Even three years later, we still all get a bitter taste in our mouths when we hear the name Targaryen. That’s because Game Of Thrones, a show so popular that it became the most-watched series in television history, ended with what is arguably the most poorly thought-out character assassination in television history: In a rushed heel turn, Daenerys Targaryen, our intelligent, ambitious, and charismatic (if controversial) heroine for eight seasons, looked down on King’s Landing from astride her dragon, went abruptly apeshit, and started to hoover the streets of the city with dragon fire, committing senseless mass murder against her own subjects.
Then she was assassinated by her lover/nephew Jon Snow because, y’know, can’t trust those ladies when they get power.
One of the first scenes of prequel series House Of The Dragon seems like an apology for how badly David Benioff and D.B. Weiss did Dany dirty. Another Targaryen soars over King’s Landing on dragonback—but it’s a joyful flight rather than a war crime. Safe on the ground, a young woman jumps off her mount who bears more than a passing resemblance to Emilia Clarke. This is Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock), the future Khaleesi’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great aunt.
House Of The Dragon, created by Ryan J. Condal and Westeros mastermind George R.R. Martin, is set 172 years before the overthrow of the centuries-long Targaryen reign that kicked off the events of Game Of Thrones. The first episode kicks off with a lengthy bit of exposition. The aged King Jaehaerys calls a council to decide who his heir will be: His eldest descendant, Rhaenys (Eve Best), or his eldest male descendant, Viserys. Surprise! The kingdom goes to the dude. Jaehaerys did this to prevent a civil war, because, as a voiceover warns us, “the only thing that could tear down the House Of The Dragon was itself.
Nine years later, King Viserys I (a refreshingly subtle by Paddy Considine) has enjoyed a peaceful reign. He’s a genuinely nice guy, which Game Of Thrones vets know means he’ll probably get his head hacked off at some point. Rhaenyra is his only child, but his wife Aemma (Sian Brooke) is pregnant with what the powers that be hope will be a male heir.
Then everything goes fine and Aemma has a healthy baby boy, and the rest of the show is just the royal fam being happy-go-lucky sweethearts. Psych! This is Westeros, dummy, and things are gonna get hairy—and bloody—real fast.
Soure: theguardian
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