Warning! Spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon season 2, episode 5.

House of the Dragon star Harry Collett explains Jacaerys’ ending in season 2, episode 5. After appearing in season 1, Jacaerys returns in the critically-acclaimed House of the Dragon season 2 to play an even more prominent role. Season 2, episode 5, picks up after the devastating events of the Battle at Rook’s Rest, with Jacaerys taking it upon himself to meet with The Freys at The Twins to secure their allegiance to Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy). The episode ends with Jacaerys earning his mother’s respect and, seemingly, a place at her war-planning table.

In a recent interview with TheWrap, Collett explains how House of the Dragon season 2, episode 5, leaves things for Jacaerys. The actor touches on the evolving dynamic between Jacaerys and his mother, Rhaenyra, and his character’s state of mind. Check out his comment below when asked about how Jacaerys sees the fallout from Rook’s Rest and his desire to play a bigger role in the war:

I think it scares him obviously, but the one thing he wants is revenge for Luke. I think he’s happy after Episode 5 that he’s been given this sort of seal of approval from Rhaenyra when she says ‘I’m proud of you Jace.’

I think he’s less an anger-heavy, sword-heavy at the end of Episode 5 because he feels like now he’s kind of welcomed into the council. Before he felt like he wasn’t welcome anywhere so he was thinking “I need to fight now because that’s the only way that people are going to believe that I’m actually capable of doing something.”

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Source: TheWrap