If he'd have named his brother heir after Damon married his daughter..... Then almost none of this would happen.....
Yeah, but then there'd be no more story so ...
EDIT: Just watched tonight’s episode. Masterful performance by Paddy Considine. Finally bringing his warring family back together only to unwittingly send them hurtling apart again right at the end.
If you watch with the captions on, the very last one is “breathing stops”. Le roi est mort.
I feel like they mixed up Aegon and Aemond’s older actors. The younger Aegon had a long face while the younger Aemond had a rounder one, but it‘s the other way around with these older actors. (The captions also cheekily capitalize “Strong” during Aemond’s toast.)
It’s a bit disconcerting seeing the younger characters go through multiple actors as they grow older and seeing Viserys get more and more visibly old and frail while other characters like Daemon and Rhaenys don’t seem to age at all.
Overall I enjoyed this episode a lot.
Given that there are only two episodes remaining, I expect they’ll cover the disputed succession, and the actual “Dance of the Dragons” civil war will be the subject of season 2 onwards.
I know the dragons are expensive but I really wish we could see more of them! Hopefully in season 2.