Every single element at play serves to increase the tension of some event that we know is bound to come even if we don’t know precisely what it is (at least non- Fire & Blood book readers don’t). I really can’t praise the direction, set design, and performances of this first act enough. Will a funeral lead to less violence? That’s the question that hangs around “Driftmark’s” opening 15-minutes like a millstone. The last time this particular family gathered for a wedding, things didn’t go too well. Just about every single named character on House of the Dragon is present for the event (save for Mysaria… remember when she was on this show?) and we get to witness that old adage of family only getting together at weddings and funerals. Here “Driftmark” takes us through every excruciating detail of Lady Laena Velaryon’s (Nanna Blondell) commitment to the sea.
Though the Stranger is a persistent, unwanted guest in Westeros, most funerals on this show are of the perfunctory variety for old background characters like Hoster Tully or Jon Arryn. There aren’t any nifty camera tricks this time around, aside from a keen understanding of the power of natural light, but the elegiac mood the show captures is palpable.Ĭome to think of it, we haven’t seen too many funerals in the Game of Thrones world – or at least funerals for characters we know and care about. While “The Princess and The Queen’s” breathtaking one-take opening sequence blazed new technical ground for House of the Dragon, “Driftmark’s” first act is somehow even better.
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