1 00:00:00,917 --> 00:00:02,557 What I saw at Rook's Rest... 2 00:00:05,505 --> 00:00:07,173 ...we have given the war to the dragons. 3 00:00:09,342 --> 00:00:11,302 Our largest dragon has been killed. 4 00:00:11,928 --> 00:00:13,138 We still have no ground army 5 00:00:13,179 --> 00:00:15,473 but the one we hope that Daemon will raise. 6 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:18,643 Go to Harrenhal. Find out his state of mind. 7 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:21,646 When I take King's Landing, 8 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:24,357 Rhaenyra is welcome to take her place by my side. 9 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:27,027 Aemond is the next in line. 10 00:00:28,194 --> 00:00:29,714 You know what he is. 11 00:00:30,155 --> 00:00:31,781 What he has somehow become. 12 00:00:32,490 --> 00:00:34,730 Queen Rhaenyra wishes to name you Hand. 13 00:00:35,118 --> 00:00:37,370 To serve with a sea snake is to make your fortune. 14 00:00:37,495 --> 00:00:39,873 Brother, he owes you. He owes us. 15 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:43,001 The Brackens had their chance to do as I required. 16 00:00:43,668 --> 00:00:47,464 Dragon or no, we shall not raise our banners for a tyrant. 17 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:50,884 It breaks my heart to send my boys away. 18 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:52,051 Go with them. 19 00:00:52,218 --> 00:00:55,138 Make this sacrifice willingly for all of us. 20 00:00:56,348 --> 00:00:57,390 There is no food. 21 00:00:57,849 --> 00:00:59,351 The city's safe no longer. 22 00:00:59,809 --> 00:01:01,186 The people see an ill omen. 23 00:01:01,227 --> 00:01:02,587 And you think they will turn to me? 24 00:01:02,687 --> 00:01:05,357 There is more than one way to fight a war. 25 00:01:06,191 --> 00:01:08,151 I have an errand for the Lady Mysaria. 26 00:01:08,526 --> 00:01:10,570 Jason Lannister is marshalling to the west. 27 00:01:10,695 --> 00:01:12,655 We need to check him before he reaches Riverrun. 28 00:01:12,697 --> 00:01:14,908 Aemond will not wait long to press his advantage. 29 00:01:15,033 --> 00:01:16,033 I need dragons. 30 00:01:16,201 --> 00:01:17,702 We have Vermithor and Silverwing. 31 00:01:17,869 --> 00:01:20,080 If only they had riders, none could stand against me. 32 00:01:20,246 --> 00:01:22,874 There are those of our line who never ruled. 33 00:01:26,044 --> 00:01:27,670 It's a mad thought. 34 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:03,493 The Golden Tooth 35 00:04:03,535 --> 00:04:05,995 is honored to receive you, my Lord Lannister. 36 00:04:06,037 --> 00:04:10,250 I have 500 fighting men, armed 37 00:04:10,375 --> 00:04:13,503 - and full of spirit. - I bring a thousand knights of my own, 38 00:04:13,545 --> 00:04:17,048 and seven times as many archers and men-at-arms. 39 00:04:17,089 --> 00:04:19,843 By the time we are finished with the Riverland scum, 40 00:04:19,884 --> 00:04:22,429 the Red Fork will have earned its name. 41 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:27,058 We are ready to march at your command, my lord. 42 00:04:27,684 --> 00:04:30,520 I suppose you will make for Harrenhal at once. 43 00:04:30,562 --> 00:04:33,231 I want you to send a raven to King's Landing. 44 00:04:33,857 --> 00:04:36,943 Tell my brother we are ready to march 45 00:04:37,068 --> 00:04:41,072 as soon as Prince Aemond is able to join us... 46 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:42,449 on Vhagar. 47 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:47,620 And until the prince makes his answer, my lord? 48 00:04:47,746 --> 00:04:49,873 My men have had a long march. 49 00:04:49,914 --> 00:04:52,459 They are most eager to embrace the hospitality 50 00:04:52,584 --> 00:04:55,795 of your keep. 51 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:11,311 He dares to summon me! 52 00:05:12,103 --> 00:05:13,772 "With haste"? 53 00:05:14,272 --> 00:05:16,208 Are the Lannisters so diminished that they cannot march 54 00:05:16,232 --> 00:05:18,943 from the Tooth to Harrenhal without an escort? 55 00:05:20,945 --> 00:05:23,490 There is a large dragon in the Riverlands, Your Grace. 56 00:05:23,615 --> 00:05:26,951 - My brother's army is strong, but it does seem... - I am the prince regent, 57 00:05:27,077 --> 00:05:29,788 not a dog to be called to heel. 58 00:05:29,913 --> 00:05:31,998 Tell your brother that if he does not deliver his host 59 00:05:32,123 --> 00:05:34,250 to Harrenhal, "with haste," 60 00:05:34,292 --> 00:05:36,920 Daemon's dragon will become the least of his worries. 61 00:05:36,961 --> 00:05:38,630 Your irritations are justified, Aemond, 62 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,816 - but it does seem... - I have a task for you 63 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:43,426 as well, Ser Tyland. 64 00:05:49,307 --> 00:05:51,810 We will make an alliance with the Triarchy. 65 00:05:52,644 --> 00:05:55,146 I've had enough of this cursed blockade. 66 00:05:55,271 --> 00:05:59,275 My prince... you cannot mean to treat with the Free Cities. 67 00:05:59,317 --> 00:06:02,153 The captains of their ships are dangerous mercenaries, 68 00:06:02,278 --> 00:06:04,590 - little more than pirates... - They are a stone's throw away 69 00:06:04,614 --> 00:06:06,324 across the Narrow Sea. 70 00:06:06,950 --> 00:06:09,994 Lannister and Hightower ships will take months to arrive. 71 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:15,000 The Triarchy will delight in the chance to terrorize the Sea Snake again. 72 00:06:15,125 --> 00:06:17,293 Let them weaken his blockade 73 00:06:17,335 --> 00:06:20,463 while our true allies make their long journey east. 74 00:06:21,006 --> 00:06:23,633 The Triarchy may play at accepting terms, 75 00:06:23,675 --> 00:06:24,884 but they are not to be trusted. 76 00:06:24,968 --> 00:06:27,012 Your father knew this. 77 00:06:27,846 --> 00:06:29,490 What has come of our letters to the Greyjoys? 78 00:06:29,514 --> 00:06:31,683 They have been to no avail. 79 00:06:31,725 --> 00:06:33,810 The Red Kraken waits, 80 00:06:33,852 --> 00:06:35,353 seeking his best advantage. 81 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:39,399 Though we may draw him in with honey, if it comes to it. 82 00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:40,817 An offer of marriage, perhaps, 83 00:06:40,859 --> 00:06:42,360 to the dowager queen? 84 00:06:43,194 --> 00:06:44,904 Out of the question. 85 00:06:46,197 --> 00:06:47,198 Alas. 86 00:06:47,866 --> 00:06:50,827 The dowager queen speaks wisely, Your Grace. 87 00:06:50,869 --> 00:06:52,309 Even if the blockade could be broken, 88 00:06:52,370 --> 00:06:54,831 are we to invite these alien raiders into our waters, 89 00:06:54,873 --> 00:06:56,916 so close to King's Landing? 90 00:06:57,042 --> 00:07:00,211 It's time you set out for Harrenhal, I think. 91 00:07:02,505 --> 00:07:04,507 Your Grace, if Daemon prevails in the Riverlands, 92 00:07:04,549 --> 00:07:07,093 I no longer have the numbers to challenge him. 93 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,388 We lost much at Rook's Rest, 94 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:12,223 as you well know. 95 00:07:14,851 --> 00:07:18,229 The longer we wait, the more chance he will prevail. 96 00:07:18,730 --> 00:07:21,107 Lannister will march from the west. 97 00:07:21,232 --> 00:07:23,193 Take what strength we have and force Daemon 98 00:07:23,234 --> 00:07:26,529 - and his Riverlords to fight on two fronts. - His Grace speaks wisely. 99 00:07:26,571 --> 00:07:28,883 We would do better to await the Hightower host 100 00:07:28,907 --> 00:07:31,052 - and set out in good time. - There is no time. 101 00:07:31,076 --> 00:07:33,078 It's a fortnight's march to Harrenhal. 102 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:35,038 We must strike before his army is raised. 103 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,290 And you yourself? 104 00:07:37,415 --> 00:07:40,919 I will fly out to meet you when the time is ripe. 105 00:07:41,044 --> 00:07:43,588 My uncle is a challenge I welcome... 106 00:07:44,589 --> 00:07:46,091 if he dares face me. 107 00:07:50,887 --> 00:07:52,472 I see we're all agreed. 108 00:07:58,144 --> 00:07:59,396 Your Grace. 109 00:08:04,442 --> 00:08:05,944 Mother... 