What do we make of Kristen Cole's new haircut. He's ditched the medieval mullet

and he's gone to the like late 90s era George Clooney.

I hate it. It's terrible. Really? Yeah. Why?

Welcome to Hot D the officially unofficial podcast for House of the Dragon on

HBO. I'm Jim. I'm Iran. And today we're talking the instant take for

season 2 episode 3 the burning mill.

Aron they got a name out before the episode ended. I was impressed this week.

I went to I went to check it wasn't there when I hit play but by the time we got on this podcast it was there

the burning mill apparently the battle of the burning mill is

Where all the bracken and blackwood stuff came to a head this time around I don't know they've been feuding for so long I'm sure there are many other battles of blank it's been it's been a feud It's been quite the feud. What'd you think of this episode?

I want to flip it on to you and ask you what you thought because I'll explain my reasons later, but I just want to someone who doesn't know what is completely

unspoiled, doesn't know what's coming, how did this episode strike you?

I was shocked by this episode more so than the beheading of a child more so than the

murder slash suicide of two brothers, two twin brothers.

This episode shocked the shit out of me.

For the fact that they talked about the prophecy,

I, in my wildest dreams, I had never expected that they would ever get a chance, let alone actually follow through with having a conversation about how this was all a big mistake.

And they did it. super interesting and they did it at a time where all

the choices are irrock irrecoverable irrevocable that word. They, it kind of blew my mind that they would even bring this stuff up and then as they were doing it I'm like,

oh, I see what's going to happen here.

Allison's going to be like, yeah, but what can we do?

It's too late.

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