‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: The Crown is a Weight that Crushes

There’s always a lot goin’ on in the GOT universe, a reflection of the 4,000-plus page count for George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire book series, and this has been especially engrossing with Season 3 of HBO‘s House of the Dragon. Because now that the dragons are having their dance, it’s as if every character action or even random proper noun mentioned simply must accrue against this world’s grand destruction. Inside Episode 5, the narrative flywheel turns toward some who have been on the peripheral. But their moves are growing significant. HBO Alys and Aemond, sitting in a weirwood tree. Finally! Book knowers will cheer. But let’s watch this unlikely meet-cute evolve. We saw the one-eyed prince fly off to Harrenhal, fuck it up with Vhagar, and fall wounded at the feet of the castle’s