Sunday night’s episode of House Of The Dragon was one of the most intense so far, with a dragon sequence that rivaled even Season 1’s tragic finale. Like that scene, which saw the death of young Lucerys, it was once again Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) and his monstrous dragon, Vhagar, that brought death swirling down.
Tonight’s dragon battle was a memorable scene in George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood, but once again the show’s version differs rather starkly, though as with Aemond and Lucerys, the change is one that I actually like quite a bit. We’ll get to that in a moment.
This was a very bad episode for King Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) who realizes during a meeting of his Small Council, that Aemond and Ser Criston Cole (Fabian Frankel) have been coordinating the war effort without him. Indignant, he attempts to order them to not carry out the attack on the castle Rook’s Rest. Harrenhal is the prize he wants. His Master of Whisperers, Ser Larys Strong—the lord of Harrenhal—tells him that the castle is “more crippled than I am” and will only serve to confound Daemon (Matt Smith). Aemond tells his older brother that it’s too late to call off the attack on Rook’s Rest. Cole is preparing to attack.
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