The first truly great episode of HBO’s prequel was also its grimmest
). Viserys, a suitably dishevelled Paddy Considine, oversees this wreckage, probably hoping a dragon will burn him to a crisp too.While the adults like to deal with their frustrations with shady backroom deals – or, as in last week’s episode, ‘The Princess and The Queen’, by burning down an entire building – the children favour a direct approach. Aemond, fed up of not being able to command a dragon, takes a midnight joyride on Vhagar , thereby taming the beast.
Is such bloodshed really necessary to depict? Outgoing showrunner Miguel Sapochnik has admitted that the scene was “quite taxing” to shoot. And it might be the final straw for anyone not already turned off by the first episode’s fatal caesarean, or those flesh-eating crabs, or last week, where a woman commanded a dragon to burn her and her unborn child during labour.
The only problem? Rhaenyra’s husband, Laenor. They can’t marry with him still alive. Not a problem for Daemon, who swiftly engineers the murder of his dead wife’s brother. In minutes, Rhaenys is crying over the burnt body of her remaining child.is able to barrel through these storylines mostly thanks to its shrewd pick of actors. Smith, simultaneously smarmy, caring and a little lost, balances against D’Arcy’s wounded and resolute Rhaenyra.
prequel has shown promise before, with its more nuanced characterisation and small-scale approach, but ‘Driftmark’ was the first time these have alchemised into exhilarating television. It’s a good thing for both the show and HBO’s world-building risks; the stage is set for more compelling drama, and, inevitably, many, many more seasons.
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