#3465 House of the Dragon S03E05 Part Two: Out With The Gold, In With The New

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1:40Ronnie Karam: Well, hello and welcome to Watch What Happens. This is part two of a two-part recap. If you're like, hey, wait a minute, I didn't hear part one. Guys, it's because we put out a lot of recaps. Go back and listen to part one, okay? It's before this one. Bye. Enjoy the show. So then the horses suddenly are like, ah, because they stepped on. I can watch the humans get decapitated, get their legs blown off, murder each other, whatever. But when they hurt the dragons or the animals in any way, I get so upset. And this is the same thing. The horses are like squealing and falling over. I don't like it.

2:22Ronnie Karam: Because they were stepped on spikes. They put their spikes, crow's feet. So that Kristen has to like kill the horse. Even back then, they're fighting against crow's feet like they're the worst thing in the world. You know? We age.

2:34Ben Mandelker: So back at King's Landing, Allison's hanging around. I think she's sitting. She's got like a warm water bottle on her stomach. She's like, my fucking daughter. I'd take her own. And then she's like staring. She takes off her pendant. It's a religious pendant. It's a beautiful pendant. And she's staring at it. And she's hatching a plan. And then we see Sir Luther and Damon, and they're walking around. And Damon's like, by the way, your hand was heavier. Like, why did you go so crazy over that graffiti? And Luther's like, well, I was better schooled in those manners, was I not? Don't you remember?

3:11Ben Mandelker: You are my teacher, sir. I learned it by watching you. But anyway. Yeah, no, I got a terrible point by Sir Luther. You know?

3:20Ronnie Karam: Yeah. It's like Mark Furman going back to the police and being like, guys, it's a little harsh. That was a little harsh there. So he's like, well, the queen wanted it stopped. He's like, well, the queen is upset. Then she needs to be excused or impulses. He's like, oh, really? So now you want me to argue with the queen? Give me a break. You trained me to beat the shit out of people. I beat the shit out of people. What do you want from me? And then guess what? Sir Luther is mad because no one's getting paid. so if you don't pay us in money we're gonna pay ourselves in beating up poor people

3:53Ben Mandelker: but damon's like don't worry i'm gonna give an amazing speech and it's gonna be great but then suddenly there's like oh my god oh my god oh my god like look over here look look look so uh they go over and there are two gold cloaks that have been disemboweled and their intestines are just like draped all over them i mean it's one thing to kill them dude but i mean this is this is this is a bit much, I think.

4:19Ronnie Karam: It's also just gross for the town. I mean, I would assume that these are kind of hired local murderers, right? Or at least people letting you get away with it. But now your pub smells like poop and so many horrible things. If you're going to let people get killed in your town, you should make sure it's like, I don't know, poisoning. Something easier. It's not so smelly. and again I still don't understand how these

4:45Ben Mandelker: gold cloaks who are trained are are just getting murdered over and over again so um yeah it's not great meanwhile there's a child who's watching this and then she just goes and runs and she goes to this guy this guy who we saw he was the guy who wanted when Ray Ray came to town on her dragon he wanted to kill the dragon and like he or actually I think it was like like Allison told him to stand down, whatever. He was definitely like very grumbly and unhappy about Ray Ray coming in. And so he's like, so he turned away, but it turns out he's leading this little, um, this uprising. And so this child comes and, um, the, the guy's like, okay, send the Raven to Ormond, um, that, uh, you know, we're, we're doing the thing.

5:34Ronnie Karam: Yeah. So, um, then guess what? But Ormond gets his letter, his very long fortune cookie letter. The people who write the letters in this town all have such consistently good handwriting. Like I can barely write a sentence anymore in handwriting. It looks terrible. It's all blocky and horrible. It looks like I'm writing like with my left hand. They're so good in this town and they write so tinily, so tinily. So small on that tiny strip of paper. I mean, they really got it down. So he gets his fortune cookie thing and he's like, you will have great hair. Well, that one already succeeded. Next. All right.

6:15Ronnie Karam: More gold cloaks have been murdered. Congrats. You have a nice ass. Yes.

6:21Ben Mandelker: So Ormond is, he's playing like a, some sort of a chess game, you know, a Game of Thrones chess game, chess game with Darren. And he's like, oh, so the Meister tells me you've been most assiduous in your lessons. And he's like, yes, I'm learning about my forebears on the Hightower side. I mean, their battles and their enemies. I almost wish I had some sort of person here who could give me some exposition about our background.

