‘House Of The Dragon’ Recap: Daemon Defends Rhaenyra & Kills A Traitor

House of the Dragon occurrence 8 begins with the uncover that Corlys Velaryon has been gravely injured and present has humor fever. His information has his brother, Vaemond, wondering who volition instrumentality the Driftwood throne. Rhaenys, who hasn’t seen her hubby successful 6 years, says the volition has ever been for the spot to spell to Luke erstwhile Corlys dies. “I americium the Sea Snake’s ain blood,” Vaemond tells Rhaenys, who points retired that his words could beryllium taken arsenic treason.

“I talk the truth, Rhaenys, and you cognize it,” helium adds. Vaemond thinks that Corlys cares “only for the past books,” portion helium is acrophobic astir the Velaryon line. He wants Driftmark. “The winds person shifted. The crown has bully crushed to instrumentality my side,” Vaemond says. Rhaenys knows Viserys would person Vaemond’s lingua for what he’s saying. Vaemond snaps that Viserys isn’t ruling these days. It’s Alicent and Otto.

Vaemond Velaryon successful occurrence 8. (HBO)

Over successful Dragonstone, Daemon finds Syrax’s latest clutch of eggs. Baela writes from Driftmark informing him of what’s happening with Vaemond. Jace has grown up truthful overmuch and is present trying to larn High Valryian.

Daemon finds Rhaenyra and shows her the missive from Baela. Rhaenys is going to King’s Landing, which makes Rhaenyra disquieted that Rhaenys volition backmost Vaemond. Daemon knows that won’t happen, but Rhaenyra points retired that Rhaenys thinks they had Laenor killed truthful they could marry.

She knows that Alicent and Otto are ruling successful her father’s name. Daemon accompanies her to King’s Landing. When they arrive, it doesn’t consciousness similar home. Alicent is moving the tiny assembly meeting. The Driftmark concern comes up. Alicent says they’ll perceive Rhaenyra retired on with the others.

Rhaenyra & Daemon Return To King’s Landing

Rhaenyra and Daemon spell to spot Viserys successful his chambers. At first, Daemon stays extracurricular Viserys’ room, astir arsenic if he’s acrophobic of what he’ll see. Viserys is highly sick and looks wholly unrecognizable. Rhaenyra helps her begetter up arsenic Daemon comes to basal by her side. It’s hard for Daemon to spot his member similar this.

They explicate what’s going connected with Corlys and the petition implicit the Driftmark throne. “You are to affirm your presumption for Luke,” Daemon says to Viserys. Rhaenyra introduces her begetter to her boys with Daemon, Aegon and Viserys. “That is simply a sanction acceptable for a king,” Viserys whispers astir the grandson who has his name.

The symptom becomes excessively overmuch for Viserys to bear, and helium asks for his tea. Daemon takes a sniff of it and becomes alarmed by what’s successful it.

Olivia Cooke arsenic Alicent Hightower. (HBO)

Meanwhile, Alicent learns that thing has happened successful Aegon’s chambers. There’s a terrified young serving miss named Dyana who claims that she was sexually assaulted by Aegon. Alicent says that she believes Dyana, but it doesn’t alteration what she has to do. Alicent gives Dyana wealth and satellite beverage to bargain her silence.

Alicent storms into Aegon’s country to face him. “You are nary lad of mine,” Alicent spits successful her son’s face. Aegon is intelligibly terrified of his mother. “I did not inquire for this,” Aegon tells his parent astir his batch successful life. “I effort truthful hard, but it volition ne'er beryllium capable for you oregon father.”

Rhaenyra and Daemon sermon Viserys’ information and however he’s taken a crook for the worse. Alicent comes into Viserys’ chambers. She instantly notices Rhaenyra’s scar. They unfastened up astir their worries implicit Viserys’ treatment. Daemon implies that determination whitethorn beryllium ulterior motives astatine play.

Rhaenyra Begs Her Father To Defend Her

Luke and Jace circuit the grounds they grew up in. Luke is frightened astir however this Driftmark concern is going to spell down. He knows this wouldn’t beryllium an contented if helium looked much similar Laenor than Harwin. Jace tells him that it doesn’t substance what different radical think, lone the king.

Vaemond soon arrives to marque his claim. He meets with Otto and Alicent. Otto says that the “threat of warfare looms” and advocates for Vaemond implicit Luke. Rhaenys makes her mode to King’s Landing arsenic good and reunites with Rhaena.

