House of the Dragon' episode 3

2022 - 9 - 4

'House of the Dragon' episode 3: The king - and the show - go ... (NPR)

In the third episode of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel, Rhaenyra is bored, has to fend off a Lord, then nearly gets gored; meanwhile, a minor threat gets put ...

- The show did a fair bit of work to set up the Crabfeeder as a formidable foe, but all of that work was purely visual. But we didn't get to actually see Daemon slicing the Crabfeeder on the bias, giving him a fashionable, kicky, off-the-shoulder kind of death. High on a ridge overlooking this sad scene, the true White Hart of Yeah No For Real You Are the True Heir to the Iron Throne, GurlTM appears to Rhaenyra and Ser Criston. He's the firstborn son of the king! This scene is a big emotional breakthrough for Viserys — yes, he's drunk, but he's clearly been putting in the work on himself, processing, self-actualizing, filling out the workbooks — but Alicent just sort of ... But instead of one that looks out at the wider world, this one looks inward — and to the past. He's troubled, also, by Jason Lannister's offer of a spear with which to kill the beast, as well as his offering himself up as Rhaenyra Suitor Number 1. This sets her fuming, and she confronts the king, accusing him of pawning her off for political gain. Rhaenyra feels overlooked and disregarded by the king and ... (It's in this same wood that King Robert I will later be mortally wounded by a boar, kicking off the events of Game of Thrones.) But Viserys dismisses him, too preoccupied with his son Aegon's upcoming second birthday, and the royal hunt that has been arranged in his honor. This recap of House of the Dragon's third episode contains spoilers for ...

'House of the Dragon': All the 'Fire and Blood' Easter Eggs in ... (Vanity Fair)

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With that said, it’s good we’re getting to meet the dragon now; it’ll make a key event in the future involving Seasmoke all the more heartbreaking. Given the book’s sparse details about the war in the Stepstones, it shouldn’t be surprising to hear that Seasmoke’s role in this week’s episode was a show-only invention. Just as likely, it’s the show nodding toward a rare moment of Martin canonically exhibiting self-restraint. Perhaps it’s worth paying attention to Nymeria’s tale and how it might correlate with the princess and the queen’s future. For House of the Dragon, however, resolving that conflict required only a single episode, and even more succinctly, a seven-minute action sequence. Still, his fate is consistent with what happens in Fire & Blood, the fictional history book on which HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel is based.

House of the Dragon Episode 3: The Disappointing Deaths Begin (Esquire.com)

King Viserys has had enough with politics in 'House of the Dragon.' Here's our recap on Sunday night's episode on HBO.

The stag is screaming bloody murder the whole time, which is a little bit of a buzzkill. Laenor also arrives on the back of a white dragon, burning a whole host of the enemy’s army alive. Faking a surrender, the prince marches out to the middle of the battlefield and slays nearly 20 of the Crabfeeder's men on his own, before he's clipped by flying arrows. Ser Vaemond doesn't believe in Daemon and his dragon to get the job done, but Laenor plots to use Daemon as bait to draw the Crabfeeder's men out. "Was I named heir to the Iron Throne so that I might only further raise the standing of a lord of Casterly Rock?" Trying to console the king, Lord Strong reminds him that the previous King Jaehaerys was driven to the edge of madness by his daughters as well. The king is in a drunken-no-more-fake-friends tantrum. Outside of Craghas the Crabfeeder—the man who has crabs eat people alive on the beaches of the Stepstones!?—the realm is now a relatively safe place. Tyland is a political strategist in the king's court, while Jason is the lord of a castle in the west, called Casterly Rock. If a raven hasn't delivered the message to you yet, [House of the](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a36342276/house-of-the-dragon-hbo-game-of-thrones-prequel/) [ Dragon](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a36342276/house-of-the-dragon-hbo-game-of-thrones-prequel/) doubled its massive viewership numbers last Sunday from roughly 10 million viewers—to over 25 million. House of the Dragon may not have all the dragons it promised us just yet, but it certainly has drama. Like it or not, House of the Dragon Episode Three begins with a time jump.

House of the Dragon episode 3: Targaryens find that Game of ... (Polygon)

House of the Dragon is based on George R.R. Martin's book Fire & Blood, which was mostly a straight recounting of Targaryen history. But Game of Thrones' ...