6:47Ronnie Karam: He's like, oh, exposition is what you want? Well. He's like, yeah, history can be a little boring. Oh, really? It's boring? Well, maybe you should recite some to me. All right. Because to venerate our ancestors, that's a noble task, you little bitch. now hand me my potpourri kit and let me smell a little scented pebble while you tell me everything

7:08Ben Mandelker: you've learned he's like um so um so uh uh they the the the house peak house grayjoy and house peak and osgrey and gardner and dane of dawn they were they were fighting and oh god just talk about maria martell she's an icon okay the yellow toad of dawn they call her a toad i call her my queen God, I love that bitch. I should have been there.

7:34Ronnie Karam: Yes, Icon, yellow Icon Toad of Dawn. Yes, Dutch. Listen, she was the only woman who's ever been born that could actually do anything militarily. Amazing. And she did it all while being fabulous. Sure, they all called her ugly, blind, hideous, hairless, fat. But God, she was good at killing people. Get this. All right. Aegon. Aegon the Conqueror claimed her lands. She refused to submit. But then she snuck out of the town, let all the army in, poisoned her own wells, and then murdered them in her sleep. God, can you believe a woman did that? I'm telling you, only ugly ones. Remember that. Remember that next time you get a boner.

8:19Ben Mandelker: So Daron's like, is she a hero then, or a villain? He's like, well, the Targaryens knew nothing of our civilization. Their faith, their citadel, what they had, what they still have is strength. their armies the obscenity of their dragons maria martell outwitted her enemy a cunning mind can resist the most savage of beasts especially if you've got a beautiful frock on and dawn remains unbroken even today god i love dawn and darren's like oh look i won he's like i mean it was an accident i didn't mean to i don't even know what i'm doing what what is this game we can start over He's like, no. And he wipes all the pieces off the board.

8:57Ben Mandelker: And he's like, never apologize for victory. And he's like, look at this gold coin. Like I made a coin. It's like, I had these made. Do you think it's a good likeness? Because you are a sign of allies I've been waiting for. The son of Viserys, the beacon shining from the high tower, from the loneliest of the faithful, to Boros Baratheon himself.

9:19Ronnie Karam: Okay, they're really great at penmanship. They're artistic renderings of people, not great. He's like, here is the front of a Cardinal toilet paper baby. Like, who is that? Who is that supposed to be?

9:36Ben Mandelker: I know. It looks a little bit like they went to the Santa Monica Pier and put a penny in one of those machines that flattens it out into an oval. I mean, it was just like, oh, okay. Yeah.

9:46Ronnie Karam: We can work on our framework. He's like, well, at least you're on money. now listen going forward i only want you to say to everyone what i learned from queen icon lady toad isabella rossellini years ago he said don't hate me because i'm beautiful you are gorgeous now go forth and be on coins all right so then we go to helena and um jahara the godswood where else all right and uh allison comes up and jahara who's a little kid little baby starts reaching for a plant and helena's like to not touch the caterpillar they eat leaves of the nightshade but that would be death for you or me it's a puzzle a puzzle a puzzle am i echoing you're repeating yourself a puzzle a puzzle

10:34Ben Mandelker: nightshade a so it sounds like there's gonna be a nightshade poisoning moment later is nightshade what they poisoned Joffrey with in Game of Thrones. Yeah, maybe are the Targaryens allergic to nightshade in general. They can't have tomatoes or peppers or eggplants. I think nightshade's pretty bad for everybody, eh? Well, no, I mean, nightshades give us... No, nightshades are... All those vegetables are nightshades.

11:05Ronnie Karam: That's very bountiful. Yeah, is nightshade a poison in Game of Thrones? Thrones. Because in our world... Yes, essence of nightshade is a well-known poison and sedative in Game of Thrones. Well, that's too bad. Those who are used medicinally, large amounts are lethal, causing victims to drift into a peaceful, painless sleep before dying. Cersei Lannister famously kept a vial to use on her son Tommen to avoid his capture. Oh, so then what did Joffrey die of? Let's see.

11:34Ben Mandelker: Well, I just want to say that nightshades in our world are potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, tomatillos, etc. So they may be definitely

11:42Ronnie Karam: for Targaryens. Why? And then George changes it a little bit so that we'll think it's different. Like, nightshade. It's totally different than a nightshade.

11:52Ben Mandelker: All we know is that the Targaryens cannot have a lovely salsa. Yeah.

12:00Ronnie Karam: No french fries. Joffrey died from a rare and fatal poison known as the Strangler. So yeah, it wasn't nightshade. He got killed with the Strangler. Look at that. Look at all we're learning today. Yeah, we've learned so much. Walder Frey killed Joffrey. I don't want anybody to forget that.

