TL;DR – The bookends of this episode are full of intrigue. It just falls out during the middle
Disclosure – I paid for the Binge service that viewed this episode.
House of the Dragon Review –
I have been wondering why I have been having a bit of a disconnect with the show. The production is just as good as Game of Thrones, the narrative has all the elements that usually capture me, and the cast is giving their all in their performances. After some thought, I can tie it down to the show's narrative structure being like quicksand underneath, with you never being able to grab a foothold. An issue we see in part today, but maybe for the last time.
So to set the scene, at the end of last week's The Princess and the Queen, Laena Targaryen (Nanna Blondell) begged her dragon Vhagar to incinerate her after her labour went wrong. At the start of this episode, all of the Targaryens and Velaryons have gathered in Driftmark for Laena's funeral. However, the growing divides continue to spew forth after Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) took her family from court to Dragonstone, and the accusations of her children's parentage still linger. Now from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be some [SPOILERS] ahead.
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