{"id":492341,"date":"2022-09-12T05:05:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T02:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-scandal-rocks-the-red-keep\/"},"modified":"2022-09-12T05:05:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T02:05:58","slug":"a-scandal-rocks-the-red-keep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-scandal-rocks-the-red-keep\/","title":{"rendered":"#A Scandal Rocks the Red Keep"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2a7ab2e860b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2a7ab2e860b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-scandal-rocks-the-red-keep\/#%E2%80%9CA_Scandal_Rocks_the_Red_Keep%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;A Scandal Rocks the Red Keep&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CA_Scandal_Rocks_the_Red_Keep%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;A Scandal Rocks the Red Keep&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div> <strong>[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for <em>House of the Dragon<\/em> Season 1 Episode 4, \u201cKing of the Narrow Sea.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you picked up on a possible, uh, <em>tension<\/em> between Daemon (Matt Smith) and Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) during that necklace scene in the premiere, \u201cKing of the Narrow Sea\u201d just took that subtext and made it text.<\/p>\n<p>Yep \u2014 in true <em>Thrones<\/em> fashion, there\u2019s an intimate moment where the uncle-and-niece pairing takes off in earnest this episode. Granted, they\u2019re Targaryens, so perhaps the real surprise is that it\u2019s <em>not<\/em> all that jaw-dropping. The Targ family is known for intermarrying, and as far as the age gap, that seems par for the course for Westeros. Will it still shock those who hadn\u2019t read the source material? Possibly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1059901\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1059901\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1059901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/julian-jones-milly-alcock-fabien-frankel-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"house of the dragon season 1 episode 4, milly alcock as rhaenyra, fabien frankel as criston cole\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/julian-jones-milly-alcock-fabien-frankel-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/julian-jones-milly-alcock-fabien-frankel-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/julian-jones-milly-alcock-fabien-frankel-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/julian-jones-milly-alcock-fabien-frankel-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/julian-jones-milly-alcock-fabien-frankel-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/julian-jones-milly-alcock-fabien-frankel.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1059901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But before any of that h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens, there are a few plot developments to note. First is that another time jump of a few months has passed. Rhaenyra\u2019s father is still trying to help her find a husband, but the princess despises the formalities and returns from her father\u2019s latest matchmaking excursion early\u2026 just in time to see Daemon. What\u2019s Daemon doing in King\u2019s Landing? He\u2019s come to make amends with his brother and to surrender his \u201ccrown\u201d as \u201cKing of the Narrow Sea.\u201d He gives up both the Step-Stones and his crown, and as Viserys embraces him, it seems the bad blood has run out. (Obviously, that won\u2019t last.)<\/p>\n<p>Later, at a courtly gathering, Rhaenyra has a chat with Daemon about how she resents her duties. Namely, she hates being forced to take a husband and produce offspring. Daemon insists that marriage is but a political contract, and that once one enters into it, they are free to do as they like. For men, that might be true, Rhaenyra says, but that\u2019s not the case for women. \u201cMy mother was made to produce heirs until it killed her,\u201d Rhaenyra says in High Valyrian. \u201cI will not suffer the same fate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, she does have some freedom \u2014 if she steals it. Daemon leaves a disguise in her room and instructions to go through a secret passage to find him, and soon he, wearing a cloak, and she, disguised as a commoner boy, walk together through the Flea Bottom streets. Rhaenyra seems truly happy until they watch a skit about the Targaryen succession, which mocks her as being beloved, but \u201cfeeble.\u201d She storms away as Daemon tells her that if she intends to rule over the common people one day, despite what she might think, their wants and perceptions are of consequence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1059902\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1059902\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1059902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/matt-smith_0-854x570.jpg\" alt=\"house of the dragon season 1 episode 4, matt smith as daemon\" width=\"854\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/matt-smith_0-854x570.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/matt-smith_0-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/matt-smith_0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/matt-smith_0-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/matt-smith_0-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/matt-smith_0.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1059902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And as for what she wants\u2026 next, Daemon takes her into the bowels of a pleasure house, where he pulls her close. \u201cMarriage is a duty, yes,\u201d he says as he kisses her, \u201cbut that doesn\u2019t stop us from doing what we want. From f**king who we want.\u201d Rhaenyra kisses him back, he shoves her against the wall, things get steamy\u2026 but when they\u2019re done, Daemon runs off, leaving a confused Rhaenyra by herself in the brothel. She returns to the castle, where Ser Criston (Fabien Frankel), unaware that she\u2019d ever left, waits outside her door. She draws him inside by stealing his helmet, and then they passionately make love. (All of this is contrasted with a decidedly less romantic \u201clove scene\u201d between Alicent [Emily Carey] and Viserys [Paddy Considine]; poor Alicent looks like she\u2019d rather throw herself off the Red Keep\u2019s walls than be in bed with the king.)<\/p>\n<p>But Rhaenyra\u2019s fun night has long-lasting consequences for almost everyone involved. Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) receives word from his sources that Rhaenyra was \u201ccoupling\u201d with her uncle in a pleasure house, and once he passes along that information to the king, Viserys is livid. His matchmaking rests on the condition that Rhaenyra is a maiden, and if word gets out that she\u2019s been \u201csoiled,\u201d the line of lords interested in her will grow short.<\/p>\n<p>Alicent confronts her about it, and she insists nothing happened. Across the castle grounds, Viserys confronts his brother, who says much the opposite. He asks Viserys to wed Rhaenyra to him, so they might restore their house to its \u201cproper glory.\u201d Viserys sees through that and realizes it\u2019s not Rhaenyra that Daemon really wants: it\u2019s power. He banishes him from King\u2019s Landing and tells him to go back to the Veil.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1059904\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1059904\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1059904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-milly-alcock_0-854x570.jpg\" alt=\"house of the dragon season 1 episode 4, matt smith as daemon, paddy considine as viserys\" width=\"854\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-milly-alcock_0-854x570.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-milly-alcock_0-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-milly-alcock_0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-milly-alcock_0-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-milly-alcock_0-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/paddy-considine-milly-alcock_0.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1059904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>From there, Viserys and Rhaenyra have an uncomfortable chat. Both angry and disappointed, he tells her she\u2019ll now be marrying Laenor Velaryon to secure a political alliance between their houses. \u201cAnd what will you do about the vulture that perches upon your throne?\u201d Rhaenyra asks him, meaning Otto Hightower.<\/p>\n<p>The last piece to fall in the scandal is Otto, who Viserys is now convinced conspired against him. He comes to see his marriage to Alicent as the political bargaining play that it was, and he suspects Otto of starting the rumor about Rhaenyra in order to get him to disinherit her and name Aegon, Alicent\u2019s son and his grandson, as heir. He dismisses Otto as his hand, saying that it\u2019s now impossible for him to trust his council given that he cannot be impartial. As the episode ends, a Maester comes to Rhaenyra with an abortion tea from her father, meant to \u201crid [her] of any unwanted consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>House of the Dragon,<\/em> Sundays, 9\/8c, HBO<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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