Julia, Kylie, and Caroline reunite with Musa after six four years for an awkward family dinner where they toast the 8th episode of House of the Dragon, “The Lord of the Tides”. Musa agrees Targs are boring with the exception of one particular edgelord.
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The intro & outro saltarello is performed by Stary Olsa from their album “Liepšaje (The Best)”, which is available for purchase on Bandcamp.
Episode Breakdown
- 0:00 – Introduction & recap
- 22:10 – Julia wants to spoil Fire and Blood
- 20:00 – Mullets and age-bending
- 24:00 – Marie de’ Medici and wall porn
- 34:21 – The Alicent that was promised
- 40:00 – Questionable online discourse
- 57:47 – Musa hates boring Targs
- 1:04:45 – Rhaenys needs to monologue her motivations
- 1:13:00 – Stupid prophecy dagger is stupid
- 1:20:15 – Helaena is thinkin’ about bugs
- 1:35:00 – Family dinner of fun
- 1:46:10 – Julia reads from her Kobo
- 1:53:53 – Dramatic irony happens!
- 2:03:03 – Highlights/lowlights
Related Links
- All UBS Podcast episodes
- House of the Dragon Failed Alicent Hightower (spoilers for HotD)
- House of the Dragon Is Winning This Thrones Hater Over (spoilers through 1×04)
- House of the Dragon is Actually a Compelling Story about Westeros (spoilers through 1×05)
- The Tragic Dance of Power and Patriarchy (spoilers for HotD)
- Game of Thrones retrospective series
- GoT Season 8 articles
- ‘The Wars to Come’ GoT Rewatch Project
- A Song of Pins and Needles (Caroline’s wardrobe analysis)
- Supernatural: End of the Road (Caroline’s Supernatural coverage)
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