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House of the Dragon Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2022 - 2022
Episode 1
The Heirs of the Dragon
Sun, Aug 21, 202266 mins
The lords of Westeros gather in a Great Council to elect an heir to succeed Jaehaerys I, who has no living children. The council chooses his eldest grandson, Viserys, over his eldest grandchild, Rhaenys, to succeed their grandfather, being heavily influenced by the customs of patriarchal rule. Nine years later, Viserys hosts a tournament to celebrate the impending birth of a potential heir. However, Queen Aemma insists it will be their last child, whether it's a boy or a girl, since she can't bear to mourn another child after a series of miscarriages and stillbirths have only produced a single living child. However, Viserys is confident this child will be a boy and he will finally have an heir. But until he does, his brother Daemon is the presumptive heir. Later in the day, Viserys is forced to choose between the life of his heir and that of his wife during a difficult birth that will likely kill them both. His wife dies giving birth to his son, but the little solace an heir brings is short-lived, as the boy dies the next day. Viserys hosts a series of Small Council meetings where members indicate concern over the actions of Prince Dameon. They believe his temperament, attitude and judgment will prevent him from ruling justly should he inherit the Iron Throne. While the King vigorously defends his brother, a series of actions by his brother and a disagreement over how the power of the crown should be asserted force Viserys to question his current plan of succession. The pressure to protect the realm by having an acceptable heir that all the noble houses will support and ensure no competing claims are made weighs heavily on him. Viserys has spent the better part of a decade trying to produce a suitable male heir at great personal cost, in order to prevent a civil war after his death. But, he realizes only now that he had a worthy heir all along in his daughter, Rhaenyra. Although she has no royal aspirations, she is well-suited to lead the realm. Viserys summons the realm's nobility to a gathering to settle the matter. As he bears witness on the Iron Throne, Viserys asks the noble houses to all declare an oath of fealty to him and his designated heir, Rhaenyra.
Episode 2
The Rogue Prince
Sun, Aug 28, 202254 mins
Princess Rhaenyra dives deep into the prophecies about House Targaryen while confronting a realm that resists the idea of a woman on the Iron Throne, and Prince Daemon, embittered over being passed over as the heir to Westeros, prepares to go to war.
Episode 3
Second of His Name
Sun, Sep 4, 202263 mins
For three years, Lord Corlys and Prince Daemon have battled the Crabfeeder and his forces in the Stepstones without the Iron Throne's support. Meanwhile, King Viserys plans a great hunt to celebrate his and pregnant Queen Alicent's son Aegon's second birthday. Rhaenyra resents her father's excessive attention towards her half-brother, Aegon. The ailing king insists that Rhaenyra, now seventeen, must marry to form a strong alliance and protect their lineage. Many suitors are considered, including two-year-old Prince Aegon. Lord Lyonel Strong recommends Ser Laenor Velaryon, Lord Corlys' son, as a potential match to mend the rift between the two houses. Overcoming previous doubts, Viserys assures Rhaenyra she remains his heir and can choose her consort. Meanwhile, brothers Hobert and Otto Hightower secretly scheme to make Aegon the successor, furthering their family's power and prestige. After Ser Vaemond Velaryon pleads for the king's help, Viserys sends aid to the Stepstones. Seeing his brother's support as ending his chance to prove himself, Daemon acts as bait to ambush and kill the Crabfeeder, winning the ensuing battle before the crown's forces arrive.
Episode 4
King of the Narrow Sea
Sun, Sep 11, 202263 mins
Rhaenyra continues her seemingly futile search for a suitable match, Daemon returns Westeros to Kings Landing and stirs more trouble for the King. Rhaenyra learns a valuable lesson about desires and what it means to be a daughter of a King.
Episode 5
We Light the Way
Sun, Sep 18, 202259 mins
In the Vale, Daemon murders his wife, Lady Rhea Royce. Before departing King's Landing, Ser Otto warns Queen Alicent that Rhaenyra becoming queen makes Alicent's children a threat to the crown, for they are the King's sons. Rhaenyra and Ser Laenor Velaryon are betrothed, mollifying Lord Corlys. Understanding Laenor's homosexuality, Rhaenyra proposes fulfilling their royal duties to produce heirs, while being free to pursue their own lovers. Ser Criston is humiliated when Rhaenyra declines his proposal to elope to Essos and assume new identities; she prefers their current sexual liaison. Alicent questions Criston about Rhaenyra and Daemon, but misunderstanding, he confesses to being Rhaenyra's lover. During Rhaenyra and Laenor's betrothal celebration, Alicent enters, interrupting Viserys' speech, wearing a green gown, the signal color for House Hightower's call to arms. Daemon also unexpectedly attends. Confronted by Rhea's cousin, Daemon denies murdering her and wishes to assert his claim to inherit her lands. Laenor's lover, Ser Joffrey Lonmouth, surmises Criston is Rhaenyra's paramour. When Criston believes Joffrey is threatening blackmail, he brutally kills him, devastating Laenor and horrifying guests. Rhaenyra and Laenor are privately wed late that night. Viserys collapses after the ceremony. Meanwhile, Alicent intervenes as a disgraced Criston is about to commit suicide.