12:24Ben Mandelker: So, Alicent is, Amade takes Tahira inside while Alicent is talking to Helena. And Alicent is like, listen, Helena, we have to leave here. This very evening, there seems to be some trouble in the city and some of Rhaenyra's soldiers must go help in the city watch. We will have one god tonight instead of two. It's our moment. And then Helena's like, what happened to your necklace? She goes, I tented it to a maid. She will help us. There's a hidden door that leads out of Eamon's chamber below the keep and beyond the walls. She's like, oh, there's one the men used when they came to kill my boy. It's like, yes, yes.

12:58Ben Mandelker: I'm trying to tell you about our secret plan to get to freedom. Are you going to listen or not? Please stay focused.

13:03Ronnie Karam: I took abortion tea for you. Don't judge the door. Or judge the kidnappers and murderers who use it. All right, what are we just going to stop going through doors that horrible people have used? No one would ever leave a room in this house.

13:18Ben Mandelker: She's like, okay, I didn't make you drink that tea. So now the other option is you have to escape. So please, you have to escape with me. What do you not get about this? But there's a caterpillar over there and I don't want to not watch it. No, you must come with us. There will be more caterpillars outside the castle.

13:37Ronnie Karam: yeah and she's like but what about my kid she's like leave the kid she'll be you know she'll be raised by ray race it turned out great oh my god lady she just wants to get the hell out of there i like when she's like we must escape and then we'll blend in with everyone else no you won't didn't you already learn that she's like we know they're so oscar gowns and then we will blend in

14:00Ben Mandelker: somebody else well this time they're not going to use a hood they're going to use a hat that will help with helena but she's like look nothing could possibly go wrong we're just going to go in a secret passage that will be completely open so come on and it will be well lit as well we can there's nothing wrong with this plan she's like no i don't want to go mother look the road ahead will not be safe for her here she has nurse maids to care for her and ray ray won't harm her her rivals would would never raise up a girl to rule and it might might be prudent in fact for the queen to take the child to ward we may not we may even be able to send her sent for her one day she we I'm sure we could reunite with her at some point.

14:36Ronnie Karam: Can we go? Yeah, and Helena says, you look away when you lie and then she walks away. She's like, you suck. I'm not going to fall for this. So then we go to Adam and Bela and they're out searching for Vhagar. They're exhausted. They've not eaten. There's not a buckies every ten miles or whatever, so they're fucked. And Bela's like, well, sounds good for you taking a break, but I have to prove myself because I just fucked up big time, and she won't even look at me, and I can't really even blame her. And the truth is, I wanted to go with Jace, because I wanted to be a hero, you know? And now I'm being punished, and I was supposed to be a queen, and now look at me.

15:20Ronnie Karam: Nothing. Nothing. I have nothing left.

15:24Ben Mandelker: You know, and I'm like, but, you know, your path has vanished, but it's been replaced, perhaps, by an adventure. She's like, what the fuck? An adventure? No. She's like, I'll be married off and then to some ancient self-forgotten lord and pike. They'll just suck. And he's like, well, I'll come and find you. We'll fly into exile, but only if we eat first. I'm hungry. So, now we go back to Harrenhal, and Eamon's like, ah! He's, of course, being annoying, and Alice is like, I'm here. You just had another bad dream. That I cause. Sorry, it's just very fun for me to do this. And still no butter.

16:07Ronnie Karam: I just hate when people have terrible things going on in their minds here. Wait a minute. I've got a ficus growing out of my wrist. Haha, I've just put that in your head. Don't worry about it. But you like to learn to needlepoint. And he's like, no, I need to get my dragon. Where's my dragon? It's like, it's flying around. That's what dragons do. Just let it fly around. it's doing stuff.

16:30Ben Mandelker: So, Eamon is like, they go outside and he's like, without her, without Bigger, I'm nothing. She's like, no, you're mistaken. You are, you could be a stunt double for Laura Dern. Think about it. Think about it.

16:45Ronnie Karam: I know not a lot of people didn't watch Palm Beat, but it really was a good show. Or Palm Royale, I should say. And he's like, I've got to find her. And she's like but then what do you do if if you do find her because the queen's hunting her as well so what are you gonna do and he's like what do you mean the queen she's like i told you king's landing has fallen get it through your head man he's like oh no i thought i dreamed it egg on space is still

17:13Ben Mandelker: burnt right she's like well that part happened yeah yeah that's like it's like you know he's dead because he will not let me be he tormented me my childhood i worshipped him and yet our mother. Well, sometimes the child that grieves her is the one a mother loves best. And Eamon's like, who are you? I'm one that has been grieved. It's like, that doesn't answer my question. I just live here. Don't mind me. I'm just a witch. I got nothing to do. I just like to play my own games. That's all. Your space should feel like you. And if it doesn't, that's probably not a taste problem. It's a budget problem.

