Kit and Steve are joined by Erica to continue their House of the Dragon Season 3 coverage. Ormund Hightower and Prince Daeron Targaryen take over the market town of Tumbleton in order to thwart Rhaenyra. Aegon heads to Rooks Rest to see if the rumors about Sunfyre are true. Daemon…
Dan Fogler - Kowalski from Fantastic Beasts - shows up in House of the Dragon Episode 3 as Torrhen Manderly. He just heard the new queen was around, has a seaside condo, it is mostly a timeshare, and his personal belongings are mostly sex toys. Have fun Your Grace! Catch…
House of the Dragon exists almost entirely in moral grey, unlike Game of Thrones which had Joffrey and Ramsay as clear cut villains you could point at and hate. But Episode 3 quietly does something smart by building Ormund Hightower into a genuinely formidable antagonist. Catch the full episode of…
Corlys Velaryon lost multiple children, his wife Rhaenys, his castle, and his generational wealth all in service of Rhaenyra's claim, and in Episode 3 she cannot even give him a basic acknowledgment. Catch the full episode of Streaming Things wherever you listen to podcasts. #houseofthedragon #hotd #hotdseason3 #corlys #rhaenyra #rhaenyratriumphant…
Rhaenyra Triumphant spends its entire runtime sitting in the discomfort of getting exactly what you wanted and finding out it kind of sucks, and the direction makes you feel every bit of it. Claustrophobic close ups, wide shots with characters crushed to the bottom of the frame, a tonal ringing…
Everyone in the HOTD fandom assumed the blonde kid in the trailer was Daeron - except Steve, who called it a fake Daeron from day one and refused to budge even as the pressure mounted. The reveal in Episode 3 confirmed it. Catch the full episode of Streaming Things wherever…
Kit, Andy, and Steve continue their House of the Dragon Season 3 coverage. Rhaenyra has finally claimed the Iron Throne and taken King's Landing, but the weight of the crown proves immediate and unforgiving. As the harsh realities of ruling the Seven Kingdoms close in around her, she must hold…
Every person in King's Landing is sprinting and screaming as Rhaenyra's dragons fly overhead, except for one guy who is just walking through the chaos completely unbothered. Catch the full episode of Streaming Things wherever you listen to podcasts. #houseofthedragon #hotd #hotdseason3 #ulf #silverwing #kingslanding #queenslanding #streamingthings #podcastclip #movietalk #filmtok…
Rhaenyra just learned her son is dead and Ser Lorent straight up tells her I made a boo boo, kill me, my life is forfeit. Her response is a lovely, logical, measured answer. It is also completely insane that she did not kill that dude! Catch the full episode of…
House of the Dragon Episode 2 makes the surprising choice to skip the Fish Feed Battle entirely and instead gives us Daemon and his men performing a fully choreographed victory song, complete with individual lines for Roddy and Oscar. It is clearly been rehearsed for weeks and it is a…
Emma D'Arcy delivers some of the most realistic, devastating crying we have ever seen put to film in House of the Dragon Episode 2, Queen's Landing. The throne scene with Otto in particular layers nervous, scared, and angry all at once, and the result is genuinely one of the best…
Lohar's Ship Is Called the Bitch Fist So We Named the Rest of Her Fleet The flagship of Lohar's fleet in House of the Dragon Season 3 is called the Bitch Fist - and once you know that, you have to figure out what the rest of the ships are…
Kit, Andy, and Steve continue their House of the Dragon coverage with Season 3 Episode 2. Reeling from the tragic events from the Battle of the Gullet, Baela and Alyn search for Coryls. Daemon returns from the Riverlands. And Rhaenyra finally embarks to King's Landing to see if Alicent makes…
The standard complaint about adaptations is that they simplify the source material. House of the Dragon did the opposite. In Fire and Blood, Jace is a gallant Disney prince. In the show he is a kid with daddy issues making increasingly bad decisions. We break down why that creative choice…
At first glance Ser Lorent barring the door on Rhaenyra's orders looks like a plot convenience. But it is actually one of the most thematically precise moments in the entire premiere. One of the core ideas running through all of House of the Dragon is that even well meaning men,…
People criticize House of the Dragon for having major events hinge on characters losing control of their dragons. But that is not a flaw in the writing - it is the entire thesis of the show. The Targaryens built an empire on a weapon of mass destruction they never truly…
Every episode we hand out the Mummer's Dragon award for best performance of the episode. The Season 3 premiere had four serious contenders - Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull, Abigail Thorn as Lohar delivering full pirate swagger, Tom Bennett as Ulf with his backstory soliloquy, and Olivia Cooke doing…
The Battle of the Gullet in the House of the Dragon Season 3 premiere is a genuinely stunning piece of television production. The ship commands, the rigging, the nautical detail - it is the level of naval filmmaking that almost nobody pulls off, not even Pirates of the Caribbean. Master…
Lohar came equipped with grapnels from her time fighting dragons in the Stepstones, with weighted anchors on the other end designed to drag a dragon underwater. We break down the mechanics of the trap, why the show's version of the kill is actually smarter than the book's, and why Lohar…
Sheepstealer shows up after the Battle of the Gullet, pukes up two sheep, burns them with his breath, and lets Rhaena pull pieces off like a cat presenting its owner with a dead mouse. We immediately started debating the culinary implications. Is it medium rare or a charred mess? It…
When soldiers stop Aegon and Larys in the opening of House of the Dragon Season 3, their shield sigil tells you exactly who they are and why they are furious. House Staunton of Rook's Rest had their entire seat devastated during the Dance of Dragons and they have not forgotten…
The Aemond and Alicent kiss in the House of the Dragon Season 3 premiere is peak Targaryen chaos, and Olivia Cooke's expression in that moment is worth an Emmy on its own. We break down the slow burn of the scene, how long it took each of us to realize…
Tommy Flanagan shows up in the House of the Dragon Season 3 premiere as Roderick Dustin and delivers one of the most metal lines of the episode, "We come to die for the Dragon Queen!" and the podcast immediately went off the rails in the best way. Braveheart on double…
We break down why the scene is both devastating and perfectly constructed, why it mirrors Artax sinking in The Neverending Story, and why it plays out almost exactly as written in Fire and Blood. Catch the full episode of Streaming Things wherever you listen to podcasts. #houseofthedragon #hotd #hotdseason3 #jace…