![]() For one thing, Rhaenyra and Daemon finally got together, their pairing on the beach (along with the existence of Daemon’s two daughters) suggesting that his performance issues are behind him for now, at least. ![]() ![]() What a ride, huh? The fact that I went along with most of it - with one big exception - attests to the strength of the performances, to the ability of the episode writer (Kevin Lau) and director (Miguel Sapochnik) to weave all of the above into a mostly credible hour of drama, and to the fact that at this point, nothing seems out of bounds for this nutty family.Īlong the way, we saw the dropping of several narrative shoes. But this week’s “House of the Dragon” reminded us - as the body of the deceased tumbled into the sea and her brother wandered in after it as one cousin got inappropriately wasted as another stole a dragon and then fought his half-nephews, breaking the nose of one of them and getting his own eye slashed out in return as the drunk cousin accused his half-nephews of being illegitimate, breaking the seal on a dark (if open) family secret as the sister-in-law took a dagger to her stepdaughter, who had just returned from sleeping with her uncle as the parents came downstairs to find a man they assumed was their son burning in their fireplace - that things are a little extra in Westeros. And you thought your last family gathering was a nightmare …įunerals are rarely happy occasions anywhere.
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