Is Alys Rivers controlling Aemond Targaryen? House Of The Dragon Episode 5 shows how his nightmares, separation from Vhagar, and need for comfort make him increasingly dependent on the mysterious healer of Harrenhal.
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Our House Of The Dragon Season 3 Episode 5 review explores how “Unbowed and Unbent” turns every attempted escape into another prison, with Criston Cole’s death wish and the haunting final crosscut bringing the episode’s theme together.
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Mary and Blake recap House Of The Dragon Season 3 Episode 4, “Tumbleton,” including Ormund’s plan for Daeron, Sunfyre’s fate, Aegon’s humiliation, and Rhaenyra’s growing control over her dragonriders.
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Mary & Blake review House Of The Dragon Season 3 Episode 2, “Queen’s Landing,” as Rhaenyra finally takes the Iron Throne — and victory already feels rotten.
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Rhaenyra finally takes the Iron Throne in House Of The Dragon Season 3 Episode 2, “Queen’s Landing,” but victory already feels poisoned by grief, blood, and the cost of power.
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Daemon’s Harrenhal visions are not a haunted side quest. They are the story forcing him to confront ambition, guilt, Viserys, Rhaenyra, and the price of realizing he is not the center of the war.
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Mary & Blake chat about House Of The Dragon Episode 2.06 – Smallfolk.
We discuss why the show does really well at what it’s great at, but really fumbles badly in the plot, the necessity of the kiss and if it helps inform the characters at all, and why Blake was a L’Oreal kid, and grew up thinking Tampax was candy…
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Mary & Blake chat about House Of The Dragon Episode 2.05 – Regent.
We discuss the writer’s unique journey, highlight the spectacular craft on display from the production team (especially the editing and sound mixing) and why creepy people belong together…
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Mary & Blake chat about House Of The Dragon Episode 2.04 – The Red Dragon And The Gold.
We we raise a glass to Rhaenys, talk about how this episode and the last are better each other because of context, why the motivations for all the characters are clearly defined, and why we STILL can’t get over that movie Wild Mountain Thyme…
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Mary & Blake chat about House Of The Dragon Episode 2.03 – The Burning Mill.
We discuss why this show is starting to feel more like Game Of Thrones but is also setting itself apart from GOT at the same time, making the best scene yet in all of House Of The Dragon (and the one of the best in the GOT universe), and why Mary absolutely CANNOT get any of these names right…
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