House of the Dragon Ep 5 in a Nutshell | Recap

What did you think of the fifth episode?
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00:00:00 Intro
00:00:30 Rhea Royce meets relatives
00:00:52 Maybe it's Maybelline
00:01:27 The King pukes and the Hand wipes
00:01:42 Emily Carey bows out
00:02:08 The gang arrives at Driftmark
00:02:38 Larys the Varys
00:03:31 The King's proposal
00:04:34 Laenor gay
00:05:03 Laenor gay
00:05:23 Joffrey gay
00:05:52 Criston bet's it all on black
00:07:43 Crispy confessions
00:08:02 GOOD DIALOGUE
00:08:35 Dragon quota filled
00:08:42 People teleporting in
00:09:28 Velaryons arrive
00:09:50 Alicent arrives
00:10:34 Mushroom!
00:11:13 Gerold's accusation
00:11:57 Daemon flirts with a child
00:12:16 Confronting Criston
00:13:03 Ballroom blitz
00:13:55 Murderer walks away
00:14:28 Wedding starts
00:14:52 Criston decides to end it
00:15:15 Outro
Music credits:
Demon by Mokka
Desert Wind by Mokka
70s Music by Dar Golan
Funky Suspense by Bejamin Tissot
Funkman by K. LOUK
Blue Nights by Juan Sánchez
Creek by Mokka
Fanfare from Ferdinand the Bull
It's Coming by Josh Kirsch
Dramatic Action Background Music
Miracle by Mokka

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

I'm glad to see you liked the video! Stoked to see so many coming back for more! Much appreciated

[@licmir3663]

Criston Cole murdering a person and punching the future king-consort without any consequence is what broke this series to me. I gave up there. The plot will force itself no matter how ridiculous the events are.

[@mirrorman9784]

100% with you here

[@kaykoko8301]

+1

[@connorcooke6935]

😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BlackEagle352]

Immunity from the Queen consort.

[@DmytroBogdan]

It took you long enough to realize it's another show devoid of logic. My enlightenment came during the Crab Feeder hideout assault... By one man

[@oysterswithcutelegs2061]

the Tea bit referencing Crong’s banter with Izma in The Emperor’s New Grove lmaoooo

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

;)

[@amanitawn]

"his legs even stopped working" the way i cracked 😂

[@iisotter8944]

Just discovered your channel, binge watching activated. Out of all the HOTD reactors this is by far the most humarious, and that humour can only be the result of a love for the source material, deep understanding of the canon, and GOT the TV series. Why you do not have '1 million' views I do not know, really appreciate the amount of work it must have taken to put these together, I shall share, share, share, you're a hidden gem.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

You are the real gem, friend. Thanks a lot for the kind words. Live for feedback like this. I started making these things for myself, but it warms my heart to see there are likeminded people out there :D Feel free to join the Discord channel if you're a fellow nerd! discord.gg/6XeVdVpR

[@iisotter8944]

@@CultureVultureMedia1 Thanks for the invite...Never used it but have joined, catch you all there.

[@karthiks6394]

U should have more subs. Quality of your videos are great.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks Karthik! I’ll have to get better at marketing or something x)

[@TaeSunWoo]

3:47 Corlys is lucky that Rhaenys hasn’t tried to hook up with Viserys. Targaryen urges go brr

[@vivy5588]

you are tooo much! 🤣🤣 Snacking on pizza and you keep making me laugh wishing that this could go on for another hour.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'd have loved to keep making these, but I burned out making weekly videos :')

[@Hisdudeness799]

Did you hear Maybelline is pregnant? Yeah Max factor.

[@DmytroBogdan]

You mean buy 1 get 2 😂

[@Emmadril]

At this point I’m watching the show just to laugh at these summaries 🤭 👍

[@camiloaaron3993]

same

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you like it! :)

[@alahad]

wtf you deserve waaay more views and waaay more subscribers, the content quality is on par with channels with above 4 million subs, I'm calling it, if you keep going you can ride House of the Dragon and explode with it... mark my words!

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement! I’ll keep it up! :)

[@leonkimathi1985]

Was anxiously waiting for this fix..thaaank you!!

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

I gotchu fambo 🙏

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

Neat opening with the dragon instead of a lion!

[@5k8r]

watch mgm copyright strike the video now lol 😒

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

classic. Can’t wait.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks! Spent way longer on those 2 seconds than I should’ve :P always nice when people point out details they like!

[@s-o-u-dal663]

never laughed like that 😂 😂

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@morelia4491]

hey man i just found this series through recommended and i ATE every video the quality is majestic and your humor is impeccable i haven't laughed this much in a while love your work!

