House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 8 Recap: The King’s Speech

One episode removed from the end of its first season, Game of Thrones loudly announced its cruel intentions for the audience, by chopping off the apparent main character’s head. From the death of Sean Bean’s top-billed character Ned Stark onward, Thrones viewers knew to expect the unexpected at every turn, with no character too safe to die. For its part, House of the Dragon has taken a different tact with the actor at the top of the call sheet, Paddy Considine. Given the show’s built-in premise about succession, and given the franchise’s violent history toward its own protagonists, the death… Read Full Article