110 00:08:07,570 --> 00:08:08,738 a word. 111 00:08:15,578 --> 00:08:17,288 I caution you, Aemond, 112 00:08:17,414 --> 00:08:19,767 - boldness is one thing, but overconfidence... - Remind me of your place 113 00:08:19,791 --> 00:08:21,918 on the small council. 114 00:08:23,628 --> 00:08:24,868 You know very well I represented 115 00:08:24,963 --> 00:08:26,315 your father during the last years of his life, 116 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:29,843 - and I have been a councilor to Aegon. - Capably so. 117 00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:32,303 My father's dead 118 00:08:32,971 --> 00:08:34,472 and Aegon is... 119 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:37,183 Mm. 120 00:08:40,812 --> 00:08:42,813 You served the realm well... 121 00:08:43,648 --> 00:08:45,316 at a time of need. 122 00:08:46,985 --> 00:08:51,114 That need is ended. You are no longer obliged. 123 00:08:51,156 --> 00:08:52,341 It's not a matter of obligation. 124 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:53,968 This council has need of a tempering voice. 125 00:08:53,992 --> 00:08:55,872 We have more than enough of those, if you ask me. 126 00:08:55,994 --> 00:08:58,496 You have the impetuousness of youth... 127 00:08:58,621 --> 00:08:59,497 and its arrogance, 128 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:00,850 neither of which is to be desired in a king. 129 00:09:00,874 --> 00:09:02,500 I release you of your seat, 130 00:09:02,625 --> 00:09:03,960 such as it was. 131 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:07,505 I'm sure you'll be much pleased to return to more... 132 00:09:08,673 --> 00:09:10,383 domestic pursuits. 133 00:09:21,978 --> 00:09:23,646 Have the indignities of your childhood 134 00:09:23,688 --> 00:09:25,357 not yet sufficiently been avenged? 135 00:09:42,999 --> 00:09:45,710 You have the gratitude of the crown. 136 00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:46,271 Your Grace. 137 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:54,112 Bring him forth. 138 00:11:05,582 --> 00:11:08,293 Ser Steffon Darklyn, Your Grace. 139 00:11:11,129 --> 00:11:13,673 Is aught amiss, Your Grace? 140 00:11:13,798 --> 00:11:14,799 My lords. 141 00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:16,968 I find myself, Ser Steffon, 142 00:11:17,093 --> 00:11:20,597 in an impossible position. 143 00:11:20,638 --> 00:11:23,350 I have lost Princess Rhaenys 144 00:11:23,475 --> 00:11:24,601 and her dragon. 145 00:11:24,642 --> 00:11:27,979 I hold an island seat with no land army. 146 00:11:28,021 --> 00:11:30,982 And I must not go to battle myself... 147 00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:32,150 as I am constantly told, 148 00:11:32,275 --> 00:11:34,444 lest I am slain or captured, 149 00:11:34,486 --> 00:11:37,864 and... with me, our hopes of victory. 150 00:11:38,990 --> 00:11:43,787 There is still Daemon and Caraxes... and the Rivermen. 151 00:11:44,788 --> 00:11:46,664 That remains to be seen. 152 00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:53,171 In any case, I must now proceed as if I stand alone. 153 00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:55,840 And I see now, that to do that, 154 00:11:55,882 --> 00:11:57,634 I need more dragonriders 155 00:11:57,676 --> 00:12:01,179 for Vermithor and Silverwing, and for Seasmoke, 156 00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:03,473 who I believe misses his bond. 157 00:12:03,515 --> 00:12:07,310 But there are no more in your family, Your Grace. 158 00:12:07,352 --> 00:12:10,230 - Your younger sons are babes. - Mm. 159 00:12:11,356 --> 00:12:13,525 Mm, there is Princess Rhaena. 160 00:12:13,983 --> 00:12:16,695 She has attempted it, alas, 161 00:12:16,820 --> 00:12:20,073 but the dragons here would not take her as a rider. 162 00:12:20,198 --> 00:12:22,367 - Then who could do it? - You. 163 00:12:25,912 --> 00:12:28,331 You are of noble birth. 164 00:12:28,373 --> 00:12:30,417 And I had always heard, as you know, 165 00:12:30,542 --> 00:12:34,713 that the Darklyns and the Targaryens had some common blood. 166 00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:38,508 I looked into the history, and indeed it is true. 167 00:12:38,550 --> 00:12:41,219 Your grandmother's grandmother, Aeriana, 168 00:12:41,344 --> 00:12:43,722 was born a Targaryen princess. 169 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:45,932 And I have been thinking, 170 00:12:46,057 --> 00:12:47,892 could it be possible? 171 00:12:48,351 --> 00:12:51,229 To even consider such a thing. 172 00:12:51,354 --> 00:12:52,397 I must protest, Your Grace, 173 00:12:52,522 --> 00:12:55,358 the risk involved in such a venture... 174 00:12:56,526 --> 00:12:58,528 I am but a man. 175 00:12:59,070 --> 00:13:01,239 The dragons are gods. 176 00:13:02,073 --> 00:13:05,702 Your Grace honors me beyond what I deserve. 177 00:13:10,582 --> 00:13:15,253 You understand your peril, Ser Steffon? 178 00:13:15,545 --> 00:13:17,922 I do not compel you to do this. 179 00:13:18,423 --> 00:13:20,800 It has never been attempted before. 180 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:25,972 To claim a dragon, you must also be prepared to die. 181 00:13:26,473 --> 00:13:29,434 I well understand the risk and I accept it with gladness. 182 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,479 I swore to ward my queen with all my strength, 183 00:13:32,604 --> 00:13:34,481 and to give my blood for hers. 184 00:13:35,482 --> 00:13:37,734 That is my oath, Your Grace. 185 00:13:39,736 --> 00:13:42,280 Then perhaps the gods will favor us. 186 00:14:11,976 --> 00:14:13,478 Brother? 187 00:14:24,656 --> 00:14:27,158 Did you say it? 188 00:14:28,284 --> 00:14:30,829 "The Heir for a Day." 189 00:14:31,705 --> 00:14:33,289 Did you say it? 190 00:14:33,331 --> 00:14:37,168 You can't possibly still be angry about this. 191 00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:41,840 My family was just destroyed. 192 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:44,300 You should've been at my side. 193 00:14:45,677 --> 00:14:48,805 But instead you chose to celebrate your own rise. 194 00:14:48,847 --> 00:14:50,348 Laughing at me... 195 00:14:50,473 --> 00:14:53,852 laughing with the whores and lickspittles. 196 00:14:53,977 --> 00:14:54,978 No. 197 00:14:55,645 --> 00:14:57,856 You have no allies at court but me. 198 00:14:58,648 --> 00:15:00,650 I have only ever defended you. 199 00:15:00,984 --> 00:15:04,529 And everything I've given you, you've thrown back in my face! 200 00:15:08,199 --> 00:15:10,827 - I have decided... - Don't. 201 00:15:10,869 --> 00:15:12,579 ...to name a new heir. 202 00:15:13,204 --> 00:15:15,832 You are to return to Runestone 203 00:15:15,874 --> 00:15:17,917 and your lady wife at once, 204 00:15:18,043 --> 00:15:21,379 and you are to do so without quarrel, 205 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:24,674 by order of your king. 206 00:15:47,864 --> 00:15:49,741 No! 207 00:15:50,367 --> 00:15:52,202 Open the door! 208 00:15:52,243 --> 00:15:54,454 Open the door! 209 00:16:07,258 --> 00:16:09,928 Open the door. Please. 210 00:16:12,263 --> 00:16:13,431 Please. 211 00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:17,102 Please. Ah! 212 00:16:22,273 --> 00:16:24,609 May I be of assistance, Your Grace? 213 00:16:26,277 --> 00:16:28,589 - What are you playing at, old man? - I do wonder, Your Grace, 214 00:16:28,613 --> 00:16:29,906 if you're getting enough sleep. 215 00:16:29,948 --> 00:16:32,242 - This old place... - Are you mocking me? 216 00:16:32,283 --> 00:16:34,411 - No. - Sit! 217 00:16:36,287 --> 00:16:39,499 Or are you perhaps the culprit who has been tampering with my peace? 218 00:16:39,624 --> 00:16:42,460 A friend by day and a foe by night. 219 00:16:42,585 --> 00:16:44,254 - To what end? - To mine, perhaps. 220 00:16:44,295 --> 00:16:45,505 Ah! 221 00:16:47,132 --> 00:16:52,345 Perhaps... you resent my being here. 222 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,015 Perhaps... 223 00:16:56,266 --> 00:16:57,976 you are an agent 224 00:16:58,101 --> 00:17:01,438 of the Hightower rabble. 225 00:17:01,479 --> 00:17:04,023 Ha. Or are you still in league 226 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:05,316 with your club-footed nephew? 227 00:17:05,358 --> 00:17:08,486 - Or is it Rhaenyra herself?! - I assure you... 228 00:17:08,611 --> 00:17:10,655 I assure you, Your Grace. 