Last night's action-packed installment of HBO's House of the Dragon saw the series jump ahead a few years in time, as King Viserys (Paddy Considine) has already taken Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey) as his new wife, and is celebrating his first son Aegon II's second birthday.
While the King remains adamant that Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) will be his heir, the seeds of doubt have already been planted and his succession plan is fully in disarray, meaning it seems increasingly likely we'll soon begin heading toward the inevitable. Next week's episode will take another slight time jump to further reveal some of the early moments before devastation comes for the Targaryen dynasty.
Meanwhile, Daemon (Matt Smith) gets the hour's most show-stopping moments as he and Caraxes take the battle right to Craghas Drahar, a.k.a. Craghas Crabfeeder, and ultimately bests him in combat during the hour's closing moments. The War for the Stepstones has finally been won and Daemon has declared himself the new King of the Narrow Sea, which sets the stage for his return to King's Landing next week.
Check out the new preview for episode four, titled "King of the Narrow Sea," as well as the episode three featurette below:
Season One features Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans, with Milly Alcock, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Emily Carey, Harry Collett, Ryan Corr, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Graham McTavish, Ewan Mitchell, Theo Nate, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson, Phia Saban, Gavin Spokes, and Savannah Steyn.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen.