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House of the Dragon picks up 10 years aft the past episode. Rhaenyra gives commencement to her 3rd child, different boy, aft a grueling labor. The newborn is rapidly summoned by Alicent conscionable aft Rhaenrya delivers. Rhaenyra asks wherefore but doesn’t hold for an answer. She says she’ll instrumentality the babe herself.
The maids get Rhaenyra dressed and hitch the sweat disconnected her face. The transportation of the placenta creeps up connected her successful the mediate of each this fuss. Laenor arrives conscionable arsenic Rhaenyra is walking out. He accompanies her to spell spot Alicent. Suddenly, Rhaenyra feels a crisp pain. Instead of turning backmost astatine Laenor’s insistence, she pushes on.
Rhaenyra and Laenor aft Rhaenyra delivers a 3rd son. (HBO)Laenor is annoyed implicit this ongoing feud betwixt Alicent and Rhaenyra. “This is absurd,” helium says. They transverse paths with Ser Criston Cole, who is present guarding Alicent alternatively of Rhaenyra.
They get to Alicent’s room, and the king arrives soon after. Viserys lone has 1 arm, and the decennary has not been benignant to him. He’s thrilled implicit the commencement of different Targaryen boy. When asked astir a name, Laenor rapidly says the kid volition beryllium named “Joffrey,” which is successful grant of his erstwhile person who died astatine Criston’s hands.
When Viserys mentions that Joffrey has his “father’s nose,” Alicent and Rhaenyra stock a look. Alicent pulls backmost the broad and sees that Joffrey doesn’t person Targaryen oregon Velaryon achromatic hair. “Do support trying Ser Laenor, soon you whitethorn get 1 who looks similar you,” Alicent quips. She knows precisely what’s going connected here.
Rhaenyra and Laenor permission Alicent’s room. Rhaenrya is frustrated implicit the information that Laenor didn’t consult her astir the baby’s name. “I merit immoderate accidental successful the affairs of my ain family,” helium says. Rhaenyra claps backmost that helium hasn’t been all that concerned. He’s not winning this argument. When helium looks backmost astatine their path, helium sees the way of humor Rhaenyra near behind.
Baby Joffrey Is Introduced To Harwin
Back successful their quarters, Ser Harwin Strong is waiting with Rhaenyra and Laenor’s boys, Jace and Luke. The boys chose a dragon ovum for the baby. Harwin sweetly gives Rhaenyra a manus to beryllium down. There’s an intimacy betwixt them, that’s for sure.
He looks implicit astatine the babe and wishes to beryllium introduced to the child. Rhaenyra, Laenor, and Harwin are each alert of what’s going connected present and with each other. There’s decidedly been an statement betwixt them. Laenor hands the babe disconnected to Harwin, who holds his lad for the archetypal time. Harwin jokes implicit Joffrey being dormant successful beforehand of him. “A definite insolence runs successful the family, I’m afraid,” Rhaenyra says.
Ryan Corr plays Ser Harwin Strong. (HBO)Jace and Luke caput backmost down to the dragonpit, wherever Vermax is brought earlier Jace portion Aegon, Aemond, and Luke basal down him. Jace is told that erstwhile the dragon is bound to him, they volition garbage bid from anyone else. Even though he’s older, Aemond inactive doesn’t person a dragon.
Aegon tells Aemond that they person a astonishment for him. Since he’s the lone 1 to not person a dragon, they tease him by bringing him a pig they’ve dubbed “the Pink Dread.” Aemond is not amused by this prank. He looks down into the acheronian dragonpit beneath wherever the dragons reside. He heads successful determination but rapidly gets spooked by 1 of the dragons.
Alicent Spreads Fear & Trashes Rhaenyra
Alicent tries to walk clip with her daughter, Helaena, who is timid and enjoys studying insects. This mother-daughter narration isn’t precisely the strongest. Aemond is brought to Alicent aft being discovered successful the depths of the dragonpit yet again. He tells her astir Aegon and Rhaenyra’s boys making amusive of him for not having a dragon. Alicent promises him that 1 time helium volition thrust a dragon.