229 00:17:22,334 --> 00:17:25,462 Whatever your game is, Strong... 230 00:17:25,502 --> 00:17:27,505 I assure you... 231 00:17:28,048 --> 00:17:31,843 - your king is on his guard. - Yes, Your Grace. 232 00:17:36,014 --> 00:17:38,016 And stop watching me. 233 00:18:12,926 --> 00:18:14,427 You weren't going to bid me farewell? 234 00:18:14,552 --> 00:18:16,221 There's something wrong with me. 235 00:18:16,888 --> 00:18:20,684 Someone poisoned me. The food, the wine. 236 00:18:20,725 --> 00:18:22,227 Or else it's this swamp air, or... 237 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:23,728 The ghost of Harren the Black 238 00:18:23,770 --> 00:18:26,064 moaning his curses from Kingspyre Tower. 239 00:18:26,106 --> 00:18:27,857 Drivel! All of it! 240 00:18:27,899 --> 00:18:30,360 The ghosts, the curses, the blasted weirwood bed! 241 00:18:30,402 --> 00:18:33,863 - I'm done with it! - Ah, yes. It is your way, is it not? 242 00:18:33,905 --> 00:18:36,241 When something does not please you, you run. 243 00:18:36,741 --> 00:18:38,910 Dragonstone, the Stepstones, 244 00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:40,286 Pentos, Harrenhal. 245 00:18:40,412 --> 00:18:43,289 I awake and I do not know where I've been. 246 00:18:43,415 --> 00:18:45,709 There are older things in this world 247 00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:49,921 than you or I, or living memory. 248 00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:55,760 You are not the player, but a piece on the board. 249 00:18:56,428 --> 00:18:58,805 As am I, for that matter. 250 00:19:00,974 --> 00:19:02,267 I'm not like you. 251 00:19:02,392 --> 00:19:05,562 In some ways, no. 252 00:19:05,979 --> 00:19:08,732 You struggle to see there's an anger that blinds you. 253 00:19:08,773 --> 00:19:11,109 She never even wanted it. 254 00:19:11,776 --> 00:19:14,112 The crown. She spared it no thought. 255 00:19:14,154 --> 00:19:16,740 Well, that's perhaps why your brother gave the crown to her. 256 00:19:16,781 --> 00:19:18,783 Perhaps those who strive for it 257 00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:20,243 are the least suited to wear it. 258 00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:22,120 Don't lecture me! 259 00:19:27,667 --> 00:19:31,129 Viserys never wanted it himself, if you recall. 260 00:19:32,464 --> 00:19:34,966 It came to him, and he did his best. 261 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:39,012 It's not a prize to be won, but a burden to bear. 262 00:19:56,154 --> 00:19:58,323 If you have any counsel for dealing with the Riverlords, 263 00:19:58,448 --> 00:20:00,325 I'd be glad of it. 264 00:20:05,330 --> 00:20:08,166 Daemon Targaryen asking for help? 265 00:20:08,291 --> 00:20:09,668 Counsel. 266 00:20:14,297 --> 00:20:17,509 House Tully is not the largest house in the Riverlands, 267 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:18,551 nor is it the richest, 268 00:20:18,677 --> 00:20:21,471 but it is the most stable. 269 00:20:21,513 --> 00:20:22,806 The Tullys' wisdom has kept 270 00:20:22,847 --> 00:20:25,016 the river houses in line for centuries. 271 00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:26,851 They would kill each other to the last man 272 00:20:26,893 --> 00:20:30,146 if it were not for their liege lord. 273 00:20:30,188 --> 00:20:32,816 That dotard is of no use to us. 274 00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:37,028 But Grover Tully is their Lord Paramount. 275 00:20:37,529 --> 00:20:41,199 Without him, they will never raise their banners as one. 276 00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:42,701 Rivermen are made of mud. 277 00:20:43,076 --> 00:20:44,536 They would rather die stuck in it 278 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:46,329 than yield one inch to one another. 279 00:20:46,371 --> 00:20:48,039 Then I can do nothing. 280 00:20:48,081 --> 00:20:50,875 You... no. 281 00:20:59,551 --> 00:21:01,553 I need help, Alys. 282 00:21:04,097 --> 00:21:05,849 Do nothing now. 283 00:21:07,058 --> 00:21:10,061 In three days' time, the winds will shift. 284 00:23:03,174 --> 00:23:04,175 Gods. 285 00:23:14,227 --> 00:23:15,979 Seasmoke... 286 00:23:17,689 --> 00:23:18,815 Dohaeras. 287 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,411 Do not show fear. 288 00:23:32,495 --> 00:23:33,913 Rybas! 289 00:24:49,948 --> 00:24:51,449 I've done it. 290 00:24:58,790 --> 00:25:00,792 No. 291 00:25:21,146 --> 00:25:22,313 Mother! 292 00:25:28,486 --> 00:25:31,156 Up, up, up! 293 00:25:34,617 --> 00:25:36,619 Alyn! 294 00:25:36,661 --> 00:25:38,204 M'lord. 295 00:25:39,873 --> 00:25:41,666 I'm pleased with our progress. 296 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,502 This ship will sail in a few days' time. 297 00:25:45,170 --> 00:25:46,671 The blockade is sure to be challenged, 298 00:25:46,713 --> 00:25:48,131 be it by Lions or Krakens. 299 00:25:48,173 --> 00:25:50,967 Your men will be glad to have you among 'em. 300 00:25:51,009 --> 00:25:52,677 I wish you to sail with me. 301 00:25:53,845 --> 00:25:55,513 As my first mate. 302 00:25:56,222 --> 00:25:58,350 I'm grateful for the offer, m'lord... 303 00:25:58,475 --> 00:26:00,235 - but... - We will set course for Sharp Point. 304 00:26:00,310 --> 00:26:04,022 Lord Bar Emmon wishes to send his nephew aboard as a boatswain. 305 00:26:04,147 --> 00:26:07,025 There are more experienced men at your service. 306 00:26:08,651 --> 00:26:10,320 I was younger than you 307 00:26:10,362 --> 00:26:12,572 when I took my first command. 308 00:26:13,323 --> 00:26:15,700 You distinguished yourself in the Stepstones, 309 00:26:15,825 --> 00:26:18,203 and you have the respect of the crew. 310 00:26:19,371 --> 00:26:22,332 You are a fine choice for this post. 311 00:26:25,085 --> 00:26:27,545 Is this an order or a request? 312 00:26:29,422 --> 00:26:31,758 I will expect you to report 313 00:26:31,883 --> 00:26:34,511 for your duties on the morrow. 314 00:26:35,929 --> 00:26:37,681 As my lordship commands. 315 00:26:59,911 --> 00:27:02,223 - Bit thin, isn't it? - It's either that or the fish. 316 00:27:02,247 --> 00:27:04,958 Nothing but fish in this damn city. 317 00:27:07,752 --> 00:27:09,421 An ale here. 318 00:27:11,089 --> 00:27:12,924 Aught to eat with it? 319 00:27:13,049 --> 00:27:14,884 Don't think I can stomach it, lass. 320 00:27:14,926 --> 00:27:18,054 Yeah, you've made the right choice there, I'll tell you that. 321 00:27:20,598 --> 00:27:22,142 Makes you sick, doesn't it? 322 00:27:22,267 --> 00:27:25,478 Knowing they're banqueting every night at the castle, 323 00:27:25,603 --> 00:27:27,897 - while we go without. - That can't be true. 324 00:27:27,939 --> 00:27:31,943 My girls were taken to the Red Keep a few nights ago. 325 00:27:31,985 --> 00:27:35,822 Feasting and merriment for the new Prince Regent. 326 00:27:35,947 --> 00:27:38,575 No! And him always acting so correct. 327 00:27:38,616 --> 00:27:40,827 I'll tell you, he's no penny pincher. 328 00:27:41,286 --> 00:27:45,123 - They were well-paid, and well-fed too. - Hm. 329 00:27:45,248 --> 00:27:47,792 On what? Fish with more fish on the side? 330 00:27:47,917 --> 00:27:50,128 Racks of lamb, my love. 331 00:27:50,170 --> 00:27:53,590 Mince pies, honey cakes, 332 00:27:53,631 --> 00:27:55,842 beef and gravy. 333 00:27:55,967 --> 00:27:57,260 And what do you think? 334 00:27:57,302 --> 00:28:00,805 There is to be another revel on the morrow with dancing. 335 00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:02,974 That ain't right. 336 00:28:03,099 --> 00:28:05,310 Apologies, my good man. 337 00:28:06,770 --> 00:28:08,855 I should not have spoken so free. 338 00:28:08,980 --> 00:28:10,440 The royals would never countenance me 339 00:28:10,482 --> 00:28:14,819 speaking about their bounty, even if it's true. 340 00:28:14,944 --> 00:28:18,531 King Viserys loved his feasts and his wine, 341 00:28:18,615 --> 00:28:21,368 but never while our smallfolk went without. 342 00:28:21,493 --> 00:28:24,662 Mm, aye. But he's gone now... 343 00:28:25,997 --> 00:28:29,167 and his rightful heir denied her seat. 344 00:28:33,713 --> 00:28:38,176 Well... no use wondering what might have been. 345 00:28:53,817 --> 00:28:55,503 ...I am far from alone among your councilors 346 00:28:55,527 --> 00:28:57,880 in holding this to be a truly unfortunate result, Your Grace. 347 00:28:57,904 --> 00:28:59,864 Seasmoke has fled Dragonstone, 348 00:28:59,906 --> 00:29:02,492 and Ser Steffon was a valiant knight. 