While Alicent enlists Cole and Aemond to track down Aegon, Otto gathers the great houses of Westeros to affirm their allegiance.While Alicent enlists Cole and Aemond to track down Aegon, Otto gathers the great houses of Westeros to affirm their allegiance.While Alicent enlists Cole and Aemond to track down Aegon, Otto gathers the great houses of Westeros to affirm their allegiance.
"House of the Dragon" Season One Photos
"House of the Dragon" Season One Photos
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- TriviaAccording to George R.R. Martin, Aegon usurping the Iron Throne from Rhaenyra is based on the succession crisis after the death of King Henry I of England in 1135, who had named his daughter and only living legitimate child, Matilda, as his heir to be England's first queen regnant. The throne was usurped by Matilda's cousin Stephen of Blois, who arrived in London and was crowned while Matilda was away in Anjou. Stephen's claim was backed by reports the king had changed his mind on his deathbed and named him heir.
- GoofsAemond says he is next in line to inherit the Iron Throne after his older brother, Aegon. According to the Westerosi laws of inheritance, Aemond would rank behind Aegon's children, or at least his two sons.
- Quotes
Queen Alicent Hightower: If it's Driftmark you want, you shall have it for you and your granddaughters to pass on as you see fit.
Princess Rhaenys Targaryen: You are wiser than I believed you to be, Alicent Hightower.
Queen Alicent Hightower: A true queen counts the cost to her people.
Princess Rhaenys Targaryen: And yet you toil still in service to men. Your father, your husband, your son. You desire not to be free, but to make a window in the wall of your prison. Have you never imagined yourself on the Iron Throne?
But nonetheless, it was an amazing setup for the Dance of Dragons. Many characters had new nuances added to them, underlining once again that nothing can really be divided into just "Green" and "Black".
Instead, Green is deeling with lots of inner conflicts themselves, which was very interesting to see.
We saw lots of scheming in this one, from all sides (except from Rhaenyra and Daemon, who seem to be the center of next episode). And the big Dance is finally on the Horizon.
There seem to be some people not liking the subtle ways characters here are portrayed and therefore decide it's bad writing, or they don't like the scene at the end, because they felt it lacked an obvious decision.
But I implore you to look at all the subtle hints that have been sown in previous episodes and in this one, as well as understanding that the source material is going to be added upon to make the characters more complex.
While this episode is not the best of the season, it also is far from the worst. And no where near comparable to the atrocity of seasons 7 and 8 and the painful mediocrity of seasons 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones.
This episode is well worth watching, despite not being the gut punch of an episode we know the 9th episode to be.
- ilklucg234
- Oct 17, 2022
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- Runtime58 minutes
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- 2.00 : 1
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