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called king of the narrow sea today

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hardcore book fans so you'll get

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some deep insights related to the

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of the dragon as much as we can but we will

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heads up for that's so

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whatever your a song of ice and fire game of

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in the blanks about law and story depth

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that the so understandably skirts

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over this episode

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jumps just under your in the timeline

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and during the in between queen

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allison's has given birth to a second child

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elena and run error

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is midway through a grants or in

2:27

search of a suitable suitor whenever

2:30

remains unmarried and still

2:32

free with at least some control

2:34

over her own destinies whereas allison

2:37

is there are expected to behave less freely

2:39

as a queen with sutil drum in

2:41

this episode the path who were formerly

2:44

close friends with everything and comments

2:46

were brought into contrast and we can

2:48

talk a lot about that today this

2:51

episode was great it was full of burning desire

2:53

visceral conflict and this the seats

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every turn hidden motives began

2:58

to come to the for and some characters

3:00

were left full of cognitive dissonance and

3:02

doubt it was dialogues heavy

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and indeed many of the scenes revolved

3:07

around to characters conversing despite

3:10

being low on action there was a deep

3:12

exploration of once needs and

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responsibilities and once again

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we found the pacing to be indulge in and

3:18

the mood palpable we love

3:20

this episode and house of the dragon is

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in our opinion going from strength to strength

3:25

in this long set up phase the

3:28

atmosphere is being built so

3:30

beautifully we can no sense

3:32

there's a huge conflict to come

3:34

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okay why don't we go

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to the beginning at storm's end

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this episode begins as storms and then

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the storm lenses rainier a searches for

