Story Archives, a TV and Film Podcast 'House of the Dragon' Season 2, Episode 5 Deep Dive
On this episode of the Story Archives Show, Mario and Zach recap season two, episode five, ‘Regent’. Team Black mourns the loss of one of their own, while Daemon continues trying to conquer the Riverlands and Team Green maneuvers in the wake of a potential loss of their own.
Both sides deal with the tragic aftermath of Jaehaerys death, with ’s side getting the brunt of the bad PR. Otto is removed as hand of the king. Daemon flies away. Cole continues to empower himself. Myseria is freed and two brothers fight to the bitter end.
House of the Dragon is an American fantasy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_television) drama (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)) television series created by George R. R. Martin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin) and Ryan Condal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Condal) for HBO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO). A prequel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prequel) to Game of Thrones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones) (2011–2019), it is the second television series in the A Song of Ice and Fire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire) franchise. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Sapochnik) served as the showrunners (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showrunner) for the first season. Based on parts of Martin's 2018 book Fire & Blood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_%26_Blood_(novel)) , the series begins about 100 years after the Seven Kingdoms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westeros) are united by the Targaryen conquest, nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones , and 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daenerys_Targaryen) . Featuring an ensemble cast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast) , the show portrays the events leading up to the decline of House Targaryen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Targaryen) , a devastating war of succession (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_succession) known as the "Dance of the Dragons".
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