Princess and the Queen”

After a 10-year time jump, we’re viewing this episode as a second pilot of House of the Dragon. Cam takes us through a laundry list of echoes to the actual pilot of the show, including grisly childbirths, another set of important deaths, and the merits of short but potent character arcs. We discuss Daemon’s new kind of impotence and what it means for his next steps and potential new allies. We examine the prevalence and repercussions of isolation in this new era of the show, and do a lot of reading between the lines of the time jump. Maggie takes us through the deadly battlefield of childbirth, and lauds the show’s remarkably grounded depictions of the pre- and post-partum experiences. Cam’s Macbeth parallel continues with the play’s prophetic Birnam Wood and “none of woman-born”. Tristan eulogizes Harwin Strong and his uniquely healthy presentation of fatherhood.

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Discussion of House of the Dragon, Season 1, Episode 6: “The Princess and the Queen”