House of the Dragon: Rhaenyra and Daemon return to King's Landing after another huge time jump

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*Warning: Contains spoilers for House of the Dragon episode 9*House of the Dragon episode 9, entitled The Green Council, saw half of the Game of Thrones prequel’s cast missing from action. With Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Daemon Targaryen both away on Dragonstone, they were locked out of the events in the latest installment of the Sky Atlantic drama. Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) both want to keep the news of King Viserys’ death under wraps, but for different reasons.

[Warning: Spoilers for HBO’s “House of the Dragon” Episode 9, “The Green Council,” ahead.]Brothels got nothin’ on a foot fetish.Fans were left cringing over a moment in “House of the Dragon” on Sunday that even the episode’s director called a “really dirty scene.”While delivering gossip that can help Queen Alicent Hightower’s bottom line — placing her son Aegon on the Iron Throne in a hostile Westeros takeover — Larys Strong asks for something in return while the pair rendezvous in her bedchamber.But it seems Alicent has been lent a helping hand in exchange for her feet.As Larys, played by Matthew Needham, begins to spill the tea, Alicent (Olivia Cooke) starts to take off her shoes and stockings and places her bare feet on the coffee table. Larys then informs her of a web of spies in the Red Keep — led by the “White Worm” Mysaria and aided by one of her servants in an operation her father, Otto Hightower, knows about — as he stares at her dogs.But it doesn’t stop there.

After struggling for years with an unknown illness, King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) has passed away in the ninth episode of HBO's House of the Dragon.The King was seen in his bed taking his last breath in last week's eighth episode - The Lord of the Tides - which jumped six years in time from the previous episode.Sunday night's new episode - entitled The Green Council - takes place seemingly immediately after the last episode as the succession of Viserys is dealt with. Passed away: After struggling for years with an unknown illness, King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) has passed away in the ninth episode of HBO's House of the Dragon Succession: Sunday night's new episode - entitled The Green Council - takes place seemingly immediately after the last episode as the succession of Viserys is dealt withThe episode begins with the Iron Throne empty as a young boy walks through the Red Keep, telling a Talya (Alexis Raben) something.She goes to see Queen Alicent, presumably telling her that King Viserys is dead as she tells her to tell no one.

Spoiler alert for Season 1 episode 9 of “House of the Dragon.” On “Game of Thrones,” the penultimate episode of each season was typically the hour when the s–t hit the fan. That’s when, in their respective seasons, Ned Stark lost his head and the bloody Red Wedding unfolded.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched Episode 9 of “House of the Dragon,” titled “The Green Council.” King Viserys is dead, long live King Aegon! Season 1 of “House of the Dragon” barrels toward an explosive finale next Sunday, as the battle lines are further drawn between the greens and the blacks. The penultimate episode didn’t feature Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) or her side of the impending civil war, instead focusing on how Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and her supporters usurped the Iron Throne and ushered in the new, somewhat reluctant, King Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney).

end of episode 8, picks up immediately the next morning in episode 9, as Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) starts making moves -- ones that seem to counter what was set in place by the king and his council many years prior. Not only that, but the queen’s sons prove just how much of a hot mess they are while Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) finally finds herself provoked to get up off the sidelines and take action in the battle of succession for the Iron Throne. As the penultimate episode set up the season 1 finale, which will surely end with a fiery fight between families, fans took to social media to share their thoughts about the queen’s change of plans and that shocking show of restraint that ended the aptly titled “The Green Council.” [: Spoilers for season 1, episode 9.] With the king now dead, after a miraculously long health battle that ended with him crying into the night, the queen wastes no time to start making moves of her own, believing that Aegon Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) is now the rightful heir to the throne -- and not Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), who was previously promised to rule after her father’s death and even seemed to finally heal the festering wounds between her and her former best friend. However, the news of the king’s death is not yet widely known, allowing the queen and her father, the Hand of the King Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifan), to call their own small council (err “Green Council”) to determine the line of succession.

House Of The Dragon, as he’s “one of those people” who doesn’t like watching himself.In the eighth episode of the Game Of Thrones prequel series which aired on Sunday (October 9), King Viserys Targaryen (Considine) pulled off his gold half-mask to reveal that his face had succumbed to the disease he had suffered with throughout the season.This disease later results in his death, as confirmed in a trailer for the next episode, titled ‘The Green Council’, where it’s proclaimed that “the King is dead”.Asked if he’d seen his final episode by The New York Times, Considine said: “No, I haven’t, and I’m not sure if I ever will.”He added: “I haven’t seen anything beyond episode two, really. Some people don’t like to watch themselves, and I’m one of those people.

House of the Dragon is a family drama like no other. The Targaryen family don’t so much have a family tree, but more a family circle, with brothers and sisters getting married and uncles and nieces sharing children… where else but the Game of Thrones universe?One of these children has grown up over the course of the series - Aemond Targaryen.He is the son of Paddy Considine’s King Viserys Targaryen and Olivia Cooke’s Alicent Hightower and back during episode seven he lost an eye during a fight over his newly claimed dragon, Vhaghar.Now a man, he is played by Ewan Mitchell, and fans are loving his portrayal, while the younger version of the character was played by Leo Ashton.Many have said Matt Smith’s Prince Daemond has carried the series so far, but that may no longer be the case.Ewan Mitchell is a rising star, with the actor’s most well known role so far being Osferth in The Last Kingdom.Fans of the series have followed him over to House of the Dragon, but that isn’t the only project he has worked on before the Game of Thrones prequel.In 2018, he starred in High Life, the science fiction drama led by Robert Pattinson.Earlier this year, he starred in Trigger Point as Billy Washington and in 2019 be played Tom Bennett in World on Fire.His first major role was in The Halcyon as Billy Taylor, with his on screen acting career starting just a few years prior in 2015 with a couple of short films.Now, House of the Dragon is his biggest project so far and judging from the response on social media, it will likely catapult his career to the next stage.On Twitter, one user wrote: “Whoever casted Ewan Mitchell as Aemond Targaryen, give them a raise immediately.

Game Of Thrones author George R.R. Martin sent him a text praising his performance in spin-off House Of The Dragon.The actor plays King Viserys Targaryen in the prequel series, set 200 years before events in Game Of Thrones. The series is adapted from Martin’s novel Fire & Blood, which documents a war of succession among House Targaryen known as the ‘Dance Of The Dragons’.Speaking to GQ Hype, Considine said he got Martin’s seal of approval, saying: “I got a text message that simply said: ‘Your Viserys is better than my Viserys’’.“It was from George R.R.

Just two episodes after a massive 10-year time gap, HBO's House of the Dragon has skipped over yet another decade in Sunday night's eighth episode.The new episode - entitled The Lord of the Tides - reveals that Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) has been ruling as the Hand of the King in the stead of the seemingly ailing Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine).It seems that Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) have had enough of the Hightowers assuming the throne, as they make plans to head to King's Landing.  Ruling: The new episode - entitled The Lord of the Tides - reveals that Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) has been ruling as the Hand of the King in the stead of the seemingly ailing Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) King's Landing: It seems that Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) have had enough of the Hightowers assuming the throne, as they make plans to head to King's LandingThe episode begins with Rhaenys saying she hasn't seen her husband in six years, as she speaks with Maester Kelvin.'He led his sailors into an ambush. A ship made to look as if it were abandoned.