During Game of Thrones' 8-year run on HBO, fans of the series became acquainted with strange, unconventional scenes that challenged every moral creed known to man. However, a scene from the first season of House of the Dragon pushed the boundary further than the audience expected.
The prequel, which is based on George R. R. Martin's 2018 novel Fire & Blood, is set about 100 years after the Seven Kingdoms are united by the Targaryen Conquest, nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and 172 years before the birth of the last Targaryen, Daenerys Targaryen. The series details the events that began the fateful downfall of House Targaryen, particularly the civil war of succession that came to be known as the Dance of the Dragons.
In the ninth episode, Larys Strong, who serves as the Lord Confessor and Queen Alicent's trusted confidante, shocked fans when, in exchange for revealing to Alicent how her father, Otto Hightower, managed to find her son Aegon after he went missing, he requested to see her feet. Holding back information from her, Alicent had to remove her shoes and stockings and lay her bare feet on the table, an act that Larys used to sexually gratify himself.