South of King’s Landing: Game of Thrones Aftershow

”Rhaenyra the Cruel” Review - House of The Dragon: Season 2, Episode 2

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This week's 70-minute episode has a lot to break down. The fallout from the gruesome death at the end of last week's episode is felt across Westeros.

Takeaways From This Week

  • The acting and dialogue in House of the Dragon are better than Game of Thrones so far.
  • The episode sets up the eventual conflict between the two sides.
  • The character dynamics and performances are strong.
  • The episode explores the consequences of the murder of King Aegon's heir.
  • The episode hints at the importance of certain characters and their future roles. Frustration with the decisions made by certain characters
  • Discussion of the fight between the twins

    • Episode Breakdown

    • Episode Title: Rhaenyra the Cruel
  • Synopsis: Both Alicent and Rhenera are facing the consequences of the murder of King Ageon's heir
  • Director: Clare Kilber
  • Writer: Sara Hess
  • Cast: Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Matthew Needham, Sonoya Mizuno, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell, Phia Saban, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Jefferson Hall, Kurt Egyiawan

    • Hosts:

    • Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil
  • Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

    • South of King’s Landing Credits:

    • Intro & Outro Music: Curse of the Scarab by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • South of King’s Landing Art: Cherie Henriques
  • Summary Show Notes: Created by Riverside.FM AI Integration
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