House of the Dragon season 2, episode 4 is highly anticipated considering how the previous episode ended and where the story goes now according to George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood. “The Burning Mill” confirmed that the conflict between the greens and the blacks will inevitably spread across the Seven Kingdoms, with each house and region eventually having to pick a side. Between Daemon Targaryen taking over Harrenhal and Ser Criston Cole marching toward the riverlands, the Dance of the Dragons is no longer a war of words.

House of the Dragon’s latest episode also confirmed that the war started over a misunderstanding, as shown during Alicent and Rhaenyra’s conversation. However, it is too late to go back now that both Rhaenyra and Aegon II have had one of their 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ed by the other side. Rhaenys pointed out that, by the time it is impossible to tell when a war started, it is too late to make it stop. Rhaenys’ advice and Rhaenyra’s comment about the dangers of bringing the dragons into the war summarize what’s to come in the remaining episodes of House of the Dragon.