She wants dragon-riding adventures and to barbecue baddies, just like her uncle Daemon (Matt Smith), who, coincidentally, has returned to King’s Landing.
Well, after last week’s episode of House of the Dragon ended with a man cutting another in two as if he were halving a sandwich, this latest chapter of Sky’s Thrones prequel brings the sex.
“You do seem changed by your adventures,” Rhaenyra tells her uncle, “more mature perhaps…”
The relationship between Daemon and Rhaenyra has, thus far, been flirty but just about the right side of appropriate (by Westerosi standards).