Following the formula set up in last week’s Season 2 premiere of House Of The Dragon, the series gives us another episode of mostly politicking and setup punctuated at the very end with extreme violence. This scene, however, was a lot more fun than last week’s traumatizing child-murder. That’s not to say the scene was pleasant, but I’d rather watch two knights fighting than that grisly Blood and Cheese scene any day.
Spoilers follow.
We’ll start at the end this week, since it’s certainly the moment everyone will be talking about after the episode airs on HBO and Max. Arryk (Luke Tittensor) and Erryk (Elliot Tittensor) Cargyll’s fight to the death worked shockingly well, largely thanks to the excellent—nay, perfect—casting of these two knights, twins in real life and on the show.
The Cargyll’s were each sworn Kingsguard knights to the previous ruler, King Viserys I (Paddy Considine) but when the Hightowers pulled their little coup at the end of last season, the two brothers each chose different queens to support. Erryk, disillusioned with Aegon’s (Tom Glynn-Carney) frequent trips to brothels and illicit fights where impoverished children fight for the amusement of others, tries to convince his brother, Arryk, to support Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) but he’s unyielding. He swore an oath and is unwilling to break it, no matter the prince’s “proclivities.”
(Quick note: I would be annoyed with Mom and Dad Cargyll for naming their sons in the most confusing fashion imaginable, but I’m going to just pin this one on George R.R. Martin who had a lot of fun with names in his book Fire and Blood, including a whole lineage of Tullys with names like Grover, Oscar and Elmo).
House Of The Dragon Season 2 Episode 1
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