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‘House of the Dragon’ Sharpens One Mother’s Anguish at the Expense of Another’s

”A SON FOR A SON”

The source material’s version of these gruesome events was far more powerful than what we ended up with on screen.

Gayle Sequeira
Gayle Sequeira 

Freelance Writer

A photo including Emma D’Arcy in the series House of the Dragon on HBO
Theo Whitman / HBO
Gayle Sequeira

Gayle Sequeira

Freelance Writer

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