I cannot promise to make you happy.
An immense field in the countryside of Westeros and young knights who fight and provoke each other, ending in blood. Thus begins the third episode of the second season of House of the Dragon (2×03), just like the premiere did, making us believe we were moving away from the fulcrum of the action, namely King’s Landing and Dragonstone, while in reality it is precisely there that the story (re)takes us, as only Americans know how to do, to starting with showrunner Ryan Condal. This time we are near the Tullys and Riverrun, where the feud between the Brackens and the Blackwoods is fueled, divided between loyalty to the Greens and the Blacks, to the two legitimate (or illegitimate) heirs to the Throne. We are shown the people to tell us about the royal families, or rather the family, the Targaryens divided between their internal struggles which in this episode, available exclusively on Sky Atlantic and streaming only on NOW from 1st July at the same time as the United States , they take a step further towards blood. The article, we remember, is no spoilerbut we still invite you to read it after watching the episode.
Dragon eggs
There are three significant moments in this third episode. The first concerns the meeting between two fundamental women in the series, which begins with one “couple” and ends with another. After what happened to the respective parts of the family with the two infanticides, and what is happening between the various Houses and the subjects who swear loyalty to one or the other part, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) takes matters into his own hands and sends Daemon to guard Harrenhall because it could give her the control needed to attack the other faction. But here comes the sacrifice, who asks not only of herself: she will let Joffrey, Jaecerys and Viserys go to the shelter of her cousin, Lady Jeyne Arryn, who in exchange will receive one of their dragons to protect the Eyrie. After losing a child, to protect them you have to let the others go far away, perhaps to Pentos, in the Eastern Continent, right where his mother died. Rhaena (Phoebe Campbell)promised in marriage to the late Luke, who is asked to guard the dragon eggs.
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The latter, in addition to a clear reference to Daenerys in the original series who many years later brought these legendary creatures back to life, represent the future of the House of the Dragon to maintain the dynasty: “Be their mother, the one I can’t be”. The Queen is referring not only to the cubs but also to her own children. Her sister Baela (Bethany Antonia), on the other hand, with her Moondancer becomes a useful asset flying over the road to Dragonstone, and for this she must remain at the side of her betrothed, Jaeherys: “because you have a dragon”as Rhaena will reproach her. We remember, the dragon that should have belonged to the latter, that of her mother Laena, was “usurped” by Aemond who claimed it, with the consequences we know.
Daemon’s visions
After two episodes in which some complained about his lack of focus, Daemon (Matt Smith, wonderful in this episode) returns to the focus of the plot of House of the Dragon. Of course, we wonder how these words are possible given that he was practically the (second) proponent of the Dance of the Dragons after Aemond – his counterpart in a certain sense, like the anagram in their name – with what was accomplished in the premiere. That belligerent and impulsive temperament of his now suffers a downside: once he finds himself in Harrenhal, home to Lord Simon Strong who immediately swears loyalty to Rhaenyra so as not to be killed and hosts him in the fortress, he becomes victim for the first time of guilt and his own demons. Between the castle walls, which become sinister corners and dark alleys, from which some presence can emerge at any moment, where strange noises can be heard in the distance with frightening and disturbing echoes – the regia and the photography they do a great job in this regard – reviews some ghosts of one’s past (we won’t wake you up who, but fans will be pleasantly surprised). Presences that make him question his actions and his tormented and guerrilla soul, which is the main reason why Viserys had never considered him as a possible heir to the Iron Throne.
Clash of Brothers in the Third Episode of House of the Dragon 2
While another Targaryen brother is introduced, this time a bastard, an illegitimate child, amidst the alcohol and buzz at a tavern table, it is once again in these pleasant places that the great designs of the Targaryen are revealed. world of George R.R. Martin. Return the bordello almost to close a circle from the previous episode, where we were introduced to the fetishisms of Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) and the impulsive and short-sighted character of Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney), currently on the Throne. The disagreements between the two brothers reach their peak in this episode and in a brothel; after the worthy Littlefinger’s heir, or Larys ‘Piededuro’ Strong, has put the flea in his ear about some rumors at Court, namely about the fact that he is controlled by his mother and brother, which is the truth as we well know. Obviously we need to find a world to take revenge for the humiliation suffered. Meanwhile the Select Councils do nothing but repeat it to both factions: It’s time to act, not talk anymore.
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Meeting between sisters
Precisely this concept will be clear at the end of the episode thanks tomost electrifying encounter that we were practically waiting for since last season’s finale: the one between the two Queens. A significant event that mirrors the first one analyzed in our review. A meeting shot to perfectionwith the candles, the almost mystical religious atmosphere and the homages to the Septes of the mother series and the famous one walk of shamethanks to which disguise and subterfuge allow two old best friends now on opposing sides to finally meet again and talk to each other openly, as mothers as well as adult women. The two actresses are truly wonderful and pricelessletting everything they are fighting against shine through their voice and their body and face movements in that world of men both inside and outside their hearts. It will also appear clear, after the cards finally put on the table by both, the meaning of the last words of King Viserys I but at the same time it will be equally clear that it is too late to go back. Because we are still in Martin’s bloody world and not in a fairy tale. Unless it’s the tale of Dragons.
