Warning: this article contains spoilers for the second episode of House Of The Dragon.

It’s been just one week since the epic Game Of Thrones prequel series, House Of The Dragon, roared onto our screens and it’s already dominating pop culture like nothing else we’ve seen this year. While breaking records as the most-watched TV premiere in HBO history with a staggering audience of 10 million, the long-awaited spinoff has sparked plenty of talking points with its sex, gore, power struggles and fire-breathing dragons.

Based on George RR Martin’s Fire & Blood saga, the new series takes place nearly 200 years before the events in Game Of Thrones, and chronicles House Targaryen’s lead up to the civil war known as the Dance Of The Dragons. So far, the show has given us insights into Prince Daemon Targaryen’s tyrannical nature (and creepy relationship with Princess Rhaenyra), Alicent Hightower’s skin-picking compulsion, and the bloodshed that occurs when a king orders an emergency unmedicated caesarean on his pregnant wife.

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