That would have made a good, effective, dramatic moment to end the episode. The crowd would think it was part of the celebration, but everyone on the dais would know exactly what was happening. I was expecting that once Aegon was crowned, we would hear a roar and see Rhaenys and Meleys doing a lap around the building. It’s another interesting choice by the writers. Meleys roars his official disapproval and they head off to Dragonstone to tell Rhaenyra about this farce.
Let’s instead marvel at Rhaenys busting through the floor atop her giant red dragon, Meleys, to give Aegon a coronation that no one will forget.
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Arryk is down with the coup, but Erryk’s not having it. We also meet the Cargyll twins, Erryk and Arryk - C’mon, man, really? Isn’t it tough enough keeping names straight on this show? - who start out trying to find Aegon for Otto, but end up on opposite sides of the the coming war. Meanwhile, Alicent dispatches Criston and Aemond to find Aegon and bring him straight to her. Ser Otto makes his move to essentially seize the reins of power, sending for Aegon and demanding that the future king be brought straight to him - presumably so he can convince Aegon to order the death of everyone on Team Black. He takes it a little too far, implying that maybe Alicent killed the king, but he probably doesn’t deserve to get brained in the middle of a meeting. But honestly, I’m all out of sympathy for Team Green.Ĭriston Cole continues to be just the worst, accidentally murdering Lyman Beesbury for being the one Small Council member with the stones to call out the coup. It kind of feels like a weak writing decision to gain Alicent a little sympathy. So it’s hard to believe that she didn’t realize that, once this coup goes down, Team Black has got to go. A few episodes ago, she made it very clear to Aegon that if Rhaenyra became queen, his life would be in danger. So it’s hard to believe her shock that the rest of the Small Council has been plotting the actual logistics of this hostile takeover. Alicent has been all-in on stoking the discord between the Greens and Blacks. The other part of Otto’s quote to Alicent is, “You have the determination to win it.” And it seemed true last week.
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“The Green Council” sees a lot of ugly business going down as Ser Otto and Team Green make their power move to install Aegon II on the Iron Throne before Rhaenyra even knows the king is dead. That game kicked into high gear with this week’s episode. In the early trailers for “House of the Dragon,” Ser Otto Hightower says to his daughter, “We play an ugly game.”
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