Julia, Kylie, and Caroline get out their #girlboss mugs and smash through smallfolk to celebrate the first penultimate season episode for House of the Dragons, ‘The Green Council’.
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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 – Intro & episode recap
- 12:05 – Struck down in his prime!
- 21:33 – A zany search sequence
- 31:42 – The princess in the tower
- 41:22 – Aegonball
- 50:10 – Defining ‘closer to earth’
- 55:15 – Feet info exchange
- 1:06:25 – The plot carries Rhaenys this way!
- 1:12:50 – Girlbossing the smallfolk to death
- 1:38:30 – Highlights/lowlights & do we like this story?
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
- Caroline’s latest ‘The Last of Us’ review
- A Song of Pins and Needles (Caroline’s wardrobe analysis)
- Supernatural: End of the Road (Caroline’s Supernatural coverage)
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