Episode 6
The Princess and the Queen
Sun, Sep 25, 202267 mins
Ten years after the wedding between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and Laenor Velaryon (John Macmillan), King Viserys (Paddy Considine) survived his collapse and has now fathered 3 children with Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke). Rhaenyra delivers another child but whispers surround their parentage (is Laenor Velaryon (John Macmillan) their father?). Daemon (Matt Smith) is married to a pregnant Laena Velaryon (Nanna Blondell), they are now in Pentos with their 2 children and receive and interesting offer.
Episode 7
Driftmark
Sun, Oct 2, 202259 mins
King Viserys and his court attend Lady Laena's funeral in Driftmark. Rhaenyra and Daemon reunite and are physically intimate. Meanwhile, Viserys fails to reconcile with Daemon. Prince Aemond claims Vhagar as his dragon, causing an altercation with his cousins and nephews in which Lucerys slashes Aemond's eye with a knife. Seeking justice, Queen Alicent lunges at Lucerys with Viserys' Valyrian steel dagger to gouge out his eye. Rhaenyra blocks Alicent, but injures herself in the process. After claims that Rhaenyra's sons are bastards, Viserys decrees anyone questioning their legitimacy will have their tongues removed. Later, former Hand of the King, Otto Hightower assures Alicent they will prevail, while Rhaenyra and Daemon unite against Alicent and her family. To continue the true Velaryon lineage, Princess Rhaenys suggests that Lord Corlys pass his title through his granddaughter, Baela by marriage to Prince Lucerys, as Laenor has not sired any children. Ser Qarl appears to murder Laenor, with an overwhelmed and inconsolable Rhaenys and Corlys believing a charred body to be their son's. Daemon and Rhaenyra privately marry in the old Valyrian Dragonlord tradition to perpetuate the Targaryen bloodline. Meanwhile it is shown that after faking his death, Laenor secretly has escaped Driftmark with Qarl.
Episode 8
The Lord of the Tides
Sun, Oct 9, 202267 mins
Six years later, Lord Corlys Velaryon is severely wounded fighting in the Stepstones. His brother, Ser Vaemond, petitions King's Landing to name him Corlys' heir, proclaiming Rhaenyra's son, Lucerys, illegitimate. Rhaenyra and Daemon return to the capital to defend Lucerys' claim. King Viserys is now bedridden, disfigured, and mentally muddled. Queen Alicent and the king's Hand, Otto Hightower, oversee all royal matters. Alicent covers-up Prince Aegon raping a handmaiden. Rhaenyra proposes two marriage arrangements with House Velaryon to gain Princess Rhaenys' support. She implores Viserys to defend her succession, quoting Aegon the Conqueror's dream about the Prince That Was Promised. As Vaemond's petition is presented at court, Viserys, barely ambulatory, enters and declares Lucerys the Driftmark heir. Daemon beheads Vaemond when he denounces Rhaenyra as a whore and her children bastards. The family appears to reconcile during a feast, but after Viserys departs, Aemond incites a fight by insinuating Rhaenyra's three eldest sons are illegitimate. Meanwhile, Alicent's lady-in-waiting, Talya, regularly provides Daemon's former mistress, Mysaria, with information. Viserys, near death, mutters parts of Aegon the Conqueror's dream, which Alicent mistakenly believes to refer to their son, Aegon.
Episode 9
The Green Council
Sun, Oct 16, 202258 mins
After attributing the king's last words-The song of Ice and Fire to be applicable to his son Aegon II, the queen Alicent plots a heavy political drama in Kings Landing to crown her first-born son. Amidst all the obstacles, the hand, the queen and their allies successfully names Aegon II to be the next king.
Episode 10
The Black Queen
Sun, Oct 23, 202259 mins
With the Greens in King's Landing having seated Aegon II on the Iron Throne, Rhaenyra and Daemon count their dragons and prepare for war. Lucerys is sent on a diplomatic mission to Storm's End with Aemond seeking retribution as the course of Targaryen history is changed forever.
