Bonus Ep: How "Queen’s Landing" Changed From the Books

About this episode

Jessie Earl and Kim Renfro discuss the changes made in the adaptation of 'Queen’s Landing' from the book in this bonus episode.

To get bonus episodes all season, become a paid subscriber at decodingtv.com . In this bonus episode for A Cast of Kings, Jessie Earl and Kim Renfro discuss which elements from House of the Dragon season 3 episode 2, “Queen’s Landing,” were changed from the book. How have they changed the story of Nettles? What was different about how Rhaenyra took back King’s Landing? And how did Otto Hightower originally show back up? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more! Links: Email us at acastofkings(AT)gmail(DOT)com Subscribe to Decoding TV on YouTube Follow us on Tiktok Buy Kim Renfro’s book about Game of Thrones Follow Jessie Gender on YouTube Follow this podcast on Instagram Follow this podcast on Tiktok Subscribe to David’s free newsletter, Decoding Everything

People in this episode

Host: Jessie Earl

Guest: Kim Renfro

Topics covered

• book adaptations
• House of the Dragon
• character changes
• story analysis
• Game of Thrones

Keywords

• Queen’s Landing
• House of the Dragon
• Nettles
• Rhaenyra
• Otto Hightower
• book changes
• TV adaptation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Decoding TV

Books & works: House of the Dragon, Queen’s Landing

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