Our Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon and Wendy) consider HBO’s House of the Dragon episode 204 “The Red Dragon and the Gold”. Dragon warfare has been lit. The Red Dragon and her Queen make a valiant stand. The Gold Dragon and his Green King take a fiery fall.

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 7/9/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
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The Small Council (Christine, Shannon, Jesse, Wendy) discuss House of the Dragon episode 203 “The Burning Mill”. The Green Queen recognizes her mistakes but it’s too late, since her Green boys are on the path to war. The Black Queen accepts her duty to wage war, while her King Consort begins his drippy trippy stay at Harrenhal.

News and Links

– HBO’s House that Dragons Built for Episode 203 

– Dragon Easter Eggs in Episode 203 

– The Ringer Episode 3 Power Rankings

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Hosted by Jesse Jackson.
Recorded on 7/02/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
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The Small Council (Christine, Jesse, Shannon, Wendy) considers episode 202 “Rhaenyra the Cruel” of House of the Dragon. The Greens publicly grieve and privately smash the old models of ruling. The Blacks duel in crucial conversations between husbands and wives, and brother against brother.

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 6/24/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
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Our Small Council gathered to discuss the matters of the House of the Dragon’s “A Son For a Son”. The maesters (Christine, Jesse, Shannon, Wendy) consider the rats and other vermin crawling around the Greens and vengeance overtaking the Blacks in the premiere episode of season 2.

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Recorded on 6/18/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
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Our Small Council take up the matters of House of the Dragon and those bloody fiery Targaryans. Wendy and the other maesters (Christine, Jesse, Shannon) make predictions and get hype for the premiere of season two.

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Recorded on 6/10/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
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The Small Council – Shannon, Jesse, and Wendy – discuss the teaser for season 2 of House of the Dragon and what fortunes to expect in the wars to come.

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House of the Dragon Season 2 Teaser Trailer

Game of Thrones’ Spinoffs Status 

George R. R. Martin “struggling” to write next Game of Thrones book

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 1/4/2024. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
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The Small Council – Jesse, Shannon, Christine and Wendy – discuss the highs and lows of season one of House of the Dragon.

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George RR Martin Wanted More Time Jumps in Season 1

Kim Renfro Feed on What to Read from Fire and Blood and not be spoiled for season 2

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 11/2/2022. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
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Treachery. Another bloody labor. Dragons behaving dragon-y. The Small Council – Christine, Jesse, Shannon and Wendy – discusses the firey and fraught finale anointing Rhaenyra’s reign in the season finale of House of the Dragon.

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How to Kill a Dragon (8 min video essay)

Arryk and Erryk show swap?

Director Greg Yaitanes on envisioning the dragon fight

Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke chat about Season 1

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 10/25/2022. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
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Our Small Council has predictions for the season 1 finale of House of the Dragon. Are they foreshadowing dragon dreams or misinterpreting Targaryen delusions?

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 10/21/2022. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
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With the King dead, the game of thrones is afoot for Team Green to capture the Aeg who flew out of the Coup Coo’s nest. Our Small Council – Shannon, Christine, Jesse and Wendy – discuss if the Red Queen was playing chess or just pawned in the writers’ Plotify playlist in the penultimate episode of House of the Dragon’s first season.

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Mysaria’s Accent
The Red Queen rises: House of the Dragon star Eve Best

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Hosted by Wendy Hembrock.
Recorded on 10/18/2022. Edited by Brent Barrett. 
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