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House of the Dragon – Season 1, Episode 6 The Princess and the Queen

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House of the Dragon – Season 1, Episode 6

The Princess and the Queen

Aired Sep 25, 2022

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Ten years later. Rhaenyra navigates Alicent’s continued speculation about her children, while Daemon and Laena weigh an offer in Pentos.

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While the longest time-skip yet diminishes some of this installment's most shocking moments, the commanding introductions of Emma D'Arcy and Olivia Cooke make clear that "The Princess and the Queen" will remain compulsively watchable combatants.

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Paddy Considine

King Viserys Targaryen

Matt Smith

Prince Daemon Targaryen

Olivia Cooke

Alicent Hightower

Emma D'Arcy

Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen

Fabien Frankel

Ser Criston Cole

Rhys Ifans

Otto Hightower

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Eliana Dockterman

TIME Magazine

Oct 21, 2022

Even for more consequential characters, the time jumps muddled their motivations.

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Ben Dowell

The Times (UK)

Sep 28, 2022

5/5

Goodbye peace and harmony, hello a truly captivating drama that is, quite literally, catching fire.

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Scott Bryan

BBC.com

Sep 28, 2022

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I like the fact that this show is less sprawling than the original. There are far fewer characters. The show also feels different to Game of Thrones by looking at the factions and fighting within one family rather than across many others.

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Rob Bricken

io9.com

Oct 17, 2022

Tonight's excellent, tension-filled episode basically gave me a 67-minute-long anxiety attack.

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Akash Singh

That Shelf

Oct 6, 2022

“The Princess and the Queen” benefits substantially from this thematic resonance because otherwise this is arguably the weakest episode of the season.

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Melody McCune

Geek Girl Authority

Oct 3, 2022

I’m here for the ride, even if this outing is a bit disjointed. The cinematography is lush, as usual, as is the ethereal setting, intricate costumes and rich dialogue.

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Synopsis

Ten years later. Rhaenyra navigates Alicent’s continued speculation about her children, while Daemon and Laena weigh an offer in Pentos.

Director: Clare Kilner, Geeta Patel, Greg Yaitanes
Executive Producer: George R.R. Martin, Ryan Condal, Miguel Sapochnik, Vince Gerardis, Sara Hess, Ron Schmidt, David Hancock, Charmaine De Grate
Screenwriter: Ryan Condal, Sara Hess, Charmaine De Grate
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Sep 25, 2022

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