Alicent blames it each connected Rhaenyra’s boys and calls them “savages” to Viserys. Alicent uses this clip with Viserys to get successful immoderate words regarding Rhaenyra’s babe daddy drama. “To person 1 kid similar that is simply a mistake. To person 3 is an insult to the throne, to you, to House Velaryon, and the lucifer you battled truthful hard to marque for her,” she says.
Alicent and Ser Criston Cole person teamed up successful the clip jump. (HBO)Viserys replies, “The consequences of an allegation similar the 1 you artifact astatine would beryllium dire.” He asks her not to talk of this again, truthful she vents to Criston astir it. The scorned person tells Alicent what she wants to hear. He says Rhaenyra is simply a “spoiled” c**t” and a “spider who stings and sucks her prey dry.” Someone is holding rather the grudge.
Alicent finds her eldest lad jerking disconnected portion lasting connected the windowsill that looks retired onto King’s Landing. He rapidly blames the pig prank connected Jace erstwhile asked. “If Rhaenyra comes into power, your precise beingness could beryllium forfeit. Aemond’s arsenic well. She tin determination to chopped disconnected immoderate situation to her succession,” Alicent stresses, stoking the fearfulness successful Aegon.
She is adamant that helium realizes that helium is the “challenge” to Rhaenyra’s assertion “simply by surviving and breathing.” Alicent adds that helium is the king’s firstborn son, and everyone knows that 1 day he will beryllium king and not Rhaenyra.
Meanwhile, Daemon is present joined to Laena Velaryon, and they person 2 daughters, Baela and Rhaena. Laena is expecting a 3rd child. They’re surviving successful Pentos astatine the infinitesimal and are offered imperishable residence determination successful speech for helping combat a war. While Laena is against the idea, Daemon’s going to entertain it.
He says they’ve had a bully beingness successful Pentos and tin bash arsenic they please. They person nary responsibilities, and determination are nary schemes oregon fights implicit succession. “We are much than this, Daemon,” Laena says. “We are the humor of Old Valyria. We don’t beryllium here.” Laena wants their kid to beryllium calved successful Driftmark, and their kids to beryllium raised there.
Criston & Harwin Go At It
Criston has been instructed to thatch Alicent and Rhaenyra’s kids to fight. Lyonel and Viserys ticker implicit the guiltless swordplay. Harwin shows up to get a look astatine what’s going connected and ticker implicit his boys.
Harwin irritates Criston by questioning his quality to teach, truthful Criston retaliates by putting Jace again Aegon. Harwin says it’s hardly a just lucifer since Jace is truthful overmuch younger. Aegon rapidly has Jace connected the ground, but Jace fights back. Criston urges Aegon to amusement nary mercy, and Harwin yet has to measurement in. He chastises Criston for teaching Aegon to beryllium cruel.
Rhaenyra’s sons, Luke and Jace. (HBO)Criston doesn’t halt and turns his attraction to Harwin. He brings up Jace and Luke’s parentage situation, and Harwin loses it. He punches the daylights retired of Criston close successful beforehand of Viserys. Rhaenyra is rapidly told of what went down and goes to find Harwin. She overhears Harwin and Lyonel fighting. Lyonel, on with beauteous overmuch everyone else, is good alert that Harwin is the existent begetter of Rhaenyra’s children. This could mean exile oregon adjacent decease for Harwin, Rhaenyra, and the boys. Lyonel knows the Strong household is incredibly compromised by Harwin’s actions.
As Rhaenyra is trying to deliberation of however to grip this, Laenor stumbles successful drunk with Qarl Correy. He brings up that a tempest is brewing successful the Stepstones, and he’d emotion to beryllium backmost successful battle. Rhaenrya thinks he’s huffy erstwhile determination are truthful galore questions present astatine location astir the boys. They speech astir their agreement. He says helium has played his portion “faithfully.” Rhaenyra commands him arsenic heir to the throne to stay.
Daemon and Laena person a akin speech successful Pentos. Regardless of the depths of the feelings betwixt them, Laena reminds Daemon that they are a family.
Rhaenyra Tries To Unite Her Family
At a tiny assembly meeting, Rhaenyra and Alicent are blatantly astatine likelihood with each different the full time. Rhaenyra asks everyone to enactment backmost astatine the extremity of the meeting. She admits that she’s felt the strife wrong their families recently, and she apologizes for immoderate wrongdoing. But they are of 1 location and request to enactment united.
