The Queen Who Ever Was [House of the Dragon, S2E8]

House of the Dragon’s second season has come to an end, and we’re back to investigate the finale for all its strange fascinations and inconsistencies. The elephant in the room here is Game of Thrones Season Eight, but we also dive into this episode’s steadfast resistance to character agency, and all those loose threads that have transformed into mysteries. We close by reacting to the news that HOTD will end with Season Four.

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TIME CODES:

00:00 What worked for you?

10:24 Returning Issues

11:33 Worse than Season Eight?

23:04 The Uncanny Valley

25:34 Storytelling Craft

28:28 Setup or Letdown?

31:04 Character Agency in Peril

40:08 Daemon's Vision Disaster

50:11 Struggling with Halaena

53:21 All About the Writing

56:44 12 Abandoned Plot Threads

01:05:51 Two More Seasons

01:14:54 Successor Shows

01:20:12 Pitch: Aegon's Conquest