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a suit so we first sea

5:53

lord barracks don't darien although

5:55

not the one from the brotherhood without balance

5:57

but no man here trying and

6:00

feign interest running era

6:02

running the delights of black haven and it's

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deep dry modes the

6:07

even mentions that he sees

6:09

met rainier is great grandmother queen

6:11

alison fifty years ago

6:13

and in in one of several nods to together

6:16

in ancestry in this episode see

6:19

, not impressed and

6:21

the is blunts in her refusal perhaps

6:23

even rude when she points out

6:25

how long ago alison lived in

6:28

order to emphasized on darwin's

6:30

age which in the states in

6:32

theme of renew his decisive

6:34

this and female agency that is

6:36

explored throughout this episode although

6:39

she's lined up to be the next

6:41

queen which are in the last episode

6:44

that the series has given her some autonomy

6:46

and so in choosing a match

6:48

for herself sees a young woman with

6:50

a strong courageous personality and

6:53

although she doesn't yet know exactly what

6:55

she wants she does know what she doesn't

6:57

one and a man older than her father

7:00

is certainly not it but

7:03

see also doesn't want doesn't want

7:05

too young as we see when

7:07

a black good boy some people

7:09

thought was some while blackwood from book

7:12

cannon but seems to be actually

7:14

laid named william here

7:16

steps up and tells rivera of

7:18

the houses shared history

7:21

at three in a nother

7:23

nod to the history foster guerin

7:26

willem blackwood tells

7:28

how his and

7:29

mr supported hers during the conquest

7:31

one of the first river

7:32

to do so that ,

7:35

is never actually given a first name and fire and blood

7:37

but in the show hear his called guess black

7:39

would probably a nod to lord titus

7:41

blackwood san lucas from the main series

7:43

to keeping those names in the family which

7:45

i love after

7:49

for will i'm really does a great job delivering

7:51

a speech path he enters a

7:53

series of humiliating taunts from

7:56

of

7:56

horse gerald bracken for

7:59

member

7:59

the and tried half hearted leader put a stop

8:02

to it but finally

8:04

when gerald

8:06

call him a craven right at the end of his speech

8:08

will respond steel and

8:10

duel breaks out mahal prompting renier

8:13

a to announce her abrupt departure

8:15

somehow against the odds

8:17

little willem blackwood skewers the muslim

8:19

the general bracket and leaving their host

8:22

with some real spleen and to do

8:25

this seen

8:28

interesting as it was as not directly

8:30

from fire emblem

8:31

the it's actually a stand in for a series

8:33

of events that are

8:35

mentioned in fire blood last week

8:37

i talked about the visit to castille

8:40

iraq where jason and time

8:42

atlanta stir had compete

8:43

it for be near as

8:45

the tension but renier apparently

8:47

traveled widely during this time and her eventually

8:50

eventual choice of concert was

8:52

always the foremost issue so

8:55

we also get this from fire and blood when

8:58

renier a visited the trident in one twelve

9:00

the sons of lord bracken and lord blackwood

9:02

fought a dual over her and a younger son

9:05

of house frey made so bold as to ask

9:07

openly for her hand full

9:09

, he was called thereafter thereafter

9:12

given their long history of enmity blackwood

9:14

bracken fighting over anything is hardly

9:17

newsworthy of but it

9:19

is worth noting that the two young men in question

9:22

and farm blood were sam

9:24

well blackwood and also amos

9:26

bracken and while amos

9:29

bracken one the dual it

9:31

wasn't fatal for sam well

9:33

for a tray the same

9:35

is full frame was also

9:37

actually in the scene in this episode or

9:40

he was cast and you

9:42

the

9:43

still have him online but he never

9:46

get a chance to embarrass himself have stated

9:48

as duel breaking out i

9:51

like to think it somewhere in the cutting room floor

9:53

their said saad

9:55

ever seen as far as fray

9:58

i'm acting like a

9:59

maybe

10:02

we'll get to see that sometimes

10:04

and we will have more on the scene and

10:06

those historic figures

10:08

in our spoiler section

10:10

i am more to say about a specific gets

10:12

right now offer yeah plenty

10:14

more

10:15

i just after that see that felt

10:17

so fan service in the best possible

10:20

way wasn't sort of a frenzied state

10:22

you go buddy roemer had fan service

10:25

a wizard a more subtle

10:27

notes of the book readers the you know we

10:29

consider the our we we know what's going on

10:31

here yeah that was that

10:33

was great and

10:36

let's move on to the

10:38

return of the king of the

10:40

narrow sea rainier

10:43

a sales back to king's landing from storms

10:45

and her ship is buzzed by

10:48

correct sees the first indication

10:50

that damon has returned

10:52

literally rocking the boat in

10:54

his first moment on screen and as

10:57

a hat tip to history western

10:59

aziz for that once he

11:01

does have a way with words and puns typical

11:04

, damon it's an incredibly dangerous

11:06

move and run near us is actually

11:08

thrown to the deck and smashes ahead on the

11:10

galore which could have resulted

11:13

in a really serious injury i

11:15

was actually surprised when she came up

11:18

without a mark on her but she's

11:20

visibly happy and excited and clearly

11:22

makes her way to the throne room to be on hand

11:24

for uncles arrival as quickly

11:27

as he can once he's in the port

11:29

so this as scene

11:31

of damon and viscera says reunion

11:34

actually please out remarkably

11:37

the doesn't fire and blood with some

11:39

of the actual framing even

11:41

matching artwork by ha

11:44

stone from the world of ice and fire very

11:46

fire very part where he standing

11:48

in front of the iron throne holding his

11:50

holding his crown what

11:53

did a major differences is that and fire

11:55

and blood dame and arrived during tourney

11:57

that was being held to celebrate the serious analysis

11:59

anniversary which is not what was going

12:02

on here the , really

12:04

when it though as this quote

12:06

shows wearing

12:08

a crown and sailing himself king of

12:10

the narrow sea he appeared unannounced

12:13

in the skies above kings landing on his dragon

12:15

circling thrice above the tourney grounds

12:18

that when at last he came to earth he knelt

12:20

before his brother and offered up his crown

12:23

as a token of his love and fealty to

12:25

, returned the crown and kiss dame and on both

12:27

cheeks welcoming him home and

12:30

the lords and commons sent up a thunderous

12:32

cheer as the sons of the spring prints

12:34

were reconciled amongst those

12:36

tearing loudest was princess were nearer

12:38

who was thrilled at the return of her favorite

12:40

uncle and decked him to stay awhile

12:44

awhile that quote does mention their

12:46

father prince bail on who was a huge

12:48

favorite amongst lords and small

12:50

folk a like he's not mentioned

12:53

in the this particular scene in the

12:55

so although he will be late run

12:57

as will be discussing however

13:00

the sarasin damon's mother alyssa

13:02

is mentioned in the next scene

13:05

which is a garden party

13:08

the serious

13:09

sure does love parties which

13:11

is actually exactly how is described in fire

13:14

and

13:14

had fun loving generous constantly

13:16

hosting balls and feast in the red keep

13:18

and so when his prodigal brother

13:20

returns what , would you

13:22

do by have a party and

13:25

pretty obvious that the king has indulged

13:27

king has a bit of wine by the time we

13:30

arrived on the scene in the park

13:31

the ah he's laughing

13:33

the brother and they're arguing about who

13:35

was their mothers favorite he's

13:37

saying that it was clearly dame and in

13:40

you ain't remember in our coverage of episode one

13:42

that i mentioned that of the two brothers damon

13:45

for the most resemblance to their motherless

13:47

so who was famously

13:49

loved riding and swordplay humor

13:52

the aided her younger brother v gone and the kelsey

13:54

art as a child or because she was

13:57

quite good with the sword

13:59

he was definitely not she

14:02

called herself as body it went to the any

14:04

barmaid in king's landing and

14:06

overall of pretty fitting comparison

14:08

with damon crept in this scene

14:11

the body one is almost certainly the serious

14:13

reps an extremely loud fart

14:16

much , his own amusement amusement

14:19

really know when elses after

14:21

queen alison suggests damon might

14:23

like to

14:24

their new tapestries spoiler

14:27

he would not

14:30

our since

14:32

i felt very bad for her

14:34

the scene sees trying to be a

14:36

good hostess at obvious he's not

14:38

fully comfortable you know these

14:40

two men are much

14:42

older than her the of well the shared history

14:44

it out there and the she's

14:46

she's

14:47

that might excluded i think from that she's

14:50

, feeling a bit under unappreciated

14:52

as well which

14:54

then leads to a scene that you

14:56

someone unexpected at least to me

14:59

which was the queen in the princess having

15:01

a conversation not only

15:03

a civil conversation but one that felt

15:05

downright friendly mcgann reaching

15:07

right back to episode one exactly

15:11

osiris of courses last of us brotherly

15:13

an assault on the camaraderie between

15:16

him and damon candidate exact

15:18

spot for his

15:20

mater and wife from the conversation

15:22

which brought them together be

15:24

you know the audience is not meant to forget that

15:26

despite alpha and rainier a big this

15:29

at the center of things in king's landing in the

15:31

story they're not entirely comfortable

15:33

there allison not a true take

15:35

target area but you know a royal

15:37

womb and renew your i've

15:40

seen herself as alone and resentful of

15:42

the role she must have felt despite

15:44

the awkwardness and friction that's been going on

15:46

between them they can relate to each other

15:49

in ways that nobody else really can

15:52

that bond between them is undeniable even as

15:54

even as at it or find themselves the odds

15:56

and

15:56

the situation so event presented with

15:58

elephant it

15:59

still fulfilling the role that we've seen

16:02

her in something episode two go

16:04

between between the fairest and were near ah

16:07

ah i think she puts herself in that role

16:09

thing it's part of her duty as the

16:11

queen to help her relationship and for the

16:13

good of the realm she understands

16:15

the reality of renier at needing

16:17

to wed having had that

16:19

experience herself it's

16:21

incredible that feel that more resentful at this

16:23

point when run era as era target area

16:26

has been given a lot more freedom than she has

16:28

some make her own choices and then still complains

16:30

about it

16:32

and then rainier and damon

16:35

begin to talk in a quiet parts

16:37

of the garden just by the side of

16:39

the heart tree and they switched

16:41

to high valerian high just want to quickly say

16:43

how beautiful this language design by

16:46

fantasy linguists david j peterson

16:48

sounds and how convincing these actors

16:50

always seem to pull it off because ghosts

16:54

and quite complicated on a metre

16:56

level really are and dame and using

16:58

this language denotes that this is a

17:00

close and sometimes in smut bond

17:02

between these characters and yes

17:05

this dynamic is gonna really be explored

17:07

closely in this episode when

17:10

, arrests asked same what it is

17:12

he wants he replies only the comforts

17:15

of home given that we know

17:17

as we know of adventure he's not entirely

17:19

comfortable the red keep and having

17:22

seen the way he was smiling at her through

17:24

the garden we sense that

17:26

he must have something up his sleeve

17:29

the near a sense of it too but see

17:31

pussy down to it a change in him

17:33

following his exploits of the steps

17:35

things when game

17:37

and council servant marriage is mainly about

17:39

contracts and appearances and

17:41

he should know remembering he has a wife

17:43

and the veil who this fast hold such

17:45

little value to damon or the plots

17:48

it seems given that sees remained of

17:50

screen where near a replies

17:52

that marriage is easier on men than women

17:55

the near his outlining the unfairness

17:58

of the patriarchy wherever she

17:59

those

18:01

and with the mention of his quote to bronze

18:04

bitch damon reveals that

18:06

he really wants to be rid of her which again

18:08

brings about the question of what is

18:10

it that he does once there were so

18:12

many schemes and hidden motives among

18:14

the characters in the stories they as a

18:17

real layer of authenticity seats of

18:19

earth political scheming i think we're

18:21

narrow points out that it's fortunate he

18:23

and his wife has had no children which

18:26

again hints that dame and has other

18:28

plans and crazed the

18:30

freedom to follow them through

18:33

and on the subject of babies grenier

18:36

makes it plain what she doesn't want

18:38

to be imprisoned in a car so squeezing

18:41

out babies see so what

18:44

this tradition did her own mother

18:47

we saw in the previous seen this worldview

18:49

puts sarin contrast with allison's

18:52

which is another theme this episode will follow

18:54

up on repeatedly dame

18:56

and the phones were near his stance by advising

18:58

her not to live in fear but to enjoy

19:00

yourself and see the moments which

19:03

prefigures what happens between them later of

19:05

course cnn's river

19:07

near a dick for declaring her love of

19:09

solitude which a car comes across

19:12

to be is almost like sexual but of

19:14

course davon tells the plainly

19:16

changing to the common tongue that

19:18

that would be a lonely life my

19:21

take away from the scene is that dame and a marine

19:23

their ad see you have quite a bit and comments

19:25

that he understands that's pretty well

19:28

and the he's an old of figure beginning

19:30

to use his mentor position mentor

19:33

influence stroke manipulator

19:37

after the scene

19:38

we move on to on of this

19:40

to scenes in the episode that actually

19:43

features multiple characters conversing

19:45

together

19:45

rather than a pair of town characters

19:47

dialogue

19:49

we come back to the small council table chamber

19:51

which featured very prominently

19:53

in the first couple of episodes for

19:56

what amounts to basically a debriefing the

19:59

