Tonight's action-packed installment of HBO's House of the Dragon saw the series jump ahead a few years as King Viserys (Paddy Considine) has taken new wife in Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey), who has now bore him his first born son Aegon II and has set his succession plan in disarray.
While the King remains adamant on Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) being his heri, the seeds of doubt have been planted and it seems we'll likely begin heading toward the inevitable as next week's installment will again jump ahead in time to further reveal what's to come 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," 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.