Next on Still Watching: House of the Dragon Season 2

Still Watching

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🗓️ 15 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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The first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series was a mixed bag—compelling performances stymied by rushed storytelling. Will it find its groove this year? Richard, Chris, and Hillary will find out as they dig into season two on the next season of Still Watching.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Still Watching a weekly television podcast from Vanity Fair.
0:06.6	I'm Richard Lawson.
0:07.6	I'm Hillary Bussis and I'm Chris Murphy and we're here to discuss season two of
0:12.6	HBO's House of the Dragon, which is out on Sunday night.
0:16.5	Yes, there is a war for the Iron Throne
0:18.5	and we're here to follow it.
0:20.5	The Targaryan who sits the iron throne is not just a king or a queen.
0:29.6	They are a protector of the realm.
0:32.4	So why are we covering House of the Dragon?
0:35.0	Why are we excited about it other than the fact that it's the prequel to one of the biggest shows of all time?
0:40.0	Do we need more?
0:42.0	That was sort of what I was going to say.
0:44.0	It's, I mean the first season was good. I was really engaged by it. I am a fan of I've read the novels
0:50.0	and not just the main novels. I've read like the little side things to short stories.
0:54.3	Who has read more between? I gotta be prepared for this. Who's read more between you two?
0:57.8	I have read the actual books. I think I read before season one. I read some of the like fake history that this show is based on.
1:06.0	Yes, right, exactly.
1:07.0	I do not believe that I retained much of that information.
1:10.0	I'm simply ghost writing the last game of
1:13.0	throats novels for George R. Martin.
1:15.0	That's just why that's what I'm up to.
1:16.0	Somebody is, God damn it.
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