following demons

19:59

bird and a new he brought with

20:02

him that's the stumps don't have been left in the

20:04

hands of the tides and that the lord

20:06

of the time had returned to his own counsel

20:08

hundred mark renier is

20:10

sitting at the council table sign that

20:12

her father has kept to his worried

20:14

about her being his air and

20:17

as described in fire and blood actually he's

20:19

keeping her at his side and involving

20:21

her involving the daily

20:22

this is a grueling

20:25

hi remains to the new master sips declares

20:27

that they have a sea snake shaped

20:29

problem

20:32

that

20:32

the exchange to crab feeder for

20:34

a sea snake is actually

20:36

specifically

20:37

or he

20:40

suggested he still roth over

20:42

the sarah's choosing elephant overlay

20:44

not and did you catch this sort of i

20:46

roll from auto hightower when

20:48

that was mentioned

20:51

pretty good mellas

20:53

definitely agree that this makes this makes

20:56

that there could be a way to win him over

20:59

perhaps referring to the the

21:01

looming plan to marry renier

21:03

lane or but then

21:05

serrano speaks up revealing that corliss

21:07

valerian plans to marry his daughter

21:10

it was funny to see lord abroad which

21:12

is meant to be quite a dramatic reveal

21:15

and so we're going to talk about a potential

21:17

source for that information a bit later lane

21:20

, the trouble is actually a plot point

21:22

taken from fire and blood although with some changes

21:24

since in the book

21:26

it came shortly after of osiris

21:29

married allison and it doesn't really seem to

21:31

have been all that controversial here

21:33

with ferriss council are quite

21:35

can

21:35

learned about the prospect of has valerian

21:37

forging alliances with the free city

21:39

the and returning to

21:41

a theme

21:43

it's declared that if the sea snake makes this

21:45

alliance the king will have no choice

21:47

but one of his own and that type focus

21:50

on renier his face really leave

21:52

no doubt that once again she's aware

21:54

that she's being discussed as a bargaining

21:56

chip in light of wits end

21:59

of light

21:59

her uncle's advice to live

22:02

life on her own terms what

22:04

comes next is probably

22:06

no surprise

22:08

okay so why don't we talk

22:11

about

22:12

the long and wonderful sequence

22:15

there we go

22:16

into the nightlife of king's landing

22:18

it begins when run era comes

22:21

back to a courses to discover

22:23

a little goody bag of mysteries

22:26

it's containing some rough close

22:28

and a map to a secret passageway

22:30

out of the room who

22:33

the room with valerian skull

22:36

in hindsight we shouldn't have been

22:38

surprised that this was damon's ploy

22:40

as we did see him secretly spying

22:42

on the council in a previous episodes

22:45

so he'll he's obviously a man well

22:47

acquainted with the secrets of the

22:49

red keep uncle

22:51

damon wants to take really

22:53

era for a fun lights are on the town

22:55

will could go wrong and say hearse

22:58

that and to open a cell today's

23:01

in more ways than one i

23:03

thought the adventure into the city was a really

23:05

exciting sequence with talks

23:07

a lot about how how so the dragon is bringing

23:09

and interesting settings to the stories

23:12

last week we had the woods in the wilderness

23:15

and he that's been juxtaposed with a

23:17

sort of urban episode what's

23:20

really interesting about the scenes is that it

23:23

kept is something that so far

23:25

has been lacking it brought the nightlife

23:27

action of this city to our screens

23:30

more often than the know in this world

23:32

revolving around the ruling class when

23:35

a current to goes into the city you

23:37

get their peers v and you see

23:39

the city three their lens there

23:41

, exceptions such as i as surviving

23:44

in in the city incognito

23:46

after her father's beheading beheading

23:48

here similar trick is used by

23:50

putting damon and run their in disguise

23:52

we get an honest and real accounts

23:55

and the nightly goings on in the city

23:57

the , life into this aspect

24:00

the world building and i found an intriguing

24:02

seeing the flaming press dragons

24:04

the tight rope walkers and the general

24:07

hustle and bustle of flea bottom

24:09

and beyond these scenes felt

24:11

authentic to me and improved

24:13

the sense of verisimilitude

24:15

of king's landing it felt lived

24:17

in and a think we might have

24:19

spotted some juicy foreshadowing

24:22

but i'm gonna hold that back

24:24

for a spoiler section cause it is very

24:26

spoiler a so we will circle

24:28

back to this foreshadowing at the end

24:32

okay so the

24:33

that seems of for near a sneaking

24:35

out into the city trust is a page are

24:38

incredibly rich in fire and

24:40

blood peril

24:40

i'm not one

24:43

but three of jerry's and alison's

24:46

daughters are noted to have either snuck

24:48

out of the the and or dressed

24:50

in boys clothing you got renew

24:52

his grandmother alyssa, the

24:54

body went, i was earlier who

24:57

seems to enjoyed keeping

24:59

up with her brothers and dressing and mail clothing

25:01

to

25:02

they're locate her love of running

25:04

climbing flying writing

25:07

play whenever whenever they were up to she

25:09

was china the same then

25:11

there was there younger sister sarah who famously

25:13

snuck out of out to a brothel

25:16

with a group of carousing young nobles who

25:18

all ended up in some very serious

25:20

trouble

25:22

sarah was banished from court

25:24

by jerry's, which

25:26

she responded to by

25:28

way to sos and becoming a courtesan

25:30

and lease then the

25:32

the even younger sister

25:34

becerra changed clothes with her

25:36

me to sneak into the city and have one

25:38

last night of merriment with half a dozen mail

25:41

companions before she was due to

25:43

leave to marry lord

25:45

the a more manually and white harbor

25:47

and that evening seats heard some of the same

25:49

places that renier us all with damon the

25:52

pot shops and rapids the flea bottom

25:54

the in bottom long you loudly and river row

25:56

where the serving winces dance on tables

25:58

the brothels on brothels

25:59

read it but

26:02

a drunken horse

26:03

the at the end of that evening lead to an accident

26:05

in which the fifteen year old princess was

26:07

killed after being thrown from her horse

26:10

so with all that mind it

26:12

should come as no surprise later when

26:14

viscera mention

26:15

i [unk] wa this joe harris

26:17

would have done in his place a

26:20

and remembering

26:20

the so three lionel strong actually reference

26:23

the troubles that the old king had with his

26:25

daughters so this this stuff

26:27

is

26:27

no you know how to gary and is no

26:29

stranger to princesses carousing

26:32

about

26:33

the city

26:35

the

26:36

you know as you see if you retire but

26:38

one of the first things that renier

26:41

and damon see

26:43

the city is a mama's play about the

26:45

royal family now see

26:47

performances and murmurs are pretty common

26:49

device towards uses old a

26:51

lot especially to so discontent

26:54

amongst a small folk or mean i'm give

26:56

them a of way to voice their opinion

26:59

about things you had about utensil

27:01

too tall and on connects

27:03

forming a puppet show about dragons

27:05

that's true the attention and ayer

27:07

of prince area on target

27:08

in an , she had a group of

27:10

puppeteers who performed a so about

27:13

the dragon eating a lion arrested

27:15

in a feast for crows crows

27:17

of course there's that play about the lana says

27:20

that features in the mercy chapter the winter winter

27:22

and was adapted and game of thrones ah

27:26

elsa wondered about the street performer

27:29

that

27:30

the he briefly was

27:33

, fire think that might be a nod

27:35

to fire maids that danny season car

27:37

thunderstorm swords his fire magic

27:40

is credited to the rebirth

27:42

of danny's dragons the fact that dragons

27:44

have come back into the world have brought magic

27:46

back into the world so i wondered if perhaps

27:48

this was a subtle way of showing that

27:51

when dragons were very much alive this

27:53

sort of thing was fairly commonplace

27:57

getting back to the play you've got some

27:59

portrayals of the royals

28:02

very well done it in it's all

28:04

all male actors even playing that the see

28:06

male role sisters would have been

28:08

historically in in theater

28:10

and

28:12

damon seems more amused that offended

28:14

really even though he's mentioned

28:17

several times the key line seems

28:19

to be about the success and

28:21

who would it be the brother the daughter of the little

28:24

princeling of three and the

28:26

crowd seems to overwhelmingly

28:28

favor the little prince leg surprise

28:31

they cheer him they booed when era they

28:33

really make no bones about the fact that they love

28:36

where near as a princess the realms

28:38

delay but they

28:40

can huge doubt on her ability to be a queen

28:43

series of work the way dismissing

28:46

their opinion as really

28:48

have no matter totally

28:50

unimportant dame and really tries to

28:52

take this and make it a genuine teachable

28:54

moment telling her that if she wants to rule

28:57

is people their opinions

28:59

are definitely gonna matter

29:02

as gwen said renier

29:04

it isn't exactly appreciative of this interpretation

29:06

of her nor of the crowd's reaction

29:08

to the idea of her as the queen not

29:10

exactly having damon's advice here

29:13

she leads him on a chase through the city after

29:15

stealing from a merchant or near a

29:17

like clearly thinks this is a game and is laughing

29:20

but considering what we saw from the militant

29:22

gold cloaks an episode one this is

29:24

likely something that children without her extreme

29:26

privilege will get severely punished

29:29

for when caught in fact when

29:31

when you're a koreans into a gold cloaks growls

29:33

and who might you be running from boy i actually

29:35

was scared for a second until

29:38

i realized to it was a was really reminded

29:40

me of when aria was in disguise in

29:42

a game of thrones and as nearly captured

29:45

by castle guards who don't recognize her and

29:47

her chased around

29:49

luckily we're near happens to know this particular

29:51

gold club who is sarah hyland strong

29:54

the sort of the master was last

29:56

seen leering at her when she returned from

29:59

the hunt covered worldwide actually

30:01

out where the shows having interesting these

30:03

two together again together again get into

30:05

right now but it is interesting that

30:08

there's now a path for information about her

30:10

escapades to get back the case not

30:12

only via the route we see in the

30:14

show with auto but through

30:16

another small council member of wow

30:19

great point

30:20

so

30:22

why don't we

30:23

talk about before we talk about

30:26

what else transpired the

30:28

evening in flea

30:31

bottom and beyond why don't we talk about

30:33

the series and allison who are

30:35

remaining in read in the red keep

30:38

the series is seen bathing

30:41

is bathing small group of terrorists with

30:43

him and he seems to be in a great deal of

30:45

pain and he's very sensitive

30:47

he's got these sores all

30:49

over his body physically speaking

30:52

the series is clearly weakening in

30:54

the first episode we saw yet saw wound

30:56

that wouldn't heal in the second

30:58

episode he placed his hand

31:01

in hand bowl of maggots because and because and

31:03

from the i am through thrown began

31:05

to mortify in the third

31:08

the last fingers to the said wounds and

31:10

here in the fourth we see his discomfort

31:12

as physical condition seems to be

31:14

gradually worsening from early

31:17

on in episode one were being continually

31:19

reminded that the sarah's health he's

31:22

a man of poor physical disposition

31:25

let's put it that way it's quite faithful to how

31:27

he's betrayed and fire and blood the

31:29

writers are lodging in our minds that this

31:31

guy is not going to be around forever even

31:34

the most unsullied view us can

31:36

sense in their heart that this king is vulnerable

31:38

to health problems that's

31:41

for alison see seen tending

31:44

to his saws member that we started

31:46

the episode with an older man i'm making

31:48

a place for younger an era and

31:50

then what are you one of the many contrast

31:52

drawn between her and the queen here is

31:54

allison and see stuck with an ailing

31:57

older man with little excitement

31:59

the life

32:01

they're quite sad really for her

32:04

we're not planning to the sarah we get

32:06

a shot relevant comforting her crying

32:09

baby this is her second child halima

32:12

much of her time is spent either in

32:14

solitude or caring

32:16

for the king or her children by them there's

32:19

really know familial closeness between

32:22

she and her father or and we haven't seen

32:24

her brother served wayne sense that initial

32:26

tourney in episode one other

32:28

women at court close in

32:31

age theme stance know ladies and

32:33

waiting or nearby cousins it seems

32:35

a lonely time to be at core

32:37

as core as compared to

32:39

other folks in the final ice and fire such

32:41

as marjorie tyrrell princess

32:43

yulia martell or queen thirds

32:45

the all sound have female

32:47

companions and bad me you know

32:49

perhaps lacking in those connections

32:52

we can better understand why allison it reaches out

32:54

for renier has friendship again and again despite

32:56

the princess not always making it easier get

33:00

called to the series late at night see actually

33:03

even tries to get out of that kind of pushing back

33:05

on the late hour and they are we get

33:07

this intimate view and and unglamorous

33:10

view of what is like to be queen always

33:12

moving to be willing and able to serve the realm

33:14

see has no agency here

33:17

really only her duty while

33:19

the bath scene and other moments of dialogue so

33:21

that she cares for the king it's really clear

33:23

in her facial expressions hear

33:26

that care doesn't really translate at all to desire

33:28

and it's hard to blame her see we

33:31

lived there for filling the role that not enjoying

33:33

at all while you know smiling

33:35

only when he cop pulls her gaze right

33:37

toward them contrast the seen

33:40

that this is interspersed with were run era learns

33:42

sexuality can be pleasurable and freeing

33:45

as we hear dame and how

33:47

run era marriage as marriage duty yes

33:49