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18:14Ronnie Karam: Oh yeah. I mean, I got my rug in my office from Wayfair. I got my curtains from Wayfair. I got a couple of chairs. I got all my outdoor furniture from Wayfair. I love that place because it's also great to order things and have it put together. You know, you can have you have the option with Wayfair that they just come. They deliver it. They put it together in the room that you want. And boom, you're done. You're not messing around with the little, you know, tools and all of that stuff. So it's my jam, baby.

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19:34Ronnie Karam: tell me for christ's sake just because you're mystical doesn't mean you can't speak in plain language. Yeah. But does anybody even know, not but, and does anybody even know that Helena is psychic yet? Has anybody figured that out? I don't know.

19:51Ben Mandelker: And no one seems to be concerned with the fact that she's very focused on that caterpillar. Because she also takes the caterpillar with her later. So Aegon is sitting at a wagon in the woods, and Larys is exasperated. And Aegon's like, go on, say it my dragon's dead i'm a pathetic cripple there's no possible scenario in which i make it to wonderstown to kill my stupid fucking brother it's like no now as as as you should say should we should we maybe go back to camp your grace i i do not care to be discovered here on godhead can we go back this is this is annoying okay it's a certain walk yeah and then we get another brother

20:30Ronnie Karam: so first we had aemon complaining that aegon got all the attention and love and then now we get aegon being like, oh, really? My brother got everything. I mean, such a gray, so good with a sword. Cole's little pet. Wow, wow, wow. I mean, Dad was just afraid I'd fall off my horse and I had to sit there and applaud. Eamon, Eamon the champion. Eamon, Laura Dernstanton. Well, whatever. Fuck that guy. I want to kill him. I'm sure he thought I was a terrible king. Wah, wah, wah. Everything sucks for me. Everything's very hard. And then Laris reads him for filth. Yeah. Which is just like, I love, I love Laris.

21:09Ronnie Karam: Why do I love Laris so much this season? I don't know, man.

21:11Ben Mandelker: I'm down for Laris. Well, he's like, they cleaned him up a little bit and he's not being sneaky. He's just walking around and he's dealing with someone who's worse than him. So that just makes Laris seem better.

21:24Ronnie Karam: So Laris is like, okay, my grace.

21:27Ben Mandelker: Okay. Let me just say this. All this time that we've been together for the moment you were injured. In fact, flying drunk into battle, which you will not even invite you to. you've done nothing but weaned and self-flagellate with a tenacity that I find astonishing. And you, who had every advantage in life, you, who had every chance to shine, you, firstborn son, prince of the realm, first tutors, first knights, instructing you in this all, a dragon so beautiful they named him after the son himself. You could have risen to greatness, but instead you trampled your birthright in the mud, you laze, reveling in mediocrity, fucking anything in sight and drinking yourself into oblivion with your sycophantic fiends.

22:02Ben Mandelker: I will tell you the truth. You were a terrible king, but worse than that, you are a terrible man. And that's the night the lights went out in Georgia.

22:12Ronnie Karam: He just like circle snaps and walks away. He's like a done loser. Nailed him. It was great. Then we go to King's Landing and, by the way, Aegon's just sitting there like, uh, duh. So we go back to King's Landing and Daemon and Rhaenyra now go to Sept, the church. And he's laughing that she's there. He's like, oh, this is hilarious. And she's like, well, you know, listen, the religion wants it. They want me to show some deference. So got to do it for the people and the seven. I mean, there's no harm in it. It's a little kneeling. And the smoke is a little annoying from all these candles. Just try it.

22:49Ronnie Karam: We can talk shit here.

22:51Ben Mandelker: So then they wind up talking in High Valerian about those gold cloaks that have died, etc. and their bowels have been slashed and it's just disgusting. And Reyna's like, well, so I was wrong. My enemy is within. There's a pattern and a purpose. What about the cats? Have we tried to send the cats out and find the murderers? The cats are really very handy. I think you should look into it.

23:19Ronnie Karam: So why would the gods send me a dragon? Like, the gods want me to do this, right? They sent me a dragon? I mean, why do I have such bad luck now? This is the episode, I think, where everybody whines and everybody is told to buck up because it's the third scene in a row where it's a blonde person sobbing that they just don't have everything that they deserve. And then somebody else being like, stop your fucking whining. He's like, you're the queen. Hello. You have dragons. That's what gives you power. You don't need to care about what a bunch of fucking poor people think. Get off your ass and be a queen and stop fucking whining all the time.