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks Morelia! That’s very kind of you to say, it means a lot :)

[@Oscar08814]

This is the best video I've seen about it HAHAHA great stuff

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad to hear it! I’ll be here every week ;)

[@sarahharrisginge736]

😂😂😂 this video was great; I couldn't stop laughing! The show is just blending into one big episode for me so it's good to be reminded of events. Keep up the amazing work! 👍 PS: I feel like they keep over-explaining everything and it takes the fun out of predicting what the subtle details could mean

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

So glad you enjoyed it! Yeah the time skips aren’t doing us any favors… all dialogue is basically a catch up of what happened since last episode. Nothing happens :(

[@Necromortus]

This show is basically a soap opera that somehow manages to be both too slow and too fast at the same time. Characters and scenes try to create the illusion of depth where there actually is none, dialogue and plot seem to repeat themselves without any worthwhile conclusions. (How many times can someone do a dramatic entrance in front of Viserys, making you think it's some sort of plot twist or impactful, just for him to be flabbergasted then everything just moves on business as usual.) I can't be invested in any of the characters since their "complexity" is just a trick, for ex: "Daemon is soooo complex because he's sometimes cruel and viscous while other times he appears to be caring and considering". Yeah, GoT did that with The Hound, Tywin and Jamie and I'm sure others in just the first season thanks to actually well written dialogue. Some characters appear and then disappear just as fast but the show wants to make you think they have depth and you should actually care about them (Harwin, Rhea, Laena). No time to develop them at all, just drama for the sake of drama. All in all, looking back, the only episode I actually liked was the first one for the potential it had and for laying the foundation for some interesting developments and dialogue, which none of the following episodes actually have.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Totally agree with you. I don’t know why the show runners think they’re catering to… it’s not the Game of Thrones-crowd, that’s for sure :(

[@josephsherby]

This is a great summary of why the show feels so… empty to me. It feels like it’s GoT season 6 level of quality. Serviceably good television, but not at all great by any sense of the word. That said, I’m not surprised. The reason the early seasons of GoT were so good was because they had extensive material to go off of which was thought out with a level of thoroughness that takes years. The fact is, most companies which produce television shows aren’t going to invest that level of time and effort. GoT could do it because GRRM already did all the work when he wrote his books.

[@JarOfHeat100]

man this was fucking hilarious!! great job!!

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks :D

[@justhaku9240]

Found your channel recently and I love this, I actually really enjoyed the HotD but this was still a fun watch please continue it

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks for the kind words! Episode 6 coming up soon :)

[@jakobarman2862]

great as always

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks Jakob! Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@susanmartin3762]

"Look at him! Even his legs stopped working.. poor guy"😂😂🤣🤣😅🤣😂🙂😊😜😜 oh i tucking love you!!!

[@erwindrzazgowski6179]

Great as always

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks Erwin, I hope it was worth the wait!

[@JiskaStorm]

4:35 that's hilarious, I love these reviews.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you like em :)

[@stomatolog4051]

Prim video.. you always make my day !

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

And you mine! So glad you liked it :D

[@ExtremeMith5]

really good man

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :D

[@timwess1]

Normally dont comment but the video quality is amazing! Looking forward to the next episodes :)

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks Tim! Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@meret7990]

Loved the Kronk quote! 😂

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you picked up on that one ;)

[@isicrypto91]

This is so funny 🤣

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you liked it ;)

[@ericsebena1734]

Holy fucking shit, that whole video was the most hilarious thing I've seen since... Well, since House of the Dragon Ep 5! I kid. I refuse to watch the actual show.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you enjoyed it Eric :D

[@kylethomas4345]

Please make more videos, with funny edits. This commentary kills me😂😂

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Heyy, thanks Kyle! I've got a big review on HOTD coming out in the next 48h! Very excited! Stay tuned :)

[@Maria-xq1iw]

You're very funny. The end video kill me

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you're into it :D

[@virgilernml]

These are awesome! Are ep 6 and 7 coming? 😃

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thank you! Yes they are, I just had to slow down due to getting stressed out making them weekly :')

[@PrincessVelaryon]

This was so funny 😁

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you liked it :)

[@user-tx2ls1wt8z]

Being so excited that GOT being back.. i overlooked just how stupid some of it really was 😂

[@ChrisNoonetheFirst]

Such great performances, I can’t wait to see these actors continue to improve at their roles….

[@shaggy10606]

waiting for ep6 nutshell 😂

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Working as fast as I can x)

[@IntellectualCuriosity]

Since when did it ever rain @ Kings Landing in EIGHT seasons of GoT???