Rhaenyra and Rhaenys get the accidental to talk. Rhaenyra realizes that Rhaenys has travel to advocator for herself. She thinks this full concern is simply a trap to assertion that Luke is illegitimate. Rhaenys inactive thinks that Rhaenyra had thing to bash with Laenor’s “death.” Rhaenyra remains quiescent astir the information and stresses that she loved Laenor. “I did not bid his death,” she says.

Rhaenyra and Daemon basal adjacent to Rhaenys. (HBO)

Rhaenyra wants to marque Rhaenys an offer. She wants to betroth Jace and Luke to Baela and Rhaena. Baela volition yet beryllium Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, portion Luke and Rhaena regularisation Driftmark. Rhaenys doesn’t privation to perceive Rhaenyra’s bargaining. “Tomorrow the Hightowers onshore their archetypal blow. They unit you to your knees, and I indispensable basal alone,” Rhaenys says.

Late successful the night, Rhaenyra goes to spot Viserys. She’s adjacent tears talking to her begetter astir The Song of Ice & Fire prophecy. She admits that by him naming her heir helium divided the realm. “I thought I wanted it, but the load is simply a dense one. It’s excessively heavy,” Rhaenyra cries to her father. Viserys calls Rhaenyra his “only child.” Rhaenyra pleads with her father, “If you privation maine to carnivore it, past support maine and my children.”

Viserys is determined to person meal with his full family. He’s consenting to endure grueling symptom to marque it happen. The king is simply a ammunition of his erstwhile self. He’s emaciated and weak. Otto wants him to portion beverage of the poppy but Viserys refuses.

Vaemond Attacks Rhaenyra & Daemon Retaliates

Otto stands earlier the Iron Throne earlier sitting down. He’s going to beryllium the 1 to perceive the petitions implicit Driftmark. Vaemond is up first. “The true, unimpeachable humor of House Velaryon runs done my veins,” Vaemond says successful beforehand of Rhaenyra, Daemon, Luke, and everyone else.

Rhaenyra rapidly chimes successful to support her son, saying that Vaemond is lone speaking for himself and his ain ambition. Alicent snaps that Vaemond deserves to beryllium heard, and Rhaenyra volition get her turn. Vaemond turns to Rhaenyra and says that this is astir the endurance of his House, not hers.

Rhaenyra is up next. As she is astir to begin, Viserys makes a astonishment appearance. Otto is stunned and instantly steps down from the Iron Throne. Viserys is wearing a gold-plated disguise connected the close broadside of his face. He makes the trek done the hallway by himself, taking each the vigor helium has left. He looks implicit astatine Rhaenyra earlier saying to Otto, “I volition beryllium the throne today.”

Viserys begins to ascent the stairs to the Iron Throne by himself. His crown falls disconnected arsenic helium stumbles. Daemon is determination to prime it up and helps him the remainder of the mode up. He places the crown backmost connected Viserys’ head.

Viserys doesn’t recognize each this confusion implicit settled succession. The lone idiosyncratic who tin connection penetration into Corlys’ information is Rhaenys, and she steps guardant to speak. Rhaenys says that it’s ever been Corlys’ volition for Driftmark to walk from Leanor to his true-born son, Lucerys. “His caput ne'er changed, nor did my enactment of him,” Rhaenys declares.

She brings up that Rhaenyra wants to betroth Jace and Luke to Baela and Rhaena. She “heartily” agrees with this match. Viserys reaffirms that Luke is the adjacent Lord of the Tides, but Vaemond conscionable can’t fto it go. He tells Viserys that helium “broke centuries of contented to sanction Rhaenyra arsenic heir.” He refuses to let anyone to archer him who volition inherit the sanction Velaryon. Viserys urges Vaemond to backmost down.

“That is nary existent Velaryon, and surely nary nephew of mine,” Vaemond says to Luke’s face. Viserys doesn’t sway. “Lucerys is my true-born grandson. You are nary much than the 2nd lad of Driftmark,” Viserys says. Vaemond’s pridefulness gets the champion of him. He says that refuses to spot his location extremity but doesn’t decorativeness his sentence. Daemon tells Vaemond to decorativeness what helium wants to say. Vaemond calls Rhaenyra’s children “bastards” successful beforehand of everyone.

“Her children are bastards! And she is simply a whore,” Vaemond spits astatine Rhaenyra. Viserys stands up to support his daughter. “I volition person your lingua for that,” Viserys says. Daemon decapitates Vaemond earlier thing other tin beryllium said. “He tin support his tongue,” Daemon declares similar a existent KING aft sidesplitting Vaemond. Aemond looks implicit astatine Daemon similar a nephew arrogant of his uncle.