349 00:29:02,534 --> 00:29:04,035 Most regrettable, 350 00:29:04,077 --> 00:29:06,371 if, perhaps, foreseeable. 351 00:29:06,413 --> 00:29:07,997 I myself, if you recall, 352 00:29:08,039 --> 00:29:10,041 was in favor of treating with Lord Mooton 353 00:29:10,083 --> 00:29:11,167 to march on Rook's Rest. 354 00:29:11,209 --> 00:29:12,877 A more conventional approach, 355 00:29:12,919 --> 00:29:16,214 true, not as sensational. 356 00:29:16,339 --> 00:29:18,717 And, uh, his... his numbers were few, 357 00:29:18,842 --> 00:29:21,219 but we may yet retake... 358 00:29:23,555 --> 00:29:27,100 It is my fault, I think, that you have forgotten to fear me. 359 00:30:07,766 --> 00:30:10,268 It was worth the risk, no matter the outcome. 360 00:30:10,393 --> 00:30:12,437 More good men killed? 361 00:30:12,937 --> 00:30:15,315 - That's my fault. - Ser Steffon went willingly. 362 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,901 It was a reckless thought. 363 00:30:17,942 --> 00:30:19,235 That an ancient Valyrian beast 364 00:30:19,277 --> 00:30:20,653 would suffer a Darklyn to ride it. 365 00:30:20,737 --> 00:30:23,114 Surely he was not the only possibility. 366 00:30:23,239 --> 00:30:24,324 Might there not be others 367 00:30:24,449 --> 00:30:25,926 among the highborn of the Seven Kingdoms? 368 00:30:25,950 --> 00:30:27,619 And who will be so foolish as to try, 369 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:29,829 after hearing what befell Ser Steffon? 370 00:30:36,294 --> 00:30:39,089 I will look again. 371 00:30:39,130 --> 00:30:42,092 But Darklyn had the most likely claim. 372 00:30:42,133 --> 00:30:43,927 There is good news to be had. 373 00:30:43,968 --> 00:30:46,846 The smallfolk of King's Landing are listening. 374 00:30:46,971 --> 00:30:48,598 They were ready enough to hear. 375 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,517 The usurpers have abandoned them. 376 00:30:50,642 --> 00:30:54,145 They are hungry, and they need someone to blame. 377 00:30:55,313 --> 00:30:56,439 Will it be enough? 378 00:30:56,481 --> 00:30:58,024 We have laid the kindling only. 379 00:30:58,149 --> 00:30:59,818 Tonight we will light it, 380 00:30:59,943 --> 00:31:01,194 and watch it begin to flare. 381 00:31:01,319 --> 00:31:03,339 And when it does, Aemond will put it down with force. 382 00:31:03,363 --> 00:31:05,031 That will make it rise the hotter. 383 00:31:05,448 --> 00:31:07,826 He cannot destroy his own city. 384 00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:08,969 Neither can they overthrow him. 385 00:31:08,993 --> 00:31:12,330 Maybe not, but it is harder to wage war abroad 386 00:31:12,455 --> 00:31:15,500 when you must also keep peace at home. 387 00:31:17,043 --> 00:31:19,337 Then let us see to our plan. 388 00:31:24,175 --> 00:31:26,344 If I may, Your Grace... 389 00:31:27,679 --> 00:31:30,348 this becomes you. 390 00:31:47,323 --> 00:31:49,576 - That's the last one. - Thank you. 391 00:31:49,701 --> 00:31:53,371 - What? They haven't run out, have they? - Nothing. 392 00:31:53,413 --> 00:31:54,914 There ain't nothing left. 393 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,835 I've been waiting all day. I'll take anything. Scraps? 394 00:32:08,219 --> 00:32:11,598 Got enough sheep for your dragons then, but none for us. 395 00:32:11,681 --> 00:32:14,851 Where's our meat? We want meat! 396 00:32:19,022 --> 00:32:20,708 It seems, Your Grace, 397 00:32:20,732 --> 00:32:23,568 that the smallfolk have become restless. 398 00:32:23,610 --> 00:32:24,736 So? 399 00:32:24,861 --> 00:32:27,447 There is not food enough in the city. 400 00:32:27,572 --> 00:32:30,200 Those with means have bought more than their share. 401 00:32:30,241 --> 00:32:33,203 All the more reason Ser Tyland must break the blockade. 402 00:32:33,244 --> 00:32:35,872 In the meantime, the people are hungry, 403 00:32:35,914 --> 00:32:38,792 and their anger is rising. 404 00:32:38,917 --> 00:32:40,710 The enemy without may be fought with swords. 405 00:32:40,752 --> 00:32:43,213 The enemy within is more insidious. 406 00:32:43,254 --> 00:32:45,215 Why is this anger directed at us? 407 00:32:45,757 --> 00:32:46,966 It is Rhaenyra the Pretender 408 00:32:47,092 --> 00:32:48,212 who ordered the Gullet closed 409 00:32:48,259 --> 00:32:49,761 and left them all to starve. 410 00:32:49,886 --> 00:32:52,097 They still look to you to ensure their well-being. 411 00:32:53,431 --> 00:32:55,308 That is the burden of authority. 412 00:32:56,267 --> 00:32:59,562 But you should not go it alone. 413 00:32:59,604 --> 00:33:03,066 It does occur to me that Your Grace has yet to name a Hand. 414 00:33:03,650 --> 00:33:05,568 Ser Criston, of course, served your brother, 415 00:33:05,610 --> 00:33:08,613 but you need one who may advance your cause... 416 00:33:09,114 --> 00:33:10,615 with shrewdness and subtlety. 417 00:33:12,450 --> 00:33:14,452 Do you take me for a fool? 418 00:33:17,747 --> 00:33:19,642 - On the contrary, my prince. - I've little patience 419 00:33:19,666 --> 00:33:21,626 for the self-important, Lord Larys, 420 00:33:21,751 --> 00:33:24,629 and even less for flatterers and lickspittles. 421 00:33:25,672 --> 00:33:28,258 But you are, as it happens, correct. 422 00:33:28,299 --> 00:33:30,010 Every king needs a Hand. 423 00:33:31,678 --> 00:33:33,471 I'll make it your responsibility. 424 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,101 My prince, it is an honor I'd never considered 425 00:33:38,143 --> 00:33:41,438 - for myself. - No, not to serve as Hand, you toad. 426 00:33:41,479 --> 00:33:44,524 To fetch him. Send word to Otto Hightower. 427 00:33:44,649 --> 00:33:46,109 My grandsire may be overcautious, 428 00:33:46,151 --> 00:33:49,779 but his devotion to his family has never been in doubt. 429 00:33:50,989 --> 00:33:52,490 Mm, you'll see it done. 430 00:33:52,615 --> 00:33:54,200 Your Grace. 431 00:33:54,325 --> 00:33:56,286 You're late. 432 00:33:56,327 --> 00:33:59,622 I am happy to report that His Grace the king 433 00:33:59,664 --> 00:34:02,125 has regained consciousness this morning, 434 00:34:02,167 --> 00:34:03,626 if only for a few moments. 435 00:34:03,668 --> 00:34:05,670 You said there was little hope. 436 00:34:05,712 --> 00:34:07,797 He is stronger than I thought. 437 00:34:07,839 --> 00:34:10,300 This morning his breath comes easier. 438 00:34:10,342 --> 00:34:13,136 He may yet live, thank the gods. 439 00:34:13,469 --> 00:34:15,513 What happy news. 440 00:34:33,364 --> 00:34:34,699 I'll see my brother. 441 00:34:35,909 --> 00:34:37,077 Alone. 442 00:34:59,432 --> 00:35:01,059 What do you remember? 443 00:35:06,439 --> 00:35:07,941 Nothing. 444 00:35:21,705 --> 00:35:23,915 You challenged Meleys. 445 00:35:25,917 --> 00:35:27,585 It was foolish. 446 00:35:30,422 --> 00:35:33,717 I remember... nothing. 447 00:35:47,147 --> 00:35:51,609 - My prince? - You're in the most capable hands, Your Grace. 448 00:35:58,992 --> 00:36:02,954 It seems my brother has a long recovery ahead of him, Grand Maester. 449 00:36:05,123 --> 00:36:08,126 See that he is made to rest comfortably. 450 00:36:13,131 --> 00:36:15,675 And I've decided there is nothing 451 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,510 to be gained with fretfulness. 452 00:36:18,136 --> 00:36:22,807 Not all of us, I suppose, are called to great deeds. 453 00:36:24,642 --> 00:36:27,020 Some of us must serve in smaller ways... 454 00:36:27,937 --> 00:36:31,274 even if they are not what we would choose for ourselves. 455 00:36:32,317 --> 00:36:35,153 Meaning no offense, hm? 456 00:36:35,195 --> 00:36:37,197 None of this is your fault. 457 00:36:39,616 --> 00:36:41,326 I want Mother. 458 00:36:42,619 --> 00:36:45,830 Yes... well... 459 00:36:46,831 --> 00:36:49,542 I know it's difficult, but... 460 00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:32,168 I bring good news, Rhaena. 461 00:37:32,210 --> 00:37:34,713 Prince Reggio has answered your letter. 462 00:37:34,754 --> 00:37:37,173 He'll be most pleased to shelter Rhaenyra's 463 00:37:37,215 --> 00:37:39,259 youngest sons in Pentos. 464 00:37:40,343 --> 00:37:42,721 And their half-sister. 465 00:37:46,391 --> 00:37:48,601 Thought you'd be happy. 466 00:37:49,894 --> 00:37:51,896 Or at least less morose. 