tvMonday, July 27, 2026
Today's TV coverage is dominated by House of the Dragon's midseason pivot: the Butcher's Ball delivers a major death, and a new Targaryen arrives with a complicated family dynamic. Elsewhere, Hulu's 'Furious' tries to elevate familiar trauma tropes, and 'Dead City' tests an uneasy alliance.
The midseason episodes of House of the Dragon are landing with a thud and a hiss.
Ser Criston Cole dies in the Butcher's Ball sequence, a long-awaited moment that the recap frames as solemn rather than triumphant. Rhaenyra and Daemon continue their separate arcs, with the episode acting as a pivot point for the season.
Prince Daeron finally appears on screen, and the actor describes his relationship with Ormund Hightower as a 'kettle that's boiling', a power struggle that's been simmering off-screen. The piece digs into the grooming-for-kingship dynamic that sets Daeron apart from his brothers.
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