House of the Dragon Season 2 finale Twitter reactions: Fans unpack what Daemon saw, call it an underwhelming episode

The Season 2 finale of House of the Dragon trended on X (Twitter), with various fans reacting differently to the ending. (SPOILER ALERTS)

The eighth and final episode of Season 2 of House of the Dragon aired on Monday morning. Fans are outraged that they now have to wait at least two years for another season to find out what happens next. Many viewers also reacted to specific scenes in the final episode, titled A Queen That Ever Was, and expressed their delight at the reappearance of a beloved figure. (Also read: House of the Dragon Season 2, Episode 8 review: A terrible ending rounds up a filler season for what will come next.

Spoiler alert!
A fan responded to the closing episode and how it ended, writing, “House of the Dragon Season 2 successfully replacing Game of Thrones Season 8 as the most disappointing and poorly executed seasons of television.” A second stated, “No dragon fights, battles, squabbles, or casualties. This is only an exposition and setup for the upcoming season.”I’m going to bed.” The tweet continued: “They really made us watch a mud fight instead of giving us a satisfying ending to this season of House of the Dragon.”

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What did Daemon see?
One of the last episode’s highlights was a halfway montage featuring a hallucination scenario in which Daemon finally realizes the truth about the Prince That Was Promised prophesy, also known as the Song of Ice and Fire. What more? It provides us a peek of Daenerys as the Mother Dragon.


A fan responded to Daemon’s vision with, “OMG!” Let us unpack Daemon’s vision at Godswood: Brynden Rivers verified as the Three-Eyed Raven, White Walkers, the birth of Dany’s dragons, Rhaenyra on the Throne—Helaena has predicted it all.” Another fan said, “My heart skipped a beat here!!! So Dany is the prince who was promised, not Snow!” Another fan commented, “This was incredible!”

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Many people praised how Ser Simon was written. A fan wrote, “Ser Simon is hands down my favorite character this season. That man is so dedicated to his Queen that he was willing to inform on Daemon.” A different viewer responded, “I need more of this character seriously he carried this episode I feel with the little screen time.”

Three days before season two premiered, House of the Dragon was renewed for a second season.