What is 'Blood and Cheese' in 'House of the Dragon'? The brutal death in the Season 2 premiere, explained
Warning: This story has spoilers for the Season Two premiere of “House of the Dragon.”
Warning: This story has spoilers for the Season Two premiere of “House of the Dragon.”
The kids are not all right in “House of the Dragon.”
The season one finale episode from 2022 ended with the death of a child. Now, in the season two premiere of the HBO series — a prequel to “Game of Thrones” — concluded with another jarring murder done in the spirit of an eye for an eye. Or, as Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) puts it, “A son for a son.”
This storyline — nicknamed “Blood and Cheese” after the two assassins who carried out the murder — is one of the most brutal in George R. R. Martin’s “Game of Thrones” books and was long-dreaded by those familiar.
“House of the Dragon” is set nearly 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and follows a civil war over succession that shaped the landscape HBO viewers knew and loved from the original show.
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