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Hello, and welcome to Talk of the Thrones. My name is Chris Ryan, and I am an editor at

TheRinger.com. Joining me is always as ringer senior staff writer, Joanna Robinson, as well

as someone who does not have a same game parlay on tonight's Children's Fight Club.

The night is still young. It's Valerie Rubin. What's up, guys? Oh, Chris, this is treason.

This is theft. Hey, we just watched an episode of House of the Dragon. It was the penultimate

episode of House of the Dragon for this season. It was called The Green Council. It was written

by Sarah Hess and directed by Claire Kielner and Joanna. Why don't you tell me what you thought

the biggest moment of this episode was? It's tough to beat an enormous dragon coming up from the

bottom of the dragon pit and killing a bunch of commoners, but I actually think it's the

conversation between Reini's and Allison's actually is what stands out to me in this episode.

And for because of dramatic, like the dramatic flare with which it was written or because of the

long lasting impact, you think that that conversation's going to have. I think what we got in this

episode was as much of an insight into Allison to Zuzer ever gotten in terms of her her thought

processes. And I think that Reini saying, yet you toil still in the service to men, your father,

your husband, your son, you desire not to be free, but to make a window in the wall of your prison.

Have you never imagined yourself on the Iron Throne? Great, well performed, great, great dialogue,

but I think in that final moment when Reini's bust out of the floor of the dragon pit kills,

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