House of the Dragon Episode 6 Review

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Now that House of the Dragon is officially past the halfway point of the first season, it's time to introduce viewers to the people who will play the «adult» versions of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower (otherwise known as the queen of Westeros.) In order to have these older versions of the characters, the show had to have what is technically its second time jump, though this one is apparently supposed to be a bigger time jump than the show did previously. The 10-year jump is supposed to be long enough that Rhaenyra and Alicent have changed their appearance enough that they are now played by Emma D'arcy and Olivia Cooke.

While this kind of trick can be hit or miss when a show does it, House of the Dragon mostly gets it right, though there are some oddities every now and then. Right at the top of the list is that most of the characters have been aged in a way that makes sense. Paddy Considine looks like he's aged a bit more than most of the rest of the main characters, though that can be waved away by the fact that he's had a host of different illnesses over the course of his life.

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However, it's more than a little jarring to see Ser Criston Cole look exactly as he did «10 years ago.» It seems like the show could have used a little aging makeup or even just put a few streaks in his hair in order to show that time had passed for him as well. While it's not something that absolutely kills this episode of House of the Dragon by any means, it does take the viewers out of what is an otherwise well-carried out jump forward in time. The same can be said for Matt Smith as Daemon, though he at least seems to carry himself as someone who is a bit