‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 8 Reactions | Talk the Thrones
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What is the opening introduction and purpose of this episode?
Hello, and welcome to Talk the Thrones.
How do Chris Ryan recap the season and share overall thoughts on the finale?
I am Chris Ryan. I am joined as always by Joanna Robinson, and as well as a woman who is finally done with her needlepoint.
What are the possible future paths for Rhaenyra after the finale?
It's Mallory Rubin.
What happens to Helaena in the season 3 finale?
We are here to break down the finale of the third season of House of the Dragon, a little bit of housekeeping.
How do Daemon and Corlys interact and what does it mean for the story?
We are live on YouTube right now.
What is Ormund’s fate and how does his character arc conclude?
We're live!
Why does Ulf switch sides and what are the consequences of his betrayal?
And if anybody has any questions, you can uh send them to Mal's email address.
How does Aegon’s reunion with Aemond affect the power dynamics?
And that if anybody has any questions, you can throw them in the YouTube chat. We're gonna try and hit a couple of them at the end of the episode. Any kind of like I would say lore heavy text slash book leaning questions. Yeah. So are The place to send those are House of Art, which is where we are being broadcast audio-wise and on Spotify. And Mal and Joe are gonna go deep on this episode of House of the Dragon and the season of House of the Dragon on Tuesday. That's right. Andy and I will talk superficially about it on Monday. Uh and we are going to get into the recap of a thrilling and crispy finale right about now.
Okay, fair warning. I only watched this episode once, like most people. Uh but Orman won, right?
That's right.
You're ready to go. You're ready to pod live.
James Norton right now.
That Aegon lives push notification hit Renera like a ton of bricks. And she finally takes the safety off of Damon. Doing so negates the purpose of having Masaria around. Although she had served some purposes the previous week, you know what I'm saying?
And Masaria, bad lay. We gotta ask. We gotta ask.
Where all bad lays go off to Pentos. Uh Aegon has reunited with his brother, and that's some heartwarming stuff. Basically, he turns Amund into his dragon bodyguard, and Alice is not happy about that. Uh, we learn a little bit about Alice. Sure do and some of her concoctions and potions. Uh Bela and Adam are also not happy about the way Renira has been treating them, basically as if they were dragon riding riding Amazon delivery folks. Uh Their father Corless is being held hostage by Orman, but little G Wayne and Darren try to parlay with him on the side, all for naught, because the Battle of Tumbleton begins. Ulf nearly misses it with a hangover, switches sides to the Greens, switches sides to Team Fuck You, and then flies off as a solo act.
In the battle, Hugh loses Kat. Orman loses a fight with a one-armed Northmen, and Damon gets saved by a pile of burning rubble and Corless back in King's Landing. Uh Ranira has Alan kill a priest and comes home to find another one of Allison's children are dead. That keeps happening. Rhenira gives the camera a real it is what it is look and closes the window on Elena and this season of the show. So sort of a brief recap there.
Bare boy. Look at you. Are you gonna miss it? You're gonna be waiting two years to do it for season four. Podcasting about it with you guys.
I was curious what you thought of the finale. That's a good way of talking about weather we'll miss it. Did you what did you think of the finale, Joe?
Um, I liked it. I I still oddly, I I'm getting nostalgic for the season two finale, which is something I didn't think I would feel. But like there's a lot to talk about in this finale. Yes. But I don't know that it went uh like the highs were not as high for me as the season two finale, even though the season two finale left a lot of us going, like, uh uh what's what's happening next, you know? Uh, it certainly feels like a finale that is an active conversation with season two and unquestionably a response, right? A lot of people felt like the season two finale was basically a trailer for season three, too muted, not enough happened. That I no matter whether you loved this finale and thought it was incredible or didn't work for you, you can't say it was boring.
This finale to me is like a cocaine-fueled. threesome after a toga party in the bed of a pickup truck when it's raining. There are definitely a few experiences of those. Yeah. Tell tell us when you experienced that. There was no cocaine. Okay. There are definitely a few moments and a few character beats and scenes where it's like, who did what now?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening introduction and purpose of this episode?
0:21–0:23
2
How do Chris Ryan recap the season and share overall thoughts on the finale?
0:23–0:32
3
What are the possible future paths for Rhaenyra after the finale?
0:32–0:34
4
What happens to Helaena in the season 3 finale?
0:34–0:41
5
How do Daemon and Corlys interact and what does it mean for the story?
0:41–0:42
6
What is Ormund’s fate and how does his character arc conclude?
0:42–0:43
7
Why does Ulf switch sides and what are the consequences of his betrayal?
0:43–0:49
8
How does Aegon’s reunion with Aemond affect the power dynamics?
0:49–1:03:19