23:55Ronnie Karam: You wuss. She's like, oh. hmm wow so everybody in this episode is being talked up so now they can come out with some confidence and kick each other's ass in the next three episodes i hope yeah it's a lot of

24:10Ben Mandelker: well speaking of monologues now we go back to the riverlands where gawain and kristin they're just like they're just getting worse and worse like they start off the episode all like aha we killed people in tents and now they're just like grimy and pathetic people are just like flopping over

24:24Ronnie Karam: and dying as they march along to the grass and they're trying to out they're trying to outmarch the other army to get to the bridges first these fuckers who were the bridge burner starters but now all the bridges are burnt before them and stupid christian refuses to go home and give up so they just keep marching now they're marching through swamps and getting fucking leeches on them and shit and queen queen was such a little snot when this all started but now he's so sweet He's like, can we just drop this?

24:55Ben Mandelker: I'm exhausted. I literally just want to go home. Well, because this entire thing that they're doing is purely for Kristen's ego. Because he just is like, well, fine. If Eamon's going to, like, we're going to go and we're going to be an army that just attacks. And I'm going to be a great ruler.

25:12Ronnie Karam: He likes it. Yeah. He likes it because he's so upset about the dragons. and it's like being an unfair advantage that now that they can just kick some ass and not rely on dragons. He's like, yes, now finally I get to fight.

25:27Ben Mandelker: Yeah, exactly. And he's like, we are so far away from the Stoney Sept. I don't even know what's at the Stoney Sept. Do they even have a hotel for us? We don't have to do this anymore. This is literally pointless. No one's even given us the orders to do this. We're just purely marching and doing this because you got dumped one time. And he's like, exactly. carry on so uh then we go over to laris and aegon who are back at their encampment and uh this guy aegon's like sort of crawling around in this one area around the corner

26:01Ronnie Karam: he gives in he gives yeah they're back laris and he's like just hire the fucking ship like yeah do whatever you want okay yeah and so then this guy in a cloak appears

26:11Ben Mandelker: and they're like he's like what ship would that be and guess what it's tylen lannister who last Last time we saw was knocked off of a boat during that big naval battle in the first episode.

26:23Ronnie Karam: He's back! So then we go back to Helena and Allison. No, I'm sorry. Helena and Allison dress like maids. And it's like, they're the cutest maid outfits ever. I know. Poofy little hats. They're like Epcot Center or like Pirates of the Caribbean.

26:43Ben Mandelker: Perfect maids.

26:45Ronnie Karam: It's adorable.

26:46Ben Mandelker: and uh it's time for them to make their to they're like they're in their outfits they're sneaking out of their room like quickly we must go over to the secret passage and then guess who's standing there did you imagine i wouldn't be watching it's like oh god this area they're like fuck she's like so it is she who is with child in inconvenient air okay you don't have to tell

27:13Ronnie Karam: Ray Ray still. You still don't have to tell Ray Ray. She's like, I will keep no more secrets from the queen. She's like, oh, Jesus Christ. So look, I've heard of the white worm. And from what I've heard, the white worm doesn't just go around licking butts. OK, the white worm would know that if you're going to be on one side, it's also good to be on the other side. OK, because what if the other side wins? And maybe if you help me, then you could help yourself if I ever get back in power. Do you ever think of that, dummy? Why do I have to tell you how a white worm is supposed to think?

27:46Ben Mandelker: Yeah. Also, she only listens to Damon now. So just think about it, okay? So Allison's like, you know, Helena's like, Mother, I want to see the moon. She's like, ugh. It's a rerun tonight. She's like, no, but I don't think I've seen this episode of me yet. She's like, okay, just go to the window. You can look at it from there. She's like, okay.

28:09Ronnie Karam: I thought she was going to walk right out that window. The way she was going to the moon. It's like, damn. So Allison gets in Miss Area's head because she's like, she's not really listening to you. Darren's here and she's only going to listen to Darren. So whatever you've got in your mind thinking you're best friends with Ray Ray, she's always going to choose Darren over you. So you might have a backup plan, too. Hi, I'm your backup plan. Don't be stupid.

28:33Ben Mandelker: it yeah and so you'll earn favor with the high towers if a time should come when you need to

28:39Ronnie Karam: have it so just think about it yeah um so she does like i will i will think about it and of course i was booing because i'm like you can't betray ray ray but of course she can will she

28:56Ben Mandelker: yeah uh then we speak of ray ray she is finally checking in on joffrey who's now asleep the night nurse is like well he tried to stay up for you but it's only three in the morning what the fuck this is your child she's like sorry um and then kristen and gwayne seriously ray ray you couldn't go say hi to your damn kid i mean it's too painful reminds her too much of the other ones i'm sure or maybe she's like afraid she's like i don't want to get attached because my other two children died because of me so uh now uh kristen and gwayne trudging through the rain and uh gwayne has a leech, pulls it off.

29:34Ben Mandelker: It's great. And in a place that somehow was worse than this, we're back in Harrenhal. And now some more bounty hunters, they've actually climbed up the side of Harrenhal, which is so excessive. They could have just come in from the front, but they came up the side. And they're like, where's Daemon? Where's Aemon? I mean, so it's confusing for us. Aemon won all. We know he's been here. And now it's like, oh god, this has become tiresome. I'm of a mind to send a message to the queen herself. He's not here. He's never been here. Do I need to do the bat thing again?

30:03Ronnie Karam: Yeah, which is kind of a replay of the first scene. So I did think she was going to whip out something again, but she doesn't. And they're like, oh, well, this is Game of Thrones. So we're going to get rapey with you now. So they do. They grab her and they attack her. And then her knight in love handle stabby armor comes out and kills them all with his sword. Him is like, yeah. Yeah. Not my standing mother.

30:31Ben Mandelker: I'm the bat now and tonight we shall have butter so it does not work out well for these day players meanwhile back in the encampment

30:44Ronnie Karam: let me just say Aemond is kind of a badass if you think about it he's like a real asshole on this show but I kind of am starting to like him the best I mean he can kick everybody's ass he's got one of the biggest dragons if not the biggest dragon he his outfits are great i loved his batman outfit that he got stabbed in that was a really good one his like black pleather ribbed outfit i'm starting to stand amond and i hate it because no no no no i i can't i can't stand him he's still he's still that dragon

31:19Ben Mandelker: he's still that dragon i i i hold a grudge about the about stealing vegar all those years ago

31:24Ronnie Karam: well you know it's like people say you can't steal a man the man had like the man which i don't know that i agree with that necessarily you can certainly try and be kind of effective and i think that with dragons the dragon the dragons don't just go to anybody you know well i don't

31:44Ben Mandelker: like aemon i don't care i don't i don't like him i think he's very annoying and i'm loving that he's so minor this season because it was too much last season so i think his eye is also really handsome

31:55Ronnie Karam: and i like that it's not completely round it's confusing like they put kind of a not a rubik's cube but it's not round it's like ridged it has like all these edges right when we saw it today it was kind of shining in the light i thought why don't they just put a ball in there

32:13Ben Mandelker: it's a study in contrast because we see someone else without an eye and it's not nearly as scenic And then we also, of course, have Aegon, who doesn't have an ear, who also has a bit of a hole right there. Speaking of which, over in that encampment, now is the moment, I apologize, now is the moment when Aegon is scrambling around for something in the corner. And Larys is just sitting there with Tyland and basically saying, look, we're trying to get to Essos, etc. And Tyland is giving some suggestions.

32:42Ronnie Karam: Tyland wants to go to the desert. and Larys is like, you think this wuss can move to the middle of the desert and take the heat? He's not going to be able to handle that. No, we're not going there. And he's like, we're not doing just what you want for your thing. He's like, we're not doing what you want for your thing either. And meanwhile, dum-dum, Aegon, a guy, one of the poors in the city, comes up behind him with a crown and he's like, oh, really? It's the guy with the shit boots.

33:11Ben Mandelker: It's the guy with the shit boots who made him kiss his boots, right?

33:15Ronnie Karam: Oh, it's the same shit boot guy? I thought so. I didn't even know that was the guy. I thought it was just some guy who was like, ha ha ha. Oh, really? You said your name is Penelope? Well, I have your crown now. Will you think of that?

33:29Ben Mandelker: Yeah. And Aegon has been holding his dragons. Is it like a tooth? I don't know. It's a tooth or a scale, something. And he's been holding it all, like, the whole episode, and he just stabs and kills this guy. And he's like, you may call me your grace. And I was like, oh, good for you, Aegon. I feel like this is the first time Aegon's done something that I really supported.

