House of the Dragon recap S2E8 "The Queen Who Ever Was"

Amazon's animated adaptation of Critical Role's explosively successful first Dungeons & Dragons actual play campaign returns for it's third season. Featuring the original cast of nerdy-ass voice actors we return in the middle of the Chroma Conclave arc as the motley band of adventurers are on a truly classic D&D quest. Trying to stop the dragons from conquering the world. Rich & the team will be breaking it down weekly with context from the original campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returned to Amazon Prime for it's second season on Sept 29th with a 3 episode drop. The creators Patrick McKay & John D. Payne are joined by producing director Charlotte Brändström as showrunners for the sophomore season. The sprawling ensemble of second age characters led by Morfydd Clark's Galadriel reprise their roles from S1 as we follow them through the epic events that lead to the twilight of that era in Middle Earth. Rich & Taylor are here to break down the second half of season two after the dramatic conclusion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On What Did I Miss we go back to revisit the old & older media that made us! We're rewatching our classics from the 60's through the 2010's. Filly & Taylor have a curated list of shows & movies they each respectively love and the other hasn't seen. They'll trade back and forth every week revisiting the list as they add listener submissions. Hit them up to let them know what you want them to watch next or what you think they've both missed! This week we're watching the 21st century Disney classic from Chris Sanders, Lilo & Stitch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returned to Amazon Prime for it's second season on Sept 29th with a 3 episode drop. The creators Patrick McKay & John D. Payne are joined by producing director Charlotte Brändström as showrunners for the sophomore season. The sprawling ensemble of second age characters led by Morfydd Clark's Galadriel reprise their roles from S1 as we follow them through the epic events that lead to the twilight of that era in Middle Earth. Rich & Taylor are here to break down the first half of season two and will be back weekly to talk through the episodes as they release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns to Amazon Prime for it's second season on Sept 29th. The creators Patrick McKay & John D. Payne are joined by producing director Charlotte Brändström as showrunners for the sophomore season. The sprawling ensemble of second age characters led by Morfydd Clark's Galadriel reprise their roles from S1 as we follow them through the epic events that lead to the twilight of that era in Middle Earth. Rich & Taylor will be getting together weekly to talk through the episodes as they release here and on youtube. In preparation for their return to Tolkien's world, they got together to talk through what they loved and what they didn't about S1 and what they're most excited and nervous about for S2! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a Wheel of Time book club for new & old readers alike! Each episode will begin with a spoiler free section safe for new readers, discussing only what's transpired in our read through thus far. After a clear indication of the change, each episode with conclude with a spoiler filled section discussing what we've read most recently with the full context of the entire series. Rich & Pres have finished Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy series. Taylor has read through book eight and joins them for the spoiler free section to revisit the story with fresh eyes. This week they discuss chapters 8 through 17 of The Great Hunt, book 2 of The Wheel of Time. The spoiler discussion starts 2 hour 52 minutes in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On What Did I Miss we go back to revisit the old & older media that made us! We're rewatching our classics from the 60's through the 2010's. Filly & Taylor have a curated list of shows & movies they each respectively love and the other hasn't seen. They'll trade back and forth every week revisiting the list as they add listener submissions. Hit them up to let them know what you want them to watch next or what you think they've both missed! This week we're watching Terry Gilliam's 1981 fantastical adventure film Time Bandits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House of the Dragon is HBO's follow up and prequel series to Game of Thrones. Adapting George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood which details the history of the early Targaeryan dynasty's rule of the seven kingdoms, HOTD returns after a 2 year hiatus for it's sophomore season. Rich will be joined by LaTonya Starks weekly to break down Season 2 as it airs. Rich has read the book and LT hasn't so he will be offering context without spoiling what's to come as they spend their summer in Westeros. This week they through the highs & lows of this controversial finale to the 8 episode season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House of the Dragon is HBO's follow up and prequel series to Game of Thrones. Adapting George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood which details the history of the early Targaeryan dynasty's rule of the seven kingdoms, HOTD returns after a 2 year hiatus for it's sophomore season. Rich will be joined by LaTonya Starks weekly to break down Season 2 as it airs. Rich has read the book and LT hasn't so he will be offering context without spoiling what's to come as they spend their summer in Westeros. This week they unpack everything that went down in the penultimate episode of S2 amidst the fire & blood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On What Did I Miss we go back to revisit the old & older media that made us! We're rewatching our classics from the 60's through the 2010's. Filly & Taylor have a curated list of shows & movies they each respectively love and the other hasn't seen. They'll trade back and forth every week revisiting the list as they add listener submissions. Hit them up to let them know what you want them to watch next or what you think they've both missed! This week we're watching the infamous 1985 dark fantasy adventure that almost killed Disney animation, The Black Cauldron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices