House of the Dragon viewers were left horrified by an extremely graphic incestuous sex scene in the latest episode of the hit HBO show.
Sunday night’s episode of the Game of Thrones spin-off featured a racy moment that showed actor Matt Smith’s character getting intimate with his own mother.
Immediately, “disgusted” viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to share their thoughts, and they were not happy with the X-rated scene.
The graphic depiction showed Daemon Targaryen, played by Smith, having a very sensual dream about his mother, Alyssa Targaryen, during a visit to the haunted castle of Harrenhal.
The dream began with him and his mother standing together naked, before she leaned down to romantically kiss his forehead.
House of the Dragon viewers were horrified by an extremely graphic incestuous sex scene between Daemon Targaryen and his mother in the latest episode.
At one point, Daemon and his mother were seen passionately kissing as he wrapped his arms around her naked body. And at another, they were seen engaging in oral sex.
It then showed him caressing her shoulder and slowly moving his hand up her arm before he began kissing her neck, all while she talks to him about the fight for the crown and her brother Viserys’ time as King.
“Daemon, you were always the strongest,” he said. “The greatest swordsman. The bravest dragonrider.”
“Your brother had great love in his heart, but he lacked your constitution. Viserys was unfit for the crown.
—But you, Daemon, it was you who wore it. If only you had been born first. My favorite son.
At one point, Daemon and his mother, played by Emeline Lambert, are seen kissing passionately as he wraps his arms around her naked body.
Later, they were seen having oral sex.
The scene ended with his mother lying lifeless on the bed and Daemon, who is married to his own niece, Rhaenyra Targaryen, staring in horror at his bloody hands.
It was later revealed that the hallucination was put in his head by Alys Rivers, who was deliberately messing with him by forcing him to have dark visions.
Immediately after its premiere on Sunday, “disgusted” viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to share their thoughts, and they were not happy with the X-rated moment.
The show is set nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and reveals the history of the iconic House Targaryen, the former rulers of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
However, the fact that the intimate moment between mother and son only occurred in Daemon’s head did little to calm the outrage of viewers, many of whom were quick to share their criticism on social media.
“Daemon having sex with his mother is next level disgusting,” one person wrote.
“I know the Targaryens have strange customs… but this is absolutely disgusting. Whose idea was this?”
“It was very strange and uncomfortable to watch,” another added.
“The sex scene distracts from the message they were trying to convey and doesn’t add much. A strange choice by the writers,” another person posted.
“That scene with Daemon and his mother was highly unnecessary,” another user agreed.
“The writers are so fucking twisted by this,” read a fifth tweet, while a sixth said, “That scene with Daemon and his mother was (so) traumatizing and weird.”
‘House of Dragons, you all need to chill out with this incest,’ someone else criticized.
“Tell me, fine people, why I had to watch Daemon fuck his own mother in House of the Dragon,” wrote another uncomfortable viewer.
The scene was a hallucination put into Daemon’s head by Alys Rivers, who is purposely messing with him by forcing him to have dark visions.
He showed her caressing her shoulder and slowly moving his hand up her arm before he began kissing her neck.
“Your brother Viserys was not fit for the crown. But you, Daemon, were created to wear it. If only you had been born first. My favorite son,” his mother said.
“Boy House of the Dragon took dark to a new level. I mean incest is part of their story but Harrenahl stalking Daemon and making him hallucinate and see himself eating his mother was something I didn’t expect,” read another tweet.
Viewers of House of the Dragon are no strangers to the incest depicted in the series.
Throughout the first season, Daemon had physical relations with his much younger niece, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, and eventually married her and had children together.
Created by Martin and Ryan Condal, the show is based on a portion of George R.R. Martin’s 2018 novel Fire & Blood.
It takes place nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and reveals the history of the iconic House Targaryen, the former rulers of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
