Welcome to a bonus episode of West of Westeros Entertainment Weekly's Game of Thrones podcast.

I'm Nick Romano, a senior editor here at EW, and joining me is a very, very special guest.

Like, honestly, I'm just so thrilled to have this person here with me.

It's been a very long time.

Just kidding.

It's Lauren Morgan.

Who's been co-hosting this podcast with me since the very beginning.

Lauren, I kind of can't believe we're talking about House of the Dragon again.

How are you feeling?

It's like a blast from the past.

You know, it's been a while since we've, it's been a while since I even have had a chance to talk to you because we've just been texting.

So, but talking about House of the Dragon, it's been quite a while since we've, I think

it's been almost a year, hasn't it?

I know.

It's been a long time.

And we're calling this a bonus podcast episode because we're technically in our off-season.

West of Westeros won't formally return until next year, closer to Win House of the Dragon

season two premieres in the Dragon Season 2,

premieres in the summer. However, as Lauren and I have been texting about all weekend,

out of the Brazil Coma con known as CCXP this weekend, we got a first look at the next batch of

eight episodes in the form of a trailer, some new photos to go along with it,

and some new casting confirmation. So we decided to reconvene our little small council and

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