The first episode of the second season of ‘The House of the Dragon’ has given a lot. From Helaena’s fulfilled premonition, a passage of the book that changes quite a bit in the series, to the camera shots in certain sequences, the beginning left no one indifferent. But what has surprised die-hard fans the most is the way in which the production team wanted to tell the story in an environmental way.. The final stretch of the episode represents a parallel with one of the key moments of the first season. If you haven’t seen them, we recommend that you stop reading from now on.
The attention to detail of the first episode of ‘The House of the Dragon’ season: the past and the present come together
The arrangement of the members of the crown is different from when King Viserys was still alive.. Alicent now sleeps in the bedroom where Rhaenyra was staying before leaving for Dragonstone. This change moved Helaena and her children to Alicent’s (Olivia Cook) old room. Now mother and daughter live on different floors of the palace.
Let’s now travel to the sixth episode of the first season of ‘The House of the Dragon’. Rhaenyra gives birth to her first child, Joffrey, a key moment in beginning her legacy. She showed her father that she was also committed to the future of the house. Driven by rage after years of being singled out, the young woman grabbed her newborn son and began a procession up the stairs to the royal apartments.. They were the longest steps of her life. Emma D’Arcy’s performance also helped us hold on to the couch.
Many years later the same path occurred… but in reverse and in more tragic circumstances. The two assassins sent by Daemon mutilate little Jaehaerys Targaryen while his mother escapes to save the life of his sister Jaehaera. Helaena runs as if there were no tomorrow and runs into the same stairs as Rhaenyra did on her day, only now she has to go down them as a symbol of the descent into the hells of the relationship between the two Targaryen sides.
Once it was a gesture of hope; However, now it is a war signal. Alicent learns of the death of her grandson while she is caught having sexual relations with the Lord Commander of the Royal Guard. Everything is going downhill and without brakes for the greens.
