Why Season 2 of Game of Thrones is SO GREAT

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  • An analysis/review that looks into why Game of Thrones season 2 is SO GREAT. Discussing aspects like how amazing the blackwater battle is and how enthralling scenes can be with just character development.
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    Timestamps:
    Scenes Driven by Character Development (0:00)
    Dialogue Submerged in Tension (3:46)
    An Interconnected Sense of the World (5:56)
    Blackwater (7:28)
    Quick Overview of the Subplots (10:34)
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Komentáře • 663

  • @mechistarvily5078
    @mechistarvily5078 Před 2 lety +2961

    just the scene where Tyrion outsmarted Varys, Littlefinger and Pycelle by itself makes season 2 better then seasons 5,6,7,8 combined

    • @ShadeStormXD
      @ShadeStormXD Před 2 lety +243

      i dont think id call it outsmarting varys. def littlefinger and pycelle, but varys was unimpressed with Tyrions proposition. to be fair, offering myrcella to Theon Greyjoy was tyrions weakest bait

    • @mechistarvily5078
      @mechistarvily5078 Před 2 lety +44

      @@ShadeStormXD yeah I agree with you it wasn't really outsmarting but at least he tried :D

    • @sharonpopolow6874
      @sharonpopolow6874 Před 2 lety +29

      Season 5 he was still with us, but starting in 6, he started going so downhill.

    • @andypan5396
      @andypan5396 Před 2 lety +18

      Nah, varys knew from the start

    • @jankasolis61
      @jankasolis61 Před 2 lety +57

      @@mechistarvily5078 to be fair. In the books it's show later how tyrion didnt have that much control as he thinked XD. Litle finger and Varys we're manipulating him all the time xd

  • @sirdropsalot8471
    @sirdropsalot8471 Před 2 lety +1700

    Season's 2 Kings landing storyline was prolly the best storyline in the entire show

    • @dylanchristie7259
      @dylanchristie7259 Před 2 lety +66

      Agreed that scene where Tyrion exiles Janos slynt is one of my favourite scenes it’s just so funny

    • @EOTLKarma7396
      @EOTLKarma7396 Před 2 lety +48

      Agreed! Or the moment Tyrion outs the snitch by telling Littlefinger, Varys, and Pycelle all different potential husbands for Myrcella. The editing was perfect

    • @dexterwestin3747
      @dexterwestin3747 Před 2 lety +20

      It really was. Watching Tyrion playing the game so well, Bronn adding comic relief along with the antics of Cersei, Varys and Littlefinger culminating with the Battle of the Blackwater was just so fantastic.

    • @byjordi2185
      @byjordi2185 Před 2 lety +1

      Same for the books^^

    • @felxta
      @felxta Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah you got to know all the players and now the most schemious are all locked up in a powder keg of a city :)

  • @titoiswack3524
    @titoiswack3524 Před 2 lety +332

    Fun fact: what definitely made blackwater the best episode of season 2 was probably the fact that it was written by George R.R. Martin himself

  • @gfilmer7150
    @gfilmer7150 Před 2 lety +1110

    Stannis Baratheon at his most consistent and not all over the place in later Seasons.

    • @perseusveil9376
      @perseusveil9376 Před 2 lety +106

      Imagine this show with directors that are good at writing and that don't hate the character. A dream.

    • @gfilmer7150
      @gfilmer7150 Před 2 lety +24

      @@perseusveil9376 A good dream that I have all the time

    • @barkley8285
      @barkley8285 Před 2 lety +7

      Season 5 stannis was great

    • @gfilmer7150
      @gfilmer7150 Před 2 lety +53

      @@barkley8285 Up until the last two episodes where his character was assassinated

    • @itbaytar6728
      @itbaytar6728 Před 2 lety +11

      Man. If directors didn't hate stannis...

  • @LuxLoser
    @LuxLoser Před 2 lety +834

    S2 is my favorite because it’s one of the few seasons where I at times rooted for every faction. I came to respect Stannis, and hated Joffrey, but Stannis winning would mean an end to Tyrion, and Tywin’s scenes made him quickly into a GOAT character, and I was also of course rooting for Robb, but as much as I hated Theon’s actions, I could see how desperately he just wanted to accepted by his his family and people. No matter who won every fight, I was still going to lose in some way, and that made the show so incredibly compelling. Later seasons began to shift ‘good’ people to one side and ‘bad’ to another more so than before.

    • @Grivehn
      @Grivehn Před 2 lety +85

      War of the Five Kings really felt like a 'historical' war. Good and bad on both sides, and ultimately its always the common people who suffer the most.

    • @CatastrophicDisease
      @CatastrophicDisease Před 2 lety +51

      That’s a really good way to put it. In Seasons 1, 3, and 4 we really have no reason to root for the Lannisters. But in S2, Tyrion (whom of course we all love) is so embroiled in the Lannister cause that we have no choice but to root for them a little bit.

    • @LuxLoser
      @LuxLoser Před 2 lety +21

      @@CatastrophicDisease Exactly! Plus it's very obvious that Stannis would never compromise with Robb, but might have been too skilled for Robb to beat. For the North to win independence, Stannis had to lose, or so the audience feels in S2.

