7th dragon code review7/23/2023 ![]() So at least the incest ended up doing someone some good.Īnyway, grim though it may have been, this was another strong episode, crackling with tension and conflict: in particular, the brawl between the royal brats that resulted in one of Queen Alicent’s ( Olivia Cooke) sons losing an eye to one of Rhaenyra’s. An outcome which I imagine will suit him rather nicely, given that he never seemed entirely happy in his marriage to Rhaenyra, what with being gay and all. In a neat twist, however, it turned out that the husband, Laenor Velaryon (John MacMillan), was in on the plot all along, and with the help of the supposed hitman was able to fake his own death and escape to a new life elsewhere. That minor impediment was swiftly dealt with, as Daemon (Matt Smith) hired someone to bump the existing husband off. ![]() And then at the end of the episode we were forced to watch them slurping each other’s faces off once again, because they’d actually gone and got married – having apparently seen no other obstacle to this arrangement than the fact that Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) was already married to someone else. But that doesn’t make it any easier to watch. I know this is Westeros, where royal incest is seemingly considered no more than a mild breach of upper-class etiquette, like resting your elbows on the table or saying toilet instead of loo. “But you’re his NIECE! And you’re her UNCLE!” No, they still weren’t listening to me. From start to finish it was a grotesque (and I assume deliberate) parody of all the hoariest sex scene clichés. The slow, teasing, will-they-won’t-they build-up (lingering looks, tilting heads) then the hungrily impassioned snogging to a soundtrack of swooning violins then the delicate, tender removal of each other’s clothes and then finally the pair of them going at it full bore on a beautiful deserted beach, while, in the background, the waves heaved and sighed. But this one was excruciating – not least because it was shot as if it actually was a normal sex scene. Personally, I find it awkward enough watching sex scenes between characters who aren’t close blood relations. My efforts, however, were to no avail, and we were soon subjected to the full, sickening horror. I found myself shouting at the screen, in a desperate attempt to remind them. It was as if they’d actually forgotten they’re related. ![]() The worst of it is, they didn’t pause to agonise over the morality of it. Because this week, in episode seven, all my deepest, clammiest fears came true. In my review, I expressed my heartfelt relief and gratitude that we’d been spared a full-blown sex scene. Three weeks ago, in episode four of House of the Dragon, Princess Rhaenyra and her uncle Daemon started getting it on – only for Daemon to chicken out and flee.
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