House of the Dragon Season 2 Post-Mortem (Feat. Your Questions/Comments)

About this episode

David Chen and Kim Renfro discuss the audience reactions and key questions surrounding House of the Dragon season 2.

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People in this episode

Hosts: David Chen, Kim Renfro

Topics covered

• House of the Dragon
• season 2
• ratings
• story impact
• Targaryens
• prophecy problem
• audience reactions

Keywords

• House of the Dragon
• season 2
• ratings
• Targaryens
• prophecy
• Ulf
• ad read

Sponsors

Factor, GhostBed

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HBO, Decoding TV

Products: Factor Meals, GhostBed

Books & works: Game of Thrones, Identiteaze

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