“House of the Dragon”: Before the storm, the Targaryens toast

“House of the Dragon”: Before the storm, the Targaryens toast

The eighth episode of “House of the Dragon” premiered this Sunday (9), bringing another time jump and a family reunion that promises to be the last, after table toasts anticipate the storm that will come to House Targaryen in the series. .

As the audience of “House of the Dragon” might be used to, the series made another time jump between episodes, which led to a few things: Rhaenyra’s children Alicent and Daemon have grown up, Rhaenyra and Daemon have added. two boys to the bloodline. and Viserys was further weakened.

The first part of the episode focuses on something else that happens in between: the succession within House Velaryon, after Corlys the Sea Serpent was wounded in combat.

Corlys’ brother Vaemond, who is the nephew of the Sea Serpent in the book, wants to take his brother’s place as Lord of House Velaryon. This problem will cause Rhaenyra to move behind the scenes to try to prevent the rights of his children, heirs of the Velaryon, from being usurped.

King Viserys is introduced to his new grandchildren and is more devastated by the disease that assails him than ever before. With each episode, the character emerges in worse condition, and this time the conditions are unimaginable. Paddy Considine shines more than anyone else in this episode, struggling to survive every breath and to reunite his family, even as the giant cracks become more and more evident.

The interaction between Alicent and a worker at the castle carries a gigantic weight, and Olivia Cooke shines a lot in the scene too, and also in other moments of the episode, but especially in this one, in a scene that carries an enormous duality.

Another great moment of the episode was a family gathering around the table, in a dinner full of toasts, unexpected compliments and other rather provocative ones. Rhaenyra and Alicent seem allies again for a moment, but it all seems to be just a moment of peace before the storm arrives.

The hatred between blacks and greens comes to a boil more and more, with sides lined up for what appears to be a brilliant Episode 9 to come.

Next Sunday (16), HBO and HBO Max receive the penultimate episode of the first season of “House of the Dragon”. The final episode of the season arrives on October 23rd. The first eight episodes of the series are on HBO Max.

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