Close the Door: Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. Ser Duncan the Tall and his mysterious hairless squire "Egg" start their adventures in episode 1 of the first season of HBO's latest foray into Westeros. We love the casting, we love the tone, and we love the little digs at Game of Thrones. Is there more book dialogue than original dialogue? Is Tanselle a puppeteer or is she more of special effects artist? Is Ser Lyonel Baratheon the Laughing Storm worth the UTI? More importantly, is half this episode just us talking about George's latest interview with the Hollywood Reporter? AKotS. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - 1x01 - The Hedge Knight.

Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 618

Spoilers, profanity. Welcome to the house of Hopium, our words are: it's only six episodes! Are they trying to get into the Emmys comedy category with the half-hour episodes? If so, we approve. Clotho makes the mistake of reading Reddit complaints. Does George always fall out of love with his showrunners? AKotS. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - Season 1 Preview.

Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 617

Spoilers, profanity. Dunk tackles the moral complexity of people who fought for the Blackfyres as we tackle the modern political parallels. Is Egg secretly a Giants fan yelling at the quarterback? Brienne was genetically predisposed to fight someone in a stream. Never leave Ser Bennis at your house if you’re not there. AKotS. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - The Sworn Sword - Part III (re-reread).

Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 616

Spoilers, profanity. Our hedge knight doesn’t know how old he is, but he knows he’s still growing. Surprise, surprise we see Jaime x Brienne parallels everywhere. Please enjoy our ten minute tangent as we try to figure out what on earth happened during the Blackfyre Rebellions and probably fail. AKotS. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - The Sworn Sword - Part II (re-reread).

Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 615

Spoilers, profanity. Agricultural water rights remain Chicky’s line in the sand. Dunk is actually pretty bright, despite what he thinks. We will fully admit that keeping Targs straight is not our strong suit. AKotS. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - The Sworn Sword - Part I (re-reread).

Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 614

Spoilers, profanity. More like Baelor Breakhearts, amiright? The tourney at Ashford Meadow will live in infamy, while Dunk just hopes to live in obscurity. Not likely, our wonderful and gallant dude. AKotS. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - The Hedge Knight - Part III (re-reread).

Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 613

Spoilers, profanity. Egg really does know every knight. Dunk isn't as dumb as he thinks he is. The Fossoways are like half good, while Aerion Brightflame completely sucks, but his name is literal fire. AKotS. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - The Hedge Knight - Part II (re-reread).

Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 612

Spoilers, profanity. Dunk is both a lunk and a hunk, but also the 5-star recruit every Lord should be dreaming of, except Daeron. He's got his own stuff to deal with. The Ashford tourney is like the Olympics, and Dunk's got the sob story worthy of a gold medal. Join as as we dive back into Dunk and Egg and their excellent adventures across Westeros in anticipation of HBO's upcoming series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. AKotS. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - The Hedge Knight - Part I (re-reread).

Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 611

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. We barely got to know all the guys in Quentyn Martell's merry band and now we have to relearn everybody's name? It's hard not to get angry on Quentyn's behalf as we wonder what all of this agony is for as Astapor haunts our boy. Doran's revenge fantasy can't be worth this. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - The Windblown.

Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 610

Spoilers, profanity, Jaime x Brienne. We hop in Jon Connington's head after Tyrion's "escape." The Golden Company isn't what it used to be. Okay, but what would Joe Westerosi think? JonCon meets the theatre kid barge in the bad part of town. The weird things is we think these guys are gonna win for a while. A Song of Ice and Fire. A Dance with Dragons - The Lost Lord.

Close The Door And Come Here - Episode 609