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Read ahead to see which we changes we loved and didn’t in the first season.
He is the very definition of a seat filler.
Paddy Considine’s King Viserys in ‘House of the Dragon’.Ollie Upton / HBO
Would Daenerys Targaryen have lit that place up without a second thought?
While it would have been gratifying to see Rhaenys unleash a “Dracarys!”
But once again, she made clear that the Great Council made the wrong decision.
Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock) seduces Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel).Ollie
That should have been the end of it, but the court continued to talk.
Through Littlefinger, Bran came into possession of the dagger.
But, seeing everything, Bran knew his sister Arya would put it to better use.
Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen crashing Aegon’s coronation in ‘House of the Dragon.'.Ollie Upton / HBO
Boy, did she whenshe used its Valarian steel blade to kill the Night King.
He just couldn’t know that the darkest hour wouldn’t come for centuries.
But changing the circumstances around his killing of Joffrey Lonmouth makes his remaining on the Kingsguard completely inexplicable.
John MacMillan.Ollie Upton/HBO
Harwin Strong was kicked out of the City Watch for merely giving Criston a well-deserved pop in the mouth.
Criston should have been booted as well.
But the aspect we missed the most was the friendship between Rhaenyra and Laena Velaryon.
King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) shows his daughter Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) the secrets of the catspaw dagger on ‘House of the Dragon.'.Ollie Upton/HBO
And withOlivia Cookewelcome shadings to Alicent’s characterizations, the mishearing of her dying husband doesn’t quite track.
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Paddy Considine, Milly Alcock, Theo Nate.Ollie Upton/HBO