467 00:37:51,938 --> 00:37:55,358 You hate it here. 468 00:37:57,736 --> 00:37:59,904 You misled me, my lady. 469 00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:03,575 I did what? 470 00:38:05,452 --> 00:38:08,371 There is a large dragon in the Vale. 471 00:38:12,876 --> 00:38:16,087 Rumor of it began shortly after the war. 472 00:38:16,421 --> 00:38:18,923 Ranging more broadly for food... 473 00:38:19,299 --> 00:38:21,301 my maesters surmise. 474 00:38:25,263 --> 00:38:31,144 It is large and formidable, but alas, wild. 475 00:38:32,562 --> 00:38:33,938 Alas. 476 00:38:36,066 --> 00:38:38,443 A merchant cog, the Gay Abandon, 477 00:38:38,568 --> 00:38:40,445 will take you to Pentos. 478 00:38:42,822 --> 00:38:45,283 I'll send six good men to protect you on the crossing. 479 00:38:56,795 --> 00:38:59,631 You know you're not fooling anyone. 480 00:39:01,508 --> 00:39:05,136 Lord Corlys has chosen to raise you up 481 00:39:05,178 --> 00:39:06,638 to serve alongside him 482 00:39:07,180 --> 00:39:11,142 and yet, you still continue this subterfuge. 483 00:39:11,601 --> 00:39:13,603 Don't want my men to get the wrong idea. 484 00:39:13,645 --> 00:39:15,021 About what? 485 00:39:19,109 --> 00:39:21,945 You're just like him. 486 00:39:21,986 --> 00:39:23,780 Oh, you make an art of provoking me. 487 00:39:23,822 --> 00:39:25,949 You saved his life, brother. 488 00:39:25,990 --> 00:39:28,368 Do you never think about what could be ours? 489 00:39:29,327 --> 00:39:31,162 Or yours, anyway. 490 00:39:32,038 --> 00:39:35,959 The riches... servants... 491 00:39:36,835 --> 00:39:38,003 the Driftwood Throne. 492 00:39:38,128 --> 00:39:39,337 We spent the whole of our lives 493 00:39:39,462 --> 00:39:42,716 in the shadow of the Sea Snake's great castle. 494 00:39:42,841 --> 00:39:44,884 I do not wish to dwell in it any longer. 495 00:39:45,010 --> 00:39:48,346 Hm, and so you belittle your great opportunity. 496 00:39:49,014 --> 00:39:53,184 While me he ignores... 497 00:39:53,852 --> 00:39:55,895 as he always has. 498 00:39:57,856 --> 00:40:00,150 The Sea Snake would sooner have High Tide 499 00:40:00,191 --> 00:40:05,196 claimed by the sea than call us his sons. 500 00:40:05,321 --> 00:40:08,992 Stop wasting your life waiting for something that'll never come. 501 00:40:34,392 --> 00:40:36,186 It was a bold attempt. 502 00:40:36,227 --> 00:40:38,396 I admire you for it. 503 00:40:42,192 --> 00:40:45,070 They say you struck Lord Bartimos today 504 00:40:45,570 --> 00:40:47,739 in view of the staff and guard. 505 00:40:48,865 --> 00:40:51,076 The household is abuzz with it. 506 00:40:52,619 --> 00:40:54,871 He's lucky I did not have his tongue. 507 00:40:55,580 --> 00:40:58,708 And what did he say that was so 508 00:40:58,750 --> 00:41:00,418 deserving? 509 00:41:03,129 --> 00:41:06,216 I have tired of being protected... 510 00:41:06,257 --> 00:41:07,425 Jace. 511 00:41:10,637 --> 00:41:12,931 I bring to mind too much their mothers 512 00:41:12,972 --> 00:41:15,558 or their daughters. 513 00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,811 They must see in me a ruler. 514 00:41:17,936 --> 00:41:20,105 And the symbols of authority are not jewels and gowns, 515 00:41:20,230 --> 00:41:21,773 but the shield and the sword. 516 00:41:21,815 --> 00:41:24,234 My ruler is my mother. 517 00:41:24,776 --> 00:41:27,320 And I do not wish it otherwise. 518 00:41:29,948 --> 00:41:31,741 Will you lead us to war yourself? 519 00:41:31,783 --> 00:41:33,260 Well, for a certainty I cannot remain here, 520 00:41:33,284 --> 00:41:35,829 pacing the floors, waiting for defeat and despair to visit me. 521 00:41:35,954 --> 00:41:38,331 - Oh, don't be ridiculous. - I'm doing all I can. 522 00:41:38,456 --> 00:41:40,792 I have directed Lord Mooton to march on Rook's Rest, 523 00:41:40,834 --> 00:41:42,436 and sent another raven to the Vale to persuade... 524 00:41:42,460 --> 00:41:44,754 We may marshal the strength of the Vale, 525 00:41:44,796 --> 00:41:47,465 Maidenpool, and all our allies besides. 526 00:41:47,799 --> 00:41:51,428 We will still never match the strength of the Green armies. 527 00:41:52,804 --> 00:41:55,974 We need Daemon and his dragon. 528 00:41:56,016 --> 00:41:57,350 May I be free for even one hour 529 00:41:57,475 --> 00:41:59,769 of the constant refrain of Daemon, Daemon, Daemon... 530 00:41:59,811 --> 00:42:01,354 Your Grace. 531 00:42:02,105 --> 00:42:03,982 The lady Mysaria. 532 00:42:05,817 --> 00:42:09,154 My queen, our gift is sent. 533 00:42:12,782 --> 00:42:14,325 What gift? 534 00:42:15,285 --> 00:42:17,996 Let us hope for clouds over the Blackwater tonight. 535 00:44:39,304 --> 00:44:41,139 You said he'd improved. 536 00:44:43,016 --> 00:44:46,644 His Grace sleeps nine hours of every 10... 537 00:44:47,187 --> 00:44:51,107 but he did open his eyes and speak, however briefly. 538 00:44:51,149 --> 00:44:53,693 His mending may be long and painful, 539 00:44:53,818 --> 00:44:55,779 but it is my sincere hope 540 00:44:55,820 --> 00:44:58,281 that His Grace will be spared. 541 00:44:58,323 --> 00:45:00,492 And what will he be if he lives? 542 00:45:09,668 --> 00:45:13,338 My letters to my father... 543 00:45:15,173 --> 00:45:20,303 I have sent ravens, again, to Highgarden and to Oldtown. 544 00:45:20,345 --> 00:45:22,889 And now, to all the great houses in the Reach. 545 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:26,017 There has been no word from Ser Otto, 546 00:45:26,142 --> 00:45:27,686 as of yet. 547 00:45:33,024 --> 00:45:35,985 There is war in the Reach now, Your Grace. 548 00:45:36,027 --> 00:45:40,156 House Beesbury has raised arms against the Hightower host. 549 00:45:40,198 --> 00:45:43,827 Retribution for their lord's demise. 550 00:46:11,730 --> 00:46:13,440 I'm sorry. 551 00:46:14,858 --> 00:46:15,942 I'm sorry. 552 00:46:55,982 --> 00:46:57,776 Sister. 553 00:46:57,817 --> 00:46:59,235 Gwayne. 554 00:47:00,487 --> 00:47:03,406 'Tis well that I found you. 555 00:47:03,448 --> 00:47:05,617 I wish to give you my blessing. 556 00:47:06,117 --> 00:47:07,452 Well... 557 00:47:08,078 --> 00:47:10,789 my thanks to the queen dowager. 558 00:47:16,252 --> 00:47:18,672 I wondered if you've heard from father? 559 00:47:18,797 --> 00:47:20,924 I've sent ravens to Highgarden and Oldtown, 560 00:47:20,965 --> 00:47:22,801 but have had no reply. 561 00:47:22,926 --> 00:47:24,636 I've heard nothing 562 00:47:24,761 --> 00:47:26,971 but neither have I sent any message. 563 00:47:27,305 --> 00:47:29,349 If he wrote letters, it would be to you. 564 00:47:29,474 --> 00:47:31,643 You were always his favorite. 565 00:47:32,018 --> 00:47:33,812 Strange there has been no word. 566 00:47:34,354 --> 00:47:37,440 Otto Hightower is ever-resourceful. 567 00:47:37,482 --> 00:47:40,318 He will send news when there is news to send. 568 00:47:43,321 --> 00:47:45,115 I often wonder what life could've been 569 00:47:45,156 --> 00:47:47,492 if he had brought you to court instead. 570 00:47:49,869 --> 00:47:51,329 I'm the eldest son. 571 00:47:51,454 --> 00:47:53,373 It was right that I was raised at Oldtown. 572 00:47:53,498 --> 00:47:55,101 But you were eight years of age and motherless. 573 00:47:55,125 --> 00:47:56,334 It must've been difficult. 574 00:47:56,376 --> 00:47:59,337 You get on with it, don't you? 575 00:48:00,547 --> 00:48:02,799 When there isn't any choice. 576 00:48:06,136 --> 00:48:07,679 My son, Daeron... 577 00:48:10,849 --> 00:48:12,350 what's he like? 578 00:48:12,851 --> 00:48:16,521 - Does he not write to you? - Less and less these days. 579 00:48:19,024 --> 00:48:20,692 Ten-and-six now. 580 00:48:22,193 --> 00:48:25,363 Letters, perhaps, hold less of his interest. 581 00:48:29,743 --> 00:48:31,745 He's stalwart. 582 00:48:32,704 --> 00:48:33,704 Clever. 583 00:48:33,830 --> 00:48:37,208 As adept with his lute as he is with his sword. 584 00:48:38,209 --> 00:48:40,003 And a feature in the fancies of many 585 00:48:40,045 --> 00:48:42,380 a young lady, I'll wager. 586 00:48:46,384 --> 00:48:47,886 He's kind. 587 00:48:51,765 --> 00:48:53,516 That's good. 588 00:48:55,101 --> 00:48:59,731 - Kindness is a quality I've found lacking in his brothers. - Mm. 589 00:49:00,023 --> 00:49:02,233 You did well to send him to ward. 590 00:49:02,734 --> 00:49:04,569 Yes, it seems the Red Keep, 591 00:49:04,694 --> 00:49:06,279 for all its privileges, 592 00:49:06,404 --> 00:49:10,075 may, in fact, be a less than salubrious environment 593 00:49:10,116 --> 00:49:12,035 for the forming of young men. 594 00:49:13,244 --> 00:49:16,373 Was it the court or was it their mother? 