New review for a new episode of House of The Dragonthe sixth, aired this week in Italy on SKY Atlantic simultaneously with the American platform HBO. Well, help. We broke up with a truly sensational fifth episode, where we didn’t even have time to understand what had happened. We couldn’t talk about it in depth so as not to make too many spoilers, but now we can declaim all the clamor of this turning point of the season.
The marriage of Rahenyra with the scion of the house Velaryon Laenor it happened, but in a way we really didn’t expect. A marriage with a sort of pre-marital agreement in which Rahenyra assured her partner (actually homosexual) that she could continue her relationship with a boy if she was free to hang out with whoever she wanted to.
The boy in question, however, came into contact during a reception banquet with Ser Criston Cole, the one who would have been the Princess’s mistress, started an escalation of violence. Perhaps to protect their secret, the Protector knight Rahenyra kills the lover of the scion Velaryon, before the eyes of hundreds of guests. The marriage takes place anyway, House Targaryen has reunited with House Velaryon, the Realm can be considered strong again in the eyes of the inhabitants of Westeros, but what will happen now to the heir of King Viserys? Meanwhile, Queen Alicent stops Ser Criston’s suicide.
Ten years later, we find ourselves in episode 6 and immediately we see with pleasure that the prediction of the former Hand of the Knight Otto Hightower has not come true: King Viserys has reached old age. Although weak and sick, the King is still alive, while the balance around him changes and the family becomes more and more numerous. Princess Rahenyra continues her extramarital affairs, this time with Harwin Strong, the eldest son of the new Hand of the King who really appears to be the father of his three sons, fair-skinned and dark-haired, far from being a Targaryen-Velaryon. Queen Alicent, who receives a still exhausted Rahenyra from childbirth along with the newborn creature, looks really furious and is determined to do something.
The Queen consort appears increasingly distant to her old friend Rahenyra, but also to her weak husband King Viserys, as if she somehow wanted to take over the role that once belonged to the King. Cersey of the parent series Game of thrones. Meanwhile, the castle is more alive than ever: Viserys and Alicent now have grown children, who appear to be the “bullies” of Rahenyra’s little Targaryen children, Ser Criston gives them fighting lessons. Daemon Targaryen instead he got married to Leana and has three children. He seems to lead a quiet life, despite his past. At Court, together with his wife, with no desire for conquest or revenge against the family, while in Pentos he is asked for help against the Triarchyreturned to threaten the Stepstones. Will it go back to being as threatening as it was before?
Game of Thrones politics returns to Westeros
But here comes politics, the one to which characters like Tyrion Lannister, Varys and Cersei had gotten so used to it in the parent series years ago. The second child Strong, the disturbing and lame man we had already met a few episodes ago, plots something (remembering us precisely the good old Varys). Something that could upset the new balance of King’s Landing …
A sixth episode that shuffles the cards on the table again, in this second half of House of The Dragon, continuing with a remarkable and profound narrative quality, in which each character has the right space for expression and dialogue. A narrative tainted only by some casting and makeup inaccuracies. Ten years have passed, but this is not very clear. The adults have aged to the right point, but Ser Criston appears essentially identical; Aegon Targaryenthe eldest son of King Viserys and Alicent, appears far too big.
An episode essentially between the politician and the interlocutor, which has the task of presenting us with a sort of second part of the story, with the bases that change markedly. Just a couple of episodes ago we said how fast and punctual this narrative was working in this series, detaching itself from the Game of Thrones, much slower and more relaxed, but perhaps a new big time jump at this point, when the politics of the Kingdom seem to accelerate, it can lead to some confusion. We will see next week, with a new episode …
Review
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House of the Dragon: episode 6
7Total Score
An interesting episode, but one that slows down the story and shuffles all the cards, presenting us with new balances of life in Westeros. The 10-year time jump might be a bit imprecise and confusing, but politics plays a major role.
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