**Major spoilers for House Of The Dragon season three episode one below**
House Of The Dragon fans have been left horrified after the third season’s debut featured a mother-son kiss on screen.
The Game of Thrones prequel show, based on aspects of George R. R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood, returned last night (June 21), airing on Sky Atlantic and NOW in the UK.
In the season three premiere, Aegon’s (Tom Glynn-Carney) family grappled with his sudden disappearance, with the chaos triggering a shocking move from Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), who, during a tense conversation with his mother, Alicent (Olivia Cooke), kisses her on the lips.
Although its predecessor also depicted incest onscreen to shocking effect, fans have been somehow even more shocked by the mother-son moment. “That was easily the most uncomfortable kiss I’ve ever seen on TV,” wrote one X user after the episode aired, while many settled for sharing gifs of people retching.
While some saw the moment as a nod to the morally dubious family Aemond comes from: “He’s a Targaryen, what do you expect”, others felt the moment was unnecessary, and “did nothing for the storyline or for his character”.
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