but that doesn't stop us from doing what we want

33:52

fucking who we want we see allison

33:54

resigned to her life not afforded the same

33:57

privileges that dame and claims he and rainier i

33:59

have as dragon elephant

34:01

will never really get that opportunity as

34:03

the queen for all of her power

34:05

and station are derived through her husband

34:08

the best she can hope for us to provide the king plenty

34:10

of errors and mostly be left alone hopefully

34:13

for allison you know this night appalling

34:16

that will lead to the conception of her third

34:18

child so she is spared some lately

34:21

appointments for awhile you ,

34:23

know saracens like panting and struggling

34:25

he's maimed and wounded as

34:28

as the oh cardi mentioned you know in one shot

34:30

week and updated luck of the

34:32

swoon embassy years back that we saw

34:34

back in episode one in others

34:36

focus on his hand began his missing singers

34:39

with spoken and past episodes but what these wounds

34:42

symbolize his week kingship

34:44

the rejection from iron throne

34:46

which is a source of most a source of the

34:48

festering corruption that his miss rule

34:51

bring to bear and for a hand

34:53

goes it doesn't appear to be with theirs

34:55

is only rotten hand but you know we'll

34:57

talk about adelaide or ago

34:59

it's very

35:01

good weed well sir well

35:04

so

35:05

let's go back to the contracting

35:08

seen says that the way the seems were

35:10

you know obviously

35:12

framed we're going back and forth between

35:15

this very

35:16

the like as coupling is like just

35:19

though

35:20

just utilitarian

35:23

boring and then

35:25

the very exciting scenes out the

35:26

the as so street

35:28

of silk

35:30

in their destination

35:32

now to paint a picture for you if

35:34

you look at a map of of king's landing

35:37

you have

35:39

over on the

35:41

sort of

35:43

the easter southeastern corner you

35:45

have the read

35:45

that's funny guns high hill

35:48

that's overlooking blackwater

35:50

bay

35:51

the to silk is over

35:52

the on rainy says hill which is

35:55

across the city on the

35:57

the northern side

35:58

the city where the dragon pity

35:59

so they had to travel

36:02

quite a quite a ways of across

36:06

the

36:07

in contrast to

36:09

much of the city that day traveled

36:12

across

36:13

right with your destination which did include

36:15

a substantial part of flea bottom the

36:17

street of silk is home to

36:20

the most exclusive brothels and

36:22

pleasure houses in the city there's hans

36:25

of nobility and wealthy residents of

36:27

the city so when you arrive

36:29

here gone are the puppeteers the memories

36:32

great vendors the rockets crowds

36:34

and , their place you get these sumptuous

36:37

if somewhat shadowy menses filled

36:39

with well to do patrons and plenty

36:42

of exotic dancers and

36:44

music mainly you

36:46

get these drummers a whose

36:48

rhythms really add to the aura of

36:50

sensuality and chaos that's

36:52

permeating the scene but

36:55

then damon leads ranier leads deep

36:57

inside a certain pleasure house

36:59

which is full of curtain delle cose

37:01

behind which men and women are taking part

37:04

are all of the pleasures that

37:06

are on offer and as they enter

37:08

they removes the main part

37:10

of her disguise which disguise the page cap

37:12

which had covered or long silver hair and

37:14

prevented her from being recognized as they crossed

37:17

they city so city should be immediately

37:19

obvious that now that

37:21

they've reached your destination he wants

37:23

her to be recognized and it

37:25

should also be obvious as he is recognize

37:27

see get this kind of wave of whispers

37:30

and murmurs and stairs that follows

37:32

them as they travel long corridor

37:35

and , music also changes

37:37

you got that manic chaotic drumming

37:40

that greeted them when they arrived on the street

37:42

as silk ah is now

37:45

a low thrumming buried

37:47

deep and dissonant it and unsettling

37:50

and it feels like

37:51

the be more home and harm

37:52

the damon

37:55

health her when she asks

37:57

what this place is that it's the place where people

37:59

come to

37:59

what they want and he's not lying

38:02

because he's literally brought her here

38:05

to take something that he wants something

38:07

he's been building up to for years to

38:09

stop his own rapid descent

38:11

down the line of succession it

38:14

becomes brutally obvious that

38:16

damon has designs on

38:18

renier a herself and

38:23

he begins this sort of dance

38:25

of seduction something happens

38:29

he begins his seduction rainier

38:31

a response very eagerly to

38:33

his advice that a woman can seek

38:36

pleasure and fucking and the moment she

38:38

asserts herself damon finds

38:40

himself kind of off balance

38:42

and unable to perform

38:44

and

38:46

notably this is not the first time that we've

38:48

seen him frustrated in this way so

38:52

though there you go to times we've seen

38:54

damon sort

38:56

of engaged in the act

38:57

but unable to perform this

38:59

time he just walks off

39:01

leaving run era unpredep

39:02

it in alone it's the second

39:05

time in this episode that he's in

39:07

danger

39:07

her well being the first time being mine

39:09

he flew in and buzzer ship

39:11

and

39:12

i mean

39:14

didn't smash your head in she was lucky

39:16

also didn't you know not are over the side

39:18

of the ship as the south the

39:22

there we go i is obviously

39:25

not all that concerned with that

39:27

aspect of things i would you

39:29

are also note that damon was in

39:31

full possession of his faculties

39:34

when he left her and spite of the fact

39:36

that the next time we see him he will apparently

39:38

be suffering from the mother of all hangovers

39:41

he really cannot blame crew what

39:43

happened with running around although

39:45

perhaps he might blame what

39:47

happened with run era for the drink

39:50

definitely while we're talking

39:52

about it a lot of these intimate scenes i

39:54

i want to bring up some of the behind the scenes stuff

39:56

though in i think tonally be seen

39:58

felt different i think you know

40:00

some people are they fall refreshing

40:03

they really kind of held that balance between

40:05

you know discomfort taboo

40:08

and and you know true intimacy

40:10

i think you know some of this is

40:13

due to the use of an intimacy coordinator emily

40:15

carry spoke to jazz about this week about

40:17

that the use of that and how that made her

40:19

a lot more comfortable and very safe in

40:22

her scenes with patti com time additionally

40:25

, this episode was was

40:27

by our female director as well her

40:30

name is claire kilner and we'll see more of her

40:32

an episode five and nine the season he

40:34

might have seen that she spoke about on inside the episode

40:37

and i really wish we had heard a lot more from her

40:39

you know she mentioned wanting to kind of unlearn

40:42

what she'd seen from intimate scenes and other

40:44

media because so often they been directed

40:46

by men and she wanted she recognize

40:49

kind of the the the female perspective

40:52

and i think she succeeded here we

40:54

get a lot of build up in the way that the camera caught

40:56

from in of dame and facing away

40:58

from her than towards her there's

41:00

a lot of focus on the curiosity and

41:02

vulnerability that rainier was feeling

41:05

and i think that that authenticity

41:07

really carry through to her next encounter

41:10

with a certain white knight what

41:12

do you think you were

41:14

yeah let's

41:16

move to read naira increased

41:19

and co when

41:21

he returns from our outings having

41:24

been left a bit frustrated

41:26

by damon's initial seductions

41:28

and then the denial of sexual gratification

41:31

see is the princess he has a lot

41:33

of power and has just been

41:35

taught been taught that see can

41:38

and should seize what she wants

41:40

when she learns kristen into

41:43

a bedroom and begins flirting with him

41:45

at first he says no there isn't

41:47

major power imbalance between the path

41:50

and there's an uncomfortable element of coercion

41:53

leading to question marks about the

41:55

nature of consent i've seen

41:57

p a lot people talking about this in the fandom

42:00

the think we're you know you right to be

42:02

having the so a conversations and exploring

42:04

this hearted kristin wants

42:06

to go through with it but ,

42:08

has sworn a sacred vow and

42:11

sees encouraging of various very

42:13

serious situation for him given

42:15

her standings the certain the echoes

42:18

of ariane an aerosol caught in the scene

42:20

will they run their his motives here are

42:22

about sex not politics while

42:25

run era is taking damon's

42:27

advice and encouragement or hearts

42:29

from being feel as to screwing

42:31

who you want coast cognitive

42:33

dissonance is palpable i

42:36

think we're seeing this theme

42:38

again and again and house of the dragon characters

42:41

with different sorts of motives

42:43

what's horn inside about the decisions

42:45

they make and this who conveys

42:48

very efficiently george rr martin's

42:51

martin's that he likes the right by

42:53

that's the only thing worth writing

42:56

about is the human hearts in conflict

42:58

with itself here coasts heart

43:00

is in conflict this is in definition

43:03

of forbidden love vows vs

43:05

desire and although we saw

43:07

in the last episode that the pad do

43:09

have a connection is the inside

43:11

the episode featuring the was the insinuation

43:14

that were never had gone for the nearest guys

43:17

when the camera focuses on

43:19

christian coal folding up his white

43:21

cloak there's no dialogue because

43:24

the doesn't need to be a pizza speaks

43:26

a thousand words and i think

43:28

that was a great shot in terms

43:30

of book cannon there's no parallel

43:33

like for like given that the histories

43:35

or recounted by three

43:37

unreliable narrators and

43:40

as such and a not matter of fact

43:43

grant you know it may step runs

43:45

its are merely says dame and

43:48

and visaria quarreled with

43:50

no apparent explanation given but there are

43:52

two sources to go into great detail

43:54

about this triangle and i'm going to read

43:56

some of the inspiration behind the scenes

44:00

that's and use this and mushroom tell

44:02

another tales or rather to such

44:04

tales each different from the other

44:07

use this the less salacious of

44:09

a to rice that prince dame

44:11

and seduced is nice the princess

44:13

and claimed her maiden hood when

44:16

the lovers were discovered a bed together

44:18

and brought before the king run their insisted

44:21

she was in love with her uncle the

44:23

series would not hear of it however a

44:26

reminders his daughters that prince

44:28

dame and already had a wife and

44:30

his roth he can find his daughter to a chambers

44:33

told his brother to depart and commanded

44:35

both of them never to speak of what

44:38

had happened the

44:40

tale as told by mushroom

44:42

is far more depraved as is

44:44

off the case with his testimony according

44:47

to the dwarf it was sir chris

44:50

and co that the princess year and forth

44:52

not prince dame and but suppressed

44:54

and was and true nights noble and taste

44:56

and mindful of his vows and

44:58

though he was in was company day

45:00

and night he had never so much this

45:02

kissed her know made any declaration

45:05

of love when he looks

45:07

at you he sees the little girl you

45:09

are not the woman you become damon

45:12

told is nice but i can teach

45:14

you how to make him see you

45:16

as a woman

45:18

though i did mention

45:21

the sole venturing mentoring

45:23

dynamics earlier mushroom

45:25

giving does go on to give an

45:28

extremely salacious account of

45:30

dame and teaching running era about

45:32

sex but it's worth noting

45:34

the mushroom insist that damon

45:36

did not take renew his maidenhead

45:38

that was credited to kristen coal

45:41

and so although the set so might

45:43

not have a mushroom it

45:46

seems at least that leading

45:48

into some of that his testimony i

45:50

think

45:52

yes indeed

45:54

the a transmission is sort

45:56

of

45:58

my father grotesquely

45:59

at least two parts like mushrooms

46:02

got some truth to tell so

46:04

a be interesting to see how that plays on going

46:06

forward alice and bob miss

46:08

area know in fire and blood

46:10

damon sent my stereo

46:12

the way to athos after the dragon sewn incident

46:14

that he or she appears to just

46:17

have simply returned to

46:19

her establishment industry itself i

46:22

having spent time

46:24

establishing this character it really made

46:26

sense for them to bill

46:28

give her a bigger role a early on

46:31

so

46:33

that lets great design and

46:35

thinks he's an interesting character would you remain

46:37

in the dark about her presence though

46:40

even , we see other young boy

46:43

obviously recognize when era and run off

46:46

until he later arrives

46:48

later the red keep with a message for the hand

46:50

for the guard states

46:52

the messenger from the white worm

46:54

which is the nickname my syria's known by

46:56

and fire and blood so ,

46:59

will later tell this harris said his and former

47:01

is very reliable and implies

47:04

that he's worked with them for a long time

47:06

which of course course

47:08

to the probable conclusion

47:10

that she was also his source regarding

47:13

damon's air for a day toast

47:15

in episode one which

47:17

also occurred in her soundless mint and

47:21

i wonder if she could potentially be the sort

47:23

the bio's big rebel

47:24

this in in that most recent small council

47:27

seen about corliss patrolling lena to

47:29

the sea lord son that's a bit

47:31

of information that she could easily have picked

47:33

up from the recently

47:35

return damon

47:37

though my theory obviously as numerous possible

47:39

motives some of which

47:40

you know anything ranging from jealousy

47:43

or resentment towards for naira oh

47:45

it's pretty obvious is often on

47:47

t men's minds recall

47:49

that silver haired maiden comments from

47:52

episode but

47:52

none of which could also be

47:54

related to her very complex relationship

47:57

with damon and been personally have her

47:59

anger about you to be in

48:01

episode two but

48:03

we also kimbrell up possibility that

48:05

they're working together

48:07

so

48:08

is the first time we actually seem as area back

48:11

on screen she's with damon apparently

48:13

having given [unk]

