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:35 Spring 2023 filming for S2 — likely won't release until 2024 1:20 Painted Table was sick 2:30 Rip Lucerys / Book description of the events 5:00 Season ends on a good note 6:00 S2 start in Winterfell? They destroyed the Winterfell set though 8:20 Sizes of the dragons 8:50 Where Driftmark is located 9:04 End of ad 10:33 Jon Snow series 13:55 only complaint for the episode — no mention of the dragonpit damage 14:15 Daemon choking Rhaenyra / Difference from the book with Daemon 16:14 Robb Stark catching strays 150 years in the past 18:50 Fan Question: Was the season rushed? 20:15 Overall complaints with S1, Ser Criston getting away with murder 2X without fallout, didnt care for a ton of the deaths because we didn't get a lot of time with the actors 24:35 Will Laenor come back next season? 26:17 Daemon's neck? Burnt? Greyscale? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8:29 'civilians dont matter' — yet a common theme in GRRM's books is the plight of the common people 8:50 'Not her war' — yet her grandkids are betrothed to Rhaenyra's kids 9:08 Rhaenys didnt kill them because she saw Alicent 'mother to mother' 12:20 Rhaenys scene was not in the book, hard to scrub that from history 17:55 Aegon II actor says his character is constantly drunk 19:54 ad break 20:00 Finale trailer (Spoilers) 20:03 Vermithor — Second biggest currently in Westeros 21:10 Wild dragons living at Dragonstone 24:50 Book quote of what went down when Lord Beesbury dies 26:00 Harrold Westerling was dead by this point in the book, will he go to the Greens? 27:05 Criston Cole the Incel 28:30 Larys Strong killing his family for feet pics 32:45 The reason in the book that Aegon II agreed to become king was to save his family, or so he was told. Different than the show 34:35 Another reason Otto was able to convince everyone in the book was because they were scared of what Daemon would do 36:30 Storm's End battle coming in the finale 37:30 Winterfell teased at the end of the season? Follow us on Twitter @CultureCrave @thrones_facts, @culturecravepod Drop us a rating and review too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Timestamps 1:57 difference to Vaemond's death in the book 2:12 Where Daenerys' dragon eggs came from 6:57 Wild dragons on Dragonstone 9:00 Dragon eggs inspired by Ridley Scott's 'Alien' 9:09 end of Ad 9:37 Daeron Targaryen confirmed for S2 13:40 Viserys' death in the book, storm happening at the same time 15:05 Is Daemon comparable to Maegor? 16:03 GRRM Praising Paddy Considine, improvised parts in the episode, symbolism and BTS details 25:50 Ross talks TikTok theories 30:00 More Viserys talk, Bobby or Viserys a better character? 34:03 GRRM wants 40 episodes 36:40 Alicent is a hypocrite 37:20 What does Halaena mean? 'Beast below the boards' Follow us on Twitter @CultureCrave @thrones_facts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Timestamps :34 Limited filming location and weather leading to more shots getting night filters added 2:08 Why Daemon was laughing 3:31 Driftmark was the first episode they shot for the series 5:30 Aemond's dialogue about losing his eye was pulled straight from the book 8:25 Actress confirms Alicent is in love with Ser Criston 11:00 Solid child acting 14:30 Rhaenyra's kids marrying Daemon's kids to make a tie up the family lines 17:26 Ad break 17:30 Is Rhaenyra using Daemon? 18:40 Dragons have to choose their rider 19:15 Here's how we would kill Vhagar / History of Vhagar 24:00 The Blacks and Greens are set. Was Alicent justified with wanting to take out an eye? 25:30 Ser Criston is such a tool 26:00 Leanor living is a change from the book, good twist. What happens with Seasmoke now? Dragons are tied to their riders for life 29:30 In the book, Seasmoke bonds with someone else, confirming Laenor is dead (potential spoilers) 32:17 Spoilers — talking next week's trailer 32:35 Alicent's kids grown up look wack asf 36:14 What happened to Alicent's fourth child from the books? 34:00 Aemond grown up looks older than his mom Follow us on Twitter @CultureCrave @thrones_facts @culturecravepod Drop us a rating and review on Apple and Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Timestamps :35 Luke's theories and thoughts 4:07 Laena's death 6:50 The duel between Daemon and the Sealord of Braavos' son to marry Laena was removed from the story 8:20 More book differences. Would've been cool to see Laena getting her dragon 10:00 Kids are going to be very important after the final time jump 10:34 Intro was updated — Alicent had 4 bloodlines. Where is Daeron Targaryen? 