Alicent and Viserys' fourth child, Prince Daeron Targaryen, is cut entirely from the show. Aemond throws his weight behind his elder brother Aegon while still open to the idea of sitting the Iron ...

That challenger is Prince Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell), who combines ... points out that he's gained a dragon, the eye-gouging still remains a wound between Rhaenyra's (Emma D'Arcy) and ...

At this point you could still argue that the damage done to Aegon could be an accident – maybe Aemond thought he had no other choice with the dragons so closely deadlocked? – but this theory ...