Hello and welcome to the NautCast podcast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast that usually goes through a song of ice and fire, but not here.

I'm one of your hosts Emmett, also known as Poor Quentin.

And I'm your other host, Manu, also known as Manucleur Bomb.

Welcome to our episode on The Squire, season one, episode three of Duncan Egg,

a night of the Seven Kingdoms, aka Akaltzk, on HBO Max.

We are now halfway through the season.

Time is flying.

I knew it would.

Short season, short episodes, but hard to believe we're already halfway through.

Yeah. And, you know, things have started happening, which is always a good sign.

What a concept. Thank you so much for joining us, everyone. We've been going through season

webinar The Seven Kingdoms, just like we have before for House of the Dragon on HBO.

Usually we go through a song of ice and fire, the books that some of which became Game of Thrones. We've been going back through those for a while now. We're currently going through a book for A Feast for Crows, or about 60% of the way through that book. We'll be jumping back on that train once we're done with A Night of the Seven Kingdom. So please do do hang out, come listen to our episodes. We got great ones coming up on Jamie in the Riverlands, Brianna in the Quiet Isle, and her no chance, no choice moment. Of course, my favorite bit when Victorian goes full Fury Road and a bunch of innocent guys from the reach, what could be more fun than that. Yeah, no, the back half of feast is a lot of fun.

I can't wait to get to it. And then, of course, we still have all of a dance with dragons. And that might be my favorite of the Song of Ice and Fire book. So there's going to be a lot to talk about there, too. So as always, prepare to be spoiled for all five of Song of Ice and Fire novels, especially the three Duncan Egg novellas,

any histories, any interviews,

any Winds of Winter sample chapters, as well as Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, and Night of the Seven Kingdoms, the TV shows.

Prepare to be spoiled for anything and everything.

So this week's episode is called The Squire, written by Heria Martinez, Annie Julia

Wyman, and Ira Parker, and directed by Owen Harris, who I believe has been the director

on all three episodes, probably for the entire show.

I'm guessing is how that worked out.

So kind of just big picture thoughts on the episode, thought it was another really enjoyable

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