The second season of The dragon house has already started in Max, and it has done so with a first episode that left us with a heart-stopping ending in which Sangre (Sam C. Wilson) and cheese (Mark Stobbat), the two assassins hired by Daemon (Matt Smith) They murdered little Jaehaerys, son and heir of Aegon Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney).
The second episode of the spin-off of Game of Thrones, titled Rhaenyra the Cruel and with a duration of 69 minutes, shows us the reaction of Blacks and Greens to this fact and the retaliation that Aegon and his people take against Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy). One more time, Revenge becomes the driving force of the history of Westeros.
A chapter that follows the same structure as the first of the season, since its first scenes are full of dialogues of strategy, emotions and revenge plans, and its fast-paced and intense ending once again leaves us with our hearts in our fists. We tell you what we thought, from now on with SPOILERS.
Daemon’s true face
We had always known that Daemon, the wayward prince brother of King Viserys (Paddy Considine), He has wanted to occupy the Iron Throne for as long as he can remember, but there are those who thought that perhaps by falling in love with Rhaenyra his thirst for power had been appeased. Nothing could be further from the truth, then the rebellious Targaryen continues to make decisions on his own without consulting his queen, resulting in the death of infant Jaehaerys, something Rhaenyra would never have approved of.
Thus, we witness an argument between husband and wife, which breaks out when the leader of the Blacks learns of the terrible murder of her half-grandson. She has always been suspicious of whoever sleeps next to her, and blames him for never trusting her supposed loyalty. She is a long, vibrant, fiery scene, in which its performers Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy, directed by Clare Kilner, give their all and they also show enviable chemistry.
Finally, Daemon practically admits that his orders to Blood and Cheese if they don’t find Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) They were to kill one of Aegon’s young sons. Furthermore, he is unable to bow before her wife and see her as his queen, despite expressing to her that he loves her (revealing her true intentions, those of occupying the throne), and He ends up leaving Dragonstone on the back of his dragon Caraxes, who knows whether to occupy Harrenhal on his own, his former mission as Rhaenyra’s vassal, or to find his own path.
The Cargyll Brothers
If someone steals the spotlight in this 2×02 of The dragon house, Those are twin brothers Arryk Cargyll and Erryk Cargyll, played by Luke Tittensor and Elliot Tittensor respectively. Let us remember that these handsome and brave brothers separated at the moment of the beginning of the great dispute of the plot, and while Arryk remains in King’s Landing with Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and the Greens, Erryk is on Dragonstone, loyal to Rhaenyra and her people.
Chapter 2 continues to show us how the powerless members of each side make revenge decisions on their own. After Daemon it is the turn of Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel), possibly the most hated character in the entire series. This unstable, capricious and reckless character continues to hate Rhaenyra out of pure jealousy and, although he is now Alicent’s lover, he wants to destroy the Targaryen at all costs.
Thus, it coerces and He orders a poor Arryk Cargyll to pose as his twin brother Erryk, Rhaenyra’s guardian, to kill her. In this way we witness a fast-paced finale full of suspense and perfectly executed in terms of rhythm and tension in which Arryk enters Dragonstone and manages to reach the queen’s chambers. There a twin fight takes place in which It is impossible to distinguish who is who, but after which Ser Erryk, after defeating his brother, decides to take his own life before Rhaenyra’s horrified gaze.
Arryk Cargyll was never sure of his mission or of killing the queen of the Blacks, and he always had a good heart like his brother. It’s a shame not to be able to enjoy the Tittensors on screen again and the powerful blood bond that united them, but this assassination attempt will certainly have new consequences. Will this thing of killing members of the opposing side one by one for mini-revenges and individual decisions end at some point? Let’s hope so and that the fiction does not begin to become repetitive in its attempt to prime the definitive explosion of war.
Be that as it may, Criston gave the order to Arryk on his own, and although Aegon gives him his support, the same does not happen with Alicent and Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) always much more cautious. Thus, this whole matter concludes with the leader of the Greens removing his grandfather as Hand of the King, giving Ser Criston Cole this new position in a fit of rage. Be careful. Be careful with this.
New strategies and alliances
This episode of the second season continues to show us new motivations and different faces of their characters. Thus, we see how Otto, absolute strategist of the Targaryen house, forces Helaena (Phia Saban) and Alicent to accompany a funeral procession exposing Jaehaerys’ corpse to show the brutality of the Targaryens and get the kingdom on their side. Something that seems to work, well now Much of King’s Landing blames Rhaenyra. Rhaenyra, the Kingslayer. Rhaenyra, the Cruel.
We also see how Aemond, a character as enigmatic as he is fascinating and a priori as cruel as his brother, appears shrunken and regretful of what he did to Lucerys. (Elliot Grihault). We also see Aegon cry in this episode, and that’s because Despite his anger and thirst for revenge, he remains a young father who has lost his son and heir. Of course, these two brothers are magnetic.
Furthermore, everything indicates that Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno), the White Worm, will become a new and strong ally of Rhaenyra, since she is the one who warns the queen of Arryk’s attack after freeing her from her confinement, and His loyalty to Otto Hightower and his people was already completely broken in the past. Surely the cunning of these two women together has a lot to contribute.
Finally, the episode introduces us to the Alyn brothers (Abubakar Salim), renowned shipbuilder from Marcaderiva, and Addam (Clinton Liberty) of Hull, who asks his brother to take advantage of the esteem that the Sea Serpent has for you, Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint).
The second episode of the second season of The dragon house It continues to present a slow pace in which strategy predominates more than action. After the first two well-stocked episodes of tit-for-tat, both sides are hot and fuming: The lives of two children have been lost, and the queen of the Blacks has been nearly murdered. Will everything definitely blow up in the third chapter? We’ll find out in a week at Max.
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