House of the Dragon's second season has come to an end, and we're back to investigate the finale for all its strange fascinations and inconsistencies. The elephant in the room here is Game of Thrones Season Eight, but we also dive into this episode's steadfast resistance to character agency, and all those loose threads that have transformed into mysteries. We close by reacting to the news that HOTD will end with Season Four.
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TIME CODES:
00:00 What worked for you?
10:24 Returning Issues
11:33 Worse than Season Eight?
23:04 The Uncanny Valley
25:34 Storytelling Craft
28:28 Setup or Letdown?
31:04 Character Agency in Peril
40:08 Daemon's Vision Disaster
50:11 Struggling with Halaena
53:21 All About the Writing
56:44 12 Abandoned Plot Threads
01:05:51 Two More Seasons
01:14:54 Successor Shows
01:20:12 Pitch: Aegon's Conquest
