Emma D'Arcy (Rhaenyra Targaryen) and Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower) in House of the Dragon season 3 episode 6, "Faceless Men." Is it really a Sophie's Choice if there's no choice? For Condal to evoke a Sophie's Choice reference here, after the show jettisoned the powerful Sophie's Choice moment that actually exists in Martin's text, feels a bit like a slap in the face. If she has no choice, can it truly be a Sophie's Choice moment? Perhaps I'm overreacting, and House of the Dragon will pull off some amazing turn with Alicent and Aemond in its penultimate episode.