48:14

a room for the night after what turned

48:16

out to be and out now bender on his part

48:18

and tell them that he's lucky

48:20

she's looking out for him when

48:23

damon called her a whore

48:26

she makes it plain that

48:29

that's no longer accurate is actually found a

48:31

new line of business but seven specify

48:33

what it is the viewer

48:35

no there is beginning to suspect of course

48:38

and if he were in any doubt that

48:40

same young boy enters the room

48:42

right at that moment enhancer a fistful coins

48:45

which received payment for his message

48:47

to the

48:47

and so this combined

48:50

with the real discomfort

48:52

that damon suffered when the

48:54

air for a day com it was revealed

48:56

i think actually lends itself to the conclusion

48:58

that miss area is operating at least

49:00

on some level without his knowledge

49:04

we'll go back to that my syria and maybe

49:06

some promoters in the spoiler section

49:09

or implied statement

49:10

no

49:12

the union information trade that

49:14

it's more profitable than the skin trade put

49:17

me in mind of various another

49:19

is so seaborne spy and information

49:21

gather telling period his origin

49:23

story and a classic kings he ,

49:26

i begged i stole and i sold

49:28

what parts of my body still remain to me

49:30

soon i was as good a thesis any and mere

49:33

and when i was older i learned that often the contents

49:36

of a man's letters are more valuable

49:38

than the contents of his purse so

49:40

clearly these to have experienced similar

49:42

path to success success

49:45

appreciation for the value

49:47

of information of ,

49:49

wanted to note that while my serious use

49:51

of the phrase

49:53

skyn trade is obviously a slang

49:55

term for sex work it

49:57

could also be a sneaky reference

49:59

by raiders to a higher novella

50:02

by george rr martin

50:04

of that name that was published in nineteen eighty

50:07

that when i think is about werewolf

50:10

we are in very different

50:14

though after auto received

50:16

the message from my syria we see him

50:18

struggling in really preparing

50:20

for the conversation he knows last com

50:23

in a very short seen by himself

50:25

recife and really sells that conflicting

50:27

emotions the auto must feel here knowing

50:30

the he has to deliver the message that could cause

50:32

a rift between himself and the king auto

50:35

, this news can only bring trouble for

50:37

her house target area in and he has to share

50:39

it but the news itself weekends

50:42

autos personal enemies ah

50:44

definitely damon and potentially really era

50:46

as well and her in

50:48

her being the air as someone

50:51

who seems to like to manipulate from

50:53

the shadows it feels like auto

50:55

doesn't really like having the snitch directly

50:57

on of enemies fearing that it is

50:59

gonna expose that gonna expose

51:01

the he has when the

51:04

ferris initially says what other to

51:06

the news that roomier was spotted in

51:08

a brothel out it was forced to share more details

51:11

he seems deeply uncomfortable with us

51:13

and the sarris dismisses there as a lie

51:15

the king than demands the source for auto

51:17

refuses as he said before this

51:20

might have saved like

51:22

him from the theres as roth if he had given

51:24

up that source but instead he he pretax

51:27

and get sued out for it i

51:30

can't imagine how different the story would be of auto

51:32

had just given up the white worm that in there

51:34

but instead the theres banishes

51:36

him from his site saying think years of accounting

51:38

man your designs are obvious i

51:41

do you wish to have your blood on the iron throne

51:43

so badly that you're willing to destroy my

51:45

own and it's actually a refreshing

51:47

moment of wisdom from the theories and

51:49

another example of him trying to protect

51:52

her in iraq but often his moments happen

51:54

in private or you know implodes chambers

51:57

as we saw before but there's his defense of

51:59

his daughter we haven't been public

52:01

enough to sway all of his lords

52:03

nor much of the small folk but this is

52:06

still seven the right direction for the king for now

52:08

the into the conversation between

52:11

the series it also comes to

52:13

a conclusion we see that alison

52:15

is eavesdropping from the shadows

52:18

as in the main series you have to be really

52:21

careful what you say in the red keep and around

52:23

kings landing because you never know

52:25

who is listening at i loved the time

52:27

someone is listening unlike

52:30

some of the of spying we do see

52:32

though allison's motive seems

52:34

to be censored around concern

52:37

for a friend i think as a next

52:39

scene seems to proof

52:42

maxine we see the elephant

52:44

summons where near at the god's word and we

52:47

find her standing in front of a heart tree the

52:49

show was really sad this up as their place

52:51

sons episode one the significance

52:54

of a heart tree is important to the scene especially

52:57

bringing wait to the confrontation that's about take

52:59

place as money now

53:01

lying in front of the heart tree is up

53:03

sacrilege us to followers

53:05

of the old gods jon snow

53:07

tells you are more mine my

53:09

word father believed that no man could tell

53:11

a lie in front of a heart treat the old gods

53:13

now men are lying my

53:15

father believe the same adult their

53:18

little clearly established lore

53:20

arm and a belief systems old

53:22

gods and though neither else and

53:24

nor any or follow the old gods magic is real

53:26

in the universe and lying or misleading someone

53:28

in front of a heart tree made foreshadow trouble

53:30

to come regardless of that person

53:34

there is no religious belief

53:35

that sort of peanut butter allison overheard

53:37

her father that good accusations and

53:39

wants to get the truth from or near herself she

53:41

feels really betrayed by her friend slashed

53:44

stepdaughter who had so we're

53:46

freedom when compared to allison and choosing

53:48

her match and yet still as ungrateful

53:51

and hostile to her position as

53:53

princess on air and what that might mean to

53:55

her future rainier a place

53:57

down that first and allison said

54:00

the upper lip waiver if he or she proclaims

54:02

that her father said that were near a fucked

54:04

damon and a pleasure house nearly in tears

54:07

having to speak the words and i

54:09

think she really wants it to be false she wants

54:11

to believe butter of an era and is

54:13

quick to put more of the blame

54:15

on damon or the you know target area

54:17

and customs i'm assuming that his

54:20

coat or tapestries allison's

54:22

proclamation that see only wants to help

54:24

where near a feels really genuine here emily carry

54:26

once again bring so much uncertainty

54:29

vulnerability and hope to the sea and all at once

54:31

they really impressed me every time i see

54:33

them

54:35

and to help out we see run a or is indignation

54:37

at the accusations which he knows

54:40

to be false never mind that

54:42

is true enough in spirits and that

54:44

see certainly no longer a maiden

54:46

but seats denies it calling

54:49

the statement of vial accusation desperate

54:51

to prove herself and perhaps saying that she

54:53

can capitalize on allison's

54:56

loyalty where near a makes a big statement

54:58

to convince her stepmother that she didn't

55:00

sleep with damon and remains a maiden

55:03

she swears dame and didn't touch

55:05

her and swears it by had dead

55:08

mother's memory this is

55:10

obviously alive of the spirits

55:12

of the statement was meant to convince allison

55:15

that she had not had sex with damon

55:17

which was true but as

55:20

the series will tail run a or of perception

55:22

is much more important than truth

55:25

and paired with damon's reaction when

55:27

he's confronted by the series were

55:29

near his denial is one that

55:31

will have big consequences

55:33

for the fragile friendship of the princess

55:36

and the queen

55:37

yeah it's true and mina i loved

55:40

this episode where they brought back that

55:42

potential

55:44

for them to be friends again

55:46

he would appear that they

55:48

brought that back only so that they could smash

55:51

ss even harder will

55:54

say no have more on that later let's

55:56

talk about the same

55:57

and damon damon

55:59

is

55:59

the dragged before the king

56:02

they some of the kings guard and

56:04

in a very tense confrontation

56:09

the still hung over damon

56:12

spend the entire encounter

56:15

lying on the floor of the throne room

56:17

where he is alternative

56:18

correct shouted out and has

56:20

valerian steel

56:21

agger help us throw by his brother was

56:23

eris

56:24

who is one hundred percent enraged

56:27

far

56:27

throughout the entire scene damon

56:30

starts with a sort of bravado which i

56:32

think is rooted in the inherent

56:35

target area and self so the already that

56:37

the series actually disclaimed in the very

56:39

first episode dame

56:42

and perspectives really is a family

56:44

are closer to god

56:45

than men can't they just do as they please

56:49

he intentionally

56:50

let his brother believe the worst

56:53

and then suggests

56:55

that he be allowed to take run here as a second

56:57

wife essentially confirming

57:00

that that was his plan all along

57:02

to ensure that run era with seen

57:05

that her reputation be

57:07

endangered and then offered

57:09

a marry her to save her reputation

57:12

damon speaks rather unconvincingly

57:15

of the conqueror and

57:16

restoring the house of the dragon to

57:18

it's proper

57:19

glory

57:22

the series is having none of it's a

57:24

and honestly seeing as how the

57:26

past few years as

57:27

i this area is actually described

57:29

as the peak of target area and power it

57:32

seems pretty obvious that the dragon that

57:34

damon one

57:34

the restored to it's former

57:36

story is actually himself as

57:39

angry as he is the series in the end

57:41

merely

57:42

ordered his brother to get out of the city

57:45

and returned to his wife in the veil something

57:47

so he's definitely try before ah

57:50

with no real effect

57:51

i you don't say something about

57:53

forever by game

57:56

and doesn't really seem that upset by oliver

57:58

probably indicating that

57:59

then here before either groans

58:02

and rolls over and says

58:04

as us brother

58:05

as it's the real

58:08

inconvenience here is just his massive

58:10

hangover in

58:12

fire and blood by contrast damon is banished

58:14

from the seven kingdoms never to return on

58:16

pain of death in spite of

58:19

some of the series has counsellors actually

58:21

recommending that the prince be executed for treason

58:24

so it's really getting off

58:25

quite likely here which might