595 00:49:18,291 --> 00:49:20,543 I'm sure you did your best. 596 00:49:26,257 --> 00:49:29,386 I must join Ser Criston. 597 00:49:29,469 --> 00:49:31,596 Wish us luck, sister. 598 00:49:32,430 --> 00:49:34,808 I shall pray to the Warrior for your safe return. 599 00:49:37,894 --> 00:49:39,062 Mm... 600 00:49:40,271 --> 00:49:41,606 Farewell. 601 00:50:23,481 --> 00:50:24,983 Your Grace. 602 00:50:27,986 --> 00:50:29,821 This one stopped singing. 603 00:50:30,989 --> 00:50:32,991 Isn't that strange? 604 00:50:33,616 --> 00:50:37,495 I thought we might light a candle. 605 00:50:38,455 --> 00:50:39,998 For Aegon... 606 00:50:41,332 --> 00:50:43,501 and all our lost souls. 607 00:51:14,532 --> 00:51:16,326 You, where'd you get that food?! 608 00:51:16,368 --> 00:51:17,702 - Rhaenyra's ships. - Ships? 609 00:51:17,827 --> 00:51:19,347 They came ashore in the middle of the night 610 00:51:19,371 --> 00:51:20,497 with gifts from the queen. 611 00:51:20,538 --> 00:51:22,749 She thinks of us, even now! 612 00:51:37,347 --> 00:51:38,723 Give me that! 613 00:51:39,724 --> 00:51:42,727 Give it to me! 614 00:51:47,399 --> 00:51:49,401 Get out of the way! 615 00:52:08,586 --> 00:52:12,382 Your Graces... we must leave, now. 616 00:52:17,929 --> 00:52:20,140 Get the queens to the wheelhouse! 617 00:52:23,935 --> 00:52:26,730 Mind your flanks. Protect your corners. 618 00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:31,609 Keep moving. This way, Your Grace. 619 00:52:33,611 --> 00:52:35,405 'Tis the Queen of Fishes! 620 00:52:37,407 --> 00:52:38,908 Keep moving! 621 00:52:38,950 --> 00:52:41,786 Long live Queen Rhaenyra! 622 00:52:42,579 --> 00:52:43,764 Get to the wheelhouse! 623 00:52:43,788 --> 00:52:45,248 Long live Queen Rhaenyra! 624 00:52:45,290 --> 00:52:47,083 Helaena! 625 00:52:47,125 --> 00:52:48,418 Your Grace! 626 00:52:49,794 --> 00:52:51,755 - My queen! - Get off! 627 00:52:51,796 --> 00:52:54,632 No! No! 628 00:52:54,674 --> 00:52:56,676 Sheathe your swords! 629 00:52:58,178 --> 00:52:59,596 Sheathe your swords! 630 00:53:01,973 --> 00:53:03,516 You heard the queen! 631 00:53:03,641 --> 00:53:05,477 Sheathe those swords! 632 00:53:13,318 --> 00:53:16,446 No! 633 00:53:16,488 --> 00:53:18,615 - Get back! - Go, Helaena, go! 634 00:53:18,656 --> 00:53:20,950 Out of my way! Out of my way! 635 00:53:27,499 --> 00:53:30,502 Estermont! 636 00:53:30,627 --> 00:53:34,464 My Queens! This way, inside! 637 00:53:46,226 --> 00:53:49,729 Long live Queen Rhaenyra! 638 00:53:51,356 --> 00:53:54,025 Long live Queen Rhaenyra! 639 00:53:56,027 --> 00:53:57,987 Run them down if you must. 640 00:53:59,531 --> 00:54:02,033 Ride! Ride! 641 00:54:38,862 --> 00:54:40,572 No more. 642 00:54:40,613 --> 00:54:42,866 My lord. Only... 643 00:54:42,907 --> 00:54:44,260 ...the Grand Maester instructed me to. 644 00:54:44,284 --> 00:54:47,078 The king will be most eager for his draught, 645 00:54:47,203 --> 00:54:48,288 in an hour. 646 00:55:00,925 --> 00:55:03,595 The drink takes the pain away, 647 00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:06,556 but it dulls your mind. 648 00:55:06,598 --> 00:55:07,766 Oh, take heart, Your Grace, 649 00:55:07,807 --> 00:55:09,726 you've already written yourself into legend. 650 00:55:09,768 --> 00:55:12,145 You survived dragonfire. 651 00:55:14,939 --> 00:55:17,108 But I'm afraid you will never be whole. 652 00:55:18,485 --> 00:55:21,237 Orwyle has exhausted his abilities. 653 00:55:21,946 --> 00:55:23,907 He's bound your leg... 654 00:55:25,658 --> 00:55:27,786 but you will never run again. 655 00:55:29,454 --> 00:55:30,830 Your mind... 656 00:55:31,414 --> 00:55:33,333 is all that remains to you. 657 00:55:33,458 --> 00:55:35,460 I do not say that gladly. 658 00:55:39,130 --> 00:55:41,091 I came screaming into the world 659 00:55:41,132 --> 00:55:44,302 in the bowels of one of Harren's great towers. 660 00:55:46,096 --> 00:55:49,265 My lungs were strong, but my foot 661 00:55:49,307 --> 00:55:51,476 so twisted that... 662 00:55:52,477 --> 00:55:55,689 my father named it sorcery. 663 00:55:56,815 --> 00:55:58,441 Accusing a member of our household 664 00:55:58,483 --> 00:56:02,696 of casting... maligned spells. 665 00:56:05,323 --> 00:56:07,450 Well. 666 00:56:07,492 --> 00:56:09,619 People will pity you 667 00:56:09,661 --> 00:56:11,955 either behind your back... 668 00:56:11,996 --> 00:56:13,998 or in your presence. 669 00:56:15,709 --> 00:56:17,961 And they will stare... 670 00:56:19,838 --> 00:56:22,048 at you, at you... 671 00:56:24,634 --> 00:56:26,011 or turn away. 672 00:56:29,681 --> 00:56:32,183 And they will underestimate you. 673 00:56:34,019 --> 00:56:36,187 And this will be your advantage. 674 00:56:36,312 --> 00:56:38,481 No, n... No. 675 00:56:45,030 --> 00:56:47,032 Your brother rules in your place now, 676 00:56:47,073 --> 00:56:50,326 which means that your life is in danger. 677 00:56:52,078 --> 00:56:54,497 But I think you know that. 678 00:56:58,918 --> 00:57:00,503 Help me. 679 00:57:46,299 --> 00:57:47,467 Brother. 680 00:57:49,969 --> 00:57:52,222 Daemon, she's gone. 681 00:58:05,276 --> 00:58:06,986 I'm sorry. 682 00:58:12,826 --> 00:58:14,953 You needed me. 683 00:58:16,955 --> 00:58:18,998 I'm here now. 684 00:58:28,299 --> 00:58:29,968 I'm here now. 685 00:58:35,140 --> 00:58:37,100 Your Grace. 686 00:58:39,477 --> 00:58:43,523 Sorrowful news from Riverrun, my king. 687 00:58:44,482 --> 00:58:46,526 Lord Grover is dead. 688 00:58:48,611 --> 00:58:52,157 Uhh... the old man. 689 00:58:52,198 --> 00:58:53,198 Indeed. 690 00:58:53,658 --> 00:58:58,371 Young Oscar Tully is now Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. 691 00:59:00,874 --> 00:59:03,126 What was the manner of Lord Grover's passing? 692 00:59:03,168 --> 00:59:06,671 - Well, he'd been ill, of course. - Mm-hmm. 693 00:59:06,796 --> 00:59:09,132 Riverrun's maesters... 694 00:59:09,174 --> 00:59:11,509 have been at their wits' end. 695 00:59:11,551 --> 00:59:13,720 Our own healer, Alys Rivers, 696 00:59:13,845 --> 00:59:16,848 volunteered her renowned skills. 697 00:59:16,973 --> 00:59:19,017 She plied her craft, but... 698 00:59:20,852 --> 00:59:23,063 there was naught more to be done. 699 01:00:00,892 --> 01:00:02,560 Hey, look! 700 01:00:04,688 --> 01:00:07,607 Get inside! Hurry! 701 01:01:40,784 --> 01:01:44,120 Your banners were carried from the ship into the city. 702 01:01:44,162 --> 01:01:46,206 They went as far as the gates of the Red Keep 703 01:01:46,331 --> 01:01:47,499 before they were turned away. 704 01:01:47,540 --> 01:01:49,668 It is, as we hoped, a warning to the usurpers 705 01:01:49,793 --> 01:01:53,171 that you have strength beyond what they accredited. 706 01:01:55,006 --> 01:01:57,133 I thought you'd be pleased. 707 01:01:58,635 --> 01:02:00,845 I do not think I can win this war. 708 01:02:03,056 --> 01:02:04,349 I think you are tired. 709 01:02:04,474 --> 01:02:07,519 My own son questions my capabilities. 710 01:02:09,854 --> 01:02:12,065 He thinks I need Daemon at my side. 711 01:02:14,025 --> 01:02:19,072 - And Daemon himself. - He has ever done what suits Daemon. 712 01:02:23,326 --> 01:02:25,704 He was everything I wanted to be. 713 01:02:26,913 --> 01:02:28,331 Carefree. 714 01:02:29,082 --> 01:02:30,667 And dangerous. 715 01:02:32,377 --> 01:02:33,545 A man. 716 01:02:34,754 --> 01:02:36,715 And I was what he wanted. 717 01:02:36,840 --> 01:02:38,591 Cherished by my father, 718 01:02:38,717 --> 01:02:40,677 and made my father's heir. 719 01:02:40,719 --> 01:02:43,096 We were halves of a whole. 720 01:02:45,557 --> 01:02:47,726 He's never been at peace. 721 01:02:49,602 --> 01:02:51,062 He wished to possess me, 722 01:02:51,187 --> 01:02:53,189 but not to be possessed 723 01:02:53,231 --> 01:02:55,025 and to see me take hold, finally, 724 01:02:55,066 --> 01:02:57,736 of what he always believed to be his. 725 01:03:00,071 --> 01:03:02,073 I fear what he may now do. 726 01:03:08,455 --> 01:03:10,415 I fear he may have turned against me. 727 01:03:10,540 --> 01:03:12,917 It is more his way to disappear. 728 01:03:13,043 --> 01:03:15,587 In either case, I have lost him... 729 01:03:16,254 --> 01:03:18,256 and Caraxes with him. 730 01:03:18,298 --> 01:03:20,091 Rhaenys and her dragon are dead. 731 01:03:20,133 --> 01:03:22,469 I have Syrax and two young beasts. 732 01:03:22,594 --> 01:03:24,721 We cannot take on Vhagar alone. 733 01:03:24,763 --> 01:03:29,267 - And I have no army. - You have the Velaryon fleet and the men who fight in it. 734 01:03:30,769 --> 01:03:32,312 It's not enough. 