‘House Of The Dragon’: How The HBO Drama Wrapped Its Second Season
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the season 2 finale of House of the Dragon on HBO. Rhaenyra was more than ready for battle.
With an additional three dragons under her banner, The White Worm telling her that God was on her side and Daemon finally returning from his strange holiday to declare fealty, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) was all but assured she could overtake King’s Landing and return to the throne that is rightfully hers.
But then Alicent (Olivia Cooke) came calling with a surprise promise: Rhaenyra should hightail it to King’s Landing where she’ll find the mad Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) temporarily out of pocket and the gates open so can “enter as a conquerer.” In return, Alicent will hit the road where she can be “at last myself, to die unremarked, unnoticed and to be free.” Someone has to die, however, Rhaenyra reminds her — and it won’t be another one of her kids.
This time, it’s Aegon’s (Tom Glynn-Carney) turn: the pretend King has to lose his head if Rhaenyra is to resume proper control of the realm. “A son for a son,” Rhaenyra declares simply.
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