Back when HBO was promoting the first season of House of the Dragon, stars Emma D'Arcy (Rhaenyra Targaryen) and Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower ... and reacting to scenes from the first season.

Alicent and Viserys' fourth child, Prince Daeron Targaryen, is cut entirely from the show. Aemond throws his weight behind ...

Credit: Theo Whiteman/HBO For Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke), green is ... Credit: Liam Daniel/HBO The whole scene is a House of the Dragon highlight, down to the tearful moment when Alicent ...

Up until this point, her deepening relationship with the King has been in the service of her father Otto Hightower ... In one particularly moving scene, Alicent helps Rhaenyra grieve the loss ...

After Caswell's been carried off, Hightower stops Larys ... In that earlier scene with Otto, where he mentioned how his meetings with Alicent could be of benefit to the Hand, what was said after ...