House of the Dragon' Episode 8

Those who thought this was going to be Game of Thrones, but just with a new cast of characters have likely been a bit annoyed at how little action takes place.

There are characters that are going to be worth watching because they're evil and the best thing about the show, and what the series has set up, is that it's not clear who is going to come out on top. [this episode of The House of the Dragon](https://gamerant.com/house-of-the-dragon-episode-6-review/) is one that does things no other episode has done, while doubling down on some of the things that have worked all season. Paddy Considine does a rather incredible job of portraying a man that is quite older than the actor really is in the real world. He also does a phenomenal job of playing someone who knows that his days are growing short and who just wants to take in his family. Right at the top of the list is that Viserys, who at this point in the timeline is both quite old and quite infirmed continues to be an oddity in these stories. That has been one of the most interesting things about this season of House of the Dragon, because the people around him are not particularly good people. To some degree, that means that everything will be settled both in his kingdom and his family. And, as an old man who is coming towards the end, he wants to make sure that everything is settled before he goes. It's also a testament to the writers that while things might be a bit confused at the beginning, there is enough done on screen to mostly fill in the blanks, even if there are a few parts that still leave some questions unanswered. [House of the ](https://gamerant.com/house-of-the-dragon-episode-7-review/) [Dragon](https://gamerant.com/house-of-the-dragon-episode-7-review/) audience had to struggle to keep up with names of various characters and move those characters around on the chess board in their minds. For most of House of the Dragon, it wouldn't be totally unfair of a vast majority of the audience to end just about every episode by screaming "come on, get on with it!" It doesn't seem like it would have been too hard to actually show some of these scenes so that people could know who exactly was where and why.

From Vaemond (Wil Johnson) being killed by Daemon (Matt Smith) to Viserys (Paddy Considine) finally dying at the end of the episode, the moment where we see ...

Martin, that Mysaria plays a role in the subterfuge between the Blacks and the Greens. In the earlier scene, we see her deliver moon tea to Alicent when she is questioning the serving girl who was sexually assaulted by Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney). When Alicent asks what has happened, she tearfully says, "I was fetching the prince his wine, and I put it on his table, and when I turned... The woman in the hood is Alicent's (Olivia Cooke) servant, Talya (Alexis Raben), who we saw earlier in the episode. She told him then that she had left the life of sex work and is revealed to now trade in secrets instead. We last saw Mysaria in Episode 4, when she found Daemon in one of the brothels sleeping on the ground after he nearly seduced Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock).

This week brought the end of an era as the second sons, those overshadowed, resentful men of Westeros, instigated most of the action.

[last week](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/02/arts/television/house-of-the-dragon-season-1-episode-7-recap.html) about the grace and gravitas with which Considine has anchored “House of the Dragon” from the beginning, so I won’t belabor it again here. (Might as well lean into the name confusion.) He seemed almost gleeful, as if relishing the thought of facing off with a worthy adversary. When Viserys sat back down and took a gulp of wine, I half-expected it to shoot out of his head in a dozen different places. “The crown cannot stay strong if the House of the Dragon remains divided,” he said. The upshot was that Vaemond got to keep his tongue and the Sea Snake, wherever he is, got to keep his succession plan. Whatever it was, it set up one of the more memorable executions in “Thrones” history. As for his besmirching the king’s daughter and grandsons to his face (or the half that remained, anyway) … There are also a couple of new heirs, courtesy of Rhaenyra and Daemon: a new Viserys to replace the one we just lost, as well as yet another Aegon to keep track of, curse the gods. But “he’s got a strange moral compass of his own,” the actor said. I had a similar feeling watching this week’s “House of the Dragon,” when Daemon helped Viserys up the steps to the Iron Throne. Vaemond Velaryon (Wil Johnson) lit the fuse on everything with his strategic, if ultimately unsuccessful (and then some) petition to subvert his older brother’s wishes and gain control of his house, castle and throne. It’s a subtle reminder that whatever its other failings and prejudices, the human heart tends to be forgiving and sympathetic in the face of suffering and love.

