Julia, Kylie, Caroline and Bo celebrate Emma D’Arcy stealing the show, while Vhagar fulfills her own Targ destiny in the House of the Dragon season finale, “The Black Queen.”
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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, asks, recap, and Florida
- 16:25 – Rhaenyra is practically perfect
- 22:25 – The babe did come 🙁
- 32:30 – Daemon’s spousal support
- 40:20 – Sweet gaming table
- 44:30 – Fucking Otto
- 53:15 – Daemon stans and a terrible ship
- 1:04:05 – A good ship
- 1:14:30 – Ask your doctor about Vermithor
- 1:19:56 – Treat in Kamino
- 1:28:35 – Julia reads from her Kobo
- 1:33:20 – Vhagar makes Visenya proud
- 1:42:15 – Kylie wants to rage-quit
- 1:49:15 – 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
- 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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