13:13 Rhaenyra definitely should've been banging a guy with blonde hair instead 15:05 Rhaenys Targaryen (in the book) had black hair, so it was more ambiguous with the grandkids' hair color 16:17 Ad break 16:50 Daemon was right. Viserys could overrule Alicent but he's a weak king 17:40 Maester leeches guy is gone, and probably why Viserys is even alive still 18:27 Rhaenyra had no maesters at her birth 19:47 Could dragon-riding have caused the birth issues with Laena? 20:37 Going over Larys theories with Luke 21:53 Larys put his firefly sigil on the criminals who killed his family... why would he do that 24:04 Helaena have the Targaryen dreams? Some serious foreshadowing 26:26 Ser Criston Cole got off way too easy 29:05 Ned Stark / Harwin Strong parallel 29:34 Stranger reference with the Faith of the Seven Follow us on Twitter @CultureCrave @thrones_facts. Drop a rating / review on Apple or Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Timestamps 1:38 are the Maesters working with the Hightowers to poison Viserys? 7:04 Ad spot 7:06 Difference between Lady Royce dying in the book vs show 10:20 Otto making points? If Viserys dies sooner, would it help Rhaenyra's case? 11:42 Larys Strong theories — Did he give Rhaenyra the tea? Is he possibly a Greenseer? 23:10 Fabien Frankel gives more insight into Ser Criston Cole snapping 32:52 Best episode yet in HOTD? 33:29 Fallen crown shot Follow us on twitter @culturecrave | @mytweetsmid @rosscutsforth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:25 Brackens vs Blackwoods — legendary rivalry 7:26 Daemon's new look 8:45 Alicent Hightower has way more depth to her character in the show vs the book 9:30 Rat Hightower symbolism 11:00 Sets in the show are amazing 12:15 Daemon and Viserys both trying to teach Rhaenyra the same lesson about using marriage for politics and winning over the small folk 13:00 Strongest episode yet for Viserys with his decision making 16:12 fan questions 16:40 People comparing what Rhaenyra did to Harvey Weinstein... def not the same thing 21:42 ad read 25:31 SPOILER WARNING preview for next episode, fate of a certain character, and BIG foreshadowing moment 29:17 END OF POTENTIAL SPOILERS 29:50 tapestry of people having sex with dragons... 30:30 Prince that was Promised references sending GoT S8 flashbacks 34:00 Young Alicent and Rhaenyra discussions happening for S2 35:34 Fan Q — Did Daemon orchestrate everything that went down? 42:00 What was up with Daemon's neck? Greyscale? Burn? Scar from the arrows? 43:40 History of incest before Viserys Follow us on Twitter @CultureCrave @CultureCravePod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

0:44 Best episode yet? 2:12 Daemon's big W 3:32 Hunting party compared to GoT 6:59 Discussing House Strong 13:25 Pugs in Westeros? 14:54 ad spot (time stamps below may be slightly off due to the ads) 14:56 white stag 17:33 Suggestion for Rhaenyra to marry Aegon... Wack af 21:40 Fan Q — Would Daemon have Greyscale now after touching The Crabfeeder? Follow us on Twitter @CultureCrave @CulturecravePod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2:14 fans complaining how the storylines will be limited, we don't feel the same way 7:14 Sizes of the dragons as of E2 13:20 What is Daemon's motive? 14:08 Ad break 18:20 Viserys' self-inflicting wounds and the history of rulers' injuries while sitting on the Iron Throne 25:38 Where all the locations are in Westeros 28:52 Miguel Sapochnik exiting as co-showrunner on the series Follow us on Twitter @CultureCrave and @culturecravepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

:47 Ground rules for HOTD: No future spoilers since it's all out there 2:31 Changing some of the character ages 7:16 Daemon Targaryen 11:58 Jousting scene was fire... also, what are even the rules? 19:45 More GoT spinoff ideas + ad break 23:16 Some history of the Valyrians 31:31 There will be 9 dragons in S1 32:50 GRRM's involvement 34:08 Fan Q's 34:25 What locations will show up in the show 38:24 Eggs during the small council meetings 41:40 Fans are complaining about it being dark 43:07 New score will be revealed next week Follow us on Twitter @CultureCrave / @CultureCravePod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices