
“goddamn that was insane. i mean that was dark as fuck, that was incredible”
infieldmitt▲ 4,279about 80–100% inread it ↗
“Meleys giving one last look at Rhaenys before being killed broke me”
CertifiedRomeoBoy▲ 3,384about 80–90% inread it ↗
“Seeing Meleys looking at Rhaenys while she was dying absolutely crushed me 😭”
▲ 1,553about 90–100% 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
Bethany Antonia as Lady Baela Targaryen
Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull
Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower
Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers
Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen
Anthony Flanagan as Ser Steffon Darklyn
Nanna Blondell as Lady Laena Velaryon