Did the civil war between the Targaryens really start over a misunderstanding? We break down the final scene of House of the Dragon Episode 8.

Martin, we know that Viserys' death is the linchpin moment that brings the kingdom to full-blown war. When he dies in the book, Alicent does not tell the public that he is dead. After a week, his death is finally revealed and Aegon II Targaryen takes the throne. Now, with Viserys' dying words, it seems that we are on a fast track to the civil war between the two halves of the House of the Dragon. He confuses Alicent with his daughter and leaves his wife assuming that he is ordering her to support their son Aegon (Tom Glynne-Carney) as the heir. It seems in these scenes that Rhaenyra doesn't want the burden of being heir but remains heir because of her father's wishes. His face has decayed, his energy has completely drained, and he is addled by milk of the poppy, taken in order to ease his own pain. Although he is tired and exhausted, he seems to hear Rhaenyra's words because he arrives in the throne room the next day and defends Lucerys' claim to the Driftwood seat. He makes reference to Aegon, but Alicent believes that he is talking about their son not their forebearer. The episode ends with Alicent backing away, the camera She says, "You told me it was our duty to hold the realm united against a common foe. The episode manages to nearly end on a high note.

A lot happened in this episode — including multiple deaths. Let's take a look at the interesting details and moments...

8.The lack of official greeting for Rhaenyra is an insult, deliberately perpetrated by Otto Hightower — we hear Ser Harrold Westerling tell him they were greeted according to his orders. He plans to appeal to his Grace the King on matters of succession, rights, and the sanctity of blood. He wishes for the Driftwood Throne to pass to him, that is his by rights and that he is the only unattainted choice." 13.Luke laughs when the pig is placed in front of Aemond because of the prank the boys played on him when they were younger, giving him a pig instead of a dragon. What was your fave moment of Episode 8 of House of the Dragon? 11.The setup of the family dinner was influenced by depictions of the Last Supper.

Rhaenyra introduces him to her children – one of whom is called Aegon – and asks him about the Song of Ice and Fire prophecy that he told her about all those ...

In a nutshell, it means that the temporary peace between Alicent and Rhaenyra is broken. As the king lay dying, he and his wife were essentially having two different conversations. Clearly, at this point, he thinks he's talking to Rhaenyra again, and even though Alicent doesn't understand his talk of the Song of Ice and Fire, she latches on to the name Aegon when Visersy' murmurs it. The first couple of times we see Viserys in episode 8 he's lying in bed, struggling to tell the difference between his daughter Rhaenyra and his wife Alicent. The king is talking about Aegon the Conqueror, who first dreamed of the prophecy, but Alicent thinks he means their firstborn son. The problem?

The last few scenes of House of Dragons have left many questions behind themselves. For a few scenes, King Viserys's dream of a united family appeared to ...

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). For a few scenes, King [Viserys](/topic/viserys)'s dream of a united family appeared to come true. Alicent gets interrupted by a knight who informs her of a crying girl in Prince Aegon's room, later finding out that Aegon raped the girl. [House of Dragons](/topic/house-of-dragons)have left many questions behind themselves. You must do this." In the later part of the episode, we also find Rhaenyra and

A new time jump also means new actors: The six Targaryen kids -- Aegon, Aemond, Jacaerys, Lucerys, Baela and Rhaena -- all have new faces in Sunday's episode. A ...

"A final tribute to the health of my nephews," he says. "The prince to unite the realm against the cold and the dark. "You wanted to know if I believe it to be true," he says. "I will sit the throne today." Set by the queen and the Hand, I'd wager, to proclaim my son illegitimate," Rhaenyra says. Set aside your grievances, if not for the sake of the crown then for the sake of this old man, who loves you all so dearly." "When it does, will you want a child at the command of the greatest fleet in Westeros?" Rhaenyra meets Rhaenys in the Godswood to do some petitioning of her own. Vaemond heads straight to the queen, and gets an audience with both the queen and her father the Hand. Most of his hair is gone, his skin discolored, and a bandage is wrapped around the left side of his head when Rhaenyra and Daemon (who sailed from Dragonstone) go to see him. "Ah, the maesters. A full recap of House of the Dragon episode 8 is below.

