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Warning: The following contains major spoilers forHouse of the Dragon season 2, episode 4.

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House of the Dragon season 2

House of the Dragon has done it again.

The latest episode is nothing short of exhilarating and completely shocking.

Check out our spoiler-filled breakdown of the episode’s biggest moments below.

Rhaenys and Corlys in House of the Dragon

RIP Rhaenys

For a moment, it looks like Rhaenys is going to escape the battle.

Meleys is killed, and so Rhaenys plummets to her own end.

“And so, Aemond forgives, but he does not forget.

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“Like a lot of problems that are pushed aside, it often exacerbates it.

And over the years, it’s grown and grown and grown.

The intent this time around in episode 4, I think it was a lot more intentional.

Aegon in House of the Dragon

He very much knew what he was doing.

He was in control of his dragon, and he knows the consequences of that going forward.”

Power couple

Indeed, Aemond and Vhagar are working together in perfect harmony in this episode.

Daemon in House of the Dragon season 2

And Aemond, he’s taking that in stride,” Mitchell says.

You don’t know what he is thinking, but you do know that he is thinking.

He’s not just that one dimensional, black hat character.

Rhaenyra in House of the Dragon

He’s not a mindless sociopath.

There are cogs turning behind his eye."

You don’t know where his true allegiances lie."

Abubakar Salim in House of the Dragon

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