{"id":59324,"date":"2022-08-29T03:08:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T03:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-episode-2-recap-incest-plot-begins\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T03:08:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T03:08:05","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-episode-2-recap-incest-plot-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-episode-2-recap-incest-plot-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; Episode 2 recap: Incest plot begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d universe famously loves its incest \u2014 and Sunday night&#8217;s episode of \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d set up the most extreme keep-it-in-the-family plot yet. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The following contains spoilers for Episode 2 of HBO Max&#8217;s new smash hit.  It also contains spoilers for where the story is heading, based on George RR Martin&#8217;s book \u201cFire &#038; Blood.\u201d  Turn back now if you want to stay in the dark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Warning: Spoilers below]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The second episode of \u201cHOTD\u201d \u2014 which is set around 200 years before the events of \u201cGoT\u201d \u2014 shows the exiled Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) being a bad boy. <\/p>\n<p>In a power-grab move, he has stolen a dragon egg and seized right the castle Dragonstone, which fully belongs to his niece, the king&#8217;s newly named heir, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock).  Basically, after the last episode in which King Viserys (Paddy Considine) kicked him out of King&#8217;s Landing and killed his chances of getting the Iron Throne, Daemon is throwing a tantrum about it now.  Viserys &#8216;advisors call Daemon&#8217;s actions \u201csedition,\u201d while the king is more dismissive, saying that his hotheaded younger brother is trying to \u201cprovoke\u201d him. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>King Viserys (Paddy Considine, left) is stressed out over dealing with his brother&#8217;s antics. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ollie Upton \/ HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Viserys sends Hand of the King Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) along with some soldiers to go deal with Daemon \u2014 since his s \u2013 \u2013 t-stirring behavior can&#8217;t stand, but the king also doesn&#8217;t want to kill his brother or punish him <em>too<\/em> badly <\/p>\n<p>Sure, Daemon seems like a guy who will listen to a simple \u201cknock it off.\u201d  What could go wrong?! <\/p>\n<p>Otto and Daemon have a tense standoff on a bridge outside of the castle, and it looks like the day might turn bloody, as their reach for their swords .  .  .  but then Daemon&#8217;s niece, Rhaenyra, swoops in on a dragon and saves the day, getting him to stand down. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-feat-image.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Smith stands on a bridge in a bad silver wig. \" class=\"wp-image-23624291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) during the tense standoff on the bridge. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ollie Upton \/ HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-03.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Milly Alcock leaning against a wall looking pensive as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-23624340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Milly Alcock as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in \u201cHouse of the Dragon.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ollie Upton \/ HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m right here, uncle.  The object of your ire,\u201d she says to him.  \u201cThe reason that you were disinherited.  If you wish to be restored as heir, you&#8217;ll need to kill me.  So do it, and be done with all this bother.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Daemon backs off, returns the dragon egg that he stole, and stomps away, crisis averted. <\/p>\n<h2>[<strong>Major spoiler alert!<\/strong>]<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>In the book \u201cFire &#038; Blood\u201d that the show is based on, Daemon and Rhaenyra eventually get together romantically.  So, if you watched the first episode and thought you clocked an odd vibe in the scene when he gave her a necklace and proclaimed, \u201cbeautiful,\u201d you&#8217;re right. <\/p>\n<p>This episode&#8217;s scene on that bridge doesn&#8217;t have obvious romantic undertones, but it shows that Daemon is not just another Joffrey or Ramsay Bolton type \u2014 wreaking havoc and unable to be reasoned with.  Rhaenyra is able to stop him (and she&#8217;s probably the only person who can).  He&#8217;s not willing to kill her, even though she stands between him and the Iron Throne he wants.<\/p>\n<p>Rhaenyra actress Milly Alcock, 22, told The Post, \u201cMe and Matt [Smith] came to a mutual understanding: that [the relationship] is charged, but it&#8217;s under the surface.  It&#8217;s almost like they&#8217;re having two conversations in every scene.  It&#8217;s like what they&#8217;re actually saying, and what they&#8217;re saying in their body language, and in their eyes and in their tone.  It was really fun to play with.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) sitting alone at a table in silhouette in episode 2 of &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-23624397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) in Episode 2 of \u201cHouse of the Dragon.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ollie Upton \/ HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-07.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"King Viserys (Paddy Considine), Princess Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) and the rest of the Small Council sitting at a long table. \" class=\"wp-image-23624411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/house-of-dragon-episode-2-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>King Viserys (Paddy Considine), Princess Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) and the rest of the Small Council have a meeting about what to do about Daemon. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ollie Upton \/ HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Still, putting these two characters together is pushing the envelope, even for the world of \u201cGame of Thrones.\u201d  Twins Jaime and Cersei Lannister&#8217;s sexcapades on the original show were gross enough, but at least they were the same age, so there was less power imbalance.  Jon and Daenerys were nephew and aunt when they got busy with each other \u2014 but they didn&#8217;t grow up together, and they were also similar ages. <\/p>\n<p>Rhaenyra has grown up knowing Daemon as her uncle.  He&#8217;s a blood relative who&#8217;s around twice her age, and he&#8217;s been in her life as she&#8217;s grown up. <\/p>\n<p>So, this will be the most extreme incest that the show has featured yet.  And although Episode 2 is mostly about Daemon throwing a tantrum and King Viserys dramatically announcing that he&#8217;ll take Rhaenyra&#8217;s bestie Alicent (Emily Carey) as his new wife, the uncle-and-niece incest plot is simmering in the background.  Get ready for it. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d airs Sundays at 9 pm on HBO. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d universe famously loves its incest \u2014 and Sunday night&#8217;s episode of \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d set up the most extreme keep-it-in-the-family plot yet. The following contains spoilers for Episode 2 of HBO Max&#8217;s new smash hit. It also contains spoilers for where the story is heading, based on George RR Martin&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-episode-2-recap-incest-plot-begins\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; Episode 2 recap: Incest plot begins<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[109,780,10901,2261,397],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66266,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-just-introduced-a-villain-worse-than-joffrey\/","url_meta":{"origin":59324,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; just introduced a villain worse than Joffrey","date":"September 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d spinoff \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d just introduced a villain worse than Joffrey or Ramsay Bolton \u2013 and it's a cute little toddler. 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