After almost two full years, HBO's House of the Dragon is back for season 3 and by the Old Gods the premier episode is spectacular. With naval warfare, dragon fire and intricately established politics providing the drama, the Game of Thrones spinoff proves with Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood that it can stand toe to toe with the original series. Helen O'Hara reviews the first episode then chats IGN's Clint Gage about the perfect score, why this might be the season we start caring about more of the cast of Westeros and how that character's death stacks up to the "major character deaths" Game of Thrones series seem compelled to throw at us.