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

I believe there was a bit during the battle of the backwater, or am I misremembering?

[@IntellectualCuriosity]

@@CultureVultureMedia1 I’ll have to watch it again, again.😂

[@thebradleyb]

Does the Kingsguard require abstinence or simply no children?

[@TheAidenSanders]

No consequences because the attacked and killed were gay...

[@ThePatman1980]

*KING* *DAEMON?* In the beginning, I didn't think Daemon would make a good king. He chooses violence first over diplomacy the way Daenerys became. He'd be bored with all the small council talk. But the more I think about it, I believe Viserys should've chose Daemon as his heir. Among the common folks, Daemon is extremely popular. He's known as Lord Flea Bottom for a reason. He turned criminals into law enforcement. He smartly allied himself with the richest House that Viserys ignored. Rhaenyra does NOT become a good queen. Look how she grew up. She's an only child of Viserys from Aemma's womb. So Rhaenyra grew up like a self-entitled brat. While Daemon being a 2nd son always felt he was passed over. But he also felt he would be a better king than his older brother would become. If Daemon had been chosen to be the next King, Otto would've never pimped Alicent to him. Daemon would be aware of this move since he hates Otto. I also think Daemon would be a better king had LAENA been his queen. Laena is a better woman than Rhaenyra. She was the one to change Daemon for the better. She is the daughter of The Queen Who Never Was, and Rhaenys seems like a great and brave woman. Rhaenys would've been a better ruler had she been chosen over Viserys but sexism reigned during that time. Although who knows? Throne can always corrupt people. Daemon should've been chosen as the next ruler to prevent this Targaryen civil war from ever breaking out. Not saying Daemon would've been as great as a king as Jaehaerys but he would've been far more accepted by the people than Rhaenyra. Daemon already established himself as a popular figure among the low lives outside the Red Keep and many soldiers would go to war for him being he's a very popular, charismatic general.

[@gandralf]

The actress who played Lena is 22 yo.

[@JamesThomas-wc1jd]

What a collection of lazy off the mark jokes

[@Bones12321]

Just completely gave up on this one didn't you. What happened

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Got burned out making weekly videos. Next episode is in editing and coming out next week hopefully :)

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

@@5k8r My friend, I'm very sorry about the delay. Here is the new episode. I hope you'll enjoy it 🙏 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6fXdX6On7x4b8k

[@kaykoko8301]

Maybe it’s maybelline that explanation comes right after you’re racist😅 Absolutely nothing continues to happen the episodes are just empty screen time, flat characters, constant unnecessary emotional outbursts just cringe! I didn’t even have time or good material to like anyone before they die I don’t get all those people losing it over harwin’s and laena’s death I mean the bar is that low?

[@Necromortus]

People are actually affected by those deaths? Haha, wow... why? They're just hollow outlines of characters that get killed off to push the plot(?) forward.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you enjoyed this one Kay! It’s fascinating how poorly they use what little time they have to tell this story. Just fascinating x) Such a shame on Hardin though, I was hoping for him to because an actual character, but that’s too much to hope for anyone at this point I guess…

[@brickfootsteve]

Where are the house of the dragon videos for episodes 6 through 10??? I love watching your stuff but don’t see where you’ve added that content. I think HotD was as good if not better than GoT season 1. HotD S1 - 9.75/10 GoT S1 - 9.5/10

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Sorry mate, I wasn't able to keep quality with the pace of everything. I do intend to finish the series though :)

[@gravoc857]

4 episodes behind. Don’t see any reason to sub if you can’t remain current. Do you want a dead channel? This is how you get a dead channel.

[@fhie]

no one here has read Fire & Blood

[@Necromortus]

The show should not rely on reading the books to make sense or give characters depth. GoT managed to do that and stand on its own. If you have to read the books to fill in gaps or to give characters actual character or events any meaning, then it's a poorly written show.

[@alexiskaewwaen4020]

@@Necromortus GOT got to a point where it didn't rely on the books.....also what we know as the sh*t show post S4. You're saying it "stood" on it's own and shone after it ran out of book content to work on? Really? What OP was saying probably was....folks never got into the context of the books before bashing the show. LOL.

[@Necromortus]

@@alexiskaewwaen4020 That's not at all what I said. I agree that post S4 the quality decreased exponentially but, up until that point, you didn't have to read the books to enjoy the show. Characters, plot and events were presented in an entertaining and exceptionally well written manner that, even if they didn't include all the details from the books, you could still enjoy the show thoroughly and not have to read the books to have a quality product on your hands. That's what I meant that it stood on it's own, no need to gather information from any other media to increase its quality.