As Milly Alcock and Emily Carey take a final bow for their brilliant portrayals of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower these past five weeks, it's time to look ahead to the bloodshed to come as Emma D'Arcy (Rhaenyra Targaryen) and Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower) take over the roles and prepare us for the inevitable Targaryen Civil War.
With the health of King Viserys (Paddy Considine) worsening by the day, both the Princess and the Queen will begin to make their respective moves in order to ensure their chosen heir ends up on the Iron Throne, and as book readers are well aware, things are going to get very, very messy in the House of the Dragon.
The latest promo doesn't reveal too much in terms of what to expect next week, but we do get a sneak peek at how the fractured relationship between Rhaenyra and Alicent has devolved over the past decade. Don't expect things to get better anytime soon, as we inch closer and closer to the Dance of the Dragons.
Check out the new preview for episode six, titled "The Princess And The Queen," 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.