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  | episode  = 6
 
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  | image    = HOTD The Princess and the Queen.jpg
 
  | image    = HOTD The Princess and the Queen.jpg
  | caption  = [[Alicent Hightower]] and [[Helaena Targaryen]]
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  | airdate  = September 25, 2022
 
  | airdate  = September 25, 2022
 
  | length  = 67 minutes
 
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==Official synopsis==
 
==Official synopsis==
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Ten years later. Rhaenyra navigates Alicent's continued speculation about her children, while Daemon and Laena weigh an offer in Pentos.<ref>HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon/season-1 House of the Dragon Season 1]</ref>
  
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
 
{{See also|Differences between Fire & Blood and House of the Dragon}}
 
{{See also|Differences between Fire & Blood and House of the Dragon}}
===Red Keep===
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===King's Landing===
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The episodes starts with the delivery of Prince [[Joffrey Velaryon]], the third son of Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]]. Queen [[Alicent Hightower]] wants to see the baby at once to check on his physical appearance. Viserys is delighted at the birth of a new grandchild but Alicent remarks that Joffrey, like his older brothers [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]] and [[Lucerys Velaryon]], does not look like Laenor. In private, Alicent shares her suspicion to Viserys that the three Velaryon princes are not Laenor's but [[bastard]]s. Viserys does not want to hear of it, however.
  
===Dragonpit===
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After bringing a [[dragon egg]] for their new brother, the princes Jacaerys and Lucerys return to the [[dragonpit]] to join their half-uncles, princes [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]] and [[Aemond Targaryen]]. Under the tutelage of the [[Dragonkeepers]], Jacaerys commands his dragon, [[Vermax]], to burn a goat before eating it. Aemond, the only one whose egg did not hatch, is mocked by the others as they bring him a pig named "the Pink Dread" (an allusion to [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]]) to ride instead. Alicent later confronts and scolds Aegon who instigated the prank, and reminds him of his status as the king's eldest son and the threat he represents to Rhaenyra's ascension to the [[Iron Throne]].
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In the training yard, Ser [[Criston Cole]] instructs the four princes at arms as King Viserys and his Hand, Lord [[Lyonel Strong]], watch on. Criston favors Alicent's sons over Rhaenyra's to the annoyance of Ser [[Harwin Strong]], the [[Commander of the City Watch]]. Criston baits Harwin to attack him by implying he is the real father of Rhaenyra's sons. Kingsguards separate them and Harwin is stripped of his rank. Lyonel feels he can no longer serve faithfully as Hand and asks Viserys to resign but the king refuses. Lyonel then asks permission to escort his son back to their family seat and some time to set Harwin up as the future [[Lord of Harrenhal]] to which Viserys agrees. In effort to reconcile their two families and to cease the rumors about her sons' parentage, Rhaenyra proposes to betroth Jacaerys to Alicent's daughter, Princess [[Helaena Targaryen]], and to give one of [[Syrax]]'s egg to Aemond. Viserys is happy at the idea but Alicent is not. As her plan failed, Rhaenyra then decides to relocate her family on [[Dragonstone]].
  
 
===Pentos===
 
===Pentos===
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Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], his pregnant wife Lady [[Laena Velaryon]], and their two daughters, [[Baela Targaryen|Baela]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena]], live in a manse in [[Pentos]] as guests of [[List of characters created for House of the Dragon#Episode 6: The Princess and the Queen|Reggio Haratis]], the [[Prince of Pentos|prince of the city]]. With the creation of an alliance between the [[Triarchy]] and [[Qoren Martell]], the [[Prince of Dorne]], Haratis wants to form an alliance of his own to protect his city and proposes that Daemon and his family as well as their three dragons—[[Caraxes]], [[Vhagar]], and the young [[Moondancer]]—stay in the city. Laena wants to go back to [[Driftmark]] but Daemon tell their host he will think on it. Rhaena rensents being the only one in the family to not have a [[dragon]] and feels negolected by her father. The delivery of Laena's baby is complicated, the surgeon proposes to Daemon the same procedure as the one that killed Queen [[Aemma Arryn]] years ago. Whishing for a "[[dragonrider]]'s death" rather than suffer the same fate as Aemma, Laena flees towards the yard where she commands Vhagar to kill her with her [[Dragonflame|fire]].
  
 
===Harrenhal===
 
===Harrenhal===
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Frustrated by the recent events, Alicent tells [[Larys Strong]] at diner she missed her [[Otto Hightower|father's]] support at court and wishes he was reinvestitated as [[Hand of the King]]. Larys recruits men from the dungeons of the [[Red Keep]] to make Alicent's wish come true. He promises them freedom in exchange of causing the death of both Lord [[Harwin Strong]] and Ser [[Harwin Strong]]. He has their [[Tongue mutilation|tongues removed]] to assure their silence and sends them to [[Harrenhal]] where they start a fire that kill both Lyonel and Harwin. When she hears of the news, Alicent is mortified at Larys' action but owes him as he has cleared the way for Otto's return to court.{{Ref|HBOHOTD|S01E06}}
  
 
==Cast==
 
==Cast==
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*[[w:Paddy Considine|Paddy Considine]] as King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]
 
*[[w:Paddy Considine|Paddy Considine]] as King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]
 
*[[w:Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]] as Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
 
*[[w:Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]] as Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
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*[[w:Olivia Cooke|Olivia Cooke]] as Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]
 
*[[w:Emma D'Arcy|Emma D'Arcy]] as Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
 
*[[w:Emma D'Arcy|Emma D'Arcy]] as Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
*[[w:Olivia Cooke|Olivia Cooke]] as Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]
 
 
*[[w:Fabien Frankel|Fabien Frankel]] as Ser [[Criston Cole]]
 
*[[w:Fabien Frankel|Fabien Frankel]] as Ser [[Criston Cole]]
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*[[w:Rhys Ifans|Rhys Ifans]] as Ser [[Otto Hightower]] <small>(credit only)</small>
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*[[w:Graham McTavish|Graham McTavish]] as Ser [[Harrold Westerling]]
 
*[[w:Matthew Needham|Matthew Needham]] as [[Larys Strong]]
 
*[[w:Matthew Needham|Matthew Needham]] as [[Larys Strong]]
*[[w:Graham McTavish|Graham McTavish]] as Ser [[Harrold Westerling]]
 
 
*[[w:Jefferson Hall (actor)|Jefferson Hall]] as Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
 
*[[w:Jefferson Hall (actor)|Jefferson Hall]] as Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
 
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2418667/ Gavin Spokes] as Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2418667/ Gavin Spokes] as Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
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*[[w:Bill Paterson (actor)|Bill Paterson]] as Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
 
*[[w:Ryan Corr|Ryan Corr]] as Ser [[Harwin Strong]]
 
*[[w:Ryan Corr|Ryan Corr]] as Ser [[Harwin Strong]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448273/ Paul Kennedy] as Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5339326/ Kurt Egyiawan] as Grand Maester [[Orwyle]]
 
*[[w:Bill Paterson (actor)|Bill Paterson]] as Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
 
*[[w:Nanna Blondell|Nanna Blondell]] as Lady [[Laena Velaryon]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3025293/ John Macmillan] as Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]]
 
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10569632/ Leo Hart] as Young [[Jacaerys Velaryon]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10569632/ Leo Hart] as Young [[Jacaerys Velaryon]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11544698/ Harvey Sadler] as Young [[Lucerys Velaryon]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11544698/ Harvey Sadler] as Young [[Lucerys Velaryon]]
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6122080/ Ty Tennant] as Young [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]]
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10587630/ Leo Ashton] as Young [[Aemond Targaryen]]
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8765738/ Evie Allen] as Young [[Helaena Targaryen]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10150201/ Shani Smethurst] as Young [[Baela Targaryen]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10150201/ Shani Smethurst] as Young [[Baela Targaryen]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11340801/ Eva Ossei-Gerning] as Young [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11340801/ Eva Ossei-Gerning] as Young [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6122080/ Ty Tennant] as Young [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]]
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3025293/ John Macmillan] as Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8765738/ Evie Allen] as Young [[Helaena Targaryen]]
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*[[w:Nanna Blondell|Nanna Blondell]] as Lady [[Laena Velaryon]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10587630/ Leo Ashton] as Young [[Aemond Targaryen]]
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5339326/ Kurt Egyiawan] as Grand Maester [[Orwyle]]
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448273/ Paul Kennedy] as Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
 
*[[w:Luke Tittensor|Luke Tittensor]] as Ser [[Arryk Cargyll]]
 