Only the gods ( [and book readers](https://www.polygon.com/23057740/read-fire-blood-house-of-the-dragon)) may know. [Aegon the Conqueror’s dream from episode 1](https://www.polygon.com/game-of-thrones/23289499/house-of-the-dragon-aegon-conqueror-prophecy-ice-and-fire-game-of-thrones), is a step back toward the more supernatural world of Thrones. The book itself is a fairly dry recounting of the events as told How to read the moment (or even how she reads the moment) is opaque, by design. It is, as one of the helpers holding it in place so the king may kill it notes, still a “big lad,” but the animal is not white. At a hunting party thrown in honor of Prince Aegon’s second birthday, many push for Aegon to be next in line (him being the firstborn son of King Viserys), while others insist [the throne is still Rhaenyra’s](https://www.polygon.com/23321956/house-of-the-dragon-episode-2-review) (being [the actual firstborn and named heir](https://www.polygon.com/game-of-thrones/23058669/house-of-the-dragon-cast-characters-story-fire-and-blood-targaryens)).

House of the Dragon - Episode 3 Review - IGN (IGN)

This slow-burn episode of House Of The Dragon is Game Of Thrones as we know it – for better or worse – but the Targaryens' internal squabbles are still ...

This is Game Of Thrones as we know it, almost to a fault, with all the same backstabbing and family dramas. Back-up arrives in the form of the Velaryon forces and dragonfire to warm both the heart and all the other bodily organs. Whether he can hold the Stepstones is another matter – he’s not a details guy – but he appears to be on the up once more. Since they do, we’re back to resting on questions of marriage and babies for all the principal women, and old women discussing the fate of those who fall to enemies: namely, being exiled to a brothel to be raped. When Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) suggests that Rhaenyra marry her toddler half-brother to set things to rights, and he actually has a point dynastically speaking, it’s clear that something is rotten in the state of Westeros. Jason’s sensible twin Tyland Lannister (also Hall) is around, and appears to be the brains of the two. These men (so many men) all feel like the upcoming victims and villains of whatever schemes the show is cooking up, so they’re probably worth keeping an eye on. There’s lots of public bickering in this episode, the kind that would start unsettling rumors in a more stable court than any in Westeros. Viserys (Paddy Considine) and his court are off into the woods to celebrate the second birthday of his son, Aegon. The noblemen of Westeros have assembled to pay tribute to the baby, who they assume will eventually become the king’s heir – however much he protests that he’s still backing Rhaenyra (still Milly Alcock), his anointed heir. Rhaenyra looks and feels isolated – though she also doesn’t seem to have much grasp of the politicking that might make her position more secure. But after that familiar theme plays and those clockwork credits spin, this week’s episode comes with a little homework: time to start making notes on the Lords of Westeros, because the movers and shakers have arrived in great numbers now, and they’re beginning to look like sharks in the water.

House of the Dragon SPOILER FILLED recap (Who)

Prince Daemon had formed an alliance with the furious Lord Corlys Velaryon. And we caught a glimpse at the monstrous Crabfeeder, the pirate lord that has been ...

She says she feels useless now and that his only need for her is to marry her off to the highest bidder. The Crabfeeder looks to the skies but there is no dragon to be found. The men appear to be losing faith in Daemon and they look on him with little more than disdain. Allicent believes it is better for the realm as a whole to be rid of the Crabfeeder and Viserys agrees to send men. She says every woman would want to see their son on the Iron Throne but reminds him that Rhaenyra is heir. However, we find that the woods has more than one ‘King’ as Rhaenyra and Criston stumble across a white hart of their own. Otto suggests if the Lannister pairing is not to Viserys’ liking then perhaps he should marry Rhaenyra to Aegon. Otto asks what Viserys makes of Jason’s proposal and Viserys says the Lannister’s pride has pride. The Crab Feeder’s crusade is interrupted by Daemon on the back of Caraxes who adds more fire to the current fires. Rhaenyra says she has no insight to offer since she’s never been to the Stepstones, besides, she hasn’t seen her Uncle Daemon in years so she cannot speak to his motives. One of Corlys’ men curses the pirate and calls him the ‘betrayer’, a hint at who the eerie masked figure is perhaps? The Crabfeeder is up to his old tricks of nailing men to driftwood.