735 01:03:33,313 --> 01:03:35,940 And even if we somehow prevailed, 736 01:03:36,066 --> 01:03:37,108 how will I rule a kingdom 737 01:03:37,150 --> 01:03:39,277 when my own son doubts me? 738 01:03:40,070 --> 01:03:41,279 You have me. 739 01:03:43,948 --> 01:03:47,452 You have my thanks... Truly. 740 01:03:59,964 --> 01:04:02,300 It was my father. 741 01:04:07,806 --> 01:04:09,641 I was still a child. 742 01:04:10,016 --> 01:04:14,020 He... had his pleasure with me. 743 01:04:14,604 --> 01:04:16,439 And when, after many months of this, 744 01:04:16,481 --> 01:04:21,361 it became evident that his seed had taken root. 745 01:04:28,993 --> 01:04:31,329 There is a scar here as well. 746 01:04:32,872 --> 01:04:35,291 I cannot bear children. 747 01:04:37,002 --> 01:04:38,670 He left me for dead... 748 01:04:40,046 --> 01:04:41,214 but I lived. 749 01:04:41,673 --> 01:04:45,301 - I'm so sorry. - Swore to myself I would never trust another. 750 01:04:45,343 --> 01:04:48,847 And... that oath has stood me well. 751 01:04:49,514 --> 01:04:51,725 This world is cold and cruel, 752 01:04:51,850 --> 01:04:55,854 and there are few in it who are steadfast. 753 01:04:55,979 --> 01:04:59,899 You, I think, are steadfast. 754 01:05:00,525 --> 01:05:05,321 You have seen me as worthy, as an equal, even. 755 01:05:05,363 --> 01:05:07,866 Because of that, I will serve you. 756 01:05:08,366 --> 01:05:11,411 I believe you are meant to be queen. 757 01:06:22,607 --> 01:06:25,568 Begging your pardon, Your Grace. 758 01:06:26,111 --> 01:06:30,115 The dragon Seasmoke has been sighted flying over Spicetown. 759 01:06:30,156 --> 01:06:31,950 Yes, he does that. 760 01:06:31,991 --> 01:06:34,077 From what we have heard... 761 01:06:34,119 --> 01:06:35,453 he has a rider. 762 01:06:35,787 --> 01:06:39,165 - Who? - Impossible to tell from the ground. 763 01:06:39,791 --> 01:06:42,419 - The Greens? - I don't know who else it could be. 764 01:06:42,752 --> 01:06:44,629 Shall I summon your counsel? 765 01:07:05,817 --> 01:07:07,527 Mother! 766 01:08:47,292 --> 01:08:50,755 You stand with a dragon of House Targaryen! 767 01:08:51,423 --> 01:08:52,924 What do you want? 768 01:08:55,301 --> 01:08:56,501 All my life, 769 01:08:56,720 --> 01:09:00,265 I have endeavored to serve both my house and the realm. 770 01:09:00,724 --> 01:09:02,267 And somehow, none of it matters. 771 01:09:03,268 --> 01:09:06,770 It does seem to me that you've made rather a mess here. 772 01:09:07,104 --> 01:09:08,398 Whose side are you on? 773 01:09:08,732 --> 01:09:11,234 The old ways call for justice. 774 01:09:13,319 --> 01:09:14,988 Prince Daeron's dragon has taken to wing. 775 01:09:15,572 --> 01:09:18,158 The Hightower host will be unstoppable. 776 01:09:19,117 --> 01:09:20,952 House Targaryen is the blood of the dragon. 777 01:09:21,077 --> 01:09:23,162 If any may lay claim to it, what are we then? 778 01:09:24,581 --> 01:09:26,082 Thousands will die. 779 01:09:27,459 --> 01:09:31,796 With these dragons, peace will be restored. 780 01:09:42,974 --> 01:09:44,576 Episode 206 is entitled "Small Folk." 781 01:09:44,600 --> 01:09:47,479 The camera is constantly circling characters 782 01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:50,689 to give the sense that this world is turning 783 01:09:50,774 --> 01:09:52,442 very slowly amidst this battle 784 01:09:52,484 --> 01:09:54,444 between the Blacks and the Greens. 785 01:09:54,986 --> 01:09:58,239 In a way, it's a boiling over of all of these things 786 01:09:58,323 --> 01:09:59,824 that have been simmering for so long. 787 01:10:02,869 --> 01:10:07,832 He dares to summon me with haste? 788 01:10:08,208 --> 01:10:11,961 I find Aemond to be one of the most interesting characters. 789 01:10:12,003 --> 01:10:14,964 He's driven by a very cold rationality. 790 01:10:15,006 --> 01:10:17,509 Aegon makes choices out of fear or anger, 791 01:10:17,634 --> 01:10:20,303 whereas Aemond's revenge will always be served cold. 792 01:10:22,389 --> 01:10:24,766 Aegon has so many people 793 01:10:24,849 --> 01:10:27,352 constantly trying to puppeteer him. 794 01:10:27,477 --> 01:10:31,106 It's Larys, or it's Alicent, or it was Otto. 795 01:10:31,189 --> 01:10:32,440 Whereas now, we've got Aemond. 796 01:10:32,524 --> 01:10:34,984 He's very difficult to manipulate. 797 01:10:35,151 --> 01:10:36,695 In a state of war, he's going to fight, 798 01:10:36,820 --> 01:10:37,821 just like Daemon. 799 01:10:37,862 --> 01:10:39,531 My uncle is a challenge I welcome, 800 01:10:39,656 --> 01:10:40,865 if he dares face me. 801 01:10:41,032 --> 01:10:43,493 I think Aemond is obsessed with Daemon, in a way. 802 01:10:43,535 --> 01:10:45,453 I think he grew up in Daemon's shadow 803 01:10:45,537 --> 01:10:47,497 and hearing about the mystique of him. 804 01:10:47,706 --> 01:10:51,084 Aemond has spun Daemon up into being this rival of his 805 01:10:51,167 --> 01:10:53,044 and also somebody that he wants to emulate, 806 01:10:53,378 --> 01:10:55,505 and then probably kill one day. 807 01:10:55,588 --> 01:10:58,216 Mother? A word. 808 01:11:00,176 --> 01:11:02,887 I think Aemond genuinely sees Alicent 809 01:11:02,929 --> 01:11:05,390 as no more than his mother and a woman. 810 01:11:05,515 --> 01:11:08,351 So, why would she be on the small council? 811 01:11:08,560 --> 01:11:10,600 Aemond sees the world in a very black and white way. 812 01:11:10,687 --> 01:11:12,248 We've always talked about Aemond as being 813 01:11:12,272 --> 01:11:13,398 the ultimate pragmatist. 814 01:11:13,690 --> 01:11:15,668 So, he is not banishing his mother from the council 815 01:11:15,692 --> 01:11:16,359 out of cruelty. 816 01:11:16,526 --> 01:11:18,069 It's very simply like, "I'm sorry, 817 01:11:18,194 --> 01:11:20,238 what is it that you do here, and what's your role?" 818 01:11:20,864 --> 01:11:22,240 You served the realm well... 819 01:11:23,700 --> 01:11:25,035 at a time of need. 820 01:11:26,911 --> 01:11:28,121 That need has ended. 821 01:11:28,246 --> 01:11:32,083 So long as he's seen as this indestructible, 822 01:11:32,417 --> 01:11:35,045 horror icon-esque, Terminator-like figure, 823 01:11:35,086 --> 01:11:36,546 he'll be forever all-powerful. 824 01:11:36,588 --> 01:11:38,214 Have the indignities of your childhood 825 01:11:38,256 --> 01:11:39,799 not yet sufficiently been avenged? 826 01:11:40,592 --> 01:11:44,596 She tries to penetrate whatever heart he has left, 827 01:11:44,721 --> 01:11:46,556 but it's to no avail. 828 01:11:52,437 --> 01:11:54,314 Ser Steffon Darklyn, Your Grace. 829 01:11:54,773 --> 01:11:56,566 I need more dragonriders. 830 01:11:56,733 --> 01:11:58,068 - Who could do it? - You. 831 01:11:59,069 --> 01:12:01,738 I think it's an act out of desperation of Rhaenyra's 832 01:12:01,780 --> 01:12:02,822 because she realizes 833 01:12:02,947 --> 01:12:04,383 she's never going to have the ground army. 834 01:12:04,407 --> 01:12:06,409 She doesn't know how Daemon is going to break. 835 01:12:06,451 --> 01:12:08,286 And even if the Riverlanders do go her way, 836 01:12:08,328 --> 01:12:10,080 they're still weeks away by March. 837 01:12:10,288 --> 01:12:12,415 She takes another one of these pretty outlandish, 838 01:12:12,457 --> 01:12:15,001 but understandable risks in trying to put 839 01:12:15,085 --> 01:12:16,628 Steffon Darklyn on a dragon. 840 01:12:16,753 --> 01:12:18,296 Perhaps the gods will favor us. 841 01:12:19,339 --> 01:12:21,466 The first part of this journey 842 01:12:21,508 --> 01:12:23,802 is kind of an act of magical thinking. 843 01:12:24,260 --> 01:12:26,930 And I don't think it's that pragmatic. 844 01:12:27,097 --> 01:12:28,848 I think it's based on faith. 845 01:12:28,932 --> 01:12:31,184 This is part of the sort of fanaticism 846 01:12:31,309 --> 01:12:33,269 that we start to see her exhibit. 847 01:12:33,311 --> 01:12:34,979 It's a very dangerous thing to do 848 01:12:35,021 --> 01:12:36,898 because you suddenly take the idea 849 01:12:36,981 --> 01:12:39,442 of Targaryen superiority as dragonriders, 850 01:12:39,484 --> 01:12:42,153 and you give it to anyone that has Targaryen blood. 851 01:12:42,278 --> 01:12:45,198 So, you sort of democratize riding a dragon. 852 01:12:46,366 --> 01:12:47,826 Gods. 853 01:12:47,951 --> 01:12:50,537 It is a risk to life and limb, but on the other side of it, 854 01:12:50,662 --> 01:12:53,164 it means being written into the history books. 