Including the miscommunication between Alicent, Viserys, and Rhaeynyra and the prophecy of the Prince that was Promised.

It's an unfortunate miscommunication that followed Rhaenyra and Alicent's brief reconciliation with each other, as well as Alicent's acknowledgement of Rhaenyra's entitlement to the crown. Aegon foresaw the end of the world of men. She asks her father if he believes in the Song of Ice and Fire, a prophecy that originated from a divine dream from Aegon the Conqueror and which Viserys had confided in Rhaenyra in Episode 1. Aegon called his dream the Song of Ice and Fire. The Prince that was Promised." The next day, Alicent and Otto prepare to hear appeals from Rhaenys, Rhaenyra, and Vaemond on who is to become the next Lord of the Tides. Every Targaryen ruler since Aegon has been notified of the prophecy by the previous ruler. Delirious, Viserys mistakes Alicent for Rhaenyra from the previous night, telling her that he does believe in the Prince that was Promised from Aegon's dream. Significantly, the prophecy claims that this prince must descend from the Targaryen line. [House of the Dragon](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a40910816/funniest-twitter-reactions-house-of-the-dragon-game-of-thrones/), which aired last night, has sealed the fate of King Viserys Targaryen and opened hell's floodgates for his surviving family members. After Vaemond, the younger brother of Corlys, bids for himself, Viserys emerges in the hall, taking back his royal duties from Otto and Alicent for the day. Six years after the funeral of Laena Velaryon, the line of succession for Driftmark has been challenged after Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) suffers a potentially fatal injury during a battle in the Stepstones.

In the eighth episode, the heir to the throne looks strong, and Viserys shares a premonition that may shake Westeros. Contains spoilers.

After eliminating the rest of his family as a “favour” to Alicent two episodes previously, he appeared set for a long and glorious reign as House of the Dragon’s resident villain. In Thrones, Joffrey was a “bad seed” born of the forbidden love of his sibling parents (his grandfather Tywin Lannister was no charmer either). Nobody has played the game of thrones more skilfully than the one-time heir to the crown. Instead of the dragon motif, the capital is now draped in the iconography of the Seven, a Westeros religion alien to the pale lords from across the sea. And in his delirium he let the royal cat out of the bag, revealing to Alicent the Seven Kingdom’s equivalent of the Third Secret of Fatima. “We have more in common than we sometimes allow.” Their kids are a horrific rabble of bruisers, taunters and sex offenders (see below) – but might Alicent and Rhaenyra have rekindled the connection they held so dear as children?

'Those vipers rule in my father's name'. Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and.

This has cleared the way for lanky, one-eyed younger sibling Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) to emerge as the most promising of the bunch and the most dangerous. That’s not good enough for Vaemond, who vents his righteous rage before the throne only to have his head sliced in half by Daemon in a truly startling moment of throat-grabbing gore. Judging from the decor, it also seems that Alicent has begun leaning on her religion: a politically expedient move, given that acolytes of the Seven Gods tend to be suspicious of the Targaryens and their irreverent, incestuous ways. In his absence, Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and her father, Hand of the King Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) are firmly in charge – and if they can hand control of the Westerosi navy to their ally Vaemond, their cause will be immeasurably strengthened. So it’s off to King’s Landing to put this all before the king – or at least the queen, who of course has her own agenda. If Corlys dies, the Driftwood Throne of High Tide should by rights pass to his legal heir Prince Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) – but the boy isn’t true-born and everyone knows it, especially Corlys’s younger brother Vaemond (Wil Johnson), who longs to claim it for himself.