House of the Dragon‘s Olivia Cooke Sheds Some Light on Alicent’s State of Mind

And I think his vulnerability in that moment, and his ineffectiveness, just repulses her.

I think that was it.

But hes grieving as well, and she doesnt want to be confronted with that so immediately.

Cole (Fabian Frankel) and Alicent (Olivia Cook) in House of the Dragon season two episode “Rhaenyra the Cruel.”

Cole (Fabian Frankel) and Alicent (Olivia Cook) in House of the Dragon season two episode “Rhaenyra the Cruel.”Photo: Ollie Upton/HBO

She wants her son to rule and she wants to have bred a leader.

And she hasnt at all.

[Their relationship is] is estranged.

Graphic: Jim Cooke

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