Warning: Spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon season 2, episode 4, "A Dance of Dragons." Don't read on until you've watched! House of the Dragon continued the vicious "Dance of Dragons" on Sunday with a pivotal battle seeming to claim the lives of even more central characters. After episode 3's reveal about the late King Viserys' (Paddy Considine) true choice of heir, the brutal battle between the splintered Targaryen dynasty culminated at episode's end when Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) continued his epic streak of questionable decisions.
After taking Rosby, Stokeworth and Duskendale for the greens, Ser Criston and his army arrived at Rook's Rest, preparing to take the next stronghold on their march towards Dragonstone. The blacks know that they need to respond with force, but Rhaenyra ( Emma D'Arcy ) refuses to let her son, Jacaerys (Harry Collett), lead the charge -- instead sending Rhaenys ( Eve Best ) and her dragon, Meleys. With Gwayne Hightower (Freddie Fox) questioning his command upon Rhaenys' arrival, Ser Criston reveals his secret plan.
Out of the woods rises the Targaryens' most formidable dragon, Vhagar, and his rider, Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell). However, a wrench is almost immediately thrown in the plan as a drunken and reckless King Aegon II ( Tom Glynn-Carney ) also shows up on dragon back -- eager to prove himself after a disquieting conversation with his mother, Queen Regent Alicent ( Olivia Cooke ). Sunfyre and Meleys begin to spar, however, whe.