855 01:12:53,456 --> 01:12:55,500 Darklyn gets intoxicated by that idea, 856 01:12:55,542 --> 01:12:58,211 and doesn't think about the possible consequences, 857 01:12:58,336 --> 01:13:01,006 which, sadly, are quickly visited upon him. 858 01:13:06,344 --> 01:13:09,681 Rhaenyra's last-ditch idea literally goes up in flames. 859 01:13:12,517 --> 01:13:14,728 There is not food enough in the city. 860 01:13:14,894 --> 01:13:17,647 The people are hungry, and their anger is rising. 861 01:13:17,814 --> 01:13:19,691 I think Larys is smart enough 862 01:13:19,816 --> 01:13:23,111 to try and warn Aemond that people are hungry. 863 01:13:23,194 --> 01:13:25,131 And when people are hungry, they become desperate. 864 01:13:25,155 --> 01:13:27,490 When people become desperate, things happen. 865 01:13:28,199 --> 01:13:30,368 I think Larys is suggesting this 866 01:13:30,493 --> 01:13:32,203 in an effort to become the Hand. 867 01:13:32,328 --> 01:13:34,789 And he wants to show Aemond that he has an understanding 868 01:13:34,873 --> 01:13:35,874 of what's happening. 869 01:13:35,999 --> 01:13:37,500 Send word to Otto Hightower. 870 01:13:39,002 --> 01:13:40,211 Your Grace. 871 01:13:41,087 --> 01:13:42,189 His Grace, the King, 872 01:13:42,213 --> 01:13:44,341 has regained consciousness this morning. 873 01:13:44,549 --> 01:13:45,550 What happy news. 874 01:13:47,719 --> 01:13:49,429 Aemond has had to accept the fact 875 01:13:49,512 --> 01:13:51,056 that his brother survived, 876 01:13:51,181 --> 01:13:52,461 and he now has to deal with that, 877 01:13:52,682 --> 01:13:54,827 but I don't think Aemond is looking to give up his regency 878 01:13:54,851 --> 01:13:55,894 any time soon either. 879 01:13:55,935 --> 01:13:57,187 Ad hoc, he's the King. 880 01:13:57,228 --> 01:13:58,988 And of course, you'd want to hold on to that. 881 01:14:00,190 --> 01:14:01,709 Aegon is in grave danger, 882 01:14:01,733 --> 01:14:04,235 now Aemond's, you know, prowling around the castle. 883 01:14:04,527 --> 01:14:06,780 He's always had these suspicions of Aemond, 884 01:14:06,863 --> 01:14:08,907 but never really taken them too seriously. 885 01:14:09,074 --> 01:14:12,577 He wants to be in that position more than Aegon ever did. 886 01:14:14,746 --> 01:14:17,540 It seems my brother has a long recovery ahead of him, 887 01:14:17,582 --> 01:14:18,458 Grand Maester. 888 01:14:18,541 --> 01:14:20,293 If Aegon was to fully recover, 889 01:14:20,377 --> 01:14:22,587 and he was to tell people what Aemond did, 890 01:14:22,629 --> 01:14:25,423 that puts Aemond's newfound position in jeopardy. 891 01:14:25,465 --> 01:14:28,218 And so, he's a major threat, at this point. 892 01:14:34,391 --> 01:14:35,308 It's getting pretty restless 893 01:14:35,392 --> 01:14:36,535 in the streets of King's Landing, 894 01:14:36,559 --> 01:14:37,870 and I think all the sympathy that they gained 895 01:14:37,894 --> 01:14:40,438 after Jaehaerys' death, a lot of that has been spent. 896 01:14:41,106 --> 01:14:44,317 And you have people who are scared and sick and hungry. 897 01:14:44,401 --> 01:14:46,444 And when the masses get restless, 898 01:14:46,569 --> 01:14:48,297 they point at the person in the highest levels of power, 899 01:14:48,321 --> 01:14:49,280 and they blame them. 900 01:14:51,449 --> 01:14:52,885 You, where'd you get that food? 901 01:14:52,909 --> 01:14:56,121 Gifts from the Queen. She thinks of us even now! 902 01:14:56,329 --> 01:14:57,956 I think the people of King's Landing 903 01:14:58,081 --> 01:14:59,708 have learned by now, 904 01:14:59,791 --> 01:15:02,127 the people in charge are only going to give them 905 01:15:02,252 --> 01:15:03,503 what they have to. 906 01:15:04,462 --> 01:15:06,607 I don't think they're stupid, and I think that's what happens. 907 01:15:06,631 --> 01:15:08,925 I think the aristocracy undermine people 908 01:15:08,967 --> 01:15:09,968 as a collective. 909 01:15:10,427 --> 01:15:12,405 Whoever's gonna supply them and save them from the famine 910 01:15:12,429 --> 01:15:14,514 is the person they're gonna choose to be in charge. 911 01:15:17,642 --> 01:15:20,145 Aemond's downfall is that he doesn't understand 912 01:15:20,186 --> 01:15:21,479 the power of the small folk. 913 01:15:21,604 --> 01:15:24,107 Rhaenyra, through Mysaria, comes to understand this. 914 01:15:24,274 --> 01:15:25,793 She knows what makes them tick. 915 01:15:25,817 --> 01:15:26,609 She's one of them. 916 01:15:26,693 --> 01:15:28,194 And not just how to win their hearts, 917 01:15:28,278 --> 01:15:30,363 but actually what they really need. 918 01:15:30,780 --> 01:15:33,408 Mysaria is giving Rhaenyra that layer 919 01:15:33,491 --> 01:15:35,511 that she's not getting from anybody else in their council, 920 01:15:35,535 --> 01:15:37,829 which is, how do I, from so far away, 921 01:15:37,871 --> 01:15:39,581 on this literal island of Dragonstone, 922 01:15:39,664 --> 01:15:41,499 touch and affect King's Landing? 923 01:15:41,958 --> 01:15:43,209 And in this war, 924 01:15:43,293 --> 01:15:45,670 that psychological battle is very important. 925 01:15:47,714 --> 01:15:50,008 Your Graces, we must leave. 926 01:15:50,467 --> 01:15:52,802 Alicent goes through this whole experience in this episode 927 01:15:52,844 --> 01:15:55,513 of having all these layers of her family 928 01:15:55,555 --> 01:15:57,057 slowly stripped away from her. 929 01:15:57,140 --> 01:15:58,260 Her father has gone missing, 930 01:15:58,350 --> 01:15:59,950 and her son might not survive his wounds. 931 01:15:59,976 --> 01:16:02,145 Cole is off on the march, Aemond is a monster, 932 01:16:02,562 --> 01:16:04,564 and she goes to the Sept to find comfort. 933 01:16:04,689 --> 01:16:07,317 And even that is not a sanctuary for her. 934 01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:09,152 There's the Queen of Fishes! 935 01:16:11,529 --> 01:16:12,906 There's a blockade. 936 01:16:13,365 --> 01:16:14,532 There's no food. 937 01:16:14,657 --> 01:16:17,369 The small folk are starving, 938 01:16:17,410 --> 01:16:19,662 and so there's no wonder that they see the royals 939 01:16:19,704 --> 01:16:21,831 come in their cart and all their finery, 940 01:16:21,873 --> 01:16:23,667 and it's such a slap in the face to them. 941 01:16:23,708 --> 01:16:26,211 It's very Marie Antoinette, "Let them eat cake." 942 01:16:26,336 --> 01:16:27,336 It's cause for revolt. 943 01:16:27,712 --> 01:16:30,382 The effects of Aegon and now Aemond's reign 944 01:16:30,507 --> 01:16:31,508 have bubbled over 945 01:16:31,675 --> 01:16:33,551 and nearly taken her and Helaena's life. 946 01:16:39,557 --> 01:16:41,726 It is, as we hoped, a warning to the usurpers 947 01:16:41,851 --> 01:16:44,229 that you have strength beyond what they accredited. 948 01:16:44,270 --> 01:16:48,024 It's been such an interesting part of this series for me, 949 01:16:48,108 --> 01:16:49,442 understanding that relationship. 950 01:16:50,026 --> 01:16:53,154 You watch two people who are deeply suspicious 951 01:16:53,238 --> 01:16:56,199 of one another develop a form of trust. 952 01:16:56,574 --> 01:16:59,536 Their relationship has found a dynamic 953 01:16:59,577 --> 01:17:01,788 which is not dissimilar to how they first met, 954 01:17:01,913 --> 01:17:05,291 which was this kind of open frankness and honesty, 955 01:17:05,375 --> 01:17:08,712 and really taking each other at face value. 956 01:17:10,547 --> 01:17:14,467 In many ways, she is the off-council Hand of Rhaenyra. 957 01:17:14,718 --> 01:17:17,512 I think Mysaria's power increases in Rhaenys' absence 958 01:17:17,595 --> 01:17:19,035 because I think Rhaenyra is desperate 959 01:17:19,097 --> 01:17:21,474 and looking for that sympathetic female voice in her life. 960 01:17:21,599 --> 01:17:22,934 Within a patriarchal structure, 961 01:17:22,976 --> 01:17:25,437 they underestimate both of us, really. 962 01:17:25,562 --> 01:17:28,064 I believe you are meant to be Queen. 963 01:17:29,733 --> 01:17:32,068 And to what extent is there a degree of threat 964 01:17:32,110 --> 01:17:37,449 in watching two women begin to guide the path to war? 965 01:17:39,576 --> 01:17:40,696 Your Grace. 966 01:17:40,785 --> 01:17:42,912 The dragon Seasmoke has been sighted. 967 01:17:43,079 --> 01:17:44,080 He has a rider. 968 01:17:45,457 --> 01:17:46,875 Seasmoke has been claimed, 969 01:17:46,958 --> 01:17:49,461 and she needs to go find out who, 970 01:17:50,253 --> 01:17:52,964 leaving the audience wondering what's going to happen next.