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Have a heart for Daemon Targaryen, the Prince Who Pouts.

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The father and daughter arent wrong, of course.

He seems chill withbeheading a toddler?

The new setting suits Daemon.

House of the Dragonis clearly spending Daemons getaway laying the groundwork for a greater mess to come.

Daemons love for her feels genuine but perhaps not as strong as his love for power.

A viewer unfamiliar with the source material (like me!)

might wonder why were wasting time here.

This was somethingGame of Thronesdid exceedingly well.

ButHouse of the Dragonstruggles to replicate a similar equality of emotional investment across its cast.

He even manages a modicum of cool on occasion.

How deep your debts?

But you could feel Smiths performance raging against his confines.

Theres simply not much for the actor to do.

Daemons ultimate purpose onHouse of the Dragonis clear.

All those things are going to factor into his story, and the broaderHouse of the Dragonnarrative, somehow.

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