    • @justinlizamor1541
      @justinlizamor1541 Před 2 lety +5

      Imagine if they made the Night King a compelling character. :o

    • @gfilmer7150
      @gfilmer7150 Před 2 lety +10

      @@LuxLoser I feel if Stannis did win Blackwater, he’d use Sansa as a bargaining chip. I know for a fact, Book Stannis would return Sansa without a second thought but since Show Stannis is more villainous, then he’d temporarily use her as a hostage.

  • @kevincatal8869
    @kevincatal8869 Před 2 lety +649

    The battle of the blackwater will always be my favorite episode. I love the Hound finally turning on Joffrey especially straight to his face and Joffrey can do nothing to stop him, podrick saving tyrion, the whole explosion, Tyrion's speech, etc... It's just filled to the brim with amazing moments

    • @marsmellow_5958
      @marsmellow_5958 Před 2 lety +39

      And don't forget Cercei ready to poison her son rather then getting him killed by the enemy. Always gives me the chills.

    • @belgianfootball4529
      @belgianfootball4529 Před 2 lety +21

      Also stannis climbing the walls and leading from the frontline

    • @jackj9816
      @jackj9816 Před 2 lety +7

      Stannis annoyed me not wearing a helmet lol

    • @kevincatal8869
      @kevincatal8869 Před 2 lety +9

      @@jackj9816 yeah true, especially when the dude right next to him gets clobbered by a rock

    • @jackj9816
      @jackj9816 Před 2 lety +2

      @@kevincatal8869 that’s also why commanders don’t go first

  • @lokidoki525
    @lokidoki525 Před 2 lety +661

    One thing that is really good about season 2 but also thenhole show in general up to season 7 is the costum design. You really get a feeling of which house or group a character belongs based on their costume and also it really looked like medival attire. Compare that to season 7 and 8 where everyone wears black lether and looks the same like in a biker gang and not in an medival setting.

    • @marsmellow_5958
      @marsmellow_5958 Před 2 lety +41

      100% agree! They put so much effort in all the details. The only thing that comes close in the later seasons is Danny's braids and Sansa's outfits.

    • @lokidoki525
      @lokidoki525 Před 2 lety +24

      @@marsmellow_5958 nah i think sansas outfits were the same problem. But i agree with the hair.

    • @CommanderLongJohn
      @CommanderLongJohn Před 2 lety +10

      Even in Season 2 the costume designs were mediocre at best, and for the most part not how any of these characters look in the book-like Tywin wears a fucking cloth of gold cape that can only be supported by a big Lioness necklace/loads of characters have idiotically badass armor yet virtually no featured characters wear armor (or they wear incomplete sets with no helms) /the color palette is always muted as fuck and black for the most part, you'd think 85% of all the House's/Lord's/Knight's of Westeros were all in the Night's Watch...

    • @lokidoki525
      @lokidoki525 Před 2 lety +32

      @@CommanderLongJohn still better than season 7/8. In season 2 it can be argued that they didnt have the budget to give everyone armour. In season 7 they not oly chose to not give people armour, the also chose to scrap the costume from before.

    • @anneneville6255
      @anneneville6255 Před 2 lety +1

      I think season 4 had the best constumes

  • @suvaansewram7434
    @suvaansewram7434 Před 2 lety +585

    Season 2 was by far my favorite season. the acting, writing and everything else. It also helps that ACOK was my favorite book may also help

    • @mandotherapper2586
      @mandotherapper2586 Před 2 lety +9

      I preferred ASOS more, and season 4, but the slow descent into the seige of Kings Landing, and also Daenerys experiencing the magic and wonder of Qarth, were both superbly done in the books, in ways that couldnt quite be captured on screen, even given as good as S2 was.

    • @unratutox1543
      @unratutox1543 Před 2 lety +17

      @@mandotherapper2586 season 4 could have been amazing but leaving out the Tysha confession really left a bad aftertaste for me.

    • @suvaansewram7434
      @suvaansewram7434 Před 2 lety +6

      @@unratutox1543 I agree 100% By leaving that scene out dumb and dumber really missed an opportunity with Tyrion's character. They could have made him more like book Tyrion instead of what we got.

    • @megamovieman101
      @megamovieman101 Před 2 lety

      The content of ACOK was really good but I just can’t forget how many typos there were in that book, it’s quite distracting

    • @tcimfuckis6881
      @tcimfuckis6881 Před 2 lety

      @@mandotherapper2586 CV uo

  • @NekoHibaCosplay
    @NekoHibaCosplay Před 2 lety +285

    The scenes between Arya and Tywin are pure acting gold, I like to think that some ot the remarks Tywin gives to Arya about her brilliance are actually Charles Dance genuinely appreciating Maisie Williams' work.

  • @jackbale5846
    @jackbale5846 Před 2 lety +67

    Blackwater is a masterpiece. Tywin's "we have won" gave me chills, brilliant...

  • @aesir1ases64
    @aesir1ases64 Před 2 lety +381

    The thing that is really a pitty about the earlier seasons is that we never actually saw a single battle between the starks and lannisters, the main conflict in the early part of George's saga.
    They changed a lot of Robb to make him more understandable to casual modern audiences, those changes made sense but they are inferior to their book counter part, though .... to give credit to the producers, they actually showed more from Robb then we see in the books, since Cat went south for most of the book, we only see reports from Robb's campaign in the west, but in the series they actually showed some of the planning, camp, pre and post battle, which is pretty cool. Even George said that if he could change something, he would probably have made Robb a full POV character.
    Though he also admit it that by doing that, he would lose the "element of surprise" that we as readers get when Robb comes back to Riverrun and has to inform his mother and the Freys that he betrayed his vows. But man, imagine if Robb was indeed a POV character, it would make his death even more impactful.
    He is my favorite character in the books and Richard Madden made a perfect job portraying him, I just wished they have made him redhead like in the books and made him use the famous Iron Crown from the tradition of the previous Kings of the North.

    • @Nathan-yn3jo
      @Nathan-yn3jo Před 2 lety +16

      I would love to read a POV Robb chapter

    • @hannothestupid2064
      @hannothestupid2064 Před 2 lety +16

      @@Nathan-yn3jo the red wedding would be even worse

    • @gingerandbroke1402
      @gingerandbroke1402 Před 2 lety +14

      George has said he regrets not giving Robb his own pov chapters.

    • @andrewlowden322
      @andrewlowden322 Před 2 lety +6

      I wonder if the lack of Stark/Lannister battles on screen was down to budget issue

    • @dwightsmith3815
      @dwightsmith3815 Před 2 lety +5

      @@andrewlowden322 it was

  • @pierrelhommet1118
    @pierrelhommet1118 Před 2 lety +137

    Season 2 is just great because of the Goddamn Mannis.
    No need of a boring speech but a : "Come with me and take this city"

    • @maxiiim4683
      @maxiiim4683 Před 2 lety +18

      Thousands

    • @flankspeed
      @flankspeed Před 2 lety +20

      "The dwarf has played his little trick. He can only play it once."

    • @LucarinaD20
      @LucarinaD20 Před 2 lety

      yeah, too bad the actor has less personality than a wooden door

    • @MichalArchangelo
      @MichalArchangelo Před 2 lety +21

      @@LucarinaD20 dude, were we watching the same show? Stephen Dillane is an amazing minimalist actor, he conveys so much in so little, especially given that he had no idea what the show was about yet gave an amazing performance anyway. Stannis is supposed to be grim, sullen and introverted, you can't expect him to be as expressive and outspoken as Tyrion for example

    • @whyareyoureadingthis2804
      @whyareyoureadingthis2804 Před 2 lety +2

      Hey bro! Remeber me? The Arab Ramsay ENJOYER 😈

  • @friendlyboy880
    @friendlyboy880 Před 2 lety +185

    Yeah s2 is just incredible. Back when the show used to have good writers and fire dialogue. The peak of GOT.

    • @jackbale5846
      @jackbale5846 Před 2 lety +5

      it's the same writers, only that in those times they could still write storylines based on the books.

    • @NostalgicMem0ries
      @NostalgicMem0ries Před 2 lety +4

      @@jackbale5846 true, they are terrible without books, they needed to invent most of story and they cant ... they knew just few major things like dany going crazy and arya killing night king, rest was heavily improvised... still cant understand how can s1-s4 become s7 8...

    • @jackbale5846
      @jackbale5846 Před 2 lety +1

      @@NostalgicMem0ries these lazy producers were clearly not as half as clever as GRRM, at least theyr'e not involved with the prequel.

    • @no_one8224
      @no_one8224 Před rokem +1

      D and D were good at writing dialogues but poor at writing stories

    • @officialthomasjames
      @officialthomasjames Před rokem

      @@no_one8224 "Because I have balls, and you don't."

  • @IsaacWhittakerDakin
    @IsaacWhittakerDakin Před 2 lety +77

    Season 2 shows us the scale of the war so perfectly. Episodes like 4, 5 and 6 all open with a major battle or event that shows the consequences across Westeros.
    In Episode 4, Robb wins a victory in the westerlands that makes life hard for Sansa in Kings Landing due to Joffrey's rage.
    In Epispde 5, Renly Baratheon is assassinated which shatters the Tyrell-Baratheon alliance, giving Stannis power on land and sea.
    Episode 6 opens with Theon taking Winterfell, which leaves Robb conflicted whether he carries on his campaign in the west or defends his home and has later consequences which ultimately results in the red wedding.
    Season 2 shows the horror and scale of war better than Seasons 7 & 8 ever could.
    Finally, Tyrion is easily the best character this season, unlike Ned Stark as hand of the king, he isn't afraid to play dirty and bends the rules in his familys favour. He has the power and is enjoying every second of it!

  • @johanliebert375
    @johanliebert375 Před 2 lety +100

    For your robb stark criticism, I'd like to note that the seemingly no obstacles plot he's having is set up for the great twist of the red wedding, which made it much more chocking because we always thought everything is going to be well with his plot.

