House of the Dragon: S3 - Episode 7 Review
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History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire | Game of Thrones | HOTD | AKOTSK
3h 17m
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What does the episode’s opening say about power and its effects?
An episode full of parallels and familiar elements. Multiple uncomfortable dinners, some with knowing sips of wine andor decent ale. Hightower hands a plenty, though one set of those hightower hands were actually Alice Rivers's, I guess? A Valarian hand loses a finger, and there's an incredibly stressful dragon scene that it's a miracle no one lost a hand or foot. Or weighing in. Cyrax even breathes fire when Rainera rides her into conflict, and Rainera breathes fire when Mazaria rides her into conflict. Yeah. Pretty similar, I suppose. But this is not just having fun with mirrors. This is a central theme, not just of House of the Dragon, but of the entire A Song of Ice and Fire universe, something George loves to write about.
And that is the theme of what power does to people. These are all Examples of that, whether you're gaining it or losing it. This is an episode called The Dragon in Winter, and it really showcases that. Whether it's Mazaria's gradual rise or Rainira suddenly discovering that she has a tool like Helena that she might be able to use, or whether it's power restored in the blink of an eye like sunfire coming back to Aegon, or just as quickly lost like Rainier and Sheep's. Stealer, Raina and Cheapstealer, excuse me. Whether it's unwanted power or even despised like Daron and the crown he's having foisted on him, or a temptation, the ultimate temptation, as presented to Ulf. It comes in many forms, and yes, power tends to burn all around it, especially when dragons are about.
And yes, in this case, uncontrollable laughter is optional. Uncontrollable dragons are made. Mandatory. All that on and more on this review of the penultimate episode of season three of House of the Dragon here on History of Westeros podcast. Hello and welcome back, everybody. It is episode seven discussion time. I'm Aziz. With me as always for TV show reviews are Sean and Asheya. We do these every six o'clock Eastern during the TV season on Mondays, and we do preview streams most Fridays during the TV season where we talk about spoilers and what's to come. So yeah, no spoilers in these review episodes. Although Sean may every once in a while stumble upon one, he is unsolved. on House of the Dragons slash Dance of the Dragons.
And he may ever every once in a while make a guess that is actually very you've been very good with your guesses this year, Sean. And some of them are stuff that happens in the book, so it might come off like you actually knew, but but no, you're you're just a good guesser most of the time. And like mo like that's a great thing to be in a case like this. How you doing? Well you got to get another green beverage there or something else today? What's up?
Still my quote unquote standard mix of Green Machine, Magic Mind, and Mountain Dew. And you know what I'll say I'll give myself some credit maybe for making some good guesses, but maybe some credit too to Martin andor the show writers for, you know, presenting things that make sense, if you will. So
Yeah,
that's that's a good point. That is a good point.
You've also both got nice shirts on today. Sean has a pink variant of the history of Westeros logo. It's a pink egg, which is fitting and nice for Sean's name and and Dreamfire with the pink accents. And Aziz has my uh Dance of the Dragons tour poster shirt on, which is on our all of them are on our thread list. I did the Dance of the Dragons design. Fox and Brambles, who did our logo, did the
This shirt also has the tour dates on the back, kind of like the Dunkin' Egg shirt Shea did, but this one's two sided, which we also have the Dunkin' Egg shirt available in two sided. Yeah, check our website for that link and for lots of other goodies you can get by being a fan and follower of History and Westeros. If you have questions or comments, you can certainly hit us up here live or after the fact, whether it's about the show, the books, something completely unrelated, whatever you want to say. Let's talk about the intro crawl. That is often where we start. It's certainly dedicated to Kristen Cole.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does the episode’s opening say about power and its effects?
1:37–5:49
2
How do the hosts transition from the episode overview to the cast’s favorite performances?
5:49–9:14
3
What are the key theories and predictions about Helena’s visions and the upcoming plot twists?
9:14–1:07:02
4
Why do the hosts keep praising the daylight dragon scenes at the start of this segment?
1:07:02–1:14:55
5
How does the comedic Small Council scene change the tone of the episode?
1:14:55–1:22:58
6
What does the conversation between Mazaria and Sylvie reveal about power and its effects?
1:22:58–2:12:42
7
How does Ormond manipulate Ulf and the other characters in the final act?
2:12:42–2:34:50
8
Why is Sunfire’s crippled appearance such a pivotal moment for Aegon’s arc?
2:34:50–3:15:25