33:51Ronnie Karam: Because you know what Laris just did? Made him a man. He gave him that speech. Look what speeches do on this show. I guess it's like movies and TV in general. You know, you hear a good speech and it changes your life. Someone tells you, man up. And then he's like, oh, yeah? Murder, murder, murder, murder. speaking of speeches meet the new Aegon meet the new Penelope Aegon

34:13Ben Mandelker: bitch well speaking of motivational speeches now it's time for Damon he's down there with the gold cloaks and they're like this isn't fair this is dangerous we don't get money we're not getting money he's like enough here's my motivational speech you guys are gold cloaks and we gotta defend the queen because the land that is terrible and trust in your queen it's gonna be better than ever before and we're gonna rule the seven kingdoms we'll make the nine kingdoms That's right, Dawn. You will bend. And we'll have more money than you can know of. And you're not getting paid now, but you'll get twice as much down the line.

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36:52Ben Mandelker: so then over uh in the riverlands kristen and gwayne are like ah finally we just have to cross this one last bridge and then the stony sept is just around the corner what could possibly go wrong they burned the bridge oh no god damn it um all over again yeah and then we go

37:16Ronnie Karam: back because Damon, well, the guys have caught one of the people, one of the murderers. So they got him and they're torturing him and they take out one of his eyes and he's like, but I swear I acted alone. Like, who told you? Do you want us to cut off your nose now? He's like, no. Like, we will. He's like, okay, I'll tell you. I'll tell you. It was the king. It was the king's work. And they're like, Aegon? He's like, no, no. Look, I have a coin with the new king's face on it. The coin will make perfect sense. This is a baby from a toilet paper ad.

37:51Ben Mandelker: Yes. The baby from the toilet paper is my new king. Soft, soft and two-ply. That's all we want in Westeros.

38:03Ronnie Karam: We just want to wipe our butts without getting poop on our fingers. And it's like the king's name is Dara and he's like, Oh, really? God damn it. it okay thanks for the info and then they you know kill and sir luther which would happen so then

38:21Ben Mandelker: back to gwayne and kristin gwayne is totally like okay end of the line there's nothing left to do he's like look there's there's none who might say that you did not give your best effort perhaps this is the best we could have hoped for we've made our mark we've returned alive to tumbleton perhaps to find out what ormond has planned let's go home and kristin's like no we're

38:43Ronnie Karam: gonna kill everybody and gwayne's like yeah but we're gonna die like we've only got so many people they outnumber us and they're gonna kill us and he's like oh yeah well good i hope they do and he's like you fucker you've been wanting to die this whole time this is like suicide by your own army that's that's not great and gwayne starts crying because he's just realizing this now that this guy is just like treating this like a suicide mission he's ready to die Yeah, Kristen, you fucking selfish fuck. You don't get to do that with everybody else's life, too. Go kill yourself if you want to. Don't kill everybody else.

39:20Ronnie Karam: Hate this guy. I know, and he's going on and on.

39:23Ben Mandelker: He does this whole monologue about, like, you offered me service to your house, but I don't want to serve the house anymore. I am the realm's greatest warrior, and I will die in such clear-eyed, unbent, glorious battle. You're going to get swept away in a river. That's how you're going to die. They're like, well, he was a great warrior. Unfortunately, he didn't know how to cross that river.

39:44Ronnie Karam: So that was it for him. yeah and the real kicker is he's like they're gonna write songs about me one day and then one day ray ray is gonna be in a bar and she's gonna hear one of those songs what do you think about that she's gonna hear how brave i was through a song that they write about me in the future because i died without using dragons so i'm still pretty much a badass oh my god it still all goes back to ray ray and you being rejected you are so pathetic well actually believe it or not he

40:14Ben Mandelker: actually said that he was he wanted queen allicent to hear them because he's you know he had a thing with those ladies yeah i had it in my head that it was ray ray god my memory is really killing me today i thought he was gonna when he said allicent i thought that he was gonna say i was surprised he didn't say ray ray because he's always wanted revenge on revenge on ray ray but don't forget allicent gave him like a little handkerchief before he left she was like here a handkerchief this will come in handy so you know he's like he's like changed his fealty and like his love to Queen Alicent and

40:49Ronnie Karam: whatever well I guess that's nice at least I thought it was right in my mind for this past two days I've been like you little asshole doing this off Ray I mean at least it's nice that it's Alicent it is born out of rage from from Ray Ray like all yeah let's kill him again

41:06Ben Mandelker: Yeah, no, I mean, he became so toxic because he couldn't handle Ray Ray. And so then he then moved his affections over to Alicent. But all this toxicity is just because he's always been awful. And it started with Ray Ray.

