00:00Welcome back everyone it is Amelia I hope you are fine.
00:09HBO's House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 concludes with the tragic death
00:14of Jehari's Targaryen with Helaena being given the brutal choice of pointing out the
00:19correct child to Blood and Cheese.
00:21Ahead of the prequel show's release, the most dreaded impending House of the Dragon
00:25moment was Blood and Cheese, which stood out as one of the most agonizing and cruel
00:30scenes in George R. R. Martin's Fire and Blood book.
00:34While House of the Dragon Season 2 makes several important changes to how Blood and Cheese
00:39commences in the book, one detail that remains is a harrowing choice Helaena must make about
00:44her children's fates.
00:45On the orders of Daemon Targaryen, Blood, a city watchguard, and Cheese, a rat catcher
00:50employed by the Crown, sneak into the Red Keep intending to kill Daemon Targaryen as
00:55revenge for the death of Lucis Velaryon.
00:58When they can't find Daemon, they move to the chambers of Helaena Targaryen, where they
01:02intend to kill the young Jehari's Targaryen, the son and heir of King Aegon to Targaryen.
01:07Unable to tell Jehari's and his twin sister Jehaera apart, Helaena is ordered to point
01:12out the boy.
01:13She does so honestly and Blood proceeds to decapitate Jehari's, with Helaena swiftly
01:19fleeing to Alicent's chambers with Jehaera in her arms.
01:22Helaena's decision is seemingly based on her fears for Jehari's future and his inevitable
01:27moral corruption as the heir to the Iron Throne.
01:30Earlier in the episode, Aegon sought out Jehari's to begin training him, with Helaena remarking,
01:35what if he doesn't want to be king?
01:37Helaena being a dragon dreamer also indicates that she may have some insight into Jehari's
01:42future, perhaps sensing that he would live an unhappy life being twisted by the guidance
01:47of Aegon and duties to the Iron Throne.
01:50Of course, in the larger narrative, Jehari's needed to die in order for Aegon.
01:55Overall, the realm is torn by the tragic loss of Helaena Targaryen, who was deemed so innocent
02:00by both sides of the war.
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