Normally, Hardin wouldn’t interfere, but still seething over the attack on his sheep he does and stands down the mob. Cheng departs, but Hardin is now seen as a Chinese lover and the town physician will not attend to his relatives and he receives no offers on the sheep. When Hardin re...
Elsewhere, the ways in which both are undermined by members of their Small Councils — especially their male relatives — prove frustrating. In a season that weighs suing for peace against jumping straight to violence, it is most often women, like Alicent and Rhaenyra, who hold out hope ...