‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 3 Reactions | Talk the Thrones

**Chris Ryan** (0:05)
Hello, and welcome to Talk the Thrones. My name is Chris Ryan. I'm joined, as always, by Joanna Robinson and building a world of her own construction that neither of us has stepped foot in.
It's Mallory Rubin. We are here to break down the third episode of the third season of House of the Dragon right after this.

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**Chris Ryan** (2:12)
You can listen to and watch Mal and Jo on this very House of R feed in which you are currently listening to and watching us.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:19)
That's right, correct.

**Chris Ryan** (2:20)
On Tuesdays, there will be a deep dive podcast about this episode. You can listen to me and watch me on The Watch with Andy, where I talk about television, and just kind of our left field take on pop culture.

**Mallory Rubin** (2:31)
Yeah, one of my favorites, as you know.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:33)
But I heard this episode of The Watch is gonna be a doozy.

**Chris Ryan** (2:36)
It may have triggered something in Andy.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:39)
Appreciation.

**Chris Ryan** (2:41)
I hope everyone is having a great or is having a great July 4th weekend, especially Taylor Swift, who may or may not have had something happen. We are going to get into the recap, not of that wedding, but of this episode right after this.

**Mallory Rubin** (2:58)
Okay. I, he's stretching, folks.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:04)
Tenterhooks.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:05)
Something special is in store here.

**Chris Ryan** (3:07)
God damn, Rhaenyra! I didn't know I was working with Lady Macbeth over here!

**Mallory Rubin** (3:12)
Wow, Wayne Jenkins, welcome to Talk to the Throne! What an absolute fucking privilege.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:18)
Wow.

**Chris Ryan** (3:19)
Honor.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:20)
Is that the entire recap?

**Chris Ryan** (3:21)
That's it.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:22)
Everyone can go home early today.

**Chris Ryan** (3:24)
Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and Gone is the pest control of King's Landing. Meet the new boss in many ways, same as the old boss. So, Rhaenyra, how was your first day at your new job? Well, my husband captured the wrong kid and kept egging me on to realize my fate as a world-conquering, person-burning demigod.
My kingdom has no money, no grain, and nobody knows about gluten-free diets.
My former father-in-law needs me to make up for his life of whoremongering. My ex-bestie is my prisoner and my tormentor. There are rats everywhere. I don't like the rich and don't trust the poor. Nobody seems to care about my coronation but me. And on top of it all, I am seeing ghosts and I have my period. How about you?

**SPEAKER_4** (4:15)
It's a little character work.

**Chris Ryan** (4:17)
Corlys is her father-in-law, Kaiden, right?

**Mallory Rubin** (4:19)
Sure, she was married to Lena.

**SPEAKER_4** (4:20)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

**Mallory Rubin** (4:20)
Okay, that's why I was just making sure.

**Chris Ryan** (4:22)
I am not joking that that is pretty much the episode and it is dazzling. The major plot points are Dame getting Ormund to bend the knee, sort of. Dame also taking Ormund's ward, Daeron Targaryen, sort of. There's a multi-generational, a multi-directional tug of war going on for Rhaenyra's attention and influence, with Messaria advocating for the small folk, Corlys advocating for his bastards, Daemon advocating for war, and Allison, along with the Dragon, sees advocating for Rhaenyra to keep her promises.