    • @aleemizcool3654
      @aleemizcool3654 Před 2 lety +28

      Disagree, showing the obstacles would be better. The books go into detail about the battles he wins, and lulls you into a false sense of security because of how great of a leader/strategist he is. By not showing the obstacles he overcomes in the show, it takes away from the idea that Robb is a great commander because we rarely ever see what makes him that.

    • @geordiejones5618
      @geordiejones5618 Před 2 lety +3

      I mean it was pretty obvious when he chose a lowborn instead of a key political marriage that it was gonna bite him in the ass. I just didnt think it would end so soon after that.

    • @johanliebert375
      @johanliebert375 Před 2 lety +1

      @@aleemizcool3654 agree with you completely, by no obstacles i meant him being so good a commander that it seemed that way, not that his plot has been a road carpeted with roses. I guess bad wording

  • @TheYankeesUnited
    @TheYankeesUnited Před 2 lety +158

    I love season 2. But a lot of people do not like the slow pace. People want explosions which is pretty sad. Because this season is amazing.

    • @RolleDA
      @RolleDA Před 2 lety +24

      This season had the best explosion though

    • @wallythewondercorncake8657
      @wallythewondercorncake8657 Před 2 lety +13

      Never heard a single person say that.

    • @shannonceleste5557
      @shannonceleste5557 Před 2 lety +13

      Who on earth doesn't prefer s1-4 over the later seasons tho....😬😬

    • @gfilmer7150
      @gfilmer7150 Před rokem +1

      Actually, I consider this to be one of the faster paced Seasons. The chaotic events happen back to back and it feels like everything is moving, something I feel only Season 4 achieved. Seasons 3, 5, & 6, were so slow and have so many pacing issues and filler while Seasons 7&8 are so fast paced, most of the events are rushed and don't have any real consequences.

    • @radhiadeedou8286
      @radhiadeedou8286 Před rokem +2

      Are these people real or have you just imagined them? Do you know one single person who prefers the later seasons over season 2

  • @neiloconnor7776
    @neiloconnor7776 Před rokem +22

    Ygritte and Jon were a really good pairing…never a dull moment in their story

    • @lawv804
      @lawv804 Před měsícem

      Such a good pairing that they got married in real life.

  • @MrFichstar
    @MrFichstar Před 2 lety +26

    The scenes with Arya and Tywin are my absolute favorite throughout the whole show!

  • @Robahomusic
    @Robahomusic Před 2 lety +18

    Back when every episode was a delight.

  • @adinab478
    @adinab478 Před 2 lety +17

    The main characters Jon and Dany's plotlines moving slowly and at a similar pace makes a lot of sense, gives us the clue that they'll stay along for longer and maybe sooner or later interviene

  • @shawngiver5570
    @shawngiver5570 Před 2 lety +12

    Man I remember the hype for season 2 and the battle of black water.. good times!

  • @taylorsvalley
    @taylorsvalley Před rokem +15

    This may be an unpopular opinion, but I liked Dani’s storyline in Qarth. Qarth was very mysterious and you felt that sense of it being “too good to be true” the whole time so I was always wondering what was going to pop off. I just didn’t like that there was no payoff with Quaithe.

  • @EpicMRPancake
    @EpicMRPancake Před 2 lety +68

    "Ah, season 2, back when passionate showrunners thoughtfully adapted-"
    "They weren't passionate showrunners. David and Dan never loved GoT, we never loved them."
    "A harmless courtesy, your grace."
    "A lie, take it out."
    "... the boys season 8 and 7, and the girl season 6, being born of incest between the writers and arrogance-"
    "Make it 'the distinguished writers.' Whatever else they are, they still wrote some good dialogue."

  • @mictuckfluff
    @mictuckfluff Před 2 lety +29

    I don’t know if someone else mentioned it but another great thing about the battle of the black water is who’s fighting. We all hate the Lannisters, besides Tyrion. We want to see Joffrey disposed. So we might want to cheer on Stannis. But if Stannis wins Tyrion would most likely die, and we don’t want that to happen. So we then might want to cheer for Tyrion, but if he wins Joffrey remains as king. I enjoy this, both sides have benefits for the audience to cheer on and it makes us very invested in the results.

  • @jakedutton5424
    @jakedutton5424 Před 2 lety +11

    Season 2 is a season where the more I return to it, the more I like it, just rewatxhed got recently and it's now my 2nd favourite season after 4

  • @filmblabber5382
    @filmblabber5382 Před 2 lety +7

    Season 2 is so underrated. I rewatch GoT every now and then and I always forget how good this season is.
    Killed the vid bro as well!

