Did the show mess up the Blood and Cheese murder? Could King Aegon II be a good king? Is Ser Criston Cole keeping up his... um... duty?  HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: Season 2, Episode 1 'A Son for a Son' is based on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire saga and HBO's Game of Thrones.#GameOfThrones #HouseOfTheDragon #HotDWhat did you think of this episode?A Son for a SonAs Alicent grows concerned by Aegon's Small Council, Rhaenyra arrives at a fateful decision.Full Cast & CrewDirected byAlan TaylorWriting Credits  George R.R. Martin ... (based on "Fire & Blood" by) Ryan J. Condal ... (created by) &George R.R. Martin ... (created by) Ryan J. Condal ... (written for television by)CastMatt Smith ... Prince Daemon TargaryenOlivia Cooke ... Queen Alicent HightowerEmma D'Arcy ... Princess Rhaenyra TargaryenRhys Ifans ... Ser Otto HightowerEve Best ... Princess Rhaenys TargaryenFabien Frankel ... Ser Criston ColeSonoya Mizuno ... Mysaria 'The White Worm'Jefferson Hall ... Ser Tyland LannisterHarry Collett ... Prince Jacaerys 'Jace' VelaryonTom Glynn-Carney ... King Aegon TargaryenEwan Mitchell ... Prince Aemond TargaryenBethany Antonia ... Lady Baela TargaryenPhoebe Campbell ... Lady Rhaena TargaryenPhia Saban ... Princess Helaena TargaryenMatthew Needham ... Lord Larys 'The Clubfoot' StrongKieran Bew ... Hugh Abubakar Salim ... Alyn of HullTom Taylor ... Lord Cregan StarkSam C. Wilson ... BloodMark Stobbart ... CheesePhil Daniels ... Maester GerardysKurt Egyiawan ... Maester OrwylePaul Kennedy ... Lord Jasper 'Ironrod' WyldeLuke Tittensor ... Ser Arryk CargyllElliott Tittensor ... Ser Erryk CargyllMax Wrottesley ... Ser Lorent MarbrandProduced by Ryan J. Condal ... executive producer (showrunner)Charmaine De Grate ... co-executive producerJocelyn Diaz ... executive producerPam Fitzgerald ... co-producerGabe Fonseca ... supervising producerToby Ford ... co-producerVince Gerardis ... executive producerHannah Godwin ... co-producerDavid Hancock ... co-executive producerSara Hess ... executive producerKevin Lau ... producerGeorge R.R. Martin ... executive producerÍde O'Rourke ... associate producerMegan Ott ... associate producerIra Parker ... co-executive producerTim Porter ... co-producerAlexis Raben ... producerRon Schmidt ... executive producerRichard Sharkey ... consulting producerEileen Shim ... co-producerKaren Wacker ... producerPeter Welter Soler ... line producer: Spain UnitGreg Yaitanes ... co-executive producerMusic by Ramin DjawadiCinematography by P.J. DillonFilm Editing by Frances ParkerCasting By Kate Rhodes JamesProduction Design by Jim ClayCostume Design by Caroline McCall