Rhaenyra proposes that Jace and Heleana should wed. “Let them regularisation together,” Rhaenyra says. Viserys loves the idea. Rhaenyra adds that if Syrax delivers eggs, past Aemond volition person his prime of them.
Emma D’Arcy arsenic Rhaenyra Targaryen. (HBO)In the mediate of her proposal, her beverage comes in. This rapidly puts an extremity to the meeting, and Alicent says they’ll see it. Alicent tells Viserys is “desperate.” Viserys wants Alicent to fto this grudge go, but Alicent vows to clasp onto it until she’s dead.
Lyonel comes to Viserys to resign arsenic Hand of the King implicit what happened successful the yard. Viserys thinks Harwin being expelled from the City Watch is much than capable punishment. “There is simply a shadiness implicit my house, and it grows ever darker,” Lyonel says. Viserys demands to cognize why. Alicent encourages Lyonel to talk, but helium refuses. Viserys does not judge Lyonel’s resignation. Lyonel asks to travel Harwin backmost to Harrenhal to get him settled in.
Laena Velaryon Dies On Her Own Terms
Alicent and Larys Strong person meal unneurotic and sermon the Harwin situation. Larys knows Viserys won’t exile Rhaenyra truthful he’s turning a unsighted oculus to the rumors. Larys brings up that his begetter can’t springiness “unbiased council” to the king due to the fact that he’s compromised by Harwin. Alicent misses her father. Larys notes that adjacent she can’t accidental Otto would beryllium impartial with the king. “No, but helium would beryllium partial to me,” Alicent says.
Larys concocts a program and heads down to the dungeons to speech to men who’ve been sentenced to death. He’s prepared to connection them mercy if they wage a small price: having their tongues chopped out.
Laena encounters a troubling labour with her 3rd child. The babe won’t come. The maester tells Daemon that it doesn’t look bully for parent oregon child. Laena takes bid of her ain destiny aft learning astir her child’s fate. She goes to Vhagar and collapses successful beforehand of him. She yells “Dracarys” implicit and implicit until Vhagar yet burns her alive. Daemon watches this each hap with his ain eyes. Laena dies a dragonrider’s death, conscionable similar she wanted.
Daemon and Laena successful occurrence 6. (HBO)Harwin is granted clip to accidental goodbye to the boys earlier helium leaves and promises to return. Rhaenyra is upset but tries not to amusement it. He kisses small Joffrey earlier helium departs. After Harwin leaves, Jace asks if Harwin is his father. “Am I a bastard?” helium asks his mother. Rhaenyra responds, “You’re a Targaryen. That’s what matters.”
Rhaenyra knows this gossip is not going to dice down astir her boys, truthful she takes matters into her ain hands. She tells Laenor that they’re leaving King’s Landing. She’s bushed of the whispers. She adjacent says Laenor tin bring his person if it’ll entice him to leave. Laenor asks Rhaenyra astir her presumption arsenic heir. They’re some good alert of what Alicent tin bash if she’s not here.
Lyonel & Harwin Perish At Harrenhal
Lyonel and Harwin get astatine Harrenhal. In the mediate of the night, fume fills the rooms. Harwin fights to get into his father’s country arsenic the occurrence rages astir him, but Lyonel is locked in. Both Lyonel and Harwin are burned live arsenic the cursed Harrenhal burns again.
Rhaenyra, Laenor, and the boys marque their mode to Dragonstone conscionable arsenic the calamity astatine Harrenhal occurs. Larys talks openly with Alicent astir what happened astatine Harrenhal. He says everything portion dancing astir it. “It is said to beryllium a cursed place,” Larys says. A shocked Alicent knows Larys had his different begetter and member killed. Larys says helium was lone trying to fulfill her wishes. “I presume you volition constitute to your begetter now,” Larys tells Alicent.
She replies, adjacent tears, “Larys, I did not privation for this.” Larys, with each of his Littlefinger energy, is playing a game, and Alicent champion support up. “I consciousness definite you volition reward maine erstwhile the clip is right,” Larys tells Alicent.
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