{"id":54484,"date":"2024-07-08T04:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T02:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2067376"},"modified":"2024-07-08T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T07:56:08","slug":"what-does-alicent-drink-in-house-of-the-dragon-season-2-episode-4","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/what-does-alicent-drink-in-house-of-the-dragon-season-2-episode-4\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Alicent drink in House of the Dragon season 2 episode 4?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quite literally, what’s the tea? <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 08 July 2024 at 02:00 AM<\/p>

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Amid the literal fire and blood in House of the Dragon<\/a> season 2 episode 4, some dramatic developments took place a little under the radar \u2013 including a few featuring Alicent Hightower<\/a> (Olivia Cooke).<\/p>\n

While the Dowager Queen has well and truly had enough of her sons, especially King Aegon<\/a> (Tom Glynn-Carney) in the episode, she\u2019s dealing with her own business, as seen when the Grand Maester Orwyle (Kurt Egyiawan) delivers her tea.<\/p>\n

So, quite literally, what\u2019s the tea? The Grand Maester delivered Alicent some \u201cmoon tea\u201d, an abortifacient to prevent any unwanted pregnancies<\/strong> as a result of any sexual encounters she may have had.<\/p>\n

In season 2, she and Criston Cole<\/a> (Fabien Frankel) have struck up a sexual relationship, with Alicent clearly eager to avoid the birth of any bastards amid a civil war.<\/p>\n

The Grand Maester delivers the tea discretely, with Alicent keeping up a pretence that it\u2019s for someone else, before holding her stomach and drinking it herself.<\/p>\n

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Tom Glynn-Carney as Aegon II Targaryen and Olivia Cooke as Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon season 2 episode 4.<\/span><\/figcaption> HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Later in the episode, she\u2019s seen suffering stomach pain, which the Grand Maester warned could be a side effect.<\/p>\n

Unhelpfully, Larys Strong<\/a> (Matthew Needham) decides that\u2019s his moment to visit the Dowager Queen, clearly spotting her pain and the empty cup and deducing what\u2019s happened. Could he use this information against her?<\/p>\n

Viewers might remember that moon tea was also relevant in season 1, when the late King Viserys (Paddy Considine) had some delivered to Rhaenyra<\/a> (played by Milly Alcock at the time) after an encounter with the very same Criston Cole, proving his status as the biggest sexual menace in Westeros.<\/p>

House of the Dragon continues Monday 8th July 2024 on Sky Atlantic and NOW.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out more of our\u00a0Fantasy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.\u00a0<\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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