"The Dragon In Winter" HOTD: S3 | EP7

For the 95th episode of the podcast, we talk with Mark from House of Nettles and talk through what keeps the Westeros fandom alive: the books, the spinoffs, the theories, and the way creators build real community around shared obsession. We debate what House of the Dragon season three gets right and wrong, why Game of Thrones still works at its best, and which adaptation choices risk breaking character arcs.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Dancing with Dragons on Instagram Follow Tony on IG: Sirtone_Reviews  Follow Minwa on IG: TheArabKhaleesihttps://dancingwithdragons.buzzsprout.comEmail us @[email protected]

For the 94th episode of the pod, we look back on House of the Dragon Season 3 after a few weeks of distance and decide it’s a great looking season that often fails to earn its big swings. We praise the battles and performances while calling out pacing problems, confusing character choices, and missing payoffs that should have hit harder.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Dancing with Dragons on Instagram Follow Tony on IG: Sirtone_Reviews  Follow Minwa on IG: TheArabKhaleesihttps://dancingwithdragons.buzzsprout.comEmail us @[email protected]

For the 93rd episode of the podcast, we close out our House of the Dragon season 3 coverage by unpacking how Aegon’s return reshapes the war and pushes Rhaenyra toward choices that feel more like tyranny than rule. We break down the biggest scenes from “The Treasons at Tumbleton,” from Helena’s final turn to the disaster at Tumbleton and what it signals for season 4.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Dancing with Dragons on Instagram Follow Tony on IG: Sirtone_Reviews  Follow Minwa on IG: TheArabKhaleesihttps://dancingwithdragons.buzzsprout.comEmail us @[email protected]

For our 92nd episode of the pod, Tony & Minwa get brutally honest about why The Dragon in Winter leaves us annoyed, from repeated Harrenhal detours to character choices that make key players feel weaker than they should. We still find bright spots in Helaena’s visions, Dreamfyre’s reveal, and Aegon’s standout moment with Sunfyre, even as we worry the finale has too much left to carry.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Dancing with Dragons on Instagram Follow Tony on IG: Sirtone_Reviews  Follow Minwa on IG: TheArabKhaleesihttps://dancingwithdragons.buzzsprout.comEmail us @[email protected]

For the 91st episode of the podcast, Minwa & Tony react to “Faceless Men” with a mix of relief and frustration as the show delivers a major death early, then keeps juggling a ton of storylines across the realm. We break down why some moments hit hard, why others feel rushed or forced, and what the episode sets up with only two chapters left in the season.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Dancing with Dragons on Instagram Follow Tony on IG: Sirtone_Reviews  Follow Minwa on IG: TheArabKhaleesihttps://dancingwithdragons.buzzsprout.comEmail us @[email protected]

For our 90th episode of the pod, we combine our coverage of House of the Dragon Season 3 Episodes 4 and 5 and discuss whether the story is building tension or stuck at a stop sign. We dig into character lows for Criston, Aegon, Aemond, and Rhaenyra, then end on the chilling message sent by the Gold Cloaks sequence.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Dancing with Dragons on Instagram Follow Tony on IG: Sirtone_Reviews  Follow Minwa on IG: TheArabKhaleesihttps://dancingwithdragons.buzzsprout.comEmail us @[email protected]

For the 89th episode of the podcast, we tackle the third installment of season 3 of HOTD. We track Rhaenyra’s “triumph” as her first day of rule turns into a relentless test of money, legitimacy, and control inside a decaying Red Keep. We also dig into the episode’s sharpest symbols and smartest performances, from the rats to Ramin Djawadi’s score to the politics that keep boxing her in.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Dancing with Dragons on Instagram Follow Tony on IG: Sirtone_Reviews  Follow Minwa on IG: TheArabKhaleesihttps://dancingwithdragons.buzzsprout.comEmail us @[email protected]

For the 88th EP of the pod, we tackle "Queen's Landing", the second episode of HOTD season 3.  Rhaenyra’s grief finally lands with full force, and we dig into how Emma D’Arcy turns devastation into the emotional center of “Queen’s Landing.” We track the episode’s biggest power shifts across Team Black and Team Green, then argue about the choices that felt bold, messy, or both.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Dancing with Dragons on Instagram Follow Tony on IG: Sirtone_Reviews  Follow Minwa on IG: TheArabKhaleesihttps://dancingwithdragons.buzzsprout.comEmail us @[email protected]

Minwa and Tony break down House of the Dragon season 3 premiere “Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood” and discuss whether the Battle of the Gullet hits harder as a premiere or would’ve been devastating at the end of Season 2. We track the biggest Fire & Blood changes, the character choices that shift blame and agency, and the political fear simmering under all that dragonfire.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Dancing with Dragons on Instagram Follow Tony on IG: Sirtone_Reviews  Follow Minwa on IG: TheArabKhaleesihttps://dancingwithdragons.buzzsprout.comEmail us @[email protected]

Three years of Dancing with Dragons Podcast somehow flew by, and it has us thinking about the exact moments that turned Game of Thrones from “a show we tried once” into a world we never really left. We look back at how we found Westeros, what it felt like to fall into George R.R. Martin’s universe for the first time, and why A Song of Ice and Fire still sparks better arguments than almost anything else on TV.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow Dancing with Dragons on Instagram Follow Tony on IG: Sirtone_Reviews  Follow Minwa on IG: TheArabKhaleesihttps://dancingwithdragons.buzzsprout.comEmail us @[email protected]