  • @joeyjerry1586
    @joeyjerry1586 Před 2 lety +37

    Finally it’s here. While S2 is my least favorite of the first 4 seasons, it’s still first 4 seasons, it’s still phenomenal. This season had Tyrion at his peak with the hand of the king storyline culminating in the epic battle of blackwater (still my favorite battle), we got those amazing scenes with Arya and Tywin in Harrenhall, Theon’s storyline and character is so compelling and powerful to watch, S2 was just so consistent in terms of acting, writing and dialogue (aside from maybe Daenerys. It wasn’t terrible but probably my least favorite in the first 4 seasons)

    • @maniacmasturbator2411
      @maniacmasturbator2411 Před 2 lety +8

      The underwhelming Daenerys storyline in Qarth (especially after her great story in season 1) why I also think it’s the least strong of the first 4.
      It’s still terrific though.
      1/4
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  • @GeraltOfArabia
    @GeraltOfArabia Před 2 lety +2

    Gotta appreciate the Elden Ring OST playing in the background

  • @vito7828
    @vito7828 Před 2 lety +33

    The battle of Blacke water is my favorite battle in the show

    • @gfilmer7150
      @gfilmer7150 Před 2 lety +2

      And the best one

    • @antoinerigaud_
      @antoinerigaud_ Před 2 lety +6

      I think the battle at the wall is slightly better

    • @Edmures_rampant_manhood
      @Edmures_rampant_manhood Před 2 lety +10

      My opinion:
      Battle on the wall
      Blackwater
      Hardhome
      Battle of the bastards
      Battle of Winterfell

    • @vito7828
      @vito7828 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Edmures_rampant_manhood god list the long night is the worst

    • @Edmures_rampant_manhood
      @Edmures_rampant_manhood Před 2 lety +3

      @@vito7828 I forgot it was even called that😅

  • @jdvizcainoarmand
    @jdvizcainoarmand Před 2 lety +5

    im so sad how it ended, it really hurts. This season and season one are the most rewachable tv out there. It cemented my love for what fantasy can achieve, and it was destroyed by wanting to jump ship. I mean, I understand not wanting to remain on a same project forever, but come on, we all have been on dead end jobs, just to support ourselves. It is incomprehensible how you would like to leave a high paying job and a passion project to just gobble up more of them, and ruin your reputation on the process.

  • @mattelwood980
    @mattelwood980 Před rokem +5

    Rewatching the series over the past couple weeks season 2 has definitely been one of my favorites. It really sets everyone up for their eventual falls in the later seasons

  • @krismate2895
    @krismate2895 Před rokem +2

    The build up to the massive wildfire explosion had me on the edge of my seat. The drums, the empty ship, the wildfire gushing out, the epic shot of Bronn firing the arrow. And then an absolute banger of an explosion with fantastic audio design. Loved it.

  • @serwalkerofthekeynes8761
    @serwalkerofthekeynes8761 Před 2 lety +10

    Imagine the story if robb had actually listened to roose..
    They'd have swept over the land and taken the throne just in time for stannis and renly to finish squabbling over who the king will be, job done.
    Robb, like ned is incredibly foolish with the whole honour and honesty policy, this omelette required a few to many cracks for either of them to handle.

    • @gfilmer7150
      @gfilmer7150 Před rokem

      If Robb listened to Roose, he'd be no better than Tywin and would be committing what we in the 21st call "war crimes". He'd only add fuel to the fire and create more enemies than he did in cannon. And Robb didn't attack King's Landing because Tywin had more men and moving against him directly was suicide, so attack his undefended home turf to force him into a battle of Robb's choosing was the best move if not for Edmure.

    • @mrhumble2937
      @mrhumble2937 Před rokem

      Nah, plus Stannis would have killed him since he was trying to be a king.
      If there wasn't a Magic Ghost monster Rob doesn't fail, him and Remly team up and crush them in that same battle. Ghost monster that was only used once the whole show changed everything.

    • @gfilmer7150
      @gfilmer7150 Před rokem

      @@mrhumble2937 If Robb wasn't King In The North, an alliance would seem likely.

  • @juicypineapple6995
    @juicypineapple6995 Před 2 lety +40

    You have to make "Why Season 3 of Game of Thrones is so Fantastic!"😍
    It's my favorite Season! Daenerys is my favorite character, and this is her best Season🧡

  • @localmilfranger5719
    @localmilfranger5719 Před 2 lety +7

    Tyrion as Hand of The King=Peak GoT

  • @RsChrisG
    @RsChrisG Před 11 měsíci +2

    Tywin, the one character I wish would have made it to the end. Seeing him go from being all powerful, to then seeing dragons/white walkers and realizing how pointless everything he stood for was compared to what was actually going on combined with how fucking amazing Charles Dance is as an actor would have probably made the later seasons A LOT better on it's own.

  • @zora508
    @zora508 Před rokem +1

    Good choice of music in the beginning of the voice makes me want George to write a book for elden ring history but that would take forever

  • @nimbledick9869
    @nimbledick9869 Před rokem +3

    This is making me nostalgic for 10 years ago when my main complaint about Game of Thrones was that the heroes didn't wear helmets in combat.

  • @Logan-dk8of
    @Logan-dk8of Před rokem +3

    in the battle of the blackwater, when half of Stannis's fleet gets blown up and he still decides to land and even knowing thousands will die before even getting to shore, that sent chills down my spine, the sheer determination to win even if he is the only man still standing at the end and his entire army is dead

  • @santiagol3on
    @santiagol3on Před 2 lety +2

    I am really happy I am not the only one that appreciates how beautiful the Regal Ancestor Spirit song from Elden ring is. As soon as I noticed you used it I got goosebumps.. definitely one of my favorites videogames songs ever

  • @cbraat27
    @cbraat27 Před 2 lety +12

    Season 2 is the most underrated season…especially when it’s not rated number one

  • @tidepride86
    @tidepride86 Před 2 lety +45

    As a HUGE Sopranos fan, I cannot deny that the first 4 seasons of GoTs is the best ever. Nothing else comes close.

