{"id":99558,"date":"2022-10-17T12:27:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T12:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/war-is-on-with-shocking-coup\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T12:27:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T12:27:19","slug":"war-is-on-with-shocking-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/war-is-on-with-shocking-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"War is on with shocking coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s coup o&#8217;clock on \u201cHouse of the Dragon.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>Spoiler alert for Season 1 episode 9 of \u201cHouse of the Dragon.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d the penultimate episode of each season was typically the hour when the s\u2013t hit the fan.  That&#8217;s when, in their respective seasons, Ned Stark lost his head and the bloody Red Wedding unfolded.  Spinoff prequel series \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d following in its footsteps in Sunday night&#8217;s next-to-last episode. <\/p>\n<p>It centers around a coup: Rhaenyra Targaryen&#8217;s throne has been stolen.  Rhaenyra and Daemon are both benched for the hour (they&#8217;re still living in Dragonstone with their family, oblivious to what&#8217;s going on).  The action is focused on King&#8217;s Landing, where Alicent and Otto Hightower and their family seize the Throne that Rhaenyra is meant to inherit after her father&#8217;s death. <\/p>\n<p>Together, Alicent and her father Otto install her oldest son Aegon on the throne, in a move that Lord Beesbury (one of their fellow Small Council members) calls \u201ctheft\u201d and \u201ctreason.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>(Continuing his trend of now being terrible, Criston Cole murders him shortly thereafter. RIP Lord Beesbury). <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Lord Beesbury (Bill Paterson) with Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) sneaking up behind to kill him. <\/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\/10\/house-of-dragon-004.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Ser Westerling (Graham McTavish) stands in a room looking grim. \" class=\"wp-image-24261914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Ser Westerling (Graham McTavish) refuses to be part of the coup. <\/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\/10\/house-of-dragon-009.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) in &quot;House of the Dragon&quot; sit at a table looking grim. \" class=\"wp-image-24262014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-009.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-009.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-009.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) in \u201cHouse of the Dragon.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ollie Upton \/ HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alicent wants to put Aegon on the throne because she believes it&#8217;s Viserys&#8217; last wish after misunderstanding his deathbed ramblings (which was about the prophecy, not about every last Aegon \u2013 there are too many Aegons in Westeros!)  <\/p>\n<p>Her dad Otto simply wants power and proximity to the throne, and he&#8217;s delighted that Viserys&#8217; deathbed \u201cwish\u201d gives him the trappings of a reason for an action he was already planning to take. <\/p>\n<p>Alicent and Otto disagree about whether or not to kill Rhaenyra, with Alicent advocating against it. <\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t come to a resolution, since the bulk of the episode is spent in a \u201cWhere&#8217;s Waldo?\u201d-type search, as Prince Aegon is nowhere to be found.  It&#8217;s hard to make someone king when they&#8217;re MIA.  Alicent sends Criston and Aemond to find Aegon and bring him to her.  Meanwhile, Otto also sends twin members of the Kingsguard (named Erryk and Arryk, which is not a joke) out hunting for the wayward Prince Aegon, with the instructions to bring the boy to him.<\/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\/10\/house-of-dragon-006.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kingsguard twins Erryk and Arryk (Luke Tittensor and Elliott Tittensor). \" class=\"wp-image-24261935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Kingsguard twins Erryk and Arryk (Luke Tittensor and Elliott Tittensor). <\/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\/10\/house-of-dragon-008.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Alicent (Olivia Cooke) faces her son Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) holding his arms looking serious. \" class=\"wp-image-24262045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-008.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-008.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-008.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Alicent (Olivia Cooke) sends her son Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) after her other older son Aegon. <\/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\/10\/house-of-dragon-007z.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) is stressed on &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-24262084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-007z.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-007z.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-007z.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) is stressed. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ollie Upton \/ HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While everyone is out in the streets, hunting for Aegon at various brothels, the twin members of the Kingsguard visit a child fight club that Aegon apparently likes to frequent.  Just in case Aegon raping a servant girl last episode didn&#8217;t hammer in that he&#8217;s not a good guy, this episode really wants to make that clear!  They even call him \u201cnot fit for the throne\u201d and his own brother Aemond describes him as a \u201cwastrel\u201d who does n&#8217;t care about his \u201cbirthright.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>After Aegon is finally located, he says that he doesn&#8217;t even want to be king.  He offers to board a ship and vanish into a new life (similar to how Rhaenyra&#8217;s gay husband Laenor did that), but to no avail.  He&#8217;s too important as the Hightower&#8217;s pawn, so they proceed to crown him and proclaim him as the King in the Sept, in front of a cheering crowd. <\/p>\n<p>Too bad for Alicent, Otto, and the newly crowned King Aegon, though, there&#8217;s a wrench in their plan: Rhaenys, the former mother-in-law to both Daemon and Rhaenyra, and the grandmother to most of their kids, is around.  She&#8217;s still Rhaenyra&#8217;s ally, and she&#8217;s not happy. <\/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\/10\/house-dragon-episode-9-09.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Season 1 Episode 9 Preview |  House of the Dragon\" class=\"wp-image-24263397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-dragon-episode-9-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-dragon-episode-9-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-dragon-episode-9-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The message is clear: war is on. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">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\/10\/house-of-dragon-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rhaenys (Eve Best) in &quot;House of the Dragon.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-24261946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/house-of-dragon-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Rhaenys (Eve Best) in \u201cHouse of the Dragon.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ollie Upton \/ HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She flies her dragon into the Sept, bursting through the wall, causing chaos (and recalling the \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d Season 6 episode \u201cThe Winds of Winter,\u201d when Cersei blew up the Sept). <\/p>\n<p>No words are exchanged as Rhaenys faces down Alicent and the newly crowned King Aegon.  But as Rhaenys departs on her dragon, surely flying off to warn Daemon and Rhaenyra about what happened, the message is clear: war is on. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s coup o&#8217;clock on \u201cHouse of the Dragon.\u201d Spoiler alert for Season 1 episode 9 of \u201cHouse of the Dragon.\u201d On \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d the penultimate episode of each season was typically the hour when the s\u2013t hit the fan. That&#8217;s when, in their respective seasons, Ned Stark lost his head and the bloody Red &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/war-is-on-with-shocking-coup\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">War is on with shocking coup<\/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":[109,780,4760,10501,2261],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107187,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-season-finale-that-killer-ending-explained\/","url_meta":{"origin":99558,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; Season Finale: That Killer Ending Explained","date":"October 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After years of anticipation and over two months of airtime, House of the Dragon season 1 is done and dusted. 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