An Unscripted ‘House Of The Dragon’ Moment Led To One Of The Most Profound Exchanges Of The Season

(House of the Dragon spoilers will be found below.)

This week’s House of the Dragon yielded so much chaotic glee, which sparked hard-hitting emotions. Vaemond Velaryon f*cked around and found out what it was like to keep one’s tongue while losing one’s head. And after Daemon Targaryen pulled off his part of that stunt, he later participated in the funniest interaction of the of the week, but before that happened, a quieter and profound moment went down in the throne room.

That would happen during the agonizing walk of King Viserys I — also literally on his deathbed throughout the episode — as he hauled himself onto the Iron Throne to reaffirm Rhaenyra’s place as heir. Members of the Targaryen/Hightower and Velaryon houses (assembled to hear petitions on the succession of Driftmark) stood and watched Viserys as he demonstrated incredible resolve despite his many ailments (for which, not incidentally, Paddy Considine has offered insight). As the king struggled to ascend to his intended destination, his crown fell off and clattered to the floor. Rogue Prince Daemon scooped it up, proving that he (finally) had his brother’s back.

The fall of the crown from King Viserys head in episode 8 was by a mistake, but it was captured by Matt Smith "Damon targaryen " at the time, and the scene was filmed and came out with this masterpiece pic.twitter.com/lXfuNTdIXs