*[[w:Luke Tittensor|Luke Tittensor]] as Ser [[Arryk Cargyll]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1187340/ Alexis Raben] as [[List of characters created for House of the Dragon#Episode 6: The Princess and the Queen|Talya]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1187340/ Alexis Raben] as [[List of characters created for House of the Dragon#Episode 6: The Princess and the Queen|Talya]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8284671/ Arty Froushan] as Ser [[Qarl Correy]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8284671/ Arty Froushan] as Ser [[Qarl Correy]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619628/ Patrice Naiambana] as TBD
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619628/ Patrice Naiambana] as Dragonkeeper Elder
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4098884/ Jordon Stevens] as [[Elinda Massey]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4098884/ Jordon Stevens] as [[Elinda Massey]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4000354/ Dean Nolan] as Prince [[List of characters created for House of the Dragon#Episode 6: The Princess and the Queen|Reggio Haratis]]
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4000354/ Dean Nolan] as Prince [[List of characters created for House of the Dragon#Book-characters given new names|Reggio Haratis]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1175174/ Sean Cernow] as TBD
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1175174/ Sean Cernow] as Black cells prisoner
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9022308/ Arevinth V Sarma] as TBD
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9022308/ Arevinth V Sarma] as Black cells prisoner
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077301/ Gareth Morrison] as TBD
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077301/ Gareth Morrison] as Black cells prisoner
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1014751/ Rosie] Ede Older midwife
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1014751/ Rosie Ede] as Older midwife
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8142076/ Rosa Escoda] as a Younger midwife
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8142076/ Rosa Escoda] as Younger midwife
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042001/ Ravi Aujla] as a Pentoshi surgeon
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042001/ Ravi Aujla] as Pentoshi surgeon
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382657/ Paul Hickey] as TBD
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382657/ Paul Hickey] as Lord [[Lord Caswell (Dance)|Allun Caswell]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11449187/ Anna Sari] as Dragonkeeper Acolyte
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11449187/ Anna Sari] as Dragonkeeper translator
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9580667/ Afolabi Alli] as Dragonkeeper Acolyte
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9580667/ Afolabi Alli] as Dragonkeeper Acolyte
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Reception==
 
==Reception==
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The ratings rose 3% compared to the previous episode.<ref>Variety: [https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/house-of-the-dragon-ratings-viewers-episode-6-time-jump-1235385083/ HOTD Ratings episode 6]</ref>
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==Behind the Scenes==
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Two scenes were cut or reduced for the final version of the episode:
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*A scene with Daemon flirting with a male Pentoshi servant was cut.<ref>Twitter: [https://twitter.com/oochotd/status/1574868462731665416?t=g7-KZUDwccfYXoh-W4HsrA&s=19&fbclid=IwAR2DDWy-woF6z5qgVjcSanzsQZt6tuifP2LCALLYxZ5trZN9SEHLXIepIgE Deleted scenes]</ref>
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*The scene with Daemon and his daughters in the aftermath of Laena's death was cut short.<ref>Twitter: [https://twitter.com/GameOfThrones/status/1574854136792686593?cxt=HHwWgoCpycrfgNsrAAAA Daemon hugging his daughters 1] and [https://twitter.com/inkbugfic/status/1574225209086844931?t=ls2rSGHeul5A5c_xmZ-Gag&s=19 2]</ref>
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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* [https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Queen "The Princess and the Queen"] at the [https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_Wiki Game of Thrones & House of the Dragon Wiki]
 
* [https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Queen "The Princess and the Queen"] at the [https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_Wiki Game of Thrones & House of the Dragon Wiki]
 
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11198346/ "The Princess and the Queen"] at the [https://www.imdb.com Internet Movie Database]
 
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11198346/ "The Princess and the Queen"] at the [https://www.imdb.com Internet Movie Database]
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* [[w:The Princess and the Queen (House of the Dragon)|"The Princess and the Queen"]] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[es:La Princesa y la Reina (serie)]]
 
[[es:La Princesa y la Reina (serie)]]
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[[fr:Épisode 6 - La princesse et la reine]]
 
[[pt:The Princess and the Queen (TV)]]
 
[[pt:The Princess and the Queen (TV)]]

Revision as of 14:59, 20 October 2022

"The Princess and the Queen"
House of the Dragon
Season 1  —  Episode 6
HOTD The Princess and the Queen.jpg
Original air date September 25, 2022
Running time 67 minutes
Credits
Directed by Miguel Sapochnik
Written by Sara Hess
Episode chronology
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"The Princess and the Queen" is the sixth episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series House of the Dragon. The runtime is 67 minutes. It is written by Sara Hess, and directed by series co-creator Miguel Sapochnik. Music was composed by Ramin Djawadi.

