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Unsullied Recap House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 9 “Finding Aegon”

Posted on by Oz of Thrones

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A bit of an admission to begin:

  1. The episode title was actually, “The Green Council.”
  2. After being an unlikely fanboy of Ladies Love Criston Cole, I’m beyond ready for the dude to croak (no offense to Fabien who has plays the character quite well). Criston… you’ve morphed into a dickhead bully asshole.
  3. Someone needs to start listening to Helaena. Beast beneath the boards, dumbasses.
  4. Yes, I was unnoticeably absent last week. If you happened to notice, you are one of the chosen few and thank you for your unwavering allegiance.

Now, where the motherf&*$%g hell is Aegon?

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Interview

House of the Dragon Post-Mortem of “The Green Council”

Posted on by Vanessa Kennedy

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The penultimate episode of House of the Dragon brought us machinations, murders, mayhem, and…masturbation, apparently. “The Green Council” convened to steal Rhaenyra’s throne, and would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for that pesky dragon (nevermind, they actually did get away with it – for now). While we bide our time until the finale like Rhaenys locked in her guest room, let’s review today’s interviews and videos!

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Recap/Review

House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 9 “The Green Council” Recap

Posted on by Sue the Fury

King's Landing Red Keep Small Council, Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke), Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel), 1x09 (1)

I don’t want to be rude, but someone needs to tell Lord Beesbury he’s got something on his face. It’s making this Small Council meeting so awkward.

Spoiler Note: This recap and the comments section may contain mild spoilers from George R.R. Martin’s novels and Westeros histories, whether or not that material has appeared on the show yet. If you have not read the books and wish to remain completely Unsullied, we encourage you to check out our non-book-reader recap by Oz of Thrones!

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Features

Curtain Call: Paddy Considine

Posted on by Vanessa Kennedy

1x05 King's Landing Red Keep Throne Room Wedding Viserys (Paddy Considine) (1)

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

King Viserys I Targaryen was not a great man. He was a rather reluctant monarch who tried to maintain the peace forged by his grandsire, Jaehaerys I, but failed to live up to his greatness; instead his ineffective leadership helped sow the seeds of division in his house. He could have been an utterly forgettable, perhaps even unlikeable character. In House of the Dragon, however, Paddy Considine achieved the greatness his character could not – bringing Viserys to life with nuance and pathos, making us empathize and understand him in a way the pages of Fire and Blood never could.

Author George R.R. Martin seems to concur, as Considine recounts that he received a text message from him saying “Your Viserys is better than my Viserys.” Throughout the season, Considine showed us Viserys’ love for his family, his desire to be a good man and a good ruler, and his concern for the legacy he’d leave behind. And in his emotional final episode, he showed us the heavy price he paid.

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