Unabashed Book Snobbery

Julia, Kylie, Caroline and Bo celebrate Emma D'Arcy stealing the show, while Vhagar fulfills her own Targ destiny in the House of the Dragon season finale, "The Black Queen."

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - Intro, asks, recap, and Florida
• 16:25 - Rhaenyra is practically perfect
• 22:25 - The babe did come :(
• 32:30 - Daemon's spousal support
• 40:20 - Sweet gaming table
• 44:30 - Fucking Otto
• 53:15 - Daemon stans and a terrible ship
• 1:04:05 - A good ship
• 1:14:30 - Ask your doctor about Vermithor
• 1:19:56 - Treat in Kamino
• 1:28:35 - Julia reads from her Kobo
• 1:33:20 - Vhagar makes Visenya proud
• 1:42:15 - Kylie wants to rage-quit
• 1:49:15 - Highlights/lowlights
  

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline get out their #girlboss mugs and smash through smallfolk to celebrate the first penultimate season episode for House of the Dragons, 'The Green Council'.

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Episode Breakdown:

0:00 - Intro & episode recap
12:05 - Struck down in his prime!
21:33 - A zany search sequence
31:42 - The princess in the tower
41:22 - Aegonball
50:10 - Defining 'closer to earth'
55:15 - Feet info exchange
1:06:25 - The plot carries Rhaenys this way!
1:12:50 - Girlbossing the smallfolk to death
1:38:30 - Highlights/lowlights & do we like this story?

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline reunite with Musa for an awkward family dinner where they toast the 8th episode of House of the Dragon, "The Lord of the Tides". Musa agrees Targs are boring with the exception of one particular edgelord.

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - Introduction & recap
• 22:10 - Julia wants to spoil Fire and Blood
• 20:00 - Mullets and age-bending
• 24:00 - Marie de' Medici and wall porn
• 34:21 - The Alicent that was promised
• 40:00 - Questionable online discourse
• 57:47 - Musa hates boring Targs
• 1:04:45 - Rhaenys needs to monologue her motivations
• 1:13:00 - Stupid prophecy dagger is stupid
• 1:20:15 - Helaena is thinkin' about bugs
• 1:35:00 - Family dinner of fun
• 1:46:10 - Julia reads from her Kobo
• 1:53:53 - Dramatic irony happens!
• 2:03:03 - Highlights/lowlights
  

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline strain their eyes to watch House of the Dragon episode 7, 'Driftmark' thanks to Miguel Sapochnik, and begin their own familial strife over Alicent's poo face.

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - Intro, asks, and recap
• 12:25 - We're struggling, guys
• 26:10 - Green burial practices
• 35:55 - Miguel Sapochnik turns off the lights
• 39:50 - Caroline ships RhaenyraxDaemon
• 46:10 - Hiccup's first flight
• 51:15 - Kid punching and kobos
• 57:21 - Alicent monologues her motivations
• 1:15:00 - Laenor shows up with Starbucks
• 1:26:55 - We travel to the Fire Nation
• 1:32:35 - Highlights/lowlights
  

Julia, Kylie, and Caroline are thrust forward in time 10 years where they discuss engorgement, dig up Criston Cole's 4chan posts, and shout "polycule" repeatedly.

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - Intro & episode recap
• 7:15 - Rhaenyra takes a lovely stroll
• 15:30 - The "we want to bang Rhaenyra" repression club
• 22:40 - How to train your dragon
• 34:30 - The Alicent in the room
• 47:15 - The babe won't come
• 1:10:55 - Criston Cole gets punched in the face
• 1:30:30 - Larys is eating her pie
• 1:40:22 - Highlighs & lowlights