58:28

have something to do with the pace that the so

58:30

has to set for this season

58:32

given him of the plot

58:34

points they have to hit before the

58:37

season is over damon the

58:39

really be offscreen too much more

58:43

for you know to complete kind of the game of telephone

58:45

going around with all these characters involved isn't

58:47

that that discussing last night x escapades

58:50

in a fresh from her conversation the gods lead

58:52

allison seeks out the ferries toothbrush

58:55

from the throne room and they finally

58:57

get to talk about things i really

58:59

appreciate that despite how the awful

59:01

situation the allison is in

59:03

having little choice and you know her sex

59:05

life with the ferries she does seem

59:08

to be a wise counselor and value

59:10

that part of being queen elsa

59:13

is out to descend rainier again

59:15

saying that see think that's more likely that

59:17

run era was being honest about

59:19

not sleeping with damon doesn't damon was

59:22

about actually sleeping with her elsa

59:24

seems determined following her conversation

59:27

with rainier at a trust her friend you

59:29

know who had lined front of a heart tree after

59:31

all and she is right

59:33

that damon does have motors to deceive

59:35

osiris not only in reducing him

59:37

as she says but also that

59:40

ah he really does want to take money or

59:42

otherwise i think or that

59:44

proposal a straight from the page of the fire and blood

59:46

after all and more on that

59:48

later the serres

59:50

a has a more cynical view of things

59:52

slow and unfortunately and unfortunately it's a more accurate

59:55

view he he reminds her that

59:57

damon and run era are both lot of the dragon

59:59

both care the egg and the scene closed

1:00:01

alpha i'm still hopeful leading

1:00:04

into the series conversation

1:00:07

with riviera which i think

1:00:09

yup

1:00:10

yeah so the series him or

1:00:13

nearer when veneer it

1:00:15

joins the series in his chambers he's

1:00:17

heating up with the valerian steel dagger

1:00:20

famous to game of thrones viewers for

1:00:22

being the cats poor blade catlin

1:00:25

stock is cut with when defending

1:00:27

the comatose brand and later

1:00:29

as the weapon the i used to take

1:00:31

down the night king and and the threat of the

1:00:33

white walkers once and for all although

1:00:36

the cats for scene was lifted almost

1:00:38

like from like from the books remains

1:00:41

to be seen if the dagger will have such a

1:00:43

momentous and game is killing

1:00:45

off the others in book kind of will have to

1:00:47

see here in show kind of though

1:00:49

the writers have poured even more

1:00:51

significance and symbolism into

1:00:53

the valerian still photos of this weapon

1:00:56

sets weapon predator a not tell gary

1:00:58

and father of deniz the dreamer

1:01:01

in other words it comes from valeria

1:01:03

before the doom i'm heated

1:01:05

one can clearly make out a series

1:01:07

of glyphs along the blade when

1:01:11

they're at translates the glyphs to read

1:01:13

from my blood to comes the prince

1:01:15

that was promised and he's is the song

1:01:18

of ice and fire it turns

1:01:20

out the king aegon the conqueror have

1:01:22

the jacket inscribed by quote

1:01:25

the last valerian payments is to

1:01:27

preserve the sentiment of the prophetic dream

1:01:29

the thought he had the full warned

1:01:32

of the apocalyptic white walker

1:01:34

invasion the unfolded in

1:01:36

the main series although

1:01:39

the series is said that the secret is to

1:01:41

be passed from monaco to deter

1:01:43

air until it comes to fruition in

1:01:45

book comments is become very distorted

1:01:48

what however is passed down worth was passed

1:01:50

down states fragmented

1:01:52

and somewhat

1:01:54

lost to time five

1:01:57

by the time it gets to re got so gareth

1:01:59

he read some the scrolls the inspired

1:02:01

him to ready himself a

1:02:03

battle and with the ghost of high horse

1:02:06

prophecy that the prince of that was

1:02:08

promised would be born of this aires

1:02:10

royal a line he at

1:02:12

first believes it to be himself however

1:02:15

in the house of the and dying denarii

1:02:17

sees a vision of reagan common

1:02:20

thing to his wife earlier that their son

1:02:22

a gone is the prince that was promised

1:02:24

and his would be the some of ice and fire

1:02:27

and of course regular ,

1:02:30

have again wavered in his predictions

1:02:32

for the third time because many

1:02:34

reasons believe it was this down with the

1:02:36

eventually saw him seek

1:02:39

the hand seek the of leon

1:02:41

the stock vast son jon

1:02:43

snow with the medically bound

1:02:45

to a promise at birth and

1:02:48

he's secretly of the tug aryan

1:02:50

bloodline as well as the ancient stocks and

1:02:52

is therefore a walking symbol of ice and fire

1:02:55

with our remaining eyewitness to john's heritage

1:02:58

rather conveniently disappearing into the swampy

1:03:01

forest many characters

1:03:03

in universe rightly rightfully

1:03:06

believed in there is together in as the

1:03:08

only possible much for this prophecy

1:03:11

cause of jordan isn't a contender

1:03:13

and with no winds of winter or dream

1:03:16

of spring on ourselves did the debate

1:03:18

still rage about one of which one of our tug

1:03:20

errands as the prophesied prince

1:03:22

or princess together

1:03:25

this mystery is a huge part of the original

1:03:27

books which by no accident a

1:03:29

cold a song of ice and fire and i'm

1:03:31

glad to see the this the such a central

1:03:33

part of house of the dragon this is a

1:03:35

really welcome surprise given the

1:03:37

is not really a par firearm blood

1:03:39

source material for series

1:03:42

evidently takes the issue extremely

1:03:44

seriously has a great effect on them

1:03:46

as a character which might not be

1:03:48

surprising given the the dragon

1:03:51

dream prophecy did safe house

1:03:53

together in from the extinction of the do

1:03:57

so

1:03:58

yeah here king a dreams

1:04:00

are influencing the series thoughts

1:04:03

and decisions and we can

1:04:05

sense the enormous burden he failure

1:04:07

feals guarding this

1:04:09

huge secret

1:04:11

yep that's right the yeah burden

1:04:13

of this knowledge is so great that

1:04:16

the serious spends agree

1:04:19

great deal of time

1:04:20

howling run era that it's larger than the throne

1:04:22

it's it's larger than the king it's larger

1:04:24

than any individual or that

1:04:26

desires he he really wants to

1:04:28

instill and rainier of this sense of

1:04:31

the say

1:04:31

the duty of kingship

1:04:34

or out you know up the house target area

1:04:36

hold over western

1:04:38

he follows up by

1:04:40

telling her that to hear this would have disinherited

1:04:43

her which is a clear reference to the parallels

1:04:45

be noted earlier with especially

1:04:47

with sarah target

1:04:48

our

1:04:49

rainier is very insulted that

1:04:51

her father has

1:04:52

even after the truth but he makes

1:04:54

an excellent political point that

1:04:57

first such a pope public figure

1:04:59

as herself the truth doesn't matter

1:05:01

only perception matters or

1:05:03

what people

1:05:05

the we've what they hear about

1:05:07

you is what matters or you could

1:05:09

tell the truth all day long and

1:05:12

as long as twenty other people

1:05:14

are

1:05:15

shouting louder than you

1:05:17

that's what matters so epic

1:05:20

when era has learned some barry

1:05:22

important lessons about leadership

1:05:24

in this episode and

1:05:25

she's about to prove that she's up for

1:05:27

the task

1:05:29

in spite of her expectation that she's about

1:05:31

to be replaced by her baby half

1:05:34

brother

1:05:35

there is actually sticks by her

1:05:37

he's basically calgary can't

1:05:40

afford the so anymore division in the realm

1:05:42

and he faith has to spend

1:05:45

the years that he has left to him trying to unite

1:05:47

the realm he doesn't want him further divide

1:05:49

it or that the

1:05:51

sacred duty that i was

1:05:53

talking about is part and parcel

1:05:55

of

1:05:56

the guns prophecy and he takes

1:05:58

so very serious

1:05:59

and so he

1:06:02

declares that reading era will

1:06:04

remain his air that she must

1:06:06

wed minor for larry part

1:06:09

of him bringing things together

1:06:11

instead of creating more division

1:06:14

so this scene plays out somewhat

1:06:16

differently in fire and blood but the valerian

1:06:19

the trouble does come down to

1:06:21

an ultimatum there as well and

1:06:24

my more on that the spoiler saxon

1:06:28

here's where those lessons and leadership kickin

1:06:30

read era agrees with her father

1:06:32

she knows that she has to act

1:06:34

in the best interest of the round that it's her duty

1:06:37

but see talents as challenges him

1:06:39

to do the same aiming

1:06:41

auto hightower a vulture who's self

1:06:44

interest threatens not only

1:06:45

personally but the

1:06:47

stability that the sarah's craves she

1:06:50

tells her father that is

1:06:52

you must do her duty than he is

1:06:54

equally obligated to do his

1:06:57

her cooperation in this matter

1:06:59

if

1:06:59

come with a price

1:07:01

the prices name is auto hightower

1:07:05

so

1:07:07

that brings us to

1:07:08

final scene with the series and auto

1:07:10

which begins with a reference to

1:07:12

the series has father bail on the

1:07:14

brave and a slight

1:07:17

diverse and from the text the serious

1:07:19

gives his father just five days as hand

1:07:21

it was

1:07:22

the reality about a year they

1:07:24

line was named hand and one hundred and he

1:07:26

died

1:07:26

one hundred in one a one

1:07:29

i days after suffering the pain

1:07:31

in his side during hunting trip probably

1:07:35

they call it a burst really really

1:07:37

appendicitis but this but this event

1:07:39

that triggered the great council of one or one

1:07:43

this is the final time

1:07:45

in the episode that target ancestors

1:07:47

are mention but it's the final of many

1:07:50

we started with allah sand and the first scene

1:07:52

we had those references and parallels

1:07:54

at medicines the of her three daughters

1:07:57

sigh including the series his

1:07:59

mother

1:07:59

the sign and

1:08:01

i'm moving on to aegon

1:08:03

and in nr and to harris

1:08:06

and

1:08:07

bail on the ghosts

1:08:09

of target areas power

1:08:10

our ever present in this

1:08:12

very intimate family

1:08:13

rama that's playing out here but

1:08:16

, not just there for window dressing the presence

1:08:18

of these characters is multi layered

1:08:20

layered they're here in service to the themes

1:08:23

of the importance of bloodline

1:08:25

of of family the house of the dragon

1:08:27

as spencer by spencer and of

1:08:29

their obligation under the prophecy as

1:08:32

