‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Premiere Reactions | Talk the Thrones
6/22/20261 hr 2 min
Chris Ryan, Mallory Rubin, and Joanna Robinson are back and ready to talk all things Westeros! They jump right into breaking down ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 1. They discuss the Battle of the Gullet, get into Alicent and Aemond’s heated talk, and end with what we all need: a little dragon math to know which dragons are with which people.
(00:00) Intro
(01:18) CR’s recap
(06:09) Favorite moment of the episode
(14:41) Pace of the show
(18:49) The Battle of the Gullet
(24:55) Rhaena and Sheepstealer
(28:40) What were Jace’s motivations?
(32:32) Corlys Velaryon and his family
(36:47) Who won the Battle of the Gullet?
(39:20) Alicent and Aemond’s relationship
(44:33) Divisions inside Team Green and Team Black
(47:28) Alys the witch and the Isle of Faces
(49:23) What is Daemon up to?
(51:33) What is Criston Cole up to?
(56:37) Episode 1: Dragon math
Hosts: Chris Ryan, Mallory Rubin, and Joanna Robinson
Producers: Aleya Zenieris, Carlos Chiriboga, and Scott Lee
Social: Jomi Adeniran
Set Production: Jonathan Ratliff and Gitu Mehra
Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell
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First 90 secondsChris Ryan· Host0:00
[drum music] Hello, and welcome to Talk the Thrones. My name is Chris Ryan. I am joined, as always, by Joanna Robinson and a lady who has been swearing oceans are battlefields for years- [laughs] The Bitch Fist.
Mallory Rubin· Host0:18
Incredible.
Chris Ryan· Host0:19
It's Valerie Rubin.
Mallory Rubin· Host0:20
I hope that sticks. Formally requesting that that sticks. [laughs] Should I just be like your Chiron on here? Yeah, great name for a ship.
Chris Ryan· Host0:26
Bitch Fist.
Mallory Rubin· Host0:26
Great new moniker. I'm in.
Chris Ryan· Host0:27
We are back after two years- Wild ... waiting for House of the Dragon to return. We're here to talk about all the hot D action- Yeah ... in the first episode, uh, everything that's fit to print on audio and video. [laughs] Uh, we are coming to you, uh, after the Season 3 premiere.
Mallory Rubin· Host0:44
That's right.
Chris Ryan· Host0:44
Let's jump right in with the recap after this.
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