Suddenly, Viserys is flooded with large pain. He mutters that helium inactive wants to acceptable things right. After the play implicit Driftmark, Rhaenys watches the maesters instrumentality attraction of Vaemond’s body. She doesn’t attraction astir looking decease consecutive successful the face.

Viserys Unites His Family… For A Short While

Viserys inactive makes it to the household dinner. Rhaenyra is to his left, portion Alicent is to his right. Viserys toasts to the betrothals of Jace and Luke to Baela and Rhaena. Aegon begins to weirdly taunt Jace astir sex. Rhaena sweetly tells Luke that he’ll beryllium a “great” Lord of the Tides.

Viserys stands up successful beforehand of the household to marque a speech. He knows each excessively good however his household has grown distant from 1 another. He takes disconnected his gold-plated look sheet and reveals the gruesome close broadside of his face.

“My ain look is nary longer a handsome 1 if so it ever was. Tonight, I privation you to spot maine arsenic I am. Not conscionable a king but your father, your brother, your husband, and your grandsire. Who whitethorn not it seems locomotion for overmuch longer among you,” helium begins. “Let america nary longer clasp sick feelings successful our hearts. The crown cannot basal beardown if the House of the Dragon remains divided. Set speech your grievances. If not for the involvement of the crown, but for the involvement of this aged antheral who loves you each truthful dearly.”

This is Viserys’ past stand. Alicent is looking implicit astatine Rhaenyra, but Rhaenyra doesn’t look back. Rhaenyra stands up aft her begetter to rise her solid to Alicent. “I emotion my father, but I indispensable admit that nary 1 has stood much loyally by his broadside than his bully wife. She has tended to him with unfailing devotion, love, and honor. And for that, she has my gratitude and my apology,” Rhaenyra says. Alicent returns the bully motion and raises her cupful to Rhaenyra. “You volition marque a good queen,” Alicent tells Rhaenyra.

Tom Glynn-Carney arsenic Prince Aegon Targaryen. (HBO)

After the toasts from the parents, Aegon continues to taunt Jace again by saying thing inappropriate to Baela. Jace slams his manus against the array and stands up. Aemond rises acceptable for a fight. Jace takes the precocious roadworthy and raises his solid to Aegon and Aemond. He hopes to beryllium friends and allies successful the years to come. “To you arsenic well,” Aegon says, knowing afloat good that Jace is the bigger man.

Helaena, who is much than a small tipsy, toasts to Baela and Rhaena astir their betrothals. “It isn’t truthful bad, mostly helium conscionable ignores you. Except sometimes erstwhile he’s drunk,” Helaena says. Jace gets up from the array and asks Helaena to dance.

Viserys Makes A Grave Mistake In His Final Moments

Viserys’ symptom begins to worsen, truthful he’s taken from the room. Luke begins laughing, which Aemond takes arsenic a flimsy astatine him. He stands up and toasts to his nephews. “Each of them handsome, wise, strong,” helium begins earlier calling them “three beardown boys.” A combat breaks retired among the kids. Even Alicent is aggravated that Aemond is stirring up trouble.

Daemon steps successful earlier things spell immoderate further. He gives a immense sigh, knowing that he’s going to person his hands afloat with Aemond. Rhaenyra tells Alicent that it’s apt champion for her household to spell backmost to Dragonstone. She promises to spot the children location and past instrumentality connected dragonback. “The king and I would some similar that,” Alicent says.

Ewan Mitchell arsenic Aemond Targaryen. (HBO)

Meanwhile, Mysaria has a caller spy lurking successful the Red Keep. You cognize she’s got eyes everywhere. After the dinner, Alicent gives Viserys much beverage of the poppy. He begins murmuring astir The Song of Ice & Fire prophecies and the “prince that was promised.” He’s speaking successful a jumbled mess, mentioning Aegon’s sanction but not saying he’s talking astir Aegon the Conqueror, truthful the afloat representation isn’t painted.

“It is you. You are the one. You indispensable bash this,” Viserys says to Alicent reasoning that she’s Rhaenyra. This changes everything. “I understand, my king,” Alicent says earlier leaving him. Later successful the night, Viserys is whispering to himself “no more” successful bed. After overmuch fight, King Viserys dies wholly alone. He dies having nary thought the chaos his decease is going to origin for his household that helium desperately tried to unite successful his last days.