Because the Selection article notes, Prince Jaehaerys’ head is reattached to his physique for the funeral procession all through King’s Touchdown, which largely serves as a craven PR try and curry favor for Staff Inexperienced … and in opposition to Staff Black, led by Alicent’s childhood pal turned rival Rhaenyra. As Alicent and more and more disturbed, panicking Helaena experience via the streets, a city crier shouts insults pointed at Rhaenyra because the crowds bemoan the lack of their younger prince.
Olivia Cooke and Phia Saban each focus on this sequence within the interview; surprisingly, they each mentioned the sequence was truly beautiful. “”I bear in mind them being like, ‘Do you need to see the dummy?’ Oh goodness, it was actually superbly performed,” Saban revealed. As for Cooke, she mentioned that she thought it was pulled off completely. “It is a very transferring sequence,” Cooke mentioned. “Sara Hess [who wrote the episode] pitched that within the room, making a funeral procession a public present and marching Jaehaerys’ physique — and exhibiting the truth that that they had reduce his head off after which stitched it again onto his physique — via the general public sq. as a manner of diminishing Rhaenyra and her declare, to attempt to create a monster out of her.”
“Home of the Dragon” Season 2 is presently airing on HBO and Max at 9 P.M. on Sunday nights; hopefully, issues search for for Alicent’s youngsters sooner quite than later, and Daeron will not face an excessive amount of bother every time he does seem.