  • @josuebernal6026
    @josuebernal6026 Před rokem +3

    Season 2 is got to be one of my fav seasons and it feels like tyrion is our protagonist through the whole season

  • @Obironnkenobi
    @Obironnkenobi Před rokem +2

    Season 2 is an example of where everything is working together perfectly. Acting, filmography, and most importantly writing all fitting in perfect stride.

  • @Flnlxx
    @Flnlxx Před 2 lety +1

    Brother, just you using the Ancestral Spirits soundtrack made me happier than anything. Im glad this theme is getting recognition

  • @RsChrisG
    @RsChrisG Před 2 lety +4

    Arya and Tywins scenes were always some of my favorites. idk why, but the actors especially tywin are so talented.

  • @karielakeh7850
    @karielakeh7850 Před 2 lety +6

    One scene that was really good is the scene where Bronn lectures tyrion and varys about war. Bronn best scene in mu opinion, he fully owns 2 of the smartest characters in the show.

  • @AkatsukiTwoPointZero
    @AkatsukiTwoPointZero Před 2 lety +3

    I love the Witcher 3 soundtrack in the background so much. It fits really well.

  • @barakat4422
    @barakat4422 Před 2 lety +2

    I love that you’re using the regal ancestor spirit’s ost!

  • @Andre_APM
    @Andre_APM Před 2 lety +2

    The Witcher/Elden Ring music really makes this video

  • @laurab6687
    @laurab6687 Před 2 lety +1

    Fantastic video as always! Absolutely love the Elden Ring and Skyrim music in the background, all my favourite things all together!

  • @iamweapon
    @iamweapon Před rokem +1

    I really gotta watch the battle of blackwater episode again, shit was so goddamn good.

  • @buennabus527
    @buennabus527 Před 2 lety +49

    Watched GoT for the first time in the last year (bit late to the party ik). Im always surprised to hear people say S2 was their fav although it's obviously exceptional. Like many, my fav part of the show is all the manoeuvring but I felt S1 did this while also being more interesting and shocking. Personally I think S3 is by far the best and not just due to big moments but performances, story etc overall. Dany has her most dull season of the first 4 in S2 and I think that meant the pacing dragged a bit whenever it cut to her plotline

    • @andrewlowden322
      @andrewlowden322 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah most of Dany's stuff is unwatchable

    • @yousarrname3051
      @yousarrname3051 Před 2 lety +2

      Don't go past S5, just pretend it got cancelled. It is way better that way

    • @nealfirstofhisname
      @nealfirstofhisname Před 2 lety +6

      Daenerys has very few chapters in ACOK, so they made a lot of filler scenes.

  • @johnhill8745
    @johnhill8745 Před 2 lety +1

    As much fun as these are the music instantly sent me back to the Witcher video games. I’m almost certain that’s what it’s from

    • @johnhill8745
      @johnhill8745 Před 2 lety

      It’s is, just read the description. Thought I was losing my mind

  • @MrEpicookie
    @MrEpicookie Před 2 lety +1

    Honestly, favorite part of the video was the tiny nod to The Hurt Locker...not a knock, I loved it all, but that's literally my favorite war movie so I had to mention it

  • @bplup6419
    @bplup6419 Před 2 lety +21

    There was a previous video where someone in the comments said Season 7 was better cause it had action instead of boring dialogue.
    These people are actually real.

  • @ironsides5630
    @ironsides5630 Před 2 lety +1

    The Regal Ancestor Spirit music was a great choice. Good job on the vid

  • @mello1001
    @mello1001 Před 2 lety

    as usual, another absolute banger. and idk what it is but i love your voice and just hearing u talk abt something you're invested in always brings me joy

  • @farhadrasooly4864
    @farhadrasooly4864 Před 2 lety +1

    Great vid as always. Can't wait for your season 3 analysis.

  • @flankspeed
    @flankspeed Před 2 lety +4

    S2 is awesome, building to maybe my favourite episode.
    GODS, THE WRITING WAS STRONG THEN.

  • @thecollectergreat9445
    @thecollectergreat9445 Před 2 lety +2

    I loves GOT season the first episode but what declared it as the best show in T.V history for me was Tyrion's speech in season 4 being the only scene I repeated several times and couldn't get over the fact that how good a show can keep getting.