41:24Ronnie Karam: Yeah. So now we go to Ray Ray and Corliss. And no, is it Corliss? No. I think it was. No, no, it's his son. it's his son yeah his son and he's like well the plan is to rebuild the fleet at Driftmark but that's going to take time oh my god building boats with just wood and no machines is crazy but we'll do it we're on it yeah

41:50Ben Mandelker: and so Daemon walks in and he puts down the coin he's like the price of our humiliation oh is it that baby from the toilet paper so cute we should get more toilet paper where's Mizaria tell the people everyone gets toilet paper no no no no no this is young Darren Targaryen, or Mondes declared him king. We should have burned them when we had the chance. This is Abraham Lincoln and we are very

42:15Ronnie Karam: furious at them. Man on a penny? Let's get him!

42:20Ben Mandelker: So, uh, Kristen, we're starting to see different, we're coming toward, the episode is starting to climax here, so we're cutting back and forth, and Kristen is basically telling the army, like, We've endured much, but we're going to keep on going further. And Gwaine is like, okay, bye. I'm actually a wealthy person. I'm going to leave now. Enjoy this. Enjoy dying.

42:45Ronnie Karam: Yeah, they're like, bye. Bye, loser. So then we go to Helena and Alicent back in their room. There's a cat meowing. And Helena's like, wait, the cat hears something. It's a secret door. the wall is the door

43:05Ben Mandelker: so this is a different secret door than the other secret door they were planning to go through right

43:10Ronnie Karam: you can't trust you can't trust this house I'll tell you that there's secret doors everywhere how does anybody sleep in this house I know

43:18Ben Mandelker: this puts Webster to shame that's for sure so Helena is they find this door and then meanwhile we hear Kristen doing another speech he's like the seven watch over us even now let the maiden grant vision blah blah blah the crone lights our way up ours is the path of righteousness you know that there's some lady who's like excuse me I am a deity I'm not a crone where did this come from why are you calling me a crone

43:46Ronnie Karam: it's another C word in this town sir well yeah he's doing the whole prayer thing he's like alright everybody let's gather around in prayer as I murder you all because of my own stupid pride okay yeah

44:01Ben Mandelker: so then Allison and Helena they're going through this hidden tunnel and they're like oh my god this will be great this will work out great and then they they get to the end of the tunnel and it's blocked like oh no and then Allison's like wait but but the door we close the door behind us oh no and it locks we forgot that it locks and then there's a a cat scares Helena and so she drops their lantern and they're trapped in the you you're both being idiots right now. That's what I'm going to say.

44:36Ronnie Karam: There were better ways to go about this.

44:39Ben Mandelker: Why did you go down a secret passage that you didn't know about when you had another secret passage you were going to use instead?

44:46Ronnie Karam: Yeah. So then we go to Damon and he's looking for Sir Luther. And then guess what? He goes into like Gold Cloak headquarters or whatever. And they're all sitting at the table. dead with their eyes slashed. They're all dead. Who got every single one of them and then was able to kill them? Probably disembowel them, right? I mean, I guess. Yeah, they were all disemboweled. And then slashed their eyes. I mean, that's a lot of work. Who's doing this? They better be very strong. I'm telling you if I find out if it's one of those scraggly little old guys. It's like, I did it for five cents. I know.

45:24Ben Mandelker: It's a feast for traitors. That's what it says. It looks very Last Supper, but it's also a uh it's also kind of a reference to the rat feast that ray ray served up to the wealthy people so who knows but um it basically ends with damon seeing this and realizing this threat is a very serious one and they have to do something about it well yeah now all the cops are

45:52Ronnie Karam: dead bye your whole team's dead now what are you gonna do well surely there are others i don't like they're all dead.

45:58Ben Mandelker: I thought it was just seven that were killed in this one. That was a lot. But Sir Luther was killed. Most importantly, Sir Luther was killed and he was the right-hand man. Yeah. Well, they're fucked.

46:12Ronnie Karam: Have fun. I love, the show always

46:14Ben Mandelker: leaves on such a happy note, you know? Yeah. One of the happiest shows on TV. Yeah.

46:20Ronnie Karam: But fun episode.

46:22Ben Mandelker: Yeah, excited to see where this goes. I wonder how many episodes there are in this season. And it just feels like there's, there's so much stuff that has to happen, but I guess we'll see. Thanks everyone for being here. There's three episodes left. There's eight episodes in the season. Only eight. So maybe 10. Oh, well, well, thanks everyone for being here and we will catch you on the next episode. Bye. Bye. Watch what crappens would like to thank its premium sponsors. Ain't no thing like Alison King. Our way is the Amber way. It's the foster and the furious. It's Amanda Foster. It's Always Automatic with Ashley Otto Put your hands together for Carly Clapp Get on the right foot with Chrissy Offutt

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