![]() I mean, it's a self-serving brand of progressivism, which should technically cancel it out, but whatever.Ĭorlys and Rhaenya immediately realize they've got some leverage, and ask whether, in keeping with Westerosi custom, this firstborn heir would be a Velaryon. The king proposes that Rhaenyra wed Ser Laenor, and tells them that their firstborn, whether male or female(!), will inherit the Iron Throne. When she asks him if he's well, he gives her a look that says, "Oh come on, don't pretend I'm not standing here like the old man in that book by Nabokov." And when he's informed of Lady Rhea's surprising death, given how good a rider she was known to be, he lets us see that the king clocks exactly what went down. Lady Rhaenys arrives and greets her cousin, and let's just take a minute to admire the non-verbal stuff Paddy Considine is doing here. (Note that Corlys has decorated his throne room with the mask of the Crabfeeder, extending that poor schmuck's total screentime to six minutes and one second.) Or maybe the Sea Snake just loves him a good Yestin/Kopit show.Ī coughing, wheezing king (drink!) is greeted by Corlys, who steps off the Driftwood Throne to bend the knee. ![]() It's evidently called the Hall of Nine because it's lined with nine skulls of Corlys's ancestors, which makes you wonder if it started off being called the Hall of One, then the Hall of Two, etc. Lord Lyonel sputters at the sheer effrontery, droppin' monocles left and right, and the now-adult Laena arrives to escort them to the Hall of Nine, where Lord Corlys is awaiting them. What's in a name? Viserys (Paddy Considine) gets flowery about the dowry with Corlys (Steve Toussaint) and Rhaenys (Eve Best). If Rhaenyra inherits the Iron Throne, he warns her, the realm will reject her, and the only way she'll be able to shore up her claim is by eliminating Alicent's son Aegon and his siblings. What starts out as a bitter confrontation shades into one filled with mutual affection and regret, as Otto warns Alicent that backing Rhaenyra the way she did was the wrong move. The king's old Hand, Otto Hightower, is taking his leave of the Red Keep when he's confronted by his daughter, the queen. The show takes this as the first of several opportunities to direct our attention to the king's less-than-robust health (drink!). Rhaenyra, Criston, the king and his new Hand, Lord Lyonel Strong, are sailing through the stormy seas of Blackwater Bay to the island of Driftmark, seat of House Velaryon. Left a bigger impression than her less-than-two-minutes of screentime would lead you to expect. She realizes too late that she's a loose end he's looking to wrap up, and before he brains her with a rock she gets in a good burn about how he "couldn't finish." Aaaaand that's a show wrap for Lady Rhea Royce, folks. Daemon's keeping it on-brand, in that sense. She throws some of the unkind words he's been saying about her back in his blank, impassive face, and lets us know that they've never had sex. She comes upon Daemon, looking for all the world, in his pointy hood, like a tall, sickly Jawa. She's out riding to hunt her up some deer, and rebuffs her cousin Gerald's offer to accompany her. We meet poor, doomed badass Lady Rhea Royce, who's married to Daemon Targaryen, though neither of them seems particularly jazzed about it. The castle Runestone, seat of House Royce. Watching characters play catch-up is always a recipe for audience impatience this is a lesson that Game of Throne never quite grasped, either. Maybe that's because it's one of those episodes where characters discover things that we, the audience, already know ( Criston and Rhaenyra, bendin' at the knee, C-O-U-P-L-I-N-G). įor an episode that includes two murders, a royal wedding, queer canoodling, some B+ shade-throwing and what I'm pretty sure is one brand-new-to-us dragon, this episode sure felt like we were back in shuffle-the-chess-pieces mode. ![]() If you're just joining us, here are recaps of episode one, two, three and four. well, for House of the Dragon 's fifth episode. This recap of House of the Dragon 's fifth episode contains spoilers for. The bride and doom of Valyria: (L-R) Matt Smith, Gavin Spokes, Emily Carey, Paddy Considine, Milly Alcock, Theo Nate, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Wil Johnson, Savannah Steyn.
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