House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 8 feels like an extended trailer reel for Season 3. Till then, we have Daemon’s unending hallucinations.
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 8 review: A series of facepalm moments occur in the last episode of House of the Dragon Season 2. A bedridden Aegon proclaiming his crotch was set on fire during the fight that almost killed. The prince being told not to pout during a serious exchange. Daemon having another of his lurid vision. Some five-minute-long mud wrestling. I really want to say these are bad jokes, but they are not. Is this the season finale that kept us hanging around the dragons for eight weeks?
The episode begins without any heft. We are expected to patiently wait until Tyland Lannister (Jefferson Hall) makes an appeal for his case to the Tyroshi leaders, prove his merit through wrestling Sharako Lohar (Abigail Thorn) in the mud. Then there is Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) who is enraged, and wants Helaena (Phia Saban) to lead. Alicent (Olivia Cooke) stops him right there. There’s also Daemon (Matt Smith), who finally finds his way back to show solidarity with the queen. These scenes were already in establishment for the last few episodes and required no more dallying to fill up the last episode.