{"id":6694,"date":"2026-07-20T15:29:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=6694"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:29:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:29:34","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-season-3-episode-5-are-alicent-and-helaena-dead-episode-6-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/20\/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-episode-5-are-alicent-and-helaena-dead-episode-6-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait, are Alicent and Helaena dead? House of the Dragon trailer \u2018solves\u2019 cliffhanger"},"content":{"rendered":"

*Warning: Spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon season three episode five and Fire & Blood*<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Alicent and Helaena attempt a prison break in House of the Dragon\u2019s<\/a> latest episode, and it doesn\u2019t quite go to plan\u2026 twice. Although their fate is left up in the air, the season three episode six trailer tells us what we need to know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After learning that Helaena (Phia Saban) is pregnant, Alicent (Olivia Cooke) tries to get her to drink Moon Tea – the Game of Thrones<\/a> version of Plan B – but she refuses, reiterating that it\u2019s her baby.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alicent all but confirms the father is Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney)<\/a> when she expresses her concerns about keeping the child. \u201cAegon\u2019s heir, a rival to Joffrey. To Rhaenyra herself,\u201d Alicent tells her daughter. \u201cShe\u2019ll kill it. She\u2019ll have no choice. Or she\u2019ll take it from you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, Helaena refuses, and so Alicent comes up with a different plan B: escape. Knowing they\u2019ll only have one guard instead of two that night, she bribes a maid to help them, but Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) catches them on the way out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alicent convinces Mysaria not to say anything and she reluctantly agrees. Later that night, Helaena discovers a secret doorway in the walls of their chambers. They bring a torch and head through the dark tunnel, only to find a dead end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Helaena says to return to their room, but Alicent points out, \u201cThere is no way back, the door is shut.\u201d At that moment, a cat hunts down a rat and Helaena screams, dropping their torch in the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In short, they\u2019re stuck in a tunnel with no way out, no way for anyone to know where they are, and with no food or light. Is it the end of the road for the long-suffering mother-and-daughter?<\/span><\/p>\n

House of the Dragon trailer proves Alicent and Helaena survive<\/h2>\n