Ten years have passed since the previous episode. Several young characters are replaced by adult actors, most notably Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower, who are portrayed by Emma D'Arcy and Olivia Cooke from this episode onwards. The title of the episode derives from the eponymous novella published in 2013.

Official synopsis

Ten years later. Rhaenyra navigates Alicent's continued speculation about her children, while Daemon and Laena weigh an offer in Pentos.[1]

Plot

King's Landing

The episodes starts with the delivery of Prince Joffrey Velaryon, the third son of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Ser Laenor Velaryon. Queen Alicent Hightower wants to see the baby at once to check on his physical appearance. Viserys is delighted at the birth of a new grandchild but Alicent remarks that Joffrey, like his older brothers Jacaerys and Lucerys Velaryon, does not look like Laenor. In private, Alicent shares her suspicion to Viserys that the three Velaryon princes are not Laenor's but bastards. Viserys does not want to hear of it, however.

After bringing a dragon egg for their new brother, the princes Jacaerys and Lucerys return to the dragonpit to join their half-uncles, princes Aegon and Aemond Targaryen. Under the tutelage of the Dragonkeepers, Jacaerys commands his dragon, Vermax, to burn a goat before eating it. Aemond, the only one whose egg did not hatch, is mocked by the others as they bring him a pig named "the Pink Dread" (an allusion to Balerion the Black Dread) to ride instead. Alicent later confronts and scolds Aegon who instigated the prank, and reminds him of his status as the king's eldest son and the threat he represents to Rhaenyra's ascension to the Iron Throne.

In the training yard, Ser Criston Cole instructs the four princes at arms as King Viserys and his Hand, Lord Lyonel Strong, watch on. Criston favors Alicent's sons over Rhaenyra's to the annoyance of Ser Harwin Strong, the Commander of the City Watch. Criston baits Harwin to attack him by implying he is the real father of Rhaenyra's sons. Kingsguards separate them and Harwin is stripped of his rank. Lyonel feels he can no longer serve faithfully as Hand and asks Viserys to resign but the king refuses. Lyonel then asks permission to escort his son back to their family seat and some time to set Harwin up as the future Lord of Harrenhal to which Viserys agrees. In effort to reconcile their two families and to cease the rumors about her sons' parentage, Rhaenyra proposes to betroth Jacaerys to Alicent's daughter, Princess Helaena Targaryen, and to give one of Syrax's egg to Aemond. Viserys is happy at the idea but Alicent is not. As her plan failed, Rhaenyra then decides to relocate her family on Dragonstone.

Pentos

Prince Daemon Targaryen, his pregnant wife Lady Laena Velaryon, and their two daughters, Baela and Rhaena, live in a manse in Pentos as guests of Reggio Haratis, the prince of the city. With the creation of an alliance between the Triarchy and Qoren Martell, the Prince of Dorne, Haratis wants to form an alliance of his own to protect his city and proposes that Daemon and his family as well as their three dragons—Caraxes, Vhagar, and the young Moondancer—stay in the city. Laena wants to go back to Driftmark but Daemon tell their host he will think on it. Rhaena rensents being the only one in the family to not have a dragon and feels negolected by her father. The delivery of Laena's baby is complicated, the surgeon proposes to Daemon the same procedure as the one that killed Queen Aemma Arryn years ago. Whishing for a "dragonrider's death" rather than suffer the same fate as Aemma, Laena flees towards the yard where she commands Vhagar to kill her with her fire.

Harrenhal

Frustrated by the recent events, Alicent tells Larys Strong at diner she missed her father's support at court and wishes he was reinvestitated as Hand of the King. Larys recruits men from the dungeons of the Red Keep to make Alicent's wish come true. He promises them freedom in exchange of causing the death of both Lord Harwin Strong and Ser Harwin Strong. He has their tongues removed to assure their silence and sends them to Harrenhal where they start a fire that kill both Lyonel and Harwin. When she hears of the news, Alicent is mortified at Larys' action but owes him as he has cleared the way for Otto's return to court.[2]

Cast

Starring

Guest

Reception

The ratings rose 3% compared to the previous episode.[3]

Behind the Scenes

Two scenes were cut or reduced for the final version of the episode:

  • A scene with Daemon flirting with a male Pentoshi servant was cut.[4]
  • The scene with Daemon and his daughters in the aftermath of Laena's death was cut short.[5]

External links

References