'House of the Dragon' S3E02 - Queen’s Landing

About this episode

Jessie and Kim discuss the second episode of season 3 of House of the Dragon, exploring character reactions and plot developments.

Jessie and Kim discuss the second episode of season 3 of House of the Dragon. In this episode of A Cast of Kings, Kim Renfro and Jessie Earl dive into the second episode of season 3 of House of the Dragon, Queen’s Landing. Does Alicent’s scheming with Rhenerya actually pay off? How did Rhenerya react to his son’s death and the betrayal of her Queensguard? And what did we think of the aftermath of the Battle of the Gullet for the Sea Snake and his family? 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

Hosts: Jessie Earl, Kim Renfro

Topics covered

• House of the Dragon
• Alicent's scheming
• Rhenerya's reaction
• Battle of the Gullet
• Season 3 Episode 2
• Character analysis

Keywords

• House of the Dragon
• Queen’s Landing
• Alicent
• Rhenerya
• Battle of the Gullet
• Season 3
• episode discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: House of the Dragon

Places: Queen’s Landing

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