[Warning: Spoilers ahead for episode 5 of “House of the Dragon.”]In the fifth episode of the “GoT” spinoff “House of the Dragon” (Sundays at 9 p.m.
on HBO), there’s a wedding. So, naturally, it turns into a disaster with a dramatic murder. “GoT” infamously had the Red Wedding (Season 3’s episode “The Rains of Castamere,” in which Robb Stark, his mom, his wife and unborn child were brutally slaughtered).
That show also had the Purple Wedding (Season 4’s “The Lion in the Rose”) in which the odious villain Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) infamously choked to death, poisoned, at his own nuptials.Now, add Rhaenyra and Laenor’s ceremony to the list.
Another Joffrey has died at a wedding in Westeros. This Joffrey (Solly McLeod) in “House of the Dragon” is much nicer than the one from “GoT.” He’s the boyfriend of Laenor, who Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) is marrying, in a political arrangement between their families.
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