  • @hann8103
    @hann8103 Před 2 lety

    I appreciate the Ancestor Spirit theme in the background, such a lovely composition

  • @doctoralla2067
    @doctoralla2067 Před 2 lety +21

    Supercut I'm a huge fan of your videos. They are some of the funniest videos I've seen on CZcams. I used to watch you a LOT during lunch breaks at work. I quit that job by the way so I can become self-employed cause you know you got to have that sigma male grindset. Keep up the amazing work man :D

    • @doctoralla2067
      @doctoralla2067 Před 2 lety +2

      OMG I got a like from Supercuts......just made my day :D

  • @jamesbell1206
    @jamesbell1206 Před 2 lety +2

    Theon Greyjoy as a leading character, like he's supposed to be. Before the show became completely lowest common denominator and they started attributing screen time based solely on how hot/"funny"/Arya the characters were.
    Thanks for this video! As much as people hype 3 and 4 (sometimes 1) as the best seasons, season 2 was my favourite. It was the one where I transitioned from merely loving the show to being _obsessed_ with it, something I've never felt for any other story before or since. It's what turned me onto the books, then it grew even more.
    Obviously seasons 5, 6, 7 and 8 took that joy and replaced it with hatred as early as 5/6, numbness/indifference by 7, then none-stop laughter on 8 (maybe it was all worth it after all?).

  • @Mj_Jetson
    @Mj_Jetson Před 2 lety +7

    Dang, I forget how different Tyrion's season 2 story is from the books. But... it still really works! As for Jon and Dany... Qhorin Halfhand's plans and actions make no sense, there's definitely further revelations to come there. Qarth is the same: there's a bazillion factions in the books, and its not clear how much power each of them holds, nor why no one just killed Dany and took her dragons. But I guess this is the trouble with adapting an unfinished book series.

  • @randomdude4207
    @randomdude4207 Před 2 lety +2

    The Thumbnail is a 100/10

  • @Lancer212
    @Lancer212 Před 2 lety +17

    Haven't watched this yet but my personal opinion is simply because of Stannis the Mannis. Let's see what the video says

    • @gfilmer7150
      @gfilmer7150 Před 2 lety +6

      He should’ve been King over everyone else

    • @inaju
      @inaju Před 2 lety

      @@gfilmer7150 he literally burnt his own daughter to death, man

    • @gfilmer7150
      @gfilmer7150 Před 6 měsíci

      @Vernir-de4yv False. He is an interesting character, showing the duality of being so harsh and tied to duty. You're only saying that because he doesn't have a good character arc after Season 2.

  • @DaysieRose
    @DaysieRose Před 2 lety +1

    Beautifully done, SCD ❤️ Makes me actually want to watch the Blackwater Bay episode again. Man. Tyrion and Cersei were on fire this season

  • @alfieburns9019
    @alfieburns9019 Před 2 lety +1

    "Halfman! Halfman!" - Soldiers at the Battle of the Blackwater

  • @NuggetEternal
    @NuggetEternal Před 2 lety +3

    There's so much more in dialogue type scenes that could have been explored with Cersei being Queen, Dany eventually becoming evil and destroying everything, and The Night King and the undead. Instead, all that potential was squandered and undercooked.

  • @C-handle-r
    @C-handle-r Před 9 měsíci

    You worded everything I felt intuitively watching the show so well! I too was indeed so hyped for what was to come by the sheer wit (wildfire), intricate storylines and great visuals. It's a shame that they couldn't deliver anymore after season 5.

  • @Hugo_Tate
    @Hugo_Tate Před rokem +1

    nice use of the Elden Ring song in the beginning 👍

  • @dagiantratt6134
    @dagiantratt6134 Před rokem

    I love the Regal Ancestor Spirit music in the background!

  • @beckymaggie4606
    @beckymaggie4606 Před 2 lety +6

    I've just finished Book 2 and its stranger how different it is from Season 2. The characters I like in the show I dont like in the books and vice versa.

  • @shadowthehedgehog3113
    @shadowthehedgehog3113 Před 2 lety +3

    I literally JUST finished rewatching Season 2 yesterday. LMAO!

  • @Losbil6972
    @Losbil6972 Před 2 lety +1

    Finally someone said it. Maybe the best season along with Tywin's plots and Stannis plans in S3 that gives you this vibe of "Game of thrones"

  • @TrueMakaveli50
    @TrueMakaveli50 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh wow, Elden Ring’s Regal Ancestor Spirit’s OST fits so well with Game of Thrones content. Such a great song.

    • @inl2024
      @inl2024 Před 2 lety +1

      Ooooh that’s why it sounds really familiar

  • @arvidfalk5719
    @arvidfalk5719 Před 2 lety

    Excellent, excellent analysis!

  • @glizzytoucher2301
    @glizzytoucher2301 Před rokem

    Season 2 was my favorite season, and I look back on the entire period of my life very fondly. It felt like there was so much still ahead.

  • @flamingmuffin666
    @flamingmuffin666 Před 2 lety +74

    For me, season 2 has a massive amount of individually awesome scenes. But something is awkward about it.
    S1 had the pressure to carry the weight to prove the show could be more than 1 season.
    S3 was the show hitting its stride,
    Leaving S2 waddling about, unsure of its pacing, but full of potential.
    “Oh we’re a show now, um, what do we do?”