seen by a guy on the first and generations

1:08:35

of his successors which is something

1:08:37

that auto high tower in

1:08:39

spite of being the second most powerful man

1:08:41

in the realm remains holy

1:08:43

on

1:08:43

we're of

1:08:45

yeah i feel like the stairs really sets

1:08:48

the scene up nicely he's throwing

1:08:50

auto awful at about the beginning with a sudden

1:08:52

the stall tic melancholy putting

1:08:55

out beautifully and auto of and describes bail

1:08:57

on that as a grim day and this is where

1:08:59

of osiris turns the conversation around

1:09:02

reminded of that this grim day was a good

1:09:04

day for auto and house hightower auto

1:09:06

being a second sun rose very

1:09:08

high being named to harrys his hand

1:09:11

we already saw shades of a seriously doubt otto

1:09:13

this episode and even earlier when he attempted

1:09:16

to broker a marriage between a gonna run

1:09:18

era but he seems more resolute

1:09:20

here following that conversation with his daughter

1:09:23

there are a part the he seemed deeply

1:09:25

hurt by the accusations that his schemes went

1:09:27

as far back as the death of bail on i

1:09:30

cannot believe that i'm feeling just even like a smidgen

1:09:32

of sympathy for him here but again

1:09:35

assistant , such a nuanced portrayal of

1:09:38

the series has woken up to the dangers of

1:09:40

keeping auto close only now understanding

1:09:42

that his meet cute with alice that was

1:09:44

actually one of ocho out of machinations

1:09:47

he says she was says calculated distraction

1:09:50

i only now realize how calculated at was

1:09:52

he then revisits autos accusations

1:09:55

against run here are having now spoken to

1:09:57

bought the princess and the queen since their last

1:09:59

conversation the topic but there is a

1:10:01

resolute now out of interest

1:10:03

have been compromised there's no path forward

1:10:06

were with their can trust him to put the good of the

1:10:08

realm above his own ambitions for

1:10:10

his grandson it

1:10:12

feels good to see him and run era in agreement

1:10:14

about this and making and smart choice

1:10:16

or actually protects house together

1:10:19

in and you know that current

1:10:21

named air and yet the ferris while

1:10:23

doing this does not ignore the server thought

1:10:25

of as done him and this and this diplomatic

1:10:28

and kingly you

1:10:30

know dismissing someone as

1:10:33

, as got the potential to you

1:10:35

know inflame tensions have a great house house

1:10:38

theres didn't really learn

1:10:40

a great deal from auto in his early years

1:10:42

of king and in

1:10:44

the passive mode of may have been more pure

1:10:47

the ferry both the crown in the realm owe you

1:10:49

a great that that cannot be repaid by

1:10:51

again he cannot trust and judgment anymore

1:10:53

he removes the hand pin ending

1:10:56

and long era of a hightower influence

1:10:58

on the small council

1:11:00

right it brings us to the final the

1:11:03

which is very brief the

1:11:05

episode ends with space grammys

1:11:07

or mellow spring being green era

1:11:10

a beautiful bottle

1:11:12

may i say it's citizens three

1:11:14

lovely decorated decorative glass

1:11:16

bottle filled , moon t

1:11:19

moon t the can the action for me sir said

1:11:21

in world functions as a sort of morning

1:11:24

after tonic it's

1:11:25

minister enda potential pregnancy

1:11:28

before it becomes known what

1:11:30

little we know of it is that the

1:11:32

ingredients to score they are indeed

1:11:34

real world abortifacients meaning

1:11:37

there

1:11:38

the erm chemicals or

1:11:40

really herbal ingredients that would lead

1:11:43

to the end of a pregnancy and

1:11:46

, world in western some beyond women

1:11:48

of all social standing seem to know

1:11:50

of it's use and to have relatively

1:11:53

easy access to it from whether it's from

1:11:55

amazed or from a wise woman or or

1:11:57

what have you however they

1:11:59

there there herbal are there in

1:12:02

medical

1:12:03

care it's pretty widely known

1:12:06

about it's obvious from malice

1:12:08

visit that the series believe

1:12:11

the brothers version of events or

1:12:13

maybe he just wants to be sir any case his

1:12:15

daughter is lying to him after all in spite

1:12:17

of allison's confidence in her which

1:12:20

, begs the question of what

1:12:23

will happen when allison finds out about

1:12:25

the seeds surely going to find

1:12:27

out there aren't many secrets

1:12:30

in a

1:12:30

so like this we

1:12:33

assume that she'll come to the conclusion

1:12:35

that renier allied to her and

1:12:37

frequently furthermore is

1:12:39

responsible for her fi

1:12:40

they're getting sacked the fact that

1:12:42

we're near as lie was technically not

1:12:45

what elephant will thing in

1:12:47

that see

1:12:48

didn't see is nevertheless wholly responsible

1:12:51

for autos firing all

1:12:53

that notwithstanding

1:12:55

then you can poor it's that alison

1:12:57

is going to be without allies

1:12:59

the short term with her father guy

1:13:01

and that her perception of

1:13:03

exactly how

1:13:04

everything plate how it will be critical to

1:13:06

how she reacts to things going

1:13:08

forward the issue of perception

1:13:10

vs truth is going to come into very

1:13:12

focus here damon

1:13:14

, loneliness to run era era

1:13:17

it seems like in the short term at least allison

1:13:19

is the one who's gonna be suffering from that the that

1:13:22

which set of be really terrible place for to find

1:13:24

yourself in a almost certainly

1:13:27

these events are gonna be amongst

1:13:30

the largest factor

1:13:31

in a rift that this short

1:13:34

story is almost certainly

1:13:36

building toward

1:13:39

and

1:13:41

yeah and that's where the episode

1:13:44

leaves us

1:13:45

wonder

1:13:47

yeah but stick around cause we got a couple

1:13:49

of feet tourette's and then we're gonna do some

1:13:51

spoilers talk for the for

1:13:54

the book readers among

1:13:56

you so why don't we begin

1:13:59

with a feature it's why don't we

1:14:01

do dragon watch

1:14:03

that was dragon what's like today lady when

1:14:06

this weekend her argument we

1:14:08

were very light on dragons your boys

1:14:11

other than for axes buzzing renier

1:14:13

a zip and a brief mention a vague

1:14:15

are and the first

1:14:17

suggestion that the valerian

1:14:19

have dragons

1:14:22

burrow

1:14:24

so far we've only messy smoke but

1:14:27

it is very is very

1:14:29

and sit there and gone again

1:14:32

mentioned something about them

1:14:34

having potentially more dragon

1:14:37

so is there is a

1:14:39

you know

1:14:40

spoiler is dragon in the proved in

1:14:42

the next time on so are we will not

1:14:44

mention who we think that when s but

1:14:47

yes

1:14:49

this episode was really more about the humans

1:14:51

the the human dragons than the

1:14:54

possesses

1:14:54

when flying in the sky

1:14:57

okay now a very lighthearted

1:14:59

thing we do shampoo chump

1:15:02

we name is sam for the week someone

1:15:04

who's won the day and the timber the

1:15:06

week who's made who's made of themselves or as behave

1:15:09

like an idiot and we want while

1:15:11

on and so emily

1:15:14

what did you tell us who the champ of the

1:15:16

weakest

1:15:17

sure i tell my champ very

1:15:20

immediately i was watching

1:15:23

the first time the season i got to watch

1:15:25

with some friends from the fandom on

1:15:27

on sunday and we literally

1:15:29

laptop and we thought of character on screen so

1:15:31

had to go for well i'm blackwood right

1:15:33

at the beginning you know other stories my

1:15:36

have montagu's and capulet for hatfields

1:15:38

and mccoys but wester of has black with

1:15:40

them bracken spare exciting to see these

1:15:42

houses come to the forefront and for the ancient

1:15:44

and noble house of blackwood to win

1:15:46

the bout

1:15:48

when i want your help sit

1:15:50

not my cup

1:15:53

yeah not surprisingly is darryl bracketed

1:15:57

some , stupid

1:15:59

the overblown bully

1:16:00

that's what coming to him that's the headline

1:16:03

our , group chat was pretty funny either

1:16:05

so upset that an analyst and

1:16:08

media media with our

1:16:10

boot this was the quickest temple jump

1:16:12

this is in in his up in all

1:16:14

four episodes that we've covered but

1:16:18

it's gonna take some beating because it was in

1:16:20

the first scene that's

1:16:22

did buy a boy

1:16:24

okay

1:16:25

let's take the lease off and

1:16:27

talk of have some spoilers when we do need episodes

1:16:30

there's a lot we want to same that

1:16:32

would spoil the future the plot

1:16:35

and we have to bite your tongue and it's difficult

1:16:37

so the end so don't let it all

1:16:39

out why don't we do that lady going

1:16:45

spoilers or books it is eighty

1:16:47

when what spoiler

1:16:49

a topics the you have

1:16:51

in mind

1:16:53

well

1:16:54

had to we're

1:16:57

going to come back right back to the blackboard

1:16:59

and bracken situation has since been

1:17:01

here for him , opening

1:17:03

scene a storm's end is seann william

1:17:06

blackwood killed several bracken to

1:17:08

these two so characters apparently

1:17:10

standing characters apparently the historic sambo by

1:17:13

codename as bracken it as i said

1:17:15

earlier

1:17:16

you know in fire and blood amos one the dual

1:17:19

no one was killed actually though

1:17:22

much later though

1:17:23

after the the dance has broken

1:17:25

out amos and sam well we'll

1:17:27

meet again over steel in the river lands

1:17:31

after sam well and

1:17:33

now lord of raven tree hall declares

1:17:35

for run era

1:17:37

amos back in naturally taking

1:17:39

the opposing side because when do

1:17:42

they not ah cuts

1:17:44

lord sample down in single combat only

1:17:46

to be slain himself by we're would arrow

1:17:48

apparently sought by sam wells younger

1:17:51

sister alley ,

1:17:53

as black alley so

1:17:55

both alley and her brother's son

1:17:57

and successor benji com

1:17:59

we we

1:17:59

expect we'll have fairly important

1:18:02

roles going forward

1:18:03

the i in even to

1:18:05

s ah and

1:18:08

we think that it's highly likely that this duel

1:18:10

with the so only characters may have been written

1:18:12

in the way was to set up the future

1:18:14

antagonism between those

1:18:16

the houses for viewers who might be unaware

1:18:19

of

1:18:19

the history so that you have you

1:18:22

don't have to be steeped in the lore of west

1:18:24

rose and brackens and black woods

1:18:27

to get it that there

1:18:29

is bad blood now between

1:18:31

rak and and blackwood so now we have a

1:18:33

a show reason for that so

1:18:37

lord far as phrase also shown

1:18:40

that scene knew i was mentioning

1:18:42

earlier and and wishing

1:18:44

that there was some seen on the cutting

1:18:46

room floor

