Why did Alicent try to kill Aemond in House Of The Dragon? Episode 7 turns her bargain with Rhaenyra into a brutal choice between protecting Helaena and sacrificing her own son.
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Why does Aemond see Alicent while he is with Alys Rivers? House Of The Dragon Episode 7 turns his feelings about his mother, Aegon, power, and intimacy into one deeply disturbing vision.
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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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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 2.07 – The Red Sowing.
We discuss why the dragon selection scene was so compelling, but also devoid of any tension, why Alicent continues to have the best scenes of the show, and why Team Black needs a waaaaayyy better HR team and onboarding system…
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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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Mary & Blake recap and review House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 6, “The Princess And The Queen,” where the time jump turns Rhaenyra’s children into evidence, Alicent into open opposition, Laena into tragedy, and motherhood into war.
We discuss the effectiveness of the time jump, how two characters go from 0 – 100 real quick, and why Viserys totally has dragon stick figures on the back of his carriage…
