‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 4 Reactions | Talk the Thrones

**Joanna Robinson** (0:05)
Hello, and welcome to Talk the Thrones. We're here to break down the fourth episode of the third season of House of the Dragon. I'm Joanna Robinson. Joining me is Van Lathan. And is she a queen, or is she a bitch with a dragon? It's Mallory Rubin.
Tough. We're gonna get into that right after this.

**Mallory Rubin** (0:23)
We are thrilled to share that the Ring of Earths team, the Midnight Boys, Pew Pew, and the House of R will be returning to San Diego Comic Con this July.

**Joanna Robinson** (0:31)
We're kicking off on Thursday, July 23rd, with a whiskey girl for a Ring of Earths fan meetup. No badge required. We'll be there for an hour or so starting around 6.30, so come say hi, grab a drink, celebrate with us.

**Mallory Rubin** (0:42)
And then on Saturday, July 25th at 10:30 a.m., come to our panel. Comic Con badge holders can find the Midnight Boys, Pew Pew, and the House of R.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:52)
Correct.

**Mallory Rubin** (0:53)
In room 5AB on the upper level of the convention center for a Ring of Earths super group panel, we're gonna be discussing the franchises that have dominated nerd culture this year and taken stock of what's to come.

**Joanna Robinson** (1:02)
So, whether you're local to San Diego or in town for Comic Con, we'd love to see you at Whiskey Girl on Thursday, or if you're a badge holder, join us on Saturday, July 25th for our panel.

**Mallory Rubin** (1:13)
See you in San Diego.

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**Joanna Robinson** (2:32)
All right, our pal Christopher Ryan is not here today, but joining us as a very special guest, it's Van Lathan. How you doing, Van?

**Van Lathan** (2:40)
I'm great. This lets me know that I am what I always wanted to be. It's just a black CR.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:46)
I don't know, I'm the one with the ace hat on. You got a Dodgers hat on. I've never seen CR in a Dodgers hat.

**Van Lathan** (2:50)
He never would, he never would do that.

**Joanna Robinson** (2:51)
Never would. So you can listen to Van on Midnight Boys, Pew pew, higher learning, tailgate, tailgate.

**Van Lathan** (3:00)
Ready to the roof.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:02)
And many other shows.

**Van Lathan** (3:04)
Whatever you guys want.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:05)
Mallory Rubin. Hello. Incredible host of House of R.
Queen of the Deep Dive herself. Incredible person.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:12)
That's nice.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:13)
Yeah. How lovely. I'm also on House of R.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:16)
I mean, I think we're going to probably open House of R this week saying, let us become wraiths with fear is our standard. So tune in for that. Can't wait.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:22)
We're the Scorpions of Podcast, it's true. I'm here doing my very best Christopher Ryan impression, just for a little bit, then you won't have to deal with the hat anymore.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:32)
I think the hat is really working.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:33)
Thank you so much.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:34)
I like it. I think it looks great. It looks great.

**Van Lathan** (3:36)
Sporty and all of that stuff.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:37)
It looks good. Yeah. Everyone's like, Joanna, she's sporty.

**Mallory Rubin** (3:39)
Sports Joe.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:40)
Yeah, Sports Joe.

**Van Lathan** (3:41)
Go sports.

**Joanna Robinson** (3:42)
So here's my, it's as good as my map making skills. Here's my impression of a Chris Ryan recap.
Hot on the heels of Damon's Dragon Rider Supremacy monologue, in this midway point of the season, several House of the Dragon characters are asking themselves, how do you dance without a dragon? Renira's Dragon Army is relegated to babysitting Tumulton, and with a castle-sized vagar mysteriously missing, members of Team Green, like Criston Cole and Ormund Hightower, are forced to contemplate a dragonless, or mostly dragonless, way forward. Aegon, too, despite trying to Valyrian Reiki heal his dragon Sunfire back into action, is finding out it's not all breakfast sandwiches and puppet shows when an Aegon Targaryen goes undercover for an internship among the common folk.