1:18:48

that him making a fool of himself ah

1:18:50

is actually

1:18:50

the be another prominent supporter of for near

1:18:53

as

1:18:53

the dance and

1:18:55

and will his wife sabbath

1:18:57

the fray who eventually will take

1:18:59

command of the free levy following

1:19:03

her husband's death

1:19:06

why people are also wondering if for near as cavalier

1:19:09

treatment of his bannerman

1:19:11

because more dietary and probably

1:19:13

wasn't the only one that she was rude to

1:19:15

might be laying the groundwork for the brass

1:19:18

the intersection from veneer as cause later

1:19:20

on fire and blood forum

1:19:22

and brass in would have been have

1:19:23

much older man at this point he's the

1:19:25

youngest half sibling of the harrison allison

1:19:28

their mother ellis of leery of marriage

1:19:31

with a row

1:19:31

there brassy and

1:19:33

oh lord bormann was actually rainy

1:19:36

target area and uncle and would in his sixties

1:19:39

at this point the story in fire and

1:19:41

blood it's his son borrows rainy

1:19:43

sind wir theory says cousin who's the

1:19:45

one that will eventually take a

1:19:47

gone side during the dance and speaking of

1:19:49

the future that duel between guess

1:19:53

hall of storm's end might also

1:19:55

prefigure a pivotal moment that

1:19:57

we do expect to see right

1:20:00

near the end of this season involving

1:20:03

two characters who we have yet to actually

1:20:05

be born on a with the

1:20:07

we do assume that that duel is not going to take

1:20:09

place inside the castle

1:20:11

ah but will be more

1:20:14

ai in the air

1:20:16

as a matter fact so

1:20:18

leave that one there and emily

1:20:20

a new you have something

1:20:21

you want to talk about

1:20:22

yeah i hope that i hope that

1:20:24

the battle from there anyway precipitous

1:20:27

ah if you watch before you noise like tuck

1:20:29

on a character and can compare them between

1:20:31

fire and blood and the show but i

1:20:34

wanna talk not just about character the sleeper

1:20:36

about sleeper about event that they're involved

1:20:38

in that is yet to come some my even consider

1:20:41

this event the red wedding of

1:20:43

house of the dragon the haven't guessed

1:20:45

i'm talking about yeah i am talking about blood and

1:20:47

she's it's one of the most shocking

1:20:50

advance the series and

1:20:52

one of the alleged primary architects

1:20:54

i'm going to be time averages my syria the

1:20:57

foreign slave turned sex worker

1:20:59

now turn spymaster is a major character

1:21:01

and fire and blood but so far she's been

1:21:03

relegated to just a few scenes many

1:21:06

of which have served to develop dame and as a character

1:21:08

more than to tell us about her she

1:21:10

and the prince's lover his confidence

1:21:12

and in her most recent seen she

1:21:15

calls herself damon protector rather

1:21:17

than captor only

1:21:19

in the newest episode of that feel like we're really sorry

1:21:21

to explore miss area beyond dame and

1:21:24

ah she claims that ah hard lessons

1:21:26

are not welcomed but suffered which

1:21:29

give us a great deal of insight into her outlook

1:21:31

on life and you know perhaps her

1:21:33

motivations going forward she

1:21:36

wants to be liberated as we found before and

1:21:38

has found a new role now trading information

1:21:40

giving herself more power and agency that

1:21:42

she had experience and her plan man

1:21:46

you're calling her calling not so common whore

1:21:48

represents how others are quick to

1:21:50

denigrate her past her as as worker

1:21:53

in an attempt to control her or to keep

1:21:55

her in her place i'm really interested

1:21:58

to see how mysterious deals with this the

1:22:00

white worms someone who rises

1:22:02

high within the ranks of the black faction

1:22:04

in the war

1:22:05

before i go forward i do want to mention

1:22:07

that a content morning for

1:22:09

sexual assault child murder and suicide

1:22:12

her about the next two minutes though

1:22:14

i mentioned blood and she's witches

1:22:16

in a one of the most infamous acts orchestrated

1:22:18

probably by syria and damon during

1:22:20

the dance she and damon concocted

1:22:23

out to have two killers a butcher

1:22:25

known as blood and a rat catcher called

1:22:27

cheese sneak into the palace

1:22:29

and murder one of king a gun sons

1:22:32

in front of his siblings his mother

1:22:34

his mother helene i and grandmother

1:22:37

who is then at that point the dowager queen

1:22:39

allison blood and she is after

1:22:41

committing this heinous act the lead

1:22:43

through the red keep secret tunnels

1:22:45

tunnels that only one character

1:22:47

seems to have a lot of intimate knowledge of

1:22:49

so far it's sad was

1:22:52

very and dame and acted to gather

1:22:54

in need of setting this up the

1:22:56

primary evidence for that being that letter

1:22:58

sent between them ah with the

1:23:00

famous line an eye for an i

1:23:03

have fun for have son there

1:23:05

was some additional foreshadowing this episode

1:23:07

of of this event likely to common

1:23:09

in in a future season i'm

1:23:12

such as you know damon's intimate

1:23:14

knowledge of those tunnels and his ability to draw

1:23:16

maps of them there were also a

1:23:18

lot of rats including one and the

1:23:20

feresten bedchamber making weird

1:23:22

eye contact with allison after the

1:23:24

thera for the fleet and that

1:23:26

probably the most heartbreaking for shattering

1:23:29

of the episode to be princess alina

1:23:31

frying with her mother being shown in front

1:23:34

of a window ah foreshadowing

1:23:36

her tragic suicide following you

1:23:38

know all the trauma that she

1:23:40

indoors witnessing the murder of her son

1:23:43

and imprisonment by her enemies

1:23:46

okay so i'm gonna

1:23:48

though i'm going to move on to

1:23:51

the the patrol the with lane or malaria

1:23:54

there if you critical difference as to how the trouble

1:23:57

plays out here

1:23:58

on screen versus

1:23:59

page in

1:24:01

fire and blood auto head

1:24:03

already been discharged years previously

1:24:06

it was the small council led by the

1:24:08

new hands for final strong

1:24:11

who decided that that's out bird

1:24:13

era would

1:24:14

should wed lane or to close

1:24:16

unite and strengthen the royal bloodline and

1:24:18

regain the iron throne the friendship of the

1:24:20

sea snake with is powerful fleet the

1:24:22

once this decision had been made it wasn't linear

1:24:25

wasn't making demands upon her father but father

1:24:27

series upon heard says that sea

1:24:29

initially objected and her father

1:24:31

stood his ground telling her

1:24:33

she would where does he commanded or he would make

1:24:36

her half brother aegon his air

1:24:38

in place of her

1:24:39

so

1:24:40

very different almost

1:24:42

the most in opposition to actually the weights

1:24:44

it's shown here

1:24:46

her objections according to fire

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and blood actually stemmed from

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rumors about lane or is said

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well what he ah my half

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brothers would be more to his tastes

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is reported to the said a worrying

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casual cruelty that isn't translated

1:25:02

to the screen hear that

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objection is absent here

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and

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mainly because even though we saw

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sir jock be line miss who's lane or is

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rumored lot

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or from fire and blood so

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, there have been no rumors of

1:25:19

or mention of lane or flair and

1:25:22

sexuality leading us to

1:25:24

wonder if maybe his information

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being withheld

1:25:28

in order to surprise for an era

1:25:31

when she's been wed

1:25:32

and i don't mean that know i mean that as

1:25:34

the dramatic

1:25:35

rise not like in the so they are withholding

1:25:37

from her i mean the writers

1:25:38

possibly you know using as

1:25:41

a plot point

1:25:42

do you know sort of blindside her

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with this

1:25:46

critical piece of information about her future

1:25:48

husband is a very different

1:25:51

treatment that's the way they're handling

1:25:53

it much in any case we didn't have to

1:25:55

wait very long to find out i'm sure that this

1:25:58

minor mystery will be cleared up in episode

1:25:59

hey

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okay my turn so

1:26:04

the one time in this episode i was really biting

1:26:07

my sport eerie tongues was

1:26:09

when i talked about run era in the city

1:26:11

streets at night like i said i really love this

1:26:13

carnival atmosphere so so much

1:26:16

as , the might have also been

1:26:18

one to see piece of for severing

1:26:21

talks into that sequence sequence

1:26:23

the scene breast dragons heads

1:26:25

are sown breathing bless of fire

1:26:28

which of these the fits in with

1:26:30

this seems and affluence of this together

1:26:32

and generation and it

1:26:35

also gives exciting peace

1:26:37

in the quick fire manner of the shows

1:26:39

editing perhaps there's

1:26:41

another layer to the dragons as

1:26:44

lady gwyn notes it to me while we

1:26:46

were watching a layer of visual

1:26:48

foreshadowing the near a comes

1:26:51

across a chrome fortune teller

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someone who puts his mind of maggie

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the frog from a feast for crows

1:26:58

the crone asks run era do

1:27:01

you wish to know your death child

1:27:03

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1:27:05

the editing cuts to

1:27:08

one of those dragons breathing

1:27:10

fire so those two

1:27:12

things are adjacent a happened so quickly

1:27:15

it's all my subconscious but you

1:27:17

know that's how foreshadowing should work

1:27:19

it should be a sub conscious experience

1:27:21

of course book readers know

1:27:24

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1:27:27

her end when acorns dragon son

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fire beta inflame and

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then eat sir so the

1:27:33

cranes question of would you like to

1:27:35

see see your death so be following

1:27:38

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1:27:40

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