How 'House of the Dragon' pulled off the 'extreme' scene that sets its story in motion
If there's anything viewers learned over eight seasons of "Game of Thrones," it's that, in Westeros, no one is too important or too beloved to suffer a sudden, horrible death.
Fittingly, the long-awaited spinoff "House of the Dragon" opens with a death — two, actually — as memorable as they are poignant. In Sunday's "The Heirs of the Dragon," Queen Consort Aemma Targaryen (Sian Brooke) bleeds to death after a crude cesarean section performed without her consent or knowledge. The attempt to save her child and secure a male successor to the Iron Throne is ultimately futile: The infant lives for only a few hours.
The brutal sequence, intercut with a violent jousting battle, highlights the dangers faced by women in this
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