    • @griffinjurisson9119
      @griffinjurisson9119 Před 2 lety +17

      bad take. Elaborate

    • @flamingmuffin666
      @flamingmuffin666 Před 2 lety +6

      @@griffinjurisson9119 S2 has some odd pacing.
      S1 had left lines for S2, but S2 had to establish lines for S3, S4 etc, it had to lay out the firmament for deviating from the book in a way which doesn’t take away from the quality.
      S1 has a distinct feel for it, same with S3 and 4, S2 has a mix, like it doesn’t know exactly what it wants or needs to be, it’s not “bad” I’m saying, it’s like witnessing growing pains.

    • @garym6338
      @garym6338 Před rokem

      @@flamingmuffin666 S2 did a lot right though, but aside from the battle of blackwater, season did not have much in the way of climaxes. It was very much about the journey. Even S1 had more climaxes to plotlines (Ned’s death, Drogo’s death leading to birth of dragons, Northern Lords deciding to secede from 7 kingdoms and name Robb King in the North, etc, Tyrion’s trial by combat in the Vale, etc).
      What S2 did have was a lot of great storytelling in every episode and so many great plotlines:
      *Awesome introduction to new characters like Stannis, Ser Davos, Melisandre, Brienne, Balon and Yara.
      *War of the 5 Kings
      *Arya escaping King’s Landing with Yoren, then being taken as a prisoner to Harrenhal and being cupbearer to Lord Tywin, then escaping Harrenhal with Gendry, Hot Pie and Lommy thanks to the help of Jaqen Hagar.
      *The best King’s Landing plotlines in whole series, culminating in the brilliant Battle of Blackwater Bay
      *Theon returning home to the Iron Islands, then sacking Winterfell.

  • @vincenzobonadonna4556
    @vincenzobonadonna4556 Před měsícem

    The Battle of the Blackwater episode is my favorite episode, alongside The Watchers on the Wall.

  • @daniellee9328
    @daniellee9328 Před rokem +1

    I loved a lot of changes since it made it interesting and stayed true to the feel of the book the general plot. Not bored by a page for page 100% accurate depiction.

  • @interstellarpostman5430

    I love that you used Skyrim music during the last part of the video

  • @wizardswine
    @wizardswine Před 2 lety +1

    I so sorely missed these dialogues in later seasons.
    It was absolutely something the show did to differentiate itself from the books, especially the Varys and Littlefinger scenes or various Tywin scenes.

  • @avatarmikephantom153
    @avatarmikephantom153 Před 2 lety +1

    I’ve been looking forward to this...

  • @benjaminjeffery6873
    @benjaminjeffery6873 Před rokem

    I absolutely love the production and overall visuals on S2 😍also, the soundtrack has a wonderful combination of eerie; mystery; world building; thematic.

  • @julesgch3976
    @julesgch3976 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for not forgetting there are 6 OG seasons (or 5-4 to some) before that last mess

  • @polzuy5004
    @polzuy5004 Před 2 lety

    great vid mate

  • @tmntgirl4life
    @tmntgirl4life Před rokem +1

    One reason this season is one of my favorite is the Hound and Sansa growth. Wish the show continue the growth of that relationship

  • @BintyMcFrazzles
    @BintyMcFrazzles Před 2 lety +6

    Series 2 is superb. Some of the best television I have ever seen. Great characters and their development, the story is character-driven, not plot-driven. Just superb.
    Interestingly (or not), Series 8 finale was on earlier today. I thought, "Oh, I'll watch it." I turned it off after 15 mins as I didn't give a sh!t about any of the characters any more, and it just annoyed me.

  • @thefilmadvocate6192
    @thefilmadvocate6192 Před 2 lety +8

    I honestly prefer the book version, Clash of Kings, over this season
    This story was way more terrifying the book
    But I still think season 2 is amazing

    • @manvirshergill1739
      @manvirshergill1739 Před rokem

      I mean... imo the books are always going to be preferred no matter how good the seasons are.

  • @denisruskin348
    @denisruskin348 Před 2 lety

    Thomas theme along with the destruction of King’s Landing almost made me spill my coffee.

  • @azlnbstrmann1577
    @azlnbstrmann1577 Před 2 lety +2

    THANK YOU

  • @krecik8352
    @krecik8352 Před 2 lety

    Is that the music for the Regal Ancestral Spirit I hear?! Good choice.

  • @DavidDavid-kk5rt
    @DavidDavid-kk5rt Před 2 lety +3

    There is one another reason why battle of Blackwater Bay or Battle for The Wall is so great. Its because we don't want either of the sides to lose. 🙂

    • @pepsibente489
      @pepsibente489 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes, I think that is the main point, what makes this battle so special and amazing to watch :-)

  • @beastdope1652
    @beastdope1652 Před 4 dny

    brother's used the Witcher 3 music. Perfect choice! Cheers mate

  • @gregoriogutierrez3756

    I wish I could do what this guy did and re-watched the series but I couldn't stomach it knowing where it ends

  • @mrchopsap528
    @mrchopsap528 Před 2 lety +5

    I fucking love season two, especially Stannis the god damn Mannis

  • @joshdillon9637
    @joshdillon9637 Před 6 měsíci

    My jaw never dropped again after Blackwater. What a ride that was.

  • @jamesjeffrey5127
    @jamesjeffrey5127 Před rokem

    Love the use of regal ancestor spirit in this video, its by far the best track in elden ring