“The Lord Of The Tides” has a classic Game Of Thrones gasper of a moment
Things have changed in the Red Keep since we last visited. Viserys is at death’s door; his body is completely ravaged by the infection we’ve seen growing in him from episode one, and he’s effectively a living skeleton, spending his days in bed, zoned out on milk of the poppy. In his absence, the Hightowers have taken over, going so far as to replace the castle’s Targaryen heraldry with imagery of the Seven-Pointed Star, a symbol of the faith that projects seeming neutrality.
em at first; but the king’s wasted face lights up when the princess introduces him to his two new grandsons, Aegon and Viserys. The Targaryens really need to add more names to their repertoire, but it’s sweet to witness the king meet his namesake. And then it’s time for the big discussion, Otto seated on the Iron Throne. Vaemond makes his petition, mostly addressing Alicent, before Rhaenyra steps forward to counter it. But she’s interrupted by the dramatic entrance of Considine, here to make the case for his future Emmy nomination.Viserys’ slow, agonizing journey across the throne room makes for a stunning set piece, richly earned by all the episodes we’ve spent watching him waffle and demure in the face of high stakes.
It also proves to be his last. Alicent sits beside her husband in bed later that night, easing him through his pain. Tripping on milk of the poppy, he confuses Alicent for Rhaenyra—a fateful reversal of his earlier mistake. He answers the question his daughter asked the night before about Aegon’s dream of the Prince That Was Promised who will unite the realm against the cold and the dark. “It is you. You are the one. You must do this,” he rasps.
The scene between Alicent and Dyana, beautifully acted by Olivia Cooke and Maddie Evans, takes on a chilling contemporary resonance. Though in most ways our world is far removed from the barbaric morays of’s faux-medieval era, conversations like these happen behind closed doors every day; only now, sexual assault victims are offered an NDA instead of a pouch of coins.
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