(WARNING: Spoilers for HotD will be found below.)
Team Black and Team Green have the same issue in House of the Dragon: a dwindling supply of dragons paired with riders. Of course, Team Black is “winning” that contest at the moment because Vhagar (ridden by Aemond) is an absolute unit, and Rhaenyra cannot exactly zoom away atop Syrax (although she does do so at the end of this episode) without risking the same fate as Aegon after his idiotic decision to do the same and end up crispy.
Before Rhaenyra does fly away with Syrax, though, she happens to engage in an intense kissing session with Mysaria/White Worm. Wait, what?
To back up several scenes: Rhaenyra aimed to enlist dragonseeds to ride unclaimed dragons, but her ex-husband’s former flying companion, Seasmoke, declined that option. This effort went much worse than when we saw Aemond claim Vhagar, and we saw a dragonseed promptly get torched after daring to ask Seasmoke to “dohaeris” (i.e., serve). This, of course, runs counter to a previous suggestion by Mysaria, who wondered if Seasmoke was lonely without a rider. However, Rhaenyra accepts blame for the Seasmoke debacle, and she continues to take Mysaria’s advice, for better or worse.
Also, this partnership now sits on another level after an embrace led to impromptu necking between Queen Rhaenyra and the newest member of her court. This was a gasp-inducing move on several levels, including the memory that once upon a time, Mysaria was engaged to Daemon.
Daemon, however, is busy being pouty and haunted at Harrenhal by not only young Rhaenyra but also Viserys. After viewers felt the sheer joy of watching Seasmoke choose another rider, Alyn of Hull, distraction mode hit when Rhaenyra/Mysaria’s kissing commenced. Sorry, Daemon?
It’s almost penultimate episode time.
House of the Dragon airs on Sunday nights.