Warning: spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon season 2 episode 1. House of the Dragon is officially back – and the hit fantasy series certainly didn’t pull any punches in season 2 episode 1 . At the very end of the first instalment, a truly abhorrent act is committed in the Game of Thrones spin-off – and fans are rightfully horrified out of their minds, with some even saying they ‘had to skip’ the scene altogether as they found it too abhorrent to watch.
Following the death of Luke (Elliot Grihault) at the end of season 1 – Rhaenyra Targaryen’s ( Emma D’Arcy ) second eldest son – she wants revenge from the person responsible...
her half-brother, Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell). Rhaenyra’s husband Daemon Targaryen ( Matt Smith ) heeds her request, taking it upon himself to head to King’s Landing undetected and enlist the services of two assassins called Blood (Sam C Wilson) and Cheese (Mark Stobbart). Blood and Cheese are meant to sneak into the castle and kill Aemond, but before finding him, they instead come across Queen Helaena (Phia Saban) with her two children Jaehaerys and Jaehaera.
The assassins make her tell them which child is the boy, and she eventually points at her son while the youngster – who is the heir to the Iron Throne – is sleeping peacefully in his bed. Figuring out that she’s telling the truth, Blood and Cheese murder the boy there and then, as Helaena